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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1998
Steven A Gelphman, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher G Palmer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Peter J Palmer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Creative Point, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage container (10) for storing, transporting and displaying various information and entertainment storage media, the container (10) including a floor panel (12) having a front edge (16) and a rear edge (17), and right and left edges (18, 19), a back wall (13) which attaches to the rear edge of the floor panel (17), left and right side panels (14, 15), which are attached to the left and right edges (18, 19) respectively of the floor panel (12), each side panel (14, 15) having a lower portion which terminates in a front foot (32) and the back wall (13) including a vertebra (50) which has a lower portion which terminates in a rear foot (52). Also disclosed is a system of stackable storage containers (100) for storing, transporting and displaying various information and entertainment storage media, including a plurality of containers (10) having front and rear feet (32, 52), side panel contact shelves (20), vertebra contact shelves (54), and vertebrae (50), which are in alignment such that when an upper storage container (10) is stacked vertically upon a lower storage container (10), the front feet (32) of the upper storage container (10) rest upon the side panel contact shelves (20) and the rear foot (52) of the upper storage container (10) rests on the vertebra contact shelf (54) of the lower storage container (10), and the vertebrae (50) align to form a spine (110).