US3366226A - Slender article jacket - Google Patents
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01K—MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01K13/00—Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes
- G01K13/20—Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals
- G01K13/25—Protective devices therefor, e.g. sleeves preventing contamination
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
- B65D85/38—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for delicate optical, measuring, calculating or control apparatus
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- This invention relates to jackets and it is more particularly concerned with means for retaining slender implements under clean conditions until used.
- thermometers are frequently used in hospitals. They are transported from a central sterilization point to various places in the hospital where they are to be used, particularly at the bedsides of patients. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tubular jacket into which a thermometer or other slender implement can be readily disposed in clean condition and carried about from place to place while retaining its clean condition until it is to be used and which can then be readily removed from the tubular member.
- Another object of the invention is the provision of such a tubular member which is normally closed at both ends but which can be resiliently opened by the application of simple pressure of the fingers whereby the thermometer, or other slender article therein, can be readily removed.
- a still further object is the provision of a tubular jacket for articles of the type mentioned which affords a degree of protection from breakage of the articles therein when it is accidentally dropped or when groups of the units are in a packaged form.
- FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an embodiment of the invention containing a thermometer. 1
- FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view along the line 22 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view of one end showing the manner of inserting a thermometer in the jacket.
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing the manner of removing the thermometer from the jacket.
- FIG. 5 is an end elevational view of the embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a respective view of a group of the devices in a container showing the relationship of each to the other.
- the embodiment illustrated comprises a seamless one piece elongated jacket 11 of a transparent resilient plastic ma terial, such as of polypropylene.
- the ends 12 and 13 of the jacket are permanently flattened under heat and pres- 3,366,226 Patented Jan. 30, 1968 sure to provide closure lips 14, 15 and 16, 17, respectively.
- either end is readily opened by the exertion of sidewise pressure against the resilient action of the material.
- the flattened ends return to their normally closed flat shapes.
- thermometer 18 a slender article, such as a thermometer 18, can be readily disposed within the jacket and readily removed therefrom.
- the thermometer or other slender article can be carried about without danger of contamination and removed when it is desired to be used. Due to the air pocket within the jacket and the resilience of the material of which the jacket is made, it has been found that devices placed within the jacket are reasonably protected against impact forces such as occur when it is dropped or jostled about. When packaged in groups in a container 19, as shown in FIG. 6, a single jacket can readily be removed by gripping an exposed fiat end. This also affords a protective barrier for each of the articles in a jacket so that there is minimized the danger of breakage of the slender articles, particularly in the case of thermometers which are notoriously fragile.
- a jacket for an individual slender article comprising a seamless one piece hollow slender cylindrical member of a resilient material open at either end, said member having both sides at its ends pressed together fiat under heat and pressure to provide at each end a pair of openable closure lips extending axially outward, the interior space of the tubular member between said ends comprising a chamber for holding the slender article.
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US614106A US3366226A (en) | 1967-02-06 | 1967-02-06 | Slender article jacket |
US687624A US3482012A (en) | 1967-02-06 | 1967-12-04 | Method for forming slender article jacket |
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US614106A US3366226A (en) | 1967-02-06 | 1967-02-06 | Slender article jacket |
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Cited By (10)
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US3429500A (en) * | 1967-10-10 | 1969-02-25 | Stanley J Mansfield | Self-locking tubular containers |
US3458030A (en) * | 1967-12-13 | 1969-07-29 | Howard C Allisbaugh | Packaging arrangement |
US3521489A (en) * | 1968-01-22 | 1970-07-21 | Gillette Co | Disposable thermometer |
