A lottery ticket pack and associated method for manipulating such packs is provided. Each individual lottery ticket pack is wrapped with a wrapping material, and a label is adhered to the wrapping material. The label includes a first portion permanently adhered to the wrapping material and a second portion having a releasable adhesive applied to a surface thereof. The label is grasped and pulled away from the ticket pack in a manner that causes the permanently adhered first portion of the label to tear the wrapping material from the ticket pack. Then, the remaining wrapping material is manually removed from the pack. The second portion of the label is used to connect the last ticket in the ticket pack to a first ticket in a separate unwrapped ticket pack by pressing the side of the second portion containing the releasable adhesive across aligned ends of the adjacent tickets.

A package delivery apparatus uses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver a package containing a product to a delivery destination area. The UAV uses GPS signals to guide it to the delivery destination area and an altimeter to determine its height above the delivery destination area. The UAV then adjusts its height to a preferred drop or release height for that package and product and releases the package. An optional camera allows a human operator to view the delivery destination area. An expandable foam package surrounds the product to protect the product from impact and moisture. The package may be streamlined to reduce air resistance and increase the range of the UAV. The package characteristics, such as its thickness, are determined based one or more of the weight and fragile nature of the product, and the drop height.

Flexible enclosure includes a front wall and a back wall that oppose each other and a side wall that joins the front and back walls. The front wall, the back wall, and the side wall are discrete sections. The front wall and the back wall are attached to opposite edges of the side wall. The side wall is configured to have a slit between top and bottom wall portions of the side wall. The flexible enclosure also includes a resealer extending between the front and back walls along the bottom wall portion of the side wall. The bottom wall portion is separable from the top wall portion along the slit. The bottom wall portion is configured to flex outwardly and away from the top wall portion and form a spout of the flexible enclosure. The resealer is configured to close the spout.

A method for producing pyramidal shaped pouches and filling them with a food product is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a multi-layered heat sealable material; forming a tube from the material via a forming shoulder and a metallic forming tube on which the material is wrapped; sealing along a longitudinal direction where the material overlaps to form a longitudinal sealing; sealing across the tube to generate a first sealing edge and forming an opening; filling via the metallic forming tube the food product in the opening; and sealing across the tube to close the opening and generate a second sealing edge. The method further includes creating a notch in the first sealing edge. A tear area extends substantially along the longitudinal sealing. Adjacent pouches are cut to be separated, each filled with the food product.

A packaging and transporting device for a biological sample including an insert, a securing strip, a securing element, a temperature sensor, a plurality of labels, a shipping pouch sized and shaped to receive a shipping document, and a transport bag configured to receive a sample container. The insert comprises a plurality of cutouts sized and shaped to receive the securing strip, the securing element, and the temperature sensor. At least one of the plurality of labels includes patient information.