Cassette container with flexible and hinged drawers

A container for holding a cassette comprising:

• (a) a rectangular casing having top, bottom and side walls, a rear wall and an open front;
• (b) a drawer for holding a cassette, said drawer being reciprocally received in the casing and slidable between a cassette-storing position within the casing and a cassette-exposing position partially-extended outwardly and downwardly away from the cassette and said drawer comprising rear and front walls, and a bottom wall having a forward portion extending downwardly away from the cassette when the drawer is moved outwardly from the casing to its cassette-exposing position;
• (c) spring means for biasing the drawer toward the cassette-exposing position;
• (d) locking means for retaining the drawer in the cassette-storing position including a projection formed on the outer surface of the drawer bottom wall near the forward end thereof and a recess, formed along the casing bottom wall from the front end to the middle thereof, for receiving the locking projection of the drawer when the drawer is in the cassette-storing position and wherein the drawer is releasingly disengaged from the cassette-storing locked position by exerting a slightly inward and upward pressure against the drawer;
• and
• (e) stop means for limiting movement of the drawer to the cassette-exposing position including a projection formed on the outer surface of the drawer bottom wall near the rear end thereof, said stop projection moveable in the recess formed in said casing bottom wall until engagement with the front edge thereof for limiting further outward movement of the drawer from the casing, and
• wherein the locking projection has a width greater than the stop projection and wherein the recess formed in the casing bottom wall has a T-shape configuration with the front edge thereof of a width approximately the same as the locking projection width for providing a positive locking action therebetween.