US3633758A (en) * | 1970-01-09 | 1972-01-11 | North American Instr Corp | Catheter storage rack |
US3884011A (en) * | 1973-04-10 | 1975-05-20 | Affiliated Hospital Prod | Method of assembly of catheter package |
US3918579A (en) * | 1972-03-30 | 1975-11-11 | Marcus Diamant | Protective wrappers for substantially solid objects |
US4425998A (en) | 1980-01-17 | 1984-01-17 | Pymah Corporation | Protective packaging for thermolabile goods using compounds with melting points slightly below thermosensitive temperature of the goods |
US4546881A (en) * | 1983-08-03 | 1985-10-15 | Tasma Gerald W | Tamperproof packaging |
WO2007007096A2 (en) * | 2005-07-09 | 2007-01-18 | Jonathan William Stollery | Dispensing arrangement |
US20100193515A1 (en) * | 2007-07-09 | 2010-08-05 | John Scott Goleby | Container and a seal for a container |
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US426400A (en) * | 1890-04-22 | Thermometer-case | ||
US496610A (en) * | 1893-05-02 | Self-closing box | ||
US658998A (en) * | 1900-01-11 | 1900-10-02 | Randall Faichney Company | Pocket-case for thermometers. |
US744846A (en) * | 1903-08-27 | 1903-11-24 | George W Williams | Self-closing mouth for bags. |
US820067A (en) * | 1905-06-22 | 1906-05-08 | Lavinia D Richardson | Pocket ash-receptacle. |
US1671385A (en) * | 1927-02-01 | 1928-05-29 | Daniel H Strayer | Waterproof receptacle |
US2319448A (en) * | 1940-07-11 | 1943-05-18 | George O Frostad | Soda straw package |
FR1083351A (en) * | 1953-09-14 | 1955-01-07 | case for objects such as for example medical thermometers | |
GB879186A (en) * | 1958-09-11 | 1961-10-04 | S M Alexander & Co Ltd | Improvements in carton manufacture |
US3092251A (en) * | 1961-05-01 | 1963-06-04 | Mayfair Ind Inc | Packaged article |
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US426400A (en) * | 1890-04-22 | Thermometer-case | ||
US496610A (en) * | 1893-05-02 | Self-closing box | ||
US658998A (en) * | 1900-01-11 | 1900-10-02 | Randall Faichney Company | Pocket-case for thermometers. |
US744846A (en) * | 1903-08-27 | 1903-11-24 | George W Williams | Self-closing mouth for bags. |
US820067A (en) * | 1905-06-22 | 1906-05-08 | Lavinia D Richardson | Pocket ash-receptacle. |
US1671385A (en) * | 1927-02-01 | 1928-05-29 | Daniel H Strayer | Waterproof receptacle |
US2319448A (en) * | 1940-07-11 | 1943-05-18 | George O Frostad | Soda straw package |
FR1083351A (en) * | 1953-09-14 | 1955-01-07 | case for objects such as for example medical thermometers | |
GB879186A (en) * | 1958-09-11 | 1961-10-04 | S M Alexander & Co Ltd | Improvements in carton manufacture |
US3092251A (en) * | 1961-05-01 | 1963-06-04 | Mayfair Ind Inc | Packaged article |
Cited By (11)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3429500A (en) * | 1967-10-10 | 1969-02-25 | Stanley J Mansfield | Self-locking tubular containers |
US3458030A (en) * | 1967-12-13 | 1969-07-29 | Howard C Allisbaugh | Packaging arrangement |
US3521489A (en) * | 1968-01-22 | 1970-07-21 | Gillette Co | Disposable thermometer |
US3633758A (en) * | 1970-01-09 | 1972-01-11 | North American Instr Corp | Catheter storage rack |
US3918579A (en) * | 1972-03-30 | 1975-11-11 | Marcus Diamant | Protective wrappers for substantially solid objects |
US3884011A (en) * | 1973-04-10 | 1975-05-20 | Affiliated Hospital Prod | Method of assembly of catheter package |
US4425998A (en) | 1980-01-17 | 1984-01-17 | Pymah Corporation | Protective packaging for thermolabile goods using compounds with melting points slightly below thermosensitive temperature of the goods |
US4546881A (en) * | 1983-08-03 | 1985-10-15 | Tasma Gerald W | Tamperproof packaging |
WO2007007096A2 (en) * | 2005-07-09 | 2007-01-18 | Jonathan William Stollery | Dispensing arrangement |
WO2007007096A3 (en) * | 2005-07-09 | 2007-05-03 | Jonathan William Stollery | Dispensing arrangement |
US20100193515A1 (en) * | 2007-07-09 | 2010-08-05 | John Scott Goleby | Container and a seal for a container |
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Owner name: MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION, A CORP. OF MD (MERGED INTO) MC ACQUISITION CORP., A CORP.OF MD (CHANGED TO);REEL/FRAME:005284/0423 Effective date: 19830831 Owner name: LILY-TULIP, INC., A CORP. OF DE Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:SWEETHEART HOLDING CORP.;REEL/FRAME:005284/0457 Effective date: 19861231 Owner name: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, AS COLLATERAL AGENT Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:FORT HOWARD CUP CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005287/0404 Effective date: 19891114 Owner name: SWEETHEART HOLDING CORP. Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:MARYLAND CUP CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005284/0418 Effective date: 19841231 Owner name: FORT HOWARD CUP CORPORATION Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:LILY-TULIP, INC.;REEL/FRAME:005300/0320 Effective date: 19861231 |
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