Package

Claim 2

A package for a plurality of electrical components, each component having a head with a plurality of parallel leads extending from the bottom of the head, comprising: a casing having a plurality of compartments all in a row with each compartment open at first and second opposite sides of the casing, said compartments being sufficiently large to allow components to pass therethrough; a plurality of resilient projections extending inside each compartment for engaging the bottom of the head of a component inserted into a compartment on the first side of the casing to support the component in the compartment, said projections spaced from the openings on the first and second sides of the casing such that each head is fully received in a respective compartment and the leads do not extend through the openings of the compartments, said projections having sufficient resilience that a predetermined force causes the projections to yield allowing a component to pass out a compartment on the second side of the casing; and a cover having a plurality of apertures adopted to be secured over the openings in the first side of the casing to contain the components in the package, each aperture aligned with an opening of a compartment in the first side of the casing such that a member may be inserted through each aperture into a respective compartment to force a component out an opening in the second side of the casing.

Claim 3

A package as defined in claim 1, wherein: each component has an outside nonsymmetrical dimension which may be utilized to orient the component; and each compartment has an inside dimension for mating with the outside nonsymmetrical dimension of each component to retain the articles in a predetermined rotational orientation about an axis parallel to the leads.

Claim 4

A package for a plurality of electrical components, each of which has a head with a plurality of leads extending from the head, wherein the head of each component has an outside nonsymmetrical dimension which may be utilized to orient the component in a predetermined rotational orientation about an axis parallel to the leads, comprising: a casing having a plurality of compartments all in a row with each compartment open at first and second opposite sides of the casing, said compartment being sufficiently large to allow components to pass therethrough, each compartment having an inside dimension for mating with the nonsymmetrical outside dimension of the head of each component to maiNtain each component in a predetermined rotational orientation about an axis parallel to the leads; a plurality of resilient projections extending inside each compartment for engaging the bottom of the head of a component inserted into a compartment on the first side of the casing, to support the component in the compartment, said projections spaced from the first and second sides such that the head of each component is fully received in its respective compartment and the leads do not extend through the openings on the second side of the casing, said projections having sufficient resilience that a predetermined force causes the projections to yield allowing the components to pass out the compartments on the second side of the casing; and a cover having a plurality of apertures adopted to be secured over the openings in the first side of the casing to contain the components in the package, each aperture aligned with an opening of a compartment such that a member may be inserted through the aperture to force an article past the projections out the second side of the casing.

Claim 5

A package for a plurality of electrical components, each of which has a head with a plurality of leads extending from the head, wherein the head of each component has an outside nonsymmetrical dimension which may be utilized to orient the component in a predetermined rotational orientation about an axis parallel to the leads, comprising: a casing having a plurality of compartments all in a row with each compartment open at first and second opposite sides of the casing, said compartment being sufficiently large to allow components to pass therethrough, each compartment having an inside dimension for mating with the nonsymmetrical outside dimension of the head of each component to maiNtain each component in a predetermined rotational orientation about an axis parallel to the leads; a plurality of resilient projections extending inside each compartment for engaging the bottom of the head of a component inserted into a compartment on the first side of the casing, to support the component in the compartment, said projections spaced from the first and second sides such that the head of each component is fully received in its respective compartment and the leads do not extend through the openings on the second side of the casing, said projections having sufficient resilience that a predetermined force causes the projections to yield allowing the components to pass out the compartments on the second side of the casing; and a cover having a plurality of apertures adopted to be secured over the openings in the first side of the casing to contain the components in the package, each aperture aligned with an opening of a compartment such that a member may be inserted through the aperture to force an article past the projections out the second side of the casing.

Claim 6

A package as defined in claim 3, wherein: each compartment is substantially the shape of a rectangular parallelepipedon; the resilient projections are resilient fingers which extend the four corners into each compartment; and the outside nonsymmetrical dimension of the head of each component is a flat surface parallel to the leads and which mates with a flat wall of each compartment to maintain orientation

Claim 7

A package as defined in claim 4, wherein there is a tab at the end of the row of compartments with a notch therein to identify the components contained in the package.

Claim 8

A package as defined in claim 4, wherein the flat wall which mates with the flat surface of the head of each component has an edge with grooves therein to indicate the proper orientation of the components.