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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Gilles Pépin, St-Charles de Drummondville, CA;
Alain Pare, Kirkland, CA;
Dominic R. Labbé, McMasterville, CA;
Gerard M. Chevalier, Edmonton, CA;
Thomas D. Haubert, Columbus, OH (US);
Joseph A. Juratovac, Columbus, OH (US);
Jeffrey R. Held, Columbus, OH (US);
Jeffrey Michael Witt, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregg Charles Vanderheiden, Madison, WI (US);
David Paul Kelso, Madison, WI (US);
Frank Kurt Cylke, Great Falls, VA (US);
Jean Marie Moss, Glendale, MD (US);
Michael Gilbert Katzmann, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Edward Fistick, Charlotte Hall, MD (US);
Michael Montfort Moodie, Bethesda, MA (US);
Alice Kathryn Baker, Washington, DC (US);
Gilles Pépin, St-Charles de Drummondville, CA;
Alain Pare, Kirkland, CA;
Dominic R. Labbé, McMasterville, CA;
Gerard M. Chevalier, Edmonton, CA;
Thomas D. Haubert, Columbus, OH (US);
Joseph A. Juratovac, Columbus, OH (US);
Jeffrey R. Held, Columbus, OH (US);
Jeffrey Michael Witt, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregg Charles Vanderheiden, Madison, WI (US);
David Paul Kelso, Madison, WI (US);
Frank Kurt Cylke, Great Falls, VA (US);
Jean Marie Moss, Glendale, MD (US);
Michael Gilbert Katzmann, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Edward Fistick, Charlotte Hall, MD (US);
Michael Montfort Moodie, Bethesda, MA (US);
Alice Kathryn Baker, Washington, DC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A cartridge for use by print-disabled users to play digital audio content and a player having a receptacle for receiving the cartridge are provided. The cartridge includes a random-access digital storage device storing the digital audio content and having a connector providing access to the digital audio content; and a casing permanently housing the digital storage device and allowing access to the connector of the digital storage device. The casing has a form facilitating handling of the cartridge by the print-disabled users which includes bevelled edges, and has dimensions comparable to dimensions of a standard compact audio cassette. Preferably, the cartridge has a hole extending through the casing at its back end and a sloped surface on the bottom side of the casing at the back end. The receptacle has a form and shape facilitating insertion of the cartridge therein. It has a lower surface defining an elevated ramp along which the cartridge slides as it is inserted into the player.