Video disc stylus cartridge with protective member

In a record playback cartridge assembly of the type comprising:

• a cartridge body, a stylus arm mounted within said cartridge body;
• a pickup stylus mounted on one end of said arm, the other end of said arm being compliantly coupled to said cartridge body;
• and an elongated electrically conductive spring-like flylead member, connected at one end thereof to said cartridge body and at the other end thereof to a certain point in the vicinity of said stylus for coupling electrical signals representing recorded information during record playback, said flylead normally assuming a bow-like shape extending away from the end connections of said flylead and toward said other end of said arm, said flylead being subject to disturbance of said bow-like shape during handling of said cartridge at times other than when said cartridge is positioned for record playback, the improvement comprising:
• a stop member formed from an electrically non-conductive material and connected between two opposing walls within the confines of said cartridge body on the side of said flylead bow-like shape toward said one end of said arm in the vicinity of but non-contacting with said flylead member for preventing the inversion of said bow-like shape of said flylead during handling of said cartridge, said stop member being positioned so as not to touch said flylead at any time during record playback.