The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1982
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A tape cassette having a swingable cover adapted to cover and protect a tape stretched along the front side of the tape cassette, a cover locking member adapted to prevent swinging of the swingable cover by rotating in the thicknesswise direction of the tape cassette within a groove which is defined between the inner surface of one side wall of the swingable cover and the side wall of the box-like structure of the tape cassette and also between two side walls of the box-like structure which are on the extensions of the one side wall of the swingable cover and the above-mentioned side wall of the box-like structure. The groove serves also as a mis-insertion preventing groove for preventing the tape cassette from being inserted into the cassette holder in a wrong posture. According to this arrangement, it is possible to realize a compact construction while fulfilling all of the requisites for the tape cassettes.