Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

Wayne E Uren

Jeffrey P Pirro

Mark A Ferguson

Frank H Feddrix

Julio C Casanova

Kelvin B Belle

The invention is a battery with power output terminals on opposite ends of a battery and a power output terminal on the side wall of the battery that has the same polarity as one of the end power output terminals. The presence of the side terminal is indicative of a battery characteristic and allow a battery operated device requiring that characteristic to selectively use the battery when designed to use the side terminal and opposite polarity end terminal to provide energy to operate the device. Because the battery also has opposite polarity end terminals, the battery can be used in devices designed to use batteries of the same dimensions and having the same nominal voltage. The location of the side terminal can also be indicative of additional battery characteristics, allowing the selective use of batteries in devices based on various device requirements.

Battery with side terminal

A shipping and display container having packaged product arranged for shipping and display to consumers that minimizes shipping space and manual handling of the individual packages contained therein. The container has side walls and top and bottom walls defining a compartment and a removable section that is affixed to the container during shipment of the packaged product and is removed to provide an opening for displaying product for sale to consumers. The container further includes a plurality of irregular shaped packaged articles each having a display card and a housing for housing one or more products, wherein the housing has a thickness substantially greater than the thickness of the display card. The arrangement includes an upper packaged article offset and supported on a lower packaged article to provide efficient use of container space. The packages may also include a retainer for retaining the upper packaged articles supported on the lower packaged article. According to one embodiment, the retainer includes a pair of raised dimples formed on an upper surface of the housing. According to another embodiment, the housing has a depression formed in a lower surface for engaging the raised dimples. According to a further embodiment, a channel is provided on an upper surface of the housing for engaging a lower end of the upper package.

Product packaging arrangement having retainer

A display package for retaining product includes a reclosable container having a housing defining a compartment adapted to house product therein and a lid for engaging the housing to close the compartment. The package also includes a display card having a planar main body and being integrally formed to engage and support the container. A tear section is formed in the display card and is adapted to allow for removal of the container from the display card. Once removed from the display card, the reclosable container may be used without the display card to house the product.

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Chesterfield, MO, United States of America

Wayne E Uren