Record jacket frame permitting record removal

• US 4,536,979 A
• Filed: 10/26/1981
• Issued: 08/27/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Delbert J. Parkinson, William W. Haefliger
• Original Assignee: Delbert J. Parkinson, William W. Haefliger
• Inventors: Parkinson, Delbert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US06/314,675
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 40/124, 40/124.2, 40/152, 40/154, 40/159, 40/16, 211/49, 211/51, 211/159, 211/152
• US Class Current: 40/757
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/0422 for discs without cartridge

Abstract

A frame for a record jacket facilitates partial or complete removal of the jacket from the frame for withdrawal of the record disc to be played, and complete return of the jacket, all in an easy rapid manner. Hanging of such frames, singly or in groups, is also enabled.

Claims

1. For use in combination with a phonograph record jacket which is rectangular and has resiliently flexible corners, the combination comprising

(a) a rectangular frame having corners located to receive jacket corners,

(b) primary holder means on the frame to guide jacket longitudinal sliding movement generally parallel relative to the frame to displace first and second jacket corners into first and second positions of reception and retention in first and second corners respectively of the frame,

(c) and secondary holder means on the frame to interface with displacement of third and fourth jacket corners into and out of third and fourth positions of reception and retention in third and fourth corners respectively of the frame, and located to permit forcible flexible displacement of the third and fourth corners past said secondary holder means into and out of said third and fourth positions where the jacket first and second corners are in said first and second positions, whereby the jacket third and fourth corners may be displaced out of said third and fourth positions and the jacket slidably moved to displace the jacket first and second corners out of said first and second positions allowing edgewise insertion or removal of a record disc into or out of the jacket,

(d) said primary holder means including first and second tabs at said first and second frame corners to overlie the jacket first and second corners in said first and second positions thereof,

(e) said primary holder means also including auxiliary tabs on frame longitudinal lengths extending in the direction of said jacket sliding movement in spaced relation to the frame corners to overlie and guide longitudinal edge portions of the jacket,

(f) said primary holder means including third and fourth tabs at said frame third and fourth corners and having edges past which the jacket third and fourth coreners may be resiliently snap-deflected, into and out of said third and fourth positions,

(g) and including said record jacket having said first, second, third and fourth corners retained by the frame at said frame first, second, third and fourth corners, respectively, lengthwise edge extent of the jacket also being retained by said auxiliary tabs,

(h) said auxiliary tabs located closer to said first and second tabs, respectively, than to said third and fourth tabs, respectively, one auxiliary tab located between the first and third tabs, and the other auxiliary tab located between the second and fourth tabs,

(i) said frame having elongated ledges at the rear side thereof to register with jacket elongated edge portions when the jacket corners are displaced into said first through fourth positions, said first through fourth tabs being oversize relative to the jacket corners and extending diagonally relative thereto so that the jacket corners may be loosely received in said first through fourth positions, in directions parallel to the plane of the jacket,

(j) the frame including two longitudinally extending members interconnected by two laterally extending members, and including support means on one of the longitudinally extending members for hanging the frame on a carrier.

2. The combination of claim 1 including said carrier engaging said support means.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said support means comprises a tab retained at a notch in said one member and projecting outwardly relative thereto, the tab having a through opening to receive said carrier.