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US 4,052,113 AGranted
Tape cassette holder for vehicular use
OwnerLarkey Wilburn Broomeinventor
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Abstract
A tape cassette holder for use in a vehicular environment includes a protective housing having a turntable mounted therein, the turntable having an array of elastomeric foam material thereon that provides cavities for receiving and restraining the tape cassettes within the housing. The housing has either a side or top loading opening which can be registered with the cavities by rotating the turntable. A mounting bracket feature enables the housing to be rigidly supported in or upon a vehicle in a variety of angular positions.
Claims8
A tape cassette holder comprising:
- a. a housing having top, bottom and side walls;
- b. a cassette loading opening in at least one of said walls;
- c. an array of elastomeric material mounted for rotation as a unit within said housing, said array being disposed to form the entire and sole sidewalls of a plurality of radially extending tape cassette receiving cavities within said housing, the minimum transverse width of each of said cavities being smaller than the maximum thickness of a cassette intended to be received therein and the elastomeric material forming the sole structure between cassette receiving cavities;
- d. a generally planar turntable means mounted within said housing;
- e. said array of elastomeric material being secured to a surface of said turnable means for rotation therewith as a unit;
- f. means connected to said turntable from a position externally of said housing for rotating said turntable means and said array of elastomeric material.
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A tape cassette holder comprising:
- a. a circular plastic housing having connected top, bottom and sidewalls;
- b. a cassette loading opening in at least one of said walls;
- c. a generally planar turntable supported by a single pivot bearing mounted on the said bottom wall within said housing;
- d. an array of foamed elastomeric elements fixedly mounted on said turntable, said elements closely fitting within the said side and top walls of said housing;
- e. a plurality of radially extending tape cassette receiving cavities having sidewalls formed by adjacent ones of said foamed elastomeric elements within said housing, the minimum width of each of said cavities being less than the maximum width of a cassette to be received and supported within said cavity;
- whereby adjacent ones of said elastomeric elements must be deformed to enable a cassette to be received within each cavity;
- f. rotary selector means located externally of said housing and connected to said turntable for enabling rotation of said turntable and selective alignment of said cavities with said loading opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.