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US 4,377,233 AGranted
Record and tape storage unit
OwnerWilliam J. Pahlerinventor
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Abstract
A portable 45 R.P.M. and magnetic tape cassette storage and carrying case wherein interchangeable advantages within the case allow for storage of records, tapes or a combination of both. Means for storing one case upon another are also provided along with means for carrying the case.
Claims2
A record and magnetic tape cassette storage and carrying case comprising
- a. a generally rectangular base with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- b. two circular depressions in the top surface with a diameter accommodatingly larger than the diameter of a forty-five R.P.M. record;
- c. a rectangular depression in the bottom surface thereof;
- d. at least one single shaft record spindle, each comprising a circular flat base of a diameter accommodatingly smaller than the circular depressions of (b) above and a single perpendicular shaft of cylindrical configuration;
- e. at least one first rectangular box-shaped container with an open top and a closed bottom and further comprised of a circular ridge in the bottom thereof;
- f. at least one second rectangular box-shaped container with a flat bottom surface and four vertical legs of a length at least as long as the height of the container;
- g. a box-shaped cover of rectangular configuration comprised of an open bottom and a top surface further comprising a rectangular projection on said top surface accommodatingly smaller than the rectangular depression in the base;
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- h. two strap-type carrying handles attached at each end to said base and disposed over the cover to be grasped by the user, and when said cover further comprises two knob-type handles to allow easy removal and placement of the cover relative to the base;
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- whereby at least one record spindle can be placed on the base to receive records thereon;
- at least one first container can be placed on the base to receive cassettes;
- at least one second container can be placed over the first container to receive cassettes;
- the cover can be placed over the selected combination of spindles and boxes to complete the case and whereby one complete case can be stacked on another by co-operation of the cover projection of one case and the base depression in a second case.
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