Video cassette container display

• US 4,717,021 A
• Filed: 08/13/1986
• Issued: 01/05/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bea Morris, Jeffrey M. Morris, MORRIS, REBECCA R. (50%), MORRIS, STANLEY (50%)
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey M. Morris, MORRIS, REBECCA R. (50%)
• Inventors: Ditzig, Albert
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcus, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ehrhardt, Brenda J.
• Application Number:
  US06/896,108
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 206/387, 206/444, 206/457, 206/450, 206/455, 206/472, 206/459, 283/64, 281/31, 281/34
• US Class Current: 206/387.13
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/0233 Containers for a single cassette

Abstract

A specially arranged, display jacket and protective casing is attached to a video cassette storage case to provide transparent pockets for holding identification labels and promotional material to identify, advertise, and promote the movie or program recorded on the video tape cassette housed in the storage case and to identify, advertise, and promote the products and services of others.

Claims

1. A video tape cassette assembly, comprising:

a video tape box for enclosing a video tape cassette selected from the group consisting of a Beta video tape cassette, a VHS video tape cassette, an 8 mm video tape cassette, a 3/4 inch video tape cassette, and a European style video tape cassette, said video tape box having an exterior front surface, side surface, and back surface;

a web of material selected from the group consisting of plastic, paper, and paperboard, said web comprising a display label having a viewable front surface with indicia printed thereon;

a protective casing for covering substantial portions of at least one of said surfaces of said video tape box, said protective casing having connecting means for connecting said protective casing to at least one of said surfaces of said video tape box and having a substantially transparent flexible multi-window portion with an array of separate windows for containing, covering, and permitting viewing of said display label.

2. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein said protective casing has a front panel with at least one front window for containing, covering and permitting viewing of said display label, a side panel with a side window for containing, covering and permitting viewing of said display label, and a back panel with at least one back window for containing, covering and permitting viewing of said display label, and at least one of said panels comprises a plurality of said separate windows.

3. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 2 wherein at least one of said panels has a set of four substantially similar windows arranged in a symmetrical aligned pattern.

4. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein said video tape box has corners and said connecting means includes substantially triangular pockets for snugly receiving the corners of said video tape box.

5. A video tape cassette assembly, comprising:

a video tape cassette storage case having an outer cover comprising an exterior front surface, an exterior side surface, and an exterior back surface;

a multi-ply flexible plastic display jacket covering and secured to said outer cover of said video tape cassette storage case;

said multi-ply flexible plastic display jacket having at least one inner panel positioned against and operatively connected to the outer cover of said video tape cassette storage case and at least one outer panel positioned upon and attached to said inner panel and facing outwardly away from said inner panel and said outer cover of said video tape cassette storage case;

said inner panel of said multi-ply display jacket being substantially planar and having an inner front surface for facing said outer panel and an inner back surface for facing said video tape cassette storage case;

said outer panel of said multi-ply display jacket being substantially planar and having an outer front surface for facing outwardly and an outer back surface for facing said inner panel; and

said outer panel having at least one generally U-shaped connecting portion securely engaged and cooperating with said inner panel to provide a display card-receiving pocket therewith, and said pocket having a viewable transparent outer panel-portion bounded by said U-shaped connecting portion for viewing a display card in said pocket.

6. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 5 wherein said inner panel includes substantially triangular, inwardly extending corner pockets for snugly receiving the corners of the video tape cassette storage case.

7. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 5 wherein said multi-ply jacket has at least one front pocket, a side pocket, and at least one back pocket.

