Holder or container for tape cartridges
OwnerRichard D. Smithinventor
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Abstract
The article is a box or holder with partition members or shelves to hold items in the container between the said members. In a preferred form the box or holder may be square. Certain of the partition or shelf members are spaced so as to snugly hold a rectilinear item of a certain size transversely in the box. Spaced ribs are provided on the shelf members with a different spacing to hold additional items having a different width in a transverse position in the box. In this manner the box or holder has the capability of snugly and efficiently holding within it rectilinear articles of different widths and overall sizes, such as, for example, TV and computer game cartridges, or video tape cartridges, and the like. This capability is realized in a box of minimum size and with optimum efficiency.
Claims5
As a product of manufacture a holder or cabinet constructed for holding rectilinear flat sided articles of different sizes, especially tape cartridges comprising a rectilinear container having a front side having a plurality of uniform rectangular openings spaced from each other and being of a size to receive articles such as tape cartridges of a first size, means forming partitions within the container in a position normal to the said front side and in positions between the said front openings to form spaces opposite said openings of a size to receive articles of said first size, said partitions having means including relatively short ribs upstanding from the surface of the partitions on at least one side thereof, the said ribs being spaced apart an amount that is less than the corresponding dimension of the said rectangular openings in the front face of the container, the said spacing of the ribs being in an amount to snugly accommodate articles of a second size being placed into said container through said front openings, the said ribs being sufficiently short to allow insertion of articles of the first size into the said spaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.