US3180488A

US3180488A - Record package

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Publication number: US3180488A
Application number: US209014A
Authority: US
Inventors: Otto E Heusmann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-07-11
Filing date: 1962-07-11
Publication date: 1965-04-27
Anticipated expiration: 1982-04-27

Description

April 1955 o. E. HEUSMANN 3,180,488

RECORD PACKAGE Filed July 11, 1962 Fink/mews,

3,180,488 RECORD PACKAGE Otto E. Heusrnann, 528 Rosewood Lane, Kirkwood, Mo. Filed July 11, 1962, Ser. No. 209,014

1 Claim. '(Cl; 206- 62) This invention'relates to packages of phonograph records. V

Phonograph' records'commonly are sold in substantially flatcardboardcontainers, open along one edge, and variously called 'jackets', folders, pockets,- sleeves and albums. These sleeves provide protection against dust and scratching and, because they are fairly rigid, tend alsoto protect the record against warpage; In addition,

they are ordinarily imprinted with the-title of the record and a colorful design or illustration. Accordingly, it is desirable to keep'the sleeve: Howeven'beca'use they are extremely thin, there is generally no provisionmade-forprinting the titles along an edge, 'so'that if the'sleeves are stacked horizontally or even arranged in rows, face to face, vertically, it is difiicult to find a particular record. Additionally, if they are carried around from place to place, they are somewhat inconvenient to carry and are likely to be misplaced or lost.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a package of phonograph records which utilizes the standard sleeves, which preserves the integrity of the sleeves, and which makes it easy to assemble a selected group of records in a package which is not substantially heavier or more bulky than the collection of individual sleeves.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a package which is inexpensive, and easy to manufacture and use.

Still another object is to provide such a package in which little if any of the art work on the sleeve is obsoured, and in which the sleeves can be so arranged as to expose the various individual titles on a broad face of the sleeve.

Other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art in the light of the following description and accompanying drawing.

In accordance with this invention, generally stated, a record package is provided which includes a plurality of standard sleeves, each of which has secured to it along one closed edge a tape with a marginal spine extending transversely beyond the edge. Each of the spines has along its length, outboard of the sleeve, a multiplicity of tine-receiving holes, through which a plurality of tines extend. The tines form a part of a back member, which is so arranged as to permit the insertion of tines in the holes and their removal therefrom. The tines and the holes are so constructed in proportion to one another as to permit a hinging movement of the individual sleeves along the tines.

In the preferred embodiment, the back and tines extend longitudinally beyond at least one end of the spine of one of the sleeves, and successive sleeves are staggered longitudinally with respect to one another along the back, to expose a top margin of each sleeve.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a view in front elevation of one embodiment of package of this invention;

FIGURE 2 is an exploded view in perspective, partly broken away, of components of the package of FIG- URE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a view in front elevation, partly broken away, of another embodiment of package of this invention;

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 5 is a view in side elevation of the package shown in FIGURE 3.

Patented Apr. 27," 1965 Refer'ringc'now to the drawing for an illustrative embodiment of this invention, reference numeral 1 indicates a complete package which includes

sleeves

2, 3 and 4 (and in FIGURE" 5', 2', 3' and 4), a tape- 15, and a back 25.

Each-of the sleeves has a front panel 5, a back panel 6, a closeditop edge 7, a closed bottomedge-S, an open side edgeLor mouth 9, a closed side-edge 10 and a title 11 parallel'with'the closed :topedge 7 A record 12, is held in the sleeve 4 by friction.-

Thetape 15; in the preferred embodimenh'is bifurcated,

with'leg strips. '16 'a'nd'1'7 coated ontheir inside surfaces with an adhesive, which; in this embodiment, is water soluble; but which may be? of the pressure sensitive type, I

and a spineitl. -The"spine has=in it a multiplicity of aligned holes 19, whichjin this embodiment, are '-of a relatively long and thin rectangular configuration.

