Film spool storage case

• US 4,978,004 A
• Filed: 01/30/1989
• Issued: 12/18/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Light & Shadow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Light & Shadow Incorporated
• Inventors: Silverstein, Steven, Scholz, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Foster, Jimmy G.
• Application Number:
  US07/304,012
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 206/316, 206/389, 206/391, 206/455, 206/561, 206/565, 206/224, 206/225, 220/23, 220/288, 220/293
• US Class Current: 206/224
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/106 Elements projecting into a recess or through a hole in the articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00092 circular
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00296 Plastic
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/0049 on the inside, or a part turned to the inside of the mouth of the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00546 NO contact
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00851 on the central part of the lid
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00898 by means of a coin or other tool in recesses or similar on container or lid
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/0229 only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth of the container B65D43/0227 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/24 combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 3/00 Packages of films for inserting into cameras, e.g. roll-films, film-packs; Wrapping materials for light-sensitive plates, films or papers, e.g. materials characterised by the use of special dyes, printing inks, adhesives wrapping materials in general B65D

Abstract

A film spool storage case includes a main housing having a base and a side wall, the base and the side wall defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of film spools therein, the side wall having a height at least as great as the heights of the spools and the side wall defining an opening at an upper end thereof; a cover releasably securable to the housing in covering relation to the opening; and a plurality of positioning projections secured to the base for positioning the film spools in the cavity in spaced relation.

Claims

1. A film spool storage case comprising:

a main housing having a base and a side wall, said base and said side wall defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of film spools therein, said side wall having a height at least as great as the height of said spools and said side wall defining an opening at an upper end thereof;

a cover releasably securable to said housing in covering relation to said opening; and

a plurality of projecting positioning means secured to said base for positioning said film spools in said cavity in spaced relation, said projecting positioning means being arranged in concentric circles within said main housing.

2. A film spool storage case according to claim 1, further including partition means for separating said projecting positioning means in adjacent concentric circles.

3. A film spool storage case according to claim 2, wherein there are nineteen projecting positioning means in an outermost circle in said main housing;

thirteen projecting positioning means in a next innermost concentric circle in said main housing;

six projecting positioning means in a next innermost concentric circle in said main housing; and

a single projecting positioning means at the center of said main housing.

4. A film spool storage case according to claim 2, wherein each partition means includes a circular wall.

5. A film spool storage case according to claim 4, wherein an outermost circular wall of an outermost partition means has equally spaced reduced height sections.

6. A film spool storage case comprising:

a main housing having a base and a side wall, said base and said side wall defining a cavity for receiving a plurality of film spools therein, said side wall having a height at least as great as the height of said spools and said side wall defining an opening at an upper end thereof, said cover including a aperture for receiving a writing instrument; and

a plurality of projecting positioning means secured to said base for positioning said film spools in said cavity in spaced relation.