Disk storage and display container

A container for storing disk-containing jackets and for selectively displaying identifying indicia on the top marginal portions of said jackets, comprising:

• a bottom wall, opposed side walls and opposed front and rear walls defining a storage chamber for the disk-containing jackets;
• first and second display actuator members rotatably mounted proximate said bottom wall so as to be rotatable between lowered positions and raised positions;
• each of said display actuator members having a series of steps provided thereon, each of said steps being adapted to engage the bottom edge of a disk-containing jacket and to raise such jacket to a display position upon rotation thereof from its lowered position to its raised position, whereby rotation of said display actuator member from its lowered position to its raised position will raise disk-containing jackets in said storage chamber into a stepped array with the top marginal portion of each jacket extending above the top edge of the jacket in front of it so as to display identifying indicia on all of said jackets and thereby facilitate selection and removal of any desired disk;
• manually operable means connected to said first display actuator member for rotating said first display actuator member between its lowered and raised positions;
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• gear means operatively connected between said first and second display actuator members so that said second display actuator member will be rotated when said first display actuator member is rotated.

A container for storing generally planar members and for selectively displaying identifying indicia on the top marginal portions of said members, comprising:

• a bottom wall, opposed side walls and opposed front and rear walls defining a storage chamber for the generally planar members;
• a display actuator member rotatably mounted adjacent said bottom wall;
• said display actuator member having a plurality of cam means thereon, each of said cam means being adapted to raise one of said generally planar members to a display position upon rotation of said display actuator member, whereby rotation of said display actuator member will raise at least one of said generally planar members to a position wherein the top marginal portion of said member will extend above the top edge of the member in front of it so as to display identifying indicia thereon;
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• manually operable means connected to said display actuator member for selectively rotating said display actuator member.

In a container for storing disk-containing jackets, said container comprising a bottom wall, opposed side walls and opposed front and rear walls defining a storage chamber for the disk-containing jackets;

• and a cover member rotatably attached to said container, said cover member being rotatable between a closed position wherein said container and said cover member substantially enclose disk-containing jackets stored therein and an open position wherein said cover member functions as a support stand for supporting said container in a generally vertical position with the upper portions of said disk-containing jackets extending through the open upper end of said container;
• the improvement comprising:
• a display actuator member for selectively raising disk-containing jackets in the container to a display position wherein identifying indicia on the top marginal portions of said jackets will be displayed to facilitate selection and removal of any desired disk;
• said display actuator member being rotatably mounted in said container so as to be rotatable between a lowered position and a raised position;
• said display actuator member having a series of steps provided thereon, each of said steps being adapted to engage the bottom edge of a disk-containing jacket and to raise such jacket to a display position upon rotation of said display actuator member from its lowered position to its raised position, whereby rotation of said display actuator member from its lowered position to its raised position will raise disk-containing jackets in said storage chamber into a stepped array with the top marginal portion of each jacket extending above the top edge of the jacket in front of it so as to display identifying indicia on said jackets;
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• manually operable means connected to said display actuator member for rotating said display actuator member between its lowered and raised positions.