A vehicle comprising a stowage bin, an actuation assembly configured to actuate in response to an actuation signal, and a stowage bin closure operable between stored and fully deployed positions, wherein the actuation assembly is configured to deploy the stowage bin closure over an opening defined by the stowage bin.

A packaging assembly includes a top section, a bottom section releasably connected by at least one fastener. The top section includes a top body defining a label opening and a transparent label cover closing the label opening. The top section is configured to removably retain a shipping label under the transparent label cover. The bottom section includes a bottom body, at least a first package recess being defined in the bottom section that removably accommodates at least a first internal package therein. The first package recess has a first recess width approximately equal to a first package width. A user releases the fastener to open the top and bottom sections and remove the internal package. The shipping label is removed, manipulated to display a return address and reinserted under the label cover so the packaging assembly can be returned.

The scope of this invention was to create a container that could endure extreme hot temperatures when heated by microwave and endure extreme cold temperatures without cracking when shipped with dry ice. In addition, the container was ergonomically designed to encompass a snug fit to keep the food contained, but the top is easily detached even if the individual does not have full use of their hands. The container is multipurpose. There was not a container on the market that met these criteria, so extensive time was expended to design such a container to fit the needs of the company.

An assembly for storing sample processing consumables that includes a cover and a tray. The cover includes a flexible panel and a cover wall that extends downward from the perimeter of the panel, where the panel and the cover wall define a cavity. The tray has a top surface that defines a plurality of wells and a side surface that extends downward from the perimeter of the top surface. The panel is situated adjacent the top surface of the tray, where a first portion of the tray is received within the cover cavity, such that a press fit is formed between the side surface of the tray and an inner surface of the cover wall, thereby releasably coupling the cover to the tray. At least a portion of the wells contain a sample processing consumable, and the cover is configured to be decoupled from the tray by applying a force to the panel to overcome the press fit.

A method of loading consumables into a sample processing instrument. In the method, a tray storing sample processing consumables is aligned with a support cavity defined by a support of the sample processing instrument. A flange is contacted with a portion of the support, where the flange extends outward from a wall of a cover coupled to the tray. The cover is decoupled from the tray by pressing a panel of the cover, and the tray is seated in the support cavity.

A forming structure for the internal snap ring of a pulp molded cup lid is disclosed. When manufacturing the pulp molded cup lid, the pulp suction mold sucks a pulp layer and sends it to a hot press upper mold for clamping and squeezing to shape the pulp layer into a primary blank, meanwhile producing an internal snap ring part on the primary blank. After subsequent hot pressing and shaping, the finished product of a pulp molded cup lid will have an integral internal snap ring structure. Comparing with the prior art, the present invention omits a second operation (processing), and the preparation of a mold for the second operation (processing). Therefore, the present invention can save manufacturing cost and time.

A method for three-dimensional shaping of flat material, in particular material composed of natural fibers, such as paper or cardboard, for example, uses a deep-drawing piston and a die, through which or into which the material is drawn. The diameter of the deep-drawing piston plus the material thickness of the material to be deep-drawn corresponds at least approximately to the diameter of the die.

A lid with a retractable straw for a cup or other fluid container is provided. The device includes a body including a cavity that extends from a bottom surface of the body to an upper surface of the body and a lid positionable between a closed position in which the lid lays on an upper surface of the body and an open position in which the lid is displaced from the upper surface of the body. The device also includes a tube, a straw and a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece coupled to the body and in fluid communication with the tube, the mouthpiece being positionable between a closed position in which the mouthpiece crimps the tube to the bottom surface of the body and an open position in which the tube couples the mouthpiece in fluid communication with the straw.