Labels, containers, system and method for providing reagents

Abstract

The invention relates to systems and methods for marketing and using products such as liquid materials, especially liquid reagents for use in microbiological and cellular biological laboratory settings include the use of unique color and simple numeric or alphanumeric identifiers to quickly and easily identify any product from a catalog list of products. Methods of marketing, advertising and producing such products are also disclosed. Particular embodiments include products, product packaging and product labeling. The invention also relates to collars and sleeves for containers, flexible stabilizers for containers, as well as related methods of use.

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         35 . A container stabilizer comprising:
 a) a flexible strip comprising:
 i) a container neck penetration along a middle portion of said strip; and 
 ii) one or more weighted end sections. 
   
     
     
         36 . The container stabilizer of  claim 35 , wherein said container stabilizer is configured to stabilize a container in a liquid environment. 
     
     
         37 . The container stabilizer of  claim 35 , wherein said weighted end sections comprises a filling material sandwiched between a sealed overlap made of said flexible strip. 
     
     
         38 . The container stabilizer of  claim 37 , wherein said overlap is sealed using snaps, buttons, ties, buckles, hooks, adjuster bars, slides, cord locks, zipper pulls, Velcro® or by sewing, gluing, stapling, needle punching, adhesives, or any such means. 
     
     
         39 . The container stabilizer of  claim 37 , wherein said filling material is either sand, metal filings, heavy metal, metal beads or bars, synthetic beads or bars, glass beads or bars, any solvent-swellable material like clay, synthetic clay, latex, etc. 
     
     
         40 . The container stabilizer of  claim 35 , wherein said container stabilizer is configured to stabilize a container in an upright position. 
     
     
         41 . The container stabilizer of  claim 37 , wherein said filling material is lead.