Disclosed is an airtight cosmetic-pencil container that is configured to extrude and retract pencil-type cosmetic content. To this end, a tube of a holder provided with a cosmetic pencil therein is hermetically and tightly assembled inside a container body, a sealing rubber of an upper cap coupled to an upper portion of a container body is hermetically and tightly assembled to the upper portion of the container body, and an expanded portion of the tube is tightly assembled to an inner surface of a coupling hole of the container body, thereby achieving excellent airtightness. Thus, when the cosmetic-pencil container is stored and carried, moisture, fragrances, and original ingredients of the cosmetic pencil are prevented from being evaporated, and outside air is prevented from being flowing into the container body, thereby preventing hardening, contamination, and deterioration of the cosmetic pencil, and preserving quality of the cosmetic pencil.

A capped barrel system includes a barrel for aging and a device for capping the barrel. The barrel includes a plurality of staves made of a wood suitable for aging liquids, a plurality of hoops for holding the staves together, a head having a flat circular top, a bunghole in the head, and a chime formed by raised ends of the staves. The device includes a lid sized to span across the head and beyond the chime, a flange extending downwardly from the lid for engaging an external side of the staves, an opening in the lid to generally align with the bunghole, and a closure sized to seal the opening.

A method including accepting a registration of an item in a database, the registration including a registrant's ownership information and an identifier about the item known to the registrant; and verifying the item is the registered item to a buyer of the item in response to the buyer providing the identifier. A method of authenticating an item including registering an item with a database, the registration including a registrant's ownership information; providing a seal having a public identification tag on a first side and a private identification tag on a second side; storing data of the public identification tag and data of the private identification tag in the database; and affixing the seal on a container containing an item or a representation of the item, when the seal is not broken, the public identification tag is visible and the private identification tag is not visible.

A container for smoking articles has an outer housing including a hinged lid rotatable between open and closed positions. An inner package has an access opening through which smoking articles can be removed. The access opening can be covered by a reclosable flap when the hinged lid is in the closed position. With the lid in the closed position, the reclosable flap forms an overlap region with a surface of the inner package that extends around the periphery of the access opening. An outer surface of the reclosable flap is attached to a first lid panel of the hinged lid. When the hinged lid is moved from the closed position to the open position, a pivoting movement is provided about the first lid panel whereby the first lid panel pivots against the inner package along a pivot line, and wherein non-adhering region of the overlap region includes the pivot line.

A container for smoking articles has an outer housing including a hinged lid rotatable between open and closed positions. An inner package has an access opening through which smoking articles can be removed. The access opening can be covered by a reclosable flap when the hinged lid is in the closed position. With the lid in the closed position, the reclosable flap forms an overlap region with a surface of the inner package that extends around the periphery of the access opening. The overlap region includes a first adhering region to releasably affix the surface of the inner package and the reclosable flap, and a first non-adhering region. The first non-adhering region includes a portion of the periphery of the access opening.

A storage and transportation device, which relates to the technical field of storage and transportation apparatuses are disclosed. The storage and transportation device comprises a cover, a supporting plate and a sealant. The supporting plate covers an opening of the cover to form a space for accommodating an item to be transported. The storage and transportation device further comprises a first sealant groove and a second sealant groove arranged at a sealed junction between the cover and the supporting plate, the sealant is contained in each of the first sealant groove and the second sealant groove, and the two parts of the sealant are connected.

A container for storing food includes a container wall with a top edge and a lid. The lid includes a lid edge with a sealing profile which contacts the top edge of the container wall when the container is closed, an opening with a valve which can have air be sucked therethrough when the container is closed so as to obtain a negative pressure inside the container, the negative pressure being lower than atmospheric pressure, a lid interior region, and a flexible profile which attaches the lid interior region to the lid edge so as to form a variable-height support of the lid interior region. The flexible profile maintains the lid interior region in an upper position if the negative pressure is not present and allows for a movement of the lid interior region into a lower position if the negative pressure is present.

A moisture-tight, re-sealable container is disclosed having a lid and body. The lid and body have a non-round seal that is substantially moisture tight when the lid is seated on the body, admitting less than 1000 micrograms per day of water to a package. A reinforcement stiffens or reinforces at least a portion of the seal against inward deflection along an axis defined by the minor diameter when the lid is seated on the body. Optionally the reinforcement is at least one spline subdividing the reservoir. A method of making dispensers for objects of varying length to customize particular dispensers to dispense such objects of a particular length is also disclosed.

An insert construction or formation is attachable to a basic lid construction for outfitting a hot beverage or liquid container assembly for enabling a user to enhance heat transfer from a relatively hot assembly-contained beverage or liquid prior to consumption. The insert construction or formation provides a damming structure located in adjacency to the primary liquid outlet of the basic lid construction for selectively transferring liquid intermediate a liquid-containing compartment and at least one beverage-cooling channel made part of the damming structure. Each beverage-cooling channel or formation directs liquid therethrough and transfers heat therefrom before the liquid exits the primary liquid outlet. The primary dam structure or insert construction thereby enables the user to redirect liquid movement via the basic lid construction for delaying liquid delivery via the primary beverage outlet and transferring heat therefrom prior to liquid consumption. Certain packaging methodology of the complex lid construction is further contemplated.

A moisture-tight, re-sealable container is disclosed having a lid and body. The lid and body have a non-round seal that is substantially moisture tight when the lid is seated on the body, admitting less than 1000 micrograms per day of water to a package. A reinforcement stiffens or reinforces at least a portion of the seal against inward deflection along an axis defined by the minor diameter when the lid is seated on the body. Optionally the reinforcement is at least one spline subdividing the reservoir. A method of making dispensers for objects of varying length to customize particular dispensers to dispense such objects of a particular length is also disclosed.