Storage and display device for record albums and tapes

A storage-and-display device for record albums and tape cartridges comprising:

• a central, substantially fixed vertical pole,
• a base member secured to the lower end of said pole,
• a plurality of rack means disposed one above the other in contiguous superposed relation arranged to removably store and display record albums and tape cartridges, including journal means for individual rotation of each rack means, said journal means comprising a hub member received over said fixed pole, and a pin removably secured to said pole to rotatably support said hub member, each of said rack means comprising:
• a cylindrical housing having a cylindrical wall coaxial with the pole and rotatably supported on said fixed pole,
• a wire frame support bracket removably secured to said housing, and arranged to extend radially outwardly therefrom,
• said bracket comprising a pair of wire-frame members fixed in parallel spaced relation with each other, each having upper and lower free ends adapted to be received in said mounting means of said housing, the wire-frame members providing a spring-retaining action between the brackets and the mounting means, and an elongated record album-support track member connecting said wire-frame members along the lower portion of said bracket member,
• each of said wire-frame members comprising a lower horizontal leg member which, when affixed to said housing, extends radially outwardly therefrom the full length of said track member which is secured thereto,
• said wire-frame member being bent upwardly and rearwardly defining an integral arm member,
• an upper leg member extending from said arm member and bent rearwardly in a substantially horizontal position, said upper leg member being in a substantially parallel plane to said lower leg member,
• mounting means in said cylindrical housing wall to receive said bracket, said mounting means comprising a plurality of apertures equally spaced about the cylindrical wall of said housing, the wire frame support bracket providing a spring-retaining action between the bracket and the mounting means, and
• locking means disposed on said bracket to engage said mounting means, said locking means comprising a transverse groove disposed in said upper and lower leg members of said brackets, and arranged to engage the edge portions of the cylindrical wall defining selected ones of said apertures, and wherein said upper and lower leg members include a biasing force therebetween to provide positive engagement within said apertures.

A storage-and-display device for record albums and tape cartridges comprising:

• a central, substantially fixed vertical pole,
• a base member secured to the lower end of said pole,
• a plurality of rack means disposed one above the other in contiguous superposed relation arranged to removably store and display record albums and tape cartridges, including journal means for individual rotation of each rack means, each of said rack means comprising:
• a cylindrical housing having a cylindrical wall coaxial with the pole and rotatably supported on said fixed pole,
• a wire frame support bracket removably secured to said housing, and arranged to extend radially outwardly therefrom,
• mounting means in said cylindrical housing wall to receive said bracket, the wire frame support bracket providing a spring-retaining action between the bracket and the mounting means,
• said bracket comprising a pair of wire frame members fixed in parallel spaced relation with each other having upper and lower free ends adapted to be received in said mounting means of said housing, said wire frame being bent with a plurality of sequential, box-like configurations formed therein, and a plurality of upper and lower track members arranged to removably receive and support individual tape cartridges therebetween, said track members being affixed to each pair of wire-frame members, holding them in a spaced juxtaposed arrangement, and
• locking means disposed on said bracket to engage said mounting means.