Supports: cabinet structure – For storing audio or visual recording medium – Disk or parallelepiped shape
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-28
2001-05-01
Hansen, James O. (Department: 3636)
Supports: cabinet structure
For storing audio or visual recording medium
Disk or parallelepiped shape
C312S107000, C206S308100, C206S387150
Reexamination Certificate
active
06224173
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a storage assembly, more particularly to a storage assembly for recording media, such as laser disks, audio recording tapes, and video recording cartridges.
2. Description of the Related Art
A storage assembly for recording media is known in the art, and includes a casing of predetermined size and dimension such that consumers can select the size of the storage assembly according to their needs. The recording media, such as floppy disks, recording tapes and video cartridges, are of different dimensions and sizes. Some of the storage assemblies presently available are made of wood. Other storage assemblies are made of a plastic material, and are manufactured by extrusion or molding processes. As such, a great number of molds or dies is required for mass production of the storage assemblies, and a high manufacturing cost is subsequently incurred.
A major concern of the industry is to find a way to reduce the manufacturing cost, while enabling the consumer to spend the smallest amount of expense for purchasing a storage assembly that is capable of accommodating different types of recording media.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of this invention is to provide a storage assembly that includes a plurality of holding frames of a particular structure which can be manufactured by a single mold unit so as to reduce the manufacturing cost and within which different types of recording media can be kept.
Accordingly, a storage assembly for recording media of the present invention includes a rectangular outer casing, a plurality of fastening devices, and at least two holding frames. The outer casing has an open front end, a closed rear end, and a rectangular engagement flange that extends frontwardly from the front end. The engagement flange has an upper flange portion, a lower flange portion, and a pair of left and right flange portions interposed between the upper and lower flange portions. Each of the holding frames has a rectangular frame body with front and rear ends and of a dimension smaller than that of the outer casing, and a flange engaging member fixed on the frame body at the front end and extending toward the rear end thereof to define a flange engaging groove between the frame body and the flange engaging member. The flange engaging member of each of the holding frames is rectangular, and has an upper engaging plate section, a lower engaging plate section, left and right engaging plate sections interposed between the upper and lower plate sections, and four rearwardly opening slots at intersections of the upper, lower and left and right engaging plate sections. The holding frames are inserted into the outer casing via the front open end such that the upper, and lower flange portions and the left and right flange portions of the engagement flange in the outer casing are press-fitted into the flange engaging grooves of the holding frames via the rearwardly opening slots. Each adjacent pair of the holding frames are interconnected fixedly by one of the fastening devices for preventing movement of the holding frames within the outer casing in upward, downward, and left and right directions.
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Hansen James O.
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
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