Cassette storage container
AssigneeHitachi Maxell, Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Miyagawa, Isamu Arai
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Abstract
A cassette storage container for covering a tape cassette, the container having a case body formed by a plastic resin sheet of transparent or semi-transparent material which comprises a multiplicity of projections in the form of ribs or verrucae formed on the inner face of the case body for providing a rough surface and an opaque layer formed on the outer surface of the case body, the area of the opaque layer being at most covering the entire surface area of the outer surface of the container except for at least the portion corresponding to a label of the tape cassette put in its stored position in the container so as to define a display window for displaying the label of the tape cassette.
Claims7
A cassette storage container comprising an inner and outer surface formed of a single plastic resin sheet of transparent or translucent material in the shape of a box having opposing top and bottom plates, opposing side plates and a rear plate with an open front for inserting a cassette, each of said plates having an inner face which together constitute said inner surface of said container, substantially the entire inner surface of said container having a roughened finish so as to facilitate slippage of said cassette into said storage container, said roughened surface finish imparting to said plastic resin sheet material a transparency, haze factor of less than 50%, said outer surface of said container having a smooth finish provided with an opaque layer on at least a portion thereof except for a label area defining a display window for displaying a corresponding label of a cassette stored in said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.