Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – Including booklet – leaflet or record means
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-09
2001-02-13
Foster, Jim (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
Including booklet, leaflet or record means
C206S387130
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186319
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention is generally directed to storage containers for recorded media and, more particularly, to a storage container for holding a pair of video cassette tapes in a single storage container. Specifically, the present invention relates to a double video storage container and a method of creating the double video storage containers that allows a large quantity of the storage containers to be fabricated quickly using existing tooling.
2. Background Information
The movie Titanic was released in 1997 and immediately became an overwhelming success. The movie won multiple academy awards and is still enjoying a long run in the theaters almost a year after it initially opened. Eventually, the owners of the film will release it on video allowing people to buy and rent copies.
Although releases to video occur nearly every day, the release of a movie as popular as Titanic is expected to create a demand for the video that has never been before experienced in the industry. A problem in the release is expected because the length of the movie is over three hours. A movie of this length cannot fit on a single rental-quality VHS tape. The movie must thus be recorded on a pair of video tapes that must be rented together. Although each tape may be stored in its own storage container, video rental establishments prefer to use a container that holds both tapes so that the tapes do not become separated or mixed up. A common problem with two-video-cassette movies is that a customer unknowingly takes home two first half tapes, thus leaving another customer with two second half tapes.
Solutions to this problem have been developed in the prior art and include the double VHS storage container depicted in
FIGS. 5 and 6
and indicated generally by the numeral
10
. Such a double VHS storage container would function to meet the needs of the video rental establishments for the release of Titanic except that enough of the storage containers cannot be manufactured in time for the release. There is simply not enough time and not enough manufacturing capability to produce the number of containers needed for the release. It is thus desired in the art to provide a double video storage container that may be quickly assembled in large quantities to meet this huge demand.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a double video storage container capable of holding two video cassettes.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a double video storage container having a separate lid and storage container for each video tape.
Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a double video storage container that seals one storage chamber from the other storage chamber so that one tape may remain in a relatively sealed environment while the other tape is removed from the container.
Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a double video storage container that may be fabricated from existing storage containers.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a double video storage container that may be fabricated using existing machinery and molds.
An additional objective of the present invention is to provide a double video storage container that may be manufactured in large quantities in a relatively short amount of time.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a double video storage container that is of simple construction, that achieves the stated objectives in a simple, effective and inexpensive manner, and that solves the problems and which satisfies the needs existing in the art.
These and other objectives and advantages of the invention are achieved by a storage container for recorded media, the general nature of which may be stated as including a first base having a plurality of walls and a first lid hingedly connected to the first base; the first lid selectively movable between open and closed positions; the first base having a first storage chamber; a second base having a plurality of walls and a second lid hingedly connected to the second base; the second lid selectively movable between open and closed positions; the second base having a second storage chamber; the bases connected together; and at least one wall being disposed between the first and second storage chambers.
Other objectives and advantages of the invention are achieved by a method for fabricating a storage container adapted to hold first and second items of recorded media including the steps of providing a first storage container with a base and a lid connected to the base with a hinge; providing a second storage container with a base and a lid connected to the base with a hinge; and connecting the bases together.
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Essick Gale W.
Schmidt Gerhard T.
Alpha Enterprises, Inc.
Foster Jim
Sand & Sebolt
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