Supports: cabinet structure – With card or sheet retainers
Patent
1982-07-22
1985-10-01
Sakran, Victor N.
Supports: cabinet structure
With card or sheet retainers
312111, 220 223, D19 76, A47B 6300
Patent
active
045442134
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to desk top storage containers and more particularly to such containers designed specifically for filing and storing floppy disks and diskettes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Numerous attempts have been made to provide a desk top filing and storage container suitable for filing the floppy disk and diskette media now commonly used in word processing systems. However, such systems have either been unattractive, unduly expensive or impractical.
The present application is related to our co-pending design patent application which has now been issued as U.S. Pat. No. Des. 267,911.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
It is therefore a primary objective of the present invention to provide a new filing and storage container for floppy disks and diskettes which is highly functional, simple in construction, yet attractive in design.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container of the type described which can be readily manufactured using injection molding techniques.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container of the type described having means for separating and identifying various media envelopes filed therewithin.
Briefly, a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a molded base unit, a molded cover unit pivotally attached to the base, a plurality of indexing file separators, and means provided along the lower portions of the inside walls of the base unit for receiving the lower edges of the file separators and allowing them to pivot between rearwardly inclined positions and forwardly inclined positions.
An important advantage of the present invention is that all component parts are of molded plastic material which snap fit into engagement with each other thereby requiring no assembly tools or special assembly equipment.
Another advantage of the present invention is that simple stop means are provided for determining the rearly most inclined position and the forwardly most inclined position of the index separators.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will no doubt become apparent to those skilled in the art after having read the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment shown in the several figures of the drawing.
IN THE DRAWING
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the exterior of a closed diskette filing and storage container in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a partially broken elevational view showing the rear side of the container illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the right side of the container shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken along the line 4--4 of FIG. 2;
FIGS. 4a and 4b are respectively partial cross-sectional views taken along the lines 4a and 4b in FIG. 4;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a container in accordance with the present invention showing the cover in one open position;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a container in accordance with the present invention showing the cover in a second open position;
FIG. 7 is an elevational view showing a file separator in accordance with the present invention; and
FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the separator shown in FIG. 7.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring now to FIGS. 1-3, it will be noted that the subject storage container includes a molded base unit 10, and a molded cover unit 12 which is pivotally secured to base 10 by means of hinge pins 14. As best illustrated in FIG. 3, base 10 has a rearwardly sloped rear wall 16 which, as will be further discussed below, allows floppy disks or diskettes stored therein to recline rearwardly. Attached to the bottom of base 10 are four rubber support buttons 18.
Cover 12 is partially open on its rear side, as illustrated at 20 in FIG. 3 and 22 in FIG. 2, so as to accommodate opening of the cover into the positions illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6. Cover 12 also includes a tab 24 at the front thereof for facilitating o
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Long Jerry M.
Womack James A.
Hamrick Claude A. S.
Innovative Concepts, Inc.
Sakran Victor N.
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