Modular cabinet for different video game cartridges, cassettes, and instruction booklets
US4453785A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/0236
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cabinet or container for holding a plurality of objects of different shapes and sizes in an organized manner, making it possible to easily retrieve any desired object. The cabinet is particularly adapted for holding VHS, Beta video cassette tapes, and Atari, Mattel Intellivision video game cartridges, and instruction booklets and audio cassete tapes. The cabinet has an open side, constructed to receive any one of a plurality of face plates or panels. The panels have groups of rectangular openings of shapes and sizes adapted to have particular objects inserted through the openings. The interior or the cabinet is constructed to receive and support objects inserted through the openings in a face plate. Partal partition members are provided at the back, to provide spacers between certain objects and to otherwise limit the distance the objects are moved into the cabinet. Supporting ribs or shelves are provided on inside walls of the cabinet for supporting objects. One or more divider members are insertable into the cabinet, preferably vertically, to provide supporting surfaces for receiving and supporting objects of different sizes that are insertable through openings in a face plate.
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