An expandable bowl has an open top and a plurality of configuration changing side members connecting the open top to a base member. The configuration changing side members are designed to allow a user to pull the base member to changing the side members from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, thereby increasing the overall volume of the bowl. The expandable bowl may be useful for various products, such as pre-packaged salads, where the salads may be packaged and displayed in the collapsed configuration, thereby minimizing shelf space, and may be changed to the expanded configuration by a user to permit tossing of the salad without risking spillage of the contents of the bowl.

The container system (1) comprises a container (3), a dispensing device (2) and a closure (4a), wherein the container (3) has a longitudinal axis (L), wherein the container (3) and the dispensing device (2) are connected to one another and are mutually rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis (L), wherein the container (3) and the dispensing device (2) enclose a common interior space the common interior space (6) being delimited in the direction of the longitudinal axis (L) by an end face (3a) of the container and by an end wall of the dispensing device (2), the dispensing device (2) having, in the region of the end wall, a removal opening (2a) which is arranged laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis (L) which extends in the circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal axis (L), wherein the closure (4a) is coupled to the container (3), and wherein the closure (4a) is arranged in the dispensing device (2) in such a manner that upon a mutual rotation of the container (3) and the dispensing device (2) about the longitudinal axis (L), the closure (4a) is rotatably movable about the longitudinal axis (L) with respect to the removal opening (2a) and, depending on its position, assumes a closed position in which the closure (4a) closes the removal opening (2a) and an open position in which the removal opening (2a) is completely open

Herein disclosed is a novel shoe box, comprising a box body. The box body may be formed by a top panel, a bottom panel, a back panel, a front panel, a left panel, and a right door frame. The box body may be provided with a first opening. The front panel may open or close the first opening. The right door frame may be provided with a second opening, and the second opening may be provided with a side cover that may open or close the second opening. Inside the first opening, there may be a first iron block. The front panel may be provided with a matching first magnet at the position of the first iron block. A second iron block may be arranged in the second opening, and the side cover may be provided with a matching first magnet at the position of the second iron block. When closing the first opening on the front panel, or closing the second opening on the side cover, the first or second magnet my abut the first or second iron block, respectively. The show box may have an at least partially transparent design for easy display, and may be provided with a front panel, a side cover, and a magnetic attraction structure, so that the shoe box can be opened from both sides to realize double doors opening, which may be convenient for storing and collecting shoes.

Collapsible containers and a method of their manufacture are disclosed herein. The collapsible containers have one or more collapsible wall sections and a stiff upper and lower tier. The wall sections have living hinges and three or more tiers between the hinges. A thermoplastic elastomer layer may join separately made portions of the container together. The containers may be made by molding and overmolding. The containers include inter alia bulk liquid containers, jugs, tubs, baskets, bottles, and food containers. The method of manufacturing includes placing a container component and a matching container body comprising a stiff first tier, a stiff second tier, and a collapsible wall section in a mold; assembling the container body with the container component to close one end of the container body; and overmolding a thermoplastic layer around the container body and the container component.

A method and device for preserving wine or other oxygen sensitive items is disclosed. In some embodiments, the device has a housing, a pressure indicator, a pressure sensor, and a one-way valve. The housing is configured to seal an opening of a wine bottle. The housing has a closure side configured to be in communication with an interior of the wine bottle. The housing has an input channel extending through the housing. The pressure sensor is within the housing and is in communication with the closure side. The one-way valve is in the input channel. The pressure sensor is configured to move the pressure indicator to an indicating position when a predetermined amount of pressure is reached at the sensor.

Containers with one or more tray retention portions and a support stand are described. For example, a container can include: a substantially hollow body including a plurality of body walls extending vertically from a bottom portion; an extension portion rotatably coupled to an outward-facing surface of a body wall among the plurality of body walls, the extension portion configured to rotate to an active position in which the extension portion extends outwardly from the body wall; and a support stand having a proximal end coupled to the outward-facing surface of the body wall and a distal end, the support stand configured to move between at least a stowed position in which the support stand is positioned against or proximate to the outward-facing surface of the body wall and a support position in which the support stand extends outwardly from the body wall.

Containers with one or more tray retention portions and a support stand are described. For example, a container can include: a substantially hollow body including a plurality of body walls extending vertically from a bottom portion; an extension portion rotatably coupled to an outward-facing surface of a body wall among the plurality of body walls, the extension portion configured to rotate to an active position in which the extension portion extends outwardly from the body wall; and a support stand having a proximal end coupled to the outward-facing surface of the body wall and a distal end, the support stand configured to move between at least a stowed position in which the support stand is positioned against or proximate to the outward-facing surface of the body wall and a support position in which the support stand extends outwardly from the body wall.

The present disclosure generally relates to containers and container end closures, and more specifically metallic end closures for small diameter metallic beverage containers. The present disclosure also relates to the tooling used to form the novel end closure, where the tooling is itself novel. The change of the angles on the die core ring improve the mobility of the metal while forming the end closure. Specifically, when manufacturing the new end closure with the new tooling, the press output is increased by over five times.

System suitable for storing and/or transporting temperature-sensitive materials. In a preferred embodiment, the system may include a cooler made of expanded polystyrene foam. The cooler may include a base and a lid. The base may be a unitary structure that includes a cavity bounded by a bottom wall and four side walls. The base also may include an integral support that may include a platform elevated from the bottom wall, as well as a stanchion extending upwardly from the bottom wall along each of the side walls. The support may be constructed to removably receive a product box in the cavity and to orient the product box at an angle offset from the cavity. Dry ice pellets may be positioned around and under the product box, and additional dry ice pellets may be positioned in a tray mounted on the stanchions over the product box.