Special receptacle or package – For holding a machine readable recording medium – For holding a tape cassette
Patent
1996-07-26
1997-06-10
Ackun, Jacob K.
Special receptacle or package
For holding a machine readable recording medium
For holding a tape cassette
206 15, B65D 8567
Patent
active
056367376
ABSTRACT:
A video cassette shipping container having a base and a lid hingedly connected by a hinge assembly and movable between open and closed positions. A locking mechanism is mounted on the container and includes a pair of flexible flaps which are hingedly connected to the base and lid by reduced thickness living hinges. One flap includes a pair of locking tabs with barbed ends and the other flap includes a pair of slotted housings which are aligned with and received the tabs therein to secure the container in a locked position. The container is opened by pressing inwardly on a thumb pad located adjacent the ends of the flexible flaps. The flaps flex inwardly and the ends thereof deflect outwardly. The flaps are grasped and pulled outwardly and along the front of the container by a user. The reduced thickness living hinges are torn from the container leaving a usual VHS video cassette storage container with latching tabs to frictionally secure the container in the closed position and protect the VHS tape from dirt, debris and damage during everyday use. A concave recess is formed in the front wall of the container to receive the tear-away flaps therein to provide a flat smooth end wall during shipment and to provide an area to facilitate opening of the container after removal of the flaps.
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Ackun Jacob K.
Alpha Enterprises, Inc.
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