Display album
OwnerPhilip K. Sykesinventor
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Abstract
A display album is described which is composed of an inner tray sheet vacuum formed to provide an upper and lower tray inside the front and back cover of the album respectively to receive a cassette, the trays comprising cooperating interconnecting tray walls along the top and bottom edges of the album and along the outside free edge of the album but having an open center in a spine region between the trays so that the contents of the album can be clearly seen through a spine formed from transparent material that extends between front and rear covers of the album. An outer flexible transparent plastic sheet is bonded to at least three edges of the tray sheet to form the outer surface of the album. If desired, printed display sheets can be inserted between the inner and outer sheets from which the album is formed.
Claims9
A book-style album for a cassette having a visible indicia along one side edge thereof, said album comprising front and rear covers,
- a transparent spine connecting said covers together, said album including an inner tray sheet and an outer sheet bonded to one another,
- at least one of the covers having a cassette receiving tray comprised of thin-walled sheet plastic prepared from a flat sheet by vacuum forming or the like, said tray including a major wall having a flat inner face that is free from cassette supporting projections and said face being bounded by three channel-shaped walls including a top tray wall, a bottom tray wall and a side tray wall extending respectively along a top edge, a bottom edge and along a free side edge of one of said covers,
- said channel-shaped walls of the tray projecting inwardly from one cover in the direction of the other cover to define a tray receiving pocket therewithin,
- the tray receiving pocket being sized to receive the cassette with the edge having the printed indicia located adjacent to the spine of the album,
- cassette holding means on the album adjacent said one side edge of the cassette where the printed indicia is located and being adapted to contact one edge of the cassette closest to the spine to serve as stop means for bracing the cassette, whereby the cassette is enclosed on four sides and retained in place solely by said top, bottom and side walls and by the cassette holding means,
- the tray wall being substantially absent in the spine area to provide an open center in the wall of the tray aligned with the visible indicia on the cassette, said open center being substantially free from obstructions or other articles that would obscure the visible indicia on the side edge of the cassette whereby the printed indicia thereon can be seen through the album spine due to the clear field of vision provided by the open center when the cassette is placed in the album.
An album for holding a cassette or other object comprising a first sheet formed from plastic material having a front cover portion, a back cover portion and a transparent spine portion between the front and back cover portions, the front and back covers being laterally spaced in side-by-side relationship on opposite sides of the spine, bendable hinges between the spine and the covers, at least one of the covers having an inwardly deflected tray including a two part tray wall including a first portion extending around the top edge, a free side edge and a portion of the bottom edge of the cover and a second portion at the bottom edge of the cover spaced from the first portion by an aperture for viewing a portion of the cassette, said tray wall defining a cassette receiving pocket therebetween, said tray receiving pocket having a flat inner surface,
- cassette holding means on the album adjacent the spine and adapted to contact one edge of the cassette closest to the spine to serve as stop means for bracing the cassette, said album being free from obscuring obstructions at least through the majority of the spine area to define an unobstructed open center aligned with visible indicia on the cassette between the spine and the cassette, a second outer sheet having at least a center portion in the spine region formed from transparent material, a bond connecting said tray sheet and said outer sheet together around a substantial portion of the periphery thereof, whereby the cassette and visible indicia printed thereon will be visible through the superimposed tray sheet and the outer sheet in the spine portion of the album due to the clear visibility afforded by the open center area between the ends of the first and second tray walls closest to the spine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.