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US 6,332,546 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for storing multimedia packages
OwnerThomas A. Huntinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting multimedia packages employs a corrugated support having at least one crowned surface for supporting the multimedia packages from below in a closely spaced side-by-side configuration. A pair of front and rear retainers confine the series of packages therebetween. The crowned surface includes a series of curved projections for defining a series of equally spaced apart notches disposed at intersections between adjacent ones of the projections to receive corner portions of the packages for supporting them in an inclined position and for enabling each of the supported packages to be repositioned to another one of said notches so that the packages can be flipped between forwardly and rearwardly inclined positions.
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A multimedia storage device for supporting multimedia packages, comprising:
- a corrugated support having at least one crowned surface for supporting the multimedia packages from below in a closely spaced side-by-side configuration;
- said crowned surface including a series of curved portions, each one of said curved portions being generally semi-circular in cross-section and intersecting each other to define a series of equally spaced apart notches at said intersections;
- each one of said notches being adapted to receive a single bottom edge portion such that the package will be supported in a first inclined position against one of said curved portions while enabling the supported package to be repositioned with an opposite bottom edge portion disposed in another one of said notches such that the packages will be supported in a second inclined position, said curved portion enabling the package to be flipped from one notch to another notch to position the package in one of the first and second inclined positions;
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- a pair of retainers for confining the series of packages therebetween.
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A multimedia storage device for supporting multimedia packages, comprising:
- a corrugated support having at least one crowned surface for supporting the multimedia packages from below in a closely spaced side-by-side configuration;
- said crowned surface including a series of curved projections, each one of said projections being generally semi-circular in cross-section for defining a series of equally spaced apart notches disposed at intersections between adjacent ones of said projections;
- said notches being adapted to receive corner portions of the packages for supporting them in an inclined position and for enabling the supported package to be repositioned to another one of said notches so that the packages can be flipped between forwardly and rearwardly inclined positions;
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- a pair of retainers for confining the series of packages therebetween,
- wherein said device is a tray, said tray having a pair of roller slides extending longitudinally on opposite sides of said tray, and
- wherein said tray has a bottom wall having a pair of fixed members at one end and a pair of spring fingers at the opposite end for receiving fixedly the roller slides therebetween.
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A multimedia storage device for supporting multimedia packages, comprising:
- a support having a corrugated surface for supporting the multimedia packages from below in a closely spaced, side-by-side configuration where each package is supported in a first Inclined position;
- said corrugated surface including a series of curved portions, each one of said curved portions being generally semi-circular in cross-section and intersecting each other to define a series of equally spaced apart notches at said intersections;
- each one of said notches being adapted to receive corner edge portions of the packages such that the package will be supported in the first inclined position and for enabling the supported package to be repositioned from one of said notches to another one of said notches such that the package will be supported In a second inclined position, said curved portions enabling the package to be flipped from one notch to another notch to position the package in one of the first and second inclined positions;
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- a pair of end retainers for confining the series of packages therebetween.
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A multimedia storage device for supporting multimedia packages, comprising:
- a support having a surface for supporting the multimedia packages, said support having a bottom wall and a pair of opposite side edges, said support including upper and lower tabs extending outwardly at the side edges thereof to receive a pair of roller slides extending longitudinally on the opposite sides of said support therebetween in a snug manner;
- said bottom wall having two pairs of members at each end for maintaining said roller slides in a fixed position between said upper and lower tabs, one of said pairs of members being a pair of spring fingers and the other of said pair of members being a fixed member.
A multimedia storage device for supporting multimedia packages, comprising:
- a support having a lower level surface for supporting the multimedia packages from below in a closely spaced, side-by-side configuration where each package is supported in a first inclined position and further including a pair of spaced-apart, upper level surfaces each, extending along opposite sides of the lower level surface to receive and support, from below, wider ones of said packages above said lower level surface, wherein at least one of the lower level surfaces or the upper level surfaces is a corrugated surface having a series of curved portions, each one of said curved portions being generally semi-circular in cross-section and intersecting each other to define a series of equally spaced apart notches at said intersections, each of said notches being adapted to receive a single bottom corner edge portion of a package such that the package will be supported in a first inclined position and for enabling the supported package to be repositioned with an opposite bottom corner edge portion disposed in another one of said notches such that the package will be supported in a second inclined position, said curved portion enabling the package to be flipped from one notch to another notch to position the package in one of the first and second inclined positions;
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- a pair of end retainers for confining the series of packages therebetween.
A multimedia storage device for supporting multimedia packages, comprising:
- a support having a corrugated surface for supporting the multimedia packages from below in a closely spaced side-by-side configuration where each package is supported in a first incline position;
- said corrugated surface including a series of convex curved portions being disposed adjacent to one another to form a notch therebetween;
- each of said curved portions having a radius of curvature less than a thickness of a package such that a package bottom edge portion extends above said curved portion when a corner portion of the bottom edge rests in a notch such that the package will be supported in a second inclined position, said curved portion enabling the package to be flipped over from one notch to another notch to position the package in one of the first and second inclined position, said curved portion and an opposite bottom edge corner portion enlarges another notch;
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- a pair of end retainers for confining the series of packages therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.