JP2509601Y2 - Presence / Absence Display Case for Video Cassettes - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a case for a video cassette in which it can be visually confirmed from the outside whether or not the video cassette is housed, and in particular, it is used in a video software rental shop. The present invention relates to a presence / absence display case for a video cassette, which can easily determine whether or not software is rented.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a video software rental shop or the like, a jacket when the video software is sold is displayed on a display shelf as it is, and the user hands the jacket to the salesperson so that the software is sold. Was indicating that he wanted to borrow. However, since the jacket is closed when it is displayed on the display shelf, the user must check whether the video software is rented unless the jacket is taken out of the display shelf and opened. However, there is a problem that it takes time to select the video software to be borrowed.

As a conventional method for solving this, for example, a jacket can be rented out by attaching a plate indicating that it is rented with a rubber band, or placing only the soft jacket being rented on another shelf. The method of distinguishing it from the naive one was taken.

However, in the method of attaching the plate to the jacket being rented, there is a problem that it takes time to attach the plate one by one, and in the method of putting the jacket being rented on another shelf. However, there was a problem that it was difficult for users to know whether the software they wanted to borrow was not originally stored in the store, or whether it was just being rented out.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose thereof is to rent out video software at a glance without the trouble of attaching a plate to a jacket. An object of the present invention is to provide a presence / absence display case for a video cassette, which can easily determine whether or not there is.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems and to achieve the object, the presence / absence display case for a video cassette of the present invention visually confirms whether or not the video cassette is housed inside. A possible presence / absence display case for a video cassette, the upper end surface of which has an opening into which the video cassette can be inserted, and a space of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in which the video cassette can be stored immediately below the opening. In a vertical direction between a case body having a portion formed therein, a first position which is disposed on a side wall of the space and is located above the case body, and a second position which is located below the case body. A slide member slidably supported by a seesaw member disposed below the side wall of the space in a state of extending in a substantially horizontal direction, and having an intermediate portion rotatably supported by the side wall. Yes, one end is the slide A seesaw member connected to the lower end of timber, the is disposed at an upper end portion of the slide member, in a state in which the sliding member is located at the second position,
The video cassette is pulled into the case body to indicate that the video cassette is not in the case body, the other end of the seesaw member is pushed to the lower end of the video cassette, and the slide member is moved to the first position. And a display member protruding outward from the upper end of the case to indicate that the video cassette is inside the case main body.

[0007]

As described above, since the presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to the present invention is constructed, the state of the display member protruding outside the case can be seen as the video cassette is inserted into the case body. Only by this, it is possible to easily determine from the outside of the case whether the video cassette is stored in the case.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the structure of a presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1 viewed from above.

1 and 2, presence / absence display case 40
The case main body 42 constituting the outer shell portion of the above has a rectangular parallelepiped space portion 44 for accommodating the video tape cassette 100 therein. Further, the case main body 42 is formed in a shape that is opened upward, and the video cassette 100 is inserted from above the case main body 42 into the space 44 through the opening 46, as indicated by a two-dot chain line. Is inserted.

On the side wall 42a of the case body 42, there are guide projections 50, 52, 54 for supporting a slide member 48, which is a rod-shaped member having a small diameter, slidably in the vertical direction.
Are formed side by side in the vertical direction. Fitting holes 50a, 52a, 54a that fit into the outer diameter of the slide member 48 are formed in the guide protrusions 50, 52, 54, respectively.
The fitting member 50a, 52a, 54a guides the slide member 48 slidably in the vertical direction.

On the other hand, the other inner wall 4 of the case body 42
2b includes a seesaw member 56 extending in a substantially horizontal direction.
The seesaw member 56 has one end 56a flexibly connected to the lower end of the slide member 48. When the video cassette 100 is not inserted inside the case main body 42, the slide member 48 is lowered downward by its own weight as shown in FIG. Therefore, the other end portion 56b of the seesaw member 56 is lifted upward. When the video cassette 100 is inserted into the case main body 42, the other end portion 56b of the seesaw member 56 is pushed down by the lower end of the video cassette 100, and along with this,
One end 56a of the seesaw member 56 is lifted and the slide member 48 is pushed upward.

Above the slide member 48, for example, a plate-shaped display member 62 in which characters such as "rental OK" are written.
Is attached. As shown in FIG. 1, the display member 62 includes a video cassette 100 in the case main body 42.
Is not inserted and the slide member 48 is lowered downward by its own weight, the slide member 48 is drawn into the case main body 42. This allows the user to know that the video cassette 100 is not housed in the case 40 and the video cassette 100 is rented.

