ROOFTOP TAPE STORAGE RACK

• US 3,847,316 A
• Filed: 11/24/1972
• Issued: 11/12/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert P. Mcinnes
• Original Assignee: Robert P. Mcinnes
• Inventors: McInnes, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Spar, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forsberg, Jerold M.
• Application Number:
  US05/309,051
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 224/42.1C,42.1CA,29A,42.42R,42.41,42.46R,42.1R,42.45R 206/73,DIG.32,DIG.36 211/51,49D,41 312/71
• US Class Current: 224/311
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/088 for stowing tape cartridges, compact discs, or the like

Abstract

A rooftop tape storage rack comprising a unitary device having a bottom wall, spaced side walls, and an end wall, one side wall having an opening therein for permitting cartridges to be inserted and removed, and a longitudinally extending slot in the bottom wall through which a finger can be inserted to raise a cartridge for removal through the opening in said one side wall. Means are associated with said device for fastening said device to the roof of an automotive vehicle.

Claims

1. In a rooftop tape storage rack, the combination comprising a unitary device molded from organic plastic material and comprising a top wall, side walls, end walls and a bottom wall, at least one of said side walls having a substantially lesser height than said end walls thereby forming an openingtherein for receiving tape cartridges, an opening therein said cartridges being adapted to be held in side-by-side relationship with the side walls adapted to engage the ends of the cartridges, a slot associated with the bottom wall and extending substantially throughout the length thereof providing a finger receiving opening through which a finger can be inserted to lift the cartridges for ready removal from the opening in said side walls, laterally extending integral mounting panels extending from said end walls at the area of juncture of said end walls and said top wall, said laterally extending panels being curved generally downwardly with respect to said top wall, re-enforcing ribs between said panel portions and said end walls, extension panels adjustably mounted on said mounting panels, and a stop adjustably mounted in said slot in said bottom wall for engaging the cartridges, means on said extension panels for attaching the device to a vehicle.

2. In a rooftop tape storage rack, the combination comprising an elongated device comprising a top wall, side walls, end walls and a bottom wall, the length of said walls being many times the width thereof, at least one of said side walls having an opening therethrough for insertion and removal of tape cartridges, a slot associated with said bottom wall and a stop device adjustably mounted along said slot for engaging the endmost cartridge of a series of cartridges, said slot providing a finger receiving opening through which a finger can be inserted to lift the cartridges for ready removal from the opening in said side walls, said cartridges being adapted to be held in side-by-side relation with the side walls adapted to engage the ends of said cartridges, and laterally extending mounting panels connected to and extending from said end walls longitudinally of the device, said panels includE extension panels adjustable longitudinally of said device, at least the end portions of said panels being curved generally downwardly with respect to the top wall and being adapted to generally conform with the interior of the roof of a vehicle, and means on said panels for attaching the device to a vehicle.