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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1994
Thomas A Hunt, Encinitas, CA (US);
Spectrum Concepts, Inc., Encinitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An audio/video media package storage structure is formed using side rails, partition rails and spacer tubes. The side rail inner surface contains: a bottom flange; a row of interleaved long and short posts; a shelf beneath the posts and above the bottom flange, the shelf having notches centered between adjacent long posts. The rail can support packages of up to three different sizes at one time. Thin packages are supported between adjacent long and short posts and rest on the shelf. Thick packages are supported between adjacent long posts and rest on the bottom flange. Medium-sized packages fit within the notch on the shelf and rest on the bottom flange. The shelf and the bottom flange have protuberances centered between adjacent long and short posts and adjacent posts, respectively, to allow the packages to shift from a forwardly to a rearwardly-oriented display position. Each end of the side rail has a tunnel adjoining the bottom flange for inserting a spacer tube. Two side rails attached to common spacer tubes form a single row of package support clusters. Other variations are possible with use of a partition rail, which is essentially two side rails in back-to-back configuration. Two side rails and an intermediate partition rail attached to spacer tubes form two rows of package support clusters. The side rails may be attached to roller-type slide brackets to mount the structure to cabinetry. The rails are injection molded.