8. A video tape cassette assembly, comprising:

a video tape cassette selected from the group consisting of a Beta video tape cassette, a VHS video tape cassette, an 8 mm video tape cassette, a 3/4 inch video tape cassette, and a European style video tape cassette, said video tape cassette having a drive sprocket and a driven sprocket and a cassette tape connected to and between and at least partially wound upon said sprockets;

a video tape container for storing said video tape cassette, said video tape container having an outer cover comprising a front wall, a back wall, and an intermediate side wall extending between and hingeably connected to said front and back walls, each of said walls being substantially rectangular and being substantially the same height, said front and back walls being substantially similar in size, said intermediate side wall being substantially smaller than said front and back walls, each of said walls having an inwardly facing internal surface and a substantially planar, outwardly facing, external surface, said walls comprising substantially rigid impact-resistant plastic and being moveable from an open position for receiving and permitting removal of said video tape cassette to a closed storage position for enclosing and protecting said video tape cassette, said front wall having a substantially rectangular cassette-receiving front flange extending inwardly from the internal surface of said front wall, said back wall having a substantially rectangular cassette-receiving back flange extending inwardly from the internal surface of said back wall and aligned in registration with said front flange when said container is in said closed position, said cassette-receiving flanges cooperating with each other to snugly and telescopically receive said video tape cassette and said front and back cassette-receiving flanges each having inner flange portions for snap fitting interlocking engagement with each other when said container is in said closed position;

a multi-window double ply, transparent flexible, plastic shell providing a viewable jacket and protective casing for said video tape container, said multi-window double ply transparent shell having substantially planar inner panels and substantially planar outer panels, said panels comprising flexible substantially transparent plastic members selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl-acetate, and polyvinylchloride, said panels being substantially rectangular, said inner panels including an inner front panel, an inner back panel, and an inner intermediate side panel extending between and hingeably connected to said inner front and back panels, said inner front panel being at least about the size of said front wall of said container and having a front wall-engaging surface and an outer front panel-engaging surface, said inner back panel being at least about the size of said back wall of said container and having a back wall-engaging surface and an outer back panel-engaging surface, and said inner side panel being at least about the size of said side wall of said container and having a side wall-engaging surface and an outer side panel-engaging surface, said inner front panel including front wall attachment means extending inwardly from said front wall-engaging surface for attachment to said front wall of said outer cover of said video tape container, said inner back panel including back wall attachment means extending inwardly from said back wall-engaging surface for attachment to said back wall of said outer cover of said video tape container, said outer panels being substantially transparent and including an outer front panel, an outer back panel, and an outer intermediate side panel extending between and hingeably connected to said outer front and back panels, said outer front panel being about the same size as and aligned in registration with said inner front panel, said outer back panel being about the same size as and aligned in registration with said inner back panel, said outer side panel being about the same size as and aligned in registration with said inner side panel, said outer front panel having an inner front panel-engaging surface and an outwardly facing front surface, said outer back panel having an inner back panel-engaging surface and an outwardly facing back surface, said outer side panel having an inner side panel-engaging surface and an outwardly facing side surface, said outer front panel being connected to and cooperating with said inner front panel to provide at least one front pocket for receiving a front panel display card, said outer back panel being connected to and cooperating with said inner back panel to provide at least one back pocket for receiving a back panel display card, said outer side panel being connected to and cooperating with said inner side panel to provide at least one side pocket for receiving a side panel display card, said front pocket having an outwardly facing, transparent front flap defining a front window for viewing said front panel display card, said back pocket having an outwardly facing, transparent back flap defining a back window for viewing said back panel display card, and said side pocket having an outwardly facing, transparent side flap defining a side window for viewing said side panel display card.

9. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 8 wherein said front and back walls of said outer cover of said video tape container have outer corners, said front wall attachment means comprises substantially triangular front corner-receiving portions for snugly receiving the outer corners of said front wall of said outer cover of said video tape container, and said back wall attachment means comprises substantially triangular back corner-receiving portions for snugly receiving the outer corners of said back wall of said outer cover of said video tape container.

10. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 8 wherein at least one of said pockets defines a side access opening for lateral insertion and removal of a display card.

11. A video tape cassette assembly in accordance with claim 8 wherein said front and back panels of said multi-window double ply jacket each comprise a set of four substantially similar aligned windows and pockets arranged in a substantially symmetrical pattern.