Tape-and-disc display container for use in video rental shops

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to a tape-and-disc display container for use in video rental shops where rental videocassettes and digital videodiscs are displayed.

#2. Related Arts

#FIG.1 includes front, side and plane sectional views of a tape-and-disc display container for use in video rental shops according to one embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG.2 is a perspective view of the container of FIG.1 in its opening position to show the inside;

#FIG.3 is a perspective view of the container of FIG.1, showing how the label is applied to the container;

#Referring to FIGS.1 and 2, a tape-and-disc display container for use in video rental shops according to the present invention comprises a top-open, box-like structure and a printed label sheet 18 giving information about what is recorded in the tape and disc. The box-like structure is covered with the printed label sheet 18. The box-like structure comprises two opposite side pieces 2, front and rear pieces 3 and 4, a bottom piece 10, a shelf-like bottom piece 14 and an intermediate partition piece 5. As shown, the partition 5 divides the inner space of the box-like structure into tape and disc compartments 7 and 9, which are parallel arranged to snugly accommodate a VHS videocassette recorded movies (hereinafter abbreviated as “VHS”) and a digital videodisc or DVD package respectively. The box-like structure is as tall as the VHS 6 (longitudinally), and as wide as the DVD 8 (laterally). The VHS compartment 7 is so delimited by the rear partition piece 11 and by the bottom piece 10 that the VHS 6 may appear partly from the open top of the box-like structure, whereas the DVD compartment 8 is so delimited by the rear piece 4 and by the shelf-like bottom piece 14 that the DVD may appear partly from the open top of the box-like structure. The tops of the VHS and DVD are put in alignment at the same level.

#Specifically the VHS compartment 7 is formed by the sidepiece 2, the intermediate partition piece 5, the rear partition piece 11 and the bottom piece 10 to fit the VHS 6. Likewise, the DVD compartment 9 is formed by the sidepiece 2, the intermediate partition piece 5, the rear piece 4 and the shelf-like bottom piece 14 to fit the DVD 8. These compartments are so sized that the VHS 6 and the DVD may be smoothly put in and taken out; such a small gap is left between the VHS 6 or the DVD and the inner walls of each compartment that no rattle may be caused when being put in or taken out from the compartment.

#One of the side pieces 2, the rear piece 4 and the shelf-like bottom piece 14 are combined integrally in the DVD compartment 9, and the integral combination of the DVD compartment 9 can be rotated about the hinge 12 in one direction to be apart from the intermediate partition piece 5 in its opening position (see FIG.2), or can be rotated about the hinge 12 in the other direction to be put on the intermediate partition piece 5 in its closing position, in which the side piece 2, the intermediate partition piece 5, the rear piece 4 and the shelf-like bottom piece 14 define a square space to snugly accommodate a DVD 8.