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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1993
Boris Shteynberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A diskette holder comprises a housing (50), a tambour (52), and a holding case (54). Dovetail couplings (68 and 70) are located on side panels (58 and 60) of the housing and keyhole openings (76a and 76b) are situated on the housing's rear panel (63). A bottom portion (84) of the holding case comprises stepped strips (92a and 92b). The side panels of the housing have two opposed curved grooves (64) and two opposed fulcrum pins (66) on their inside faces. One of the side panels also contains stops (72 and 74) at its interior. Sides (78 and 80) of the holding case contain a plurality of opposed vertical dividing ribs (90) on their inner faces. The holding case sides also possess opposed pivot openings (91). A front panel (82) of the holding case includes a closure lip (94) protruding outwardly along the top edge of the panel. An opening tab (96) is situated along the top of a rear panel (86) of the holding case. The tambour, which is slidingly positioned within the curved grooves, has an opening end (98) and a closing end (100). An inwardly-protruding stop (102) is located below the edge of the closing end of the tambour, while a handle (104) is situated below the edge of the closing end on the exterior portion of the tambour. The diskette holder has a novel opening-and-closing mechanism which allows the holder to operate in a plurality of orientations and to be opened and closed with only one hand. Moreover, the holder may be mounted on a vertical surface, does not occupy much desk space, and may by joined side-to-side with a plurality of identical containers.