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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7670050 | Packaging container consisting of a plastic film A packaging container made of plastic film has a strap handle arranged within the contour of the container: The container has a container wall made of plastic film. The container wall has an inner side and the strap handle is arranged on the inner side. The containe... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7219465 | Floating bait container A live bait container includes a flexible, cylindrically shaped fabric mesh body having a side wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and an interior storage space. A bottom hoop is positioned near the bottom wall. A first access port in one of the walls communicates with... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7118648 | Paper Strap Among other things, the present invention provides various apparatus useful in paper manufacturing and recycling. On such apparatus is a paper strap that includes a paper body that is formed of a compound structure. Such a paper strap further includes an adhesive ma... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7066647 | Collapsible containers A collapsible container including a plurality of adjacent side panels, each of the side panels having a flexible frame and a web having a perimeter secured to the frame. Each of the side panels has a bottom side, a top side and two lateral sides. Each of the lateral... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043862 | Hand carrier for a long arm firearm A hand carrier for long arm firearms having a handle and a single strand of wire bent to form two saddles to grip and support the firearm with an open section of the wire detachably attached to the handle and a straight-line of the wire being held in the handle for ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6810933 | Crafter's purse A crafter's purse is adapted for the storage, display, accessing, and carrying of crafter's tools. The crafter's purse has a generally rectangular bottom panel and an upright peripheral panel extending about the periphery of the bottom panel for forming a container ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6737959 | Bag with sound generating module A bag includes an upright bag body with a rectangular mouth portion confined by opposite longer walls and opposite shorter walls. At least one of the longer walls is formed with first strap holes therethrough. A carrying strap has opposite sections extending respect... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6510261 | Acousto-optic variable attenuator with active cancellation of back reflections An acousto-optic filter includes an optical fiber with a first region and a second region. A first acoustic wave generator is coupled to optical fiber. The first acoustic wave generator produces a first acoustic wave that travels in a first direction in t... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6357913 | Add/drop acousto-optic filter A drop AOTF has a first AOTF that includes an optical fiber with a longitudinal axis, an acoustic wave propagation member with a proximal end and a distal end and an acoustic wave propagation member. The acoustic wave propagation member propagating an aco... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6127009 | Dispenser unit, process for manufacturing the same and its use A dispenser unit has a flexible polymer bag, a joining part (10, 11) and a stiff hard part (20). The joining part has an inner layer (11) welded to the hard part and an outer polymer layer (10) welded to the inner material of the flexible bag. The inner m... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5540501 | Laundry bag assembly A laundry bag assembly for children including a bag into which articles are insertable having a first side and a second side and a hanger part for suspending the bag. An upper peripheral region defines an aperture having a neck opening portion and a first... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5328266 | Extensible handle bag apparatus An extensible handle bag apparatus capable of being manufactured on conventional high-speed manufacturing equipment, wherein the handles of the bag apparatus are constructed from an extensible material which provide comfort to a person's hands when carryi... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5244280 | Flexible intermediate bulk containers A flexible woven fabric bulk container made of four panels with vertical selvage sides, vertical warps and cut edges in the direction of the weft at the top and bottom, with diagonally extending interlocking hemmed corners with upper portions splayed or f... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5146966 | Hoop-shaped handbag A handbag formed by attaching a pouch along the periphery of a portion of a continuous circular hoop in such a way that the portion of the hoop covered by the pouch serves as the frame for the bag portion of the handbag and the remaining portion of the ho... | 09/15/1992 |
| 4811768 | Underarm security pouch for carrying cash receipts container A security pouch of a size adapted to hold a cash receipts container in a vertical position and adapted to be worn by an individual suspended from the shoulder and adjacent the side of the individual's chest and under the individual's arm, including, an o... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4550439 | Plastic bag with carrying handle A plastic bag has a front panel joined along its side edges to a rear panel with a gusset at one end of the panels. A handle is disposed within the gusset and connected to the panels by a triangular weld.... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4539705 | Bag with carrying handle A bag formed of a flaccid material for receiving and containing merchandise, the bag being formed by a sheet of such material folded along a fold line to provide two juxtaposed or overlapping generally rectangular wall panels having the side edges thereof... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4498190 | Aquatic animal containing devices A device for containing live aquatic animals, e.g., lobsters, fish, etc., after they have been caught comprises a open mesh bag clamped or tied to a tubular member behind its entrance opening. A flexible flap is cantilevered to the tubular member and stru... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4193152 | Closeable pillow, tote bag and the like A pillow is made from a strip of cloth or like material which is folded at the center to provide a pair of opposite sides which are stitched together at the side edges, the bottom edge requiring no stitching. A pair of strips of Velcro material extends ac... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4182478 | Disposable emesis container An improved disposable emesis container comprising a bag with its upper end enclosing the wide bottom of a funnel formed of paperboard-like material. The containers are mass-produced in a flattened collapsed condition. In use the funnel is squeezed open a... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4117874 | Portable article carrier A bag, e.g. a shopping bag, which is made of foldable material, is provided with a case, smaller than the bag, secured to the bag adjacent the mouth thereof. The case has two compartments, one of which serves for storage of the bag, when appropriately fol... | 10/03/1978 |
