Videocassette storage and display sleeve
First Claim
1. A sleeve for storing and displaying a cassette including, a pair of spaced parallel front and rear walls, and a pair of spaced parallel sidewalls forming a generally rectangular-shaped storage chamber, with said walls being formed of a flexible plastic material and at least the front wall being transparent;
- said sleeve having first and second ends, with the first end being formed with a generally rectangular-shaped opening through which a cassette can be slidably inserted into and removed from the storage chamber, and the second end being formed with stop means for generally retaining the cassette within said storage chamber; and
flange means formed integrally with the front and rear walls adjacent to the first end opening and extending partially across said opening for blocking the opening to retain the cassette in the storage chamber when the flange means is in a nondeformed first position by engaging a front edge of the cassette, with said flange means being non-destructively deformable between the first position and a deformed second position upon manually squeezing inwardly externally on the sidewalls adjacent to the first end opening, to remove the flange means from blocking said end opening enabling the cassette to be removed from the storage chamber.
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Abstract
A sleeve for storing and displaying a videocassette comprises a clear flexible plastic, elongated rectangular one-piece member, formed with an interior storage chamber completely enclosed except for an end opening through which a videocassette is inserted into and removed from the chamber. A chipboard cover having printed indicia thereon identifying a prerecorded program on the videocassette is retained within the chamber and slidably receives the videocassette therein. A pair of juxtaposed, elongated, preferably convex flanges, is formed on a spaced-apart pair of front and rear walls of the sleeve and extend partially across the end opening to retain the videocassette within the chipboard sleeve. Application of pressure by the thumb and finger of a user on spaced sidewalls of the sleeve adjacent to the end opening deforms the juxtaposed flanges to a parallel or concave configuration to enlarge the opening for removing the videocassette from the storage container for use, with the chipboard cover remaining in the storage chamber for subsequent removal at a later date in a nondeformed condition.
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1. A sleeve for storing and displaying a cassette including, a pair of spaced parallel front and rear walls, and a pair of spaced parallel sidewalls forming a generally rectangular-shaped storage chamber, with said walls being formed of a flexible plastic material and at least the front wall being transparent;
- said sleeve having first and second ends, with the first end being formed with a generally rectangular-shaped opening through which a cassette can be slidably inserted into and removed from the storage chamber, and the second end being formed with stop means for generally retaining the cassette within said storage chamber; and
flange means formed integrally with the front and rear walls adjacent to the first end opening and extending partially across said opening for blocking the opening to retain the cassette in the storage chamber when the flange means is in a nondeformed first position by engaging a front edge of the cassette, with said flange means being non-destructively deformable between the first position and a deformed second position upon manually squeezing inwardly externally on the sidewalls adjacent to the first end opening, to remove the flange means from blocking said end opening enabling the cassette to be removed from the storage chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- said sleeve having first and second ends, with the first end being formed with a generally rectangular-shaped opening through which a cassette can be slidably inserted into and removed from the storage chamber, and the second end being formed with stop means for generally retaining the cassette within said storage chamber; and
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