Supports: racks – Special article – Recorded music type
Patent
1993-06-04
1994-10-04
Chin-Shue, Alvin C.
Supports: racks
Special article
Recorded music type
211 88, A47F 700
Patent
active
053518357
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a device for storing casettes for CD records, i.e. for gramophone records of the compact disc type. These casettes are parallelepipedic and of a relatively flat shape. Their front surfaces contain information on what has been recorded on the CD and there is often a picture or other presentation, which is usually brightly coloured and/or decorative.
PRIOR ART
It is known to store CD records in boxlike racks, in which the records bear against each other, front surface to rear surface. Further, it is known to store the records spaced apart somewhat, front surface to rear surface, in a rack containing pockets disposed beside each other and having a configuration making it possible for each record to be swung in the pocket relative to the other records.
A disadvantage of storing casettes containing CD records in this way is that the information on their fronts is not immediately accessible. A further disadvantage is that they have to be placed on a horizontal storage surface.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to eliminate, at least partly, the disadvantages of the previously known storage devices for casettes for CD records. A further object of the invention is to utilize the pictures or other presentation on the front surfaces of the casettes, composing them such that they form an informative and/or aestethically pleasing wall picture.
Said objects are achieved by the device according to the invention being provided with the features stated in the claims.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
FIG. 1 is a plan view, seen straight from the front, of a device according to the invention with casettes stored therein,
FIG. 2 is a view, seen from the left, of the device of FIG. 1 including casettes,
FIG. 3 is a plan view, seen straight from the front, of the device of FIG. 1 without casettes, and
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a profiled bar forming part of the device of FIGS. 1-3.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
In FIG. 1 the device according to the invention is shown supporting 4.times.4=16 conventional casettes K for CD records. Each casette has a flat parallelepipedic shape with a box-shaped base (not shown), provided with a spine/side edge K1 and in which a CD record (not shown) is kept in place, and a cover K2 which is pivotably attached at both ends of the spine/side edge K1. The cover K2, or a sheet attached to the underside of the transparent cover, is provided with information on the contents of the CD record together with a picture often symbolizing the contents or what has been recorded on the record. The picture is usually decorative and brightly coloured.
The 16 casettes K supported by the device according to the invention are disposed beside each other and at essentially the same distance from each other, forming together a picture which makes it possible to easily and quickly identify the fronts of the casettes and therefore the contents of the casettes as well as to place the casettes on the device and to remove them from same in a simple way, said picture being at the same time aestetically pleasing.
The device according to the invention consists of two different kinds of parts, i.e. supporting means 1 and mounting bars 2. In the shown embodiment the number of supporting means 1 is five, and the number of mounting bars 2 is two. These numbers may be modified within wide limits, depending on the number of casettes K to be supported by the device.
Each supporting means 1 consists of a horizontal profiled bar, preferably made of extruded or cast aluminium. The profiled bar 1, the length of which is dependent on the number of casettes K to be supported beside each other by the device in a horizontal direction but which in the shown embodiment is somewhat greater than the total length of four casettes, has an essentially T-shaped cross section with an upwardly oriented leg 1a, a downwardly oriented leg 1b, and a horizontal leg 1c.
The leg 1c is provided with a flat upper surface inclining downwardly-inwardly towards the wall V o
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CD Ware i Stockholm AB
Chin-Shue Alvin C.
Lechok Sarah A.
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