On the other hand, when the video cassette 100 is inserted into the case main body 42 from above the opening 46, the video cassette 100 falls downward from the state shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1 by its own weight. . Along with this, the other end 56b of the seesaw member is pushed down, at the same time, the one end 56a of the seesaw member 56 is lifted, and the slide member 48 slides upward. Then, the display member 62 at the upper end projects outside the case main body 42, and the display member 6
2 becomes visible from the outside. That is, the character “rental OK” is visible from the outside of the case 40. As a result, the user holds the video cassette 100 in the case 40, and the video cassette 10
You can see that 0 is not rented.

Incidentally, slide guides 42c and 42d are formed on the inner wall of the case main body 42, and when the video cassette 100 is inserted into the case main body 42, the video cassette 100 has a slide member 48 and a guide protrusion 50 ,. Care is taken not to interfere with 52 and 54.

Next, FIGS. 3 and 4 show a video cassette 1.
00 is a perspective view showing a state before 00 is stored in a case 40 and a state after being stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, the video cassette 10
In the state before 0 is inserted into the case main body 42, the display member 62 is pulled inside the case main body 42, indicating that the video cassette 100 is rented.

In the above description, the video cassette 100 is inserted into the case main body 42 as it is, but in practice, the video cassette 100 is protected as shown in FIG. It is preferable to store it in the transparent case 102 and then in the case body 42. The transparent case 102 is used by making the title affixed to the main body of the video cassette 100 visible from the outside and collating it with the jacket photo mounted on the outer wall of the case main body 12 as described later. ,
This is to prevent the video cassette from being inserted incorrectly.

On the outer peripheral surface of the case body 42, a photograph attached to the outside of the jacket stored when the video cassette 100 (video software) is sold can be attached. That is, the case body 42
The height is approximately the same as that of the jacket in which the video cassette 100 was originally placed, and the photograph attached to the jacket can be mounted on the outer wall surface of the case body 42 as it is. In the photograph of the jacket, after being attached to the outer wall surface of the case body 42, the jacket is covered with transparent vinyl or the like (not shown).

Next, when the video cassette 100 is inserted into the case main body 42 from the state shown in FIG. 3, the display member 62 projects to the outside of the case main body 42 as shown in FIG. The character "" becomes visible from the outside.

As described above, in the video cassette presence / absence display case of this embodiment, the video cassette is pulled into the case when the video cassette is not inserted into the case, and is inserted into the case when the video cassette is inserted into the case. Since it has a display member protruding outside the case,
From the outside of the case, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the video cassette, that is, the video software is rented.

The present invention can be applied to modifications and variations of the above embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For example, in the above-mentioned one embodiment, it was explained that the slide member is lowered by its own weight when the video software is rented. However, in order to ensure this lowered state, a biasing force such as a spring is applied. You may make it provide a member.

[0024]

As described above, according to the presence / absence display case for a video cassette of the present invention, only the state of the display member protruding outside the case can be seen as the video cassette is inserted into the case body. Thus, whether or not the video cassette is stored in the case can be easily determined from outside the case.

[0025]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a structure of a presence / absence display case for a video cassette according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1 seen from above.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state of the case before the video cassette is inserted.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state of the case after inserting the video cassette.

[Explanation of symbols]

 40 presence / absence display case 42 case body 44 space 46 opening 48 slide member 50, 52, 54 guide protrusion 56 seesaw member 58 rotating shaft 62 display member 100 video cassette 102 case

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A video cassette presence / absence display case (40) for visually confirming whether or not a video cassette (100) is housed inside, wherein the video cassette can be inserted into an upper end surface. Opening (4
6), a case body (42) having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped space portion (44) capable of accommodating the video cassette formed immediately below the opening, and a side wall (42a) of the space portion. A slide member (48) that is disposed and is slidably supported in a vertical direction between a first position located above the case body and a second position located below the case body; A seesaw member (56), which is disposed below the side wall (42b) of the space portion in a state of extending in a substantially horizontal direction, and has an intermediate portion rotatably supported by the side wall, the one end of which is The seesaw member connected to the lower end of the slide member and the upper end of the slide member, and when the slide member is in the second position, the seesaw member is drawn into the case body to The video cassette is inside the case body When the slide member moves to the first position when the other end (56b) of the seesaw member is pushed to the lower end of the video cassette by displaying the absence, the outside from the upper end of the case is displayed. A presence / absence display case for a video cassette, which is provided with a display member (62) for projecting to indicate that the video cassette is inside the case body.