Package for Containing and Displaying Elongate Articles
First Claim
1. A package for containing and displaying elongate articles comprising:
- an elongate receptacle with an open end and a closed end;
a sleeve disposed and sized for slidable movement over a portion of the elongate receptacle, the sleeve having an open end portion and a closed end portion being hingedly connected by a hinge; and
the sleeve being disposed on the elongate receptacle and slidably moveable between a first position wherein the closed end of the sleeve substantially obstructs the open end of the receptacle and a second position wherein the hinge is disposed adjacent the open end of the receptacle, the closed end portion of the sleeve being selectively sufficiently moveable about the hinge from a longitudinal axis of the elongate receptacle so that when the open end portion of the sleeve is slidably returned toward the first position wherein the hinge is between the open and the closed end of the receptacle and the closed end portion of the sleeve having been sufficiently moved out of the axis of the receptacle, the closed end portion of the sleeve engages an outside surface of the elongate portion thereby forming a projection, so that when the package is placed on a horizontal surface so that the closed end of the receptacle and the sleeve closed end engage the horizontal surface, the open end of the receptacle is elevated above the closed end of the receptacle, thereby displaying and improving the accessibility of the elongate articles being contained within the receptacle.
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Abstract
A package for containing and displaying elongate articles includes an elongate receptacle with an open end and a closed end. The receptacle has a sleeve disposed and sized for slidable movement over a portion of the elongate receptacle. The sleeve has an open end portion and a closed end portion that are connected by a hinge. The sleeve is disposed on the elongate receptacle and slidably moveable from a first position wherein the closed end of the sleeve substantially obstructs the open end of the receptacle, a second position wherein the hinge is disposed beyond the open end of the receptacle and the closed end portion of the sleeve is selectively moveable about the hinge so that when the open end portion of the sleeve is slidably returned toward the first position the closed end portion of the sleeve engages an outside surface of the elongate portion thereby forming a projection, so that when the package is placed on a horizontal surface so that the closed end of the receptacle and the sleeve closed end engage the horizontal surface, the open end of the receptacle is elevated above the closed end of the receptacle, thereby displaying and improving the accessibility of the elongate articles being contained within the receptacle.
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1. A package for containing and displaying elongate articles comprising:
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an elongate receptacle with an open end and a closed end; a sleeve disposed and sized for slidable movement over a portion of the elongate receptacle, the sleeve having an open end portion and a closed end portion being hingedly connected by a hinge; and the sleeve being disposed on the elongate receptacle and slidably moveable between a first position wherein the closed end of the sleeve substantially obstructs the open end of the receptacle and a second position wherein the hinge is disposed adjacent the open end of the receptacle, the closed end portion of the sleeve being selectively sufficiently moveable about the hinge from a longitudinal axis of the elongate receptacle so that when the open end portion of the sleeve is slidably returned toward the first position wherein the hinge is between the open and the closed end of the receptacle and the closed end portion of the sleeve having been sufficiently moved out of the axis of the receptacle, the closed end portion of the sleeve engages an outside surface of the elongate portion thereby forming a projection, so that when the package is placed on a horizontal surface so that the closed end of the receptacle and the sleeve closed end engage the horizontal surface, the open end of the receptacle is elevated above the closed end of the receptacle, thereby displaying and improving the accessibility of the elongate articles being contained within the receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A package of NMR tubes comprising:
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a package having a plurality of sleeves and a closed end and an open end; a NMR tube in each of the plurality of sleeves; a cover that fits around the package and slides along the package, the cover having a hinged end that covers the open end of the package in a first position and that extends at an angle from the package in a second position. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A package of NMR sample tubes comprising:
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an elongate receptacle with an open end and a closed end having a plurality of NMR sample tubes having an open end and a closed end contained therein, the tubes being oriented substantially parallel to each other and having all of the open ends of the tubes oriented toward the open end of the elongate receptacle; a sleeve disposed and sized for slidable movement over a portion of the elongate receptacle, the sleeve having an open end portion and a closed end portion being hingedly connected by a hinge;
the sleeve being disposed on the elongate receptacle and slidably moveable from a first position wherein the closed end of the sleeve substantially obstructs the open end of the receptacle, a second position wherein the hinge is disposed adjacent the open end of the receptacle and the closed end portion of the sleeve being selectively sufficiently moveable about the hinge from an axis of the elongate receptacle so that when the open end portion of the sleeve is slidably returned toward the first position wherein the hinge is between the open and the closed end of the receptacle and the closed end portion of the sleeve having been sufficiently moved out of the axis of the receptacle, the closed end portion of the sleeve engages an outside surface of the elongate portion thereby forming a projection, so that when the package is placed on a horizontal surface so that the closed end of the receptacle and the sleeve closed end engage the horizontal surface, the open end of the receptacle is elevated above the closed end of the receptacle, thereby displaying and improving to accessibility of the NMR sample tubes contained within the receptacle.
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