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Adaptable cassette and disc pack storage system

CA 1302968 C · Owner: Muenzer, Kimberlee K. · Inventors: Muenzer, Kimberlee K.; Mackay, Spenser L.

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A storage system is provided which can efficiently store a variety of magnetic storage elements such as VHS video cassette packs, standard audio cassette packs Beta, video cassette packs, 5-1/4" floppy disc packs and CD, (compact disc) packs alternately in a given space in a drawer. The drawer has opposite sides with vertical tabs spaced along each side to form spaces that closely receive opposite ends of a VHS cassette pack. A pair of cassette adaptors can each lie in spaces otherwise occupied by a VHS cassette pack, the adaptors having vertical ribs that store standard audio cassettes in an orientation perpendicular to that of the VHS cassettes. A pair of disc pack adaptors can be mounted …

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  • Granted June 9, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 9, 2009.
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FiledApril 27, 1988
GrantedJune 9, 1992
Term endedJune 9, 2009
Patent numberCA 1302968 C
Classification (IPC)G11B33/04 +2 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedApril 27, 1988Patent grantedJune 9, 1992Term endedJune 9, 2009

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