The back 25, in this embo'dimentg-includes :a plastic rib 26-with a'multiplicityof flexible, thin, curved tines 27,.

integral at one end with the rib 26, and a shape 30. In this embodiment, the shape 30 is curved in transverse section, and has along each edge a channel 31 with a restricted mouth 32, into which an offset head 33 on the rib 26, on one side, and on the respective ends of the individual tines 27 on the other, extend. The rib 26 with its tines 27 and the shape 30 are readily separable and removable so that sleeves can be mounted and removed easily. The particular back illustrated and described is a commercial product, and is not, per se, a part of this invention.

The two

legs

16 and 17 are adhered to the closed side edge 10 of the sleeve 4.

In FIGURE 1, the shape 30 is shown as mounted on the interior side of a book spine 34 between leaves 35 of a book-cover.

As shown in both FIGURES 1 and 3, the back and tines extend lengthwise beyond the lower edge of the uppermost sleeve, so that successive sleeves can be and are staggered, revealing the titles on the sleeves. If there are more sleeves than can be accommodated in staggered relation facing one way, as for example, six sleeves which must be staggered in two groups of three, they can either be arranged to require the first group to be turned, or merely to require that the pack be turned over, since the side opening of the pockets makes it immaterial whether the top edge is up or down. This is illustrated in FIGURES 3 and 5.

The tape 15 can be made of any suitable material. A cloth tape, preferably with a stitfening piece along the spine, is entirely satisfactory, but paper, plastic and leather have been found operative, and the latter can make an elegant binding.

The holes along the spine of the tape can be made in any desired configuration, complementary to the shape of the tines. While the arrangement of a multiplicity of closely, regularly spaced thin, flexible tines is preferred and has niunerous advantages, other arrangements of tines, diiferent forms of tines and tines of different degrees of stiffness may be used.

The coverless back of FIGURE 3 is particularly appealing to youngsters who want to assemble party packs of rpm. records. For the more expensive albums, the covered embodiment of FIGURE 1 is more likely, but either embodiment can be used for any sized record.

A back and pre-punched, pro-cut tapes can be packaged together and sold in record shops and the like in which case the record-sleeve package can be made up by the purchaser, or, of course, the record-sleeve package can be made up by manufacturers, distributors or retailers of records. In any event, the record-sleeve package is easy to manufacture and forms a neat, handy device by which selected records can be kept together, transported and stored, without obscuring the art work on the made permanently mounted on theback, by making the back parts inseparable, but this is not by any means preferred.

Having thus describedthe'invention, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent isz' v A package comprising a multiplicity ofirecord sleeves each having a front, a back, a closedt'op, a closed bottom, one closed side edge and an open side edge, each sleeve having secured to it along said closed side edge a tape with a marginal spine extending transversely, beyond the said closed edge, said spine having along it, outboard of said sleeve, a multiplicity of tine-receiving holes, and a back member carrying a plurality oftines spaced comple-' V mentarily to holes in said spine and extending therethrough, said tines being shaped to slidably-mount said sleeves, for movement along said tines, with respect 'to one another, said back and tines extending longitudinally beyond at least one end of the spine, said sleeves being THERON E. CONDON, l rimary'Examiner.

divided into tWo groups, the sleeves of one group having their front panels oriented in one direction and said member to expose a front top margin of each sleeve of the group, and the sleeves of' the other group' being oriented in back to back and upside down relationship With the sleeves of the first group and staggered along said back to expose a front, top margin of each sleeveof the group when the package is turned over.

References Cited in the file of this patent i UNITED STATES PATENTS Mayhew Q. Aug. 7,1917

1,255,690 Barlow Feb. 5, 1918 7 2,259,787 .Trussell Oct. 21, 1941 2,264,142 Penny et a1 Nov. 25, 1941 2,274,944 Trussell Mar. 3, 1942 2,463,450 Wisner Mar. 1, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS V 466,094 Canada June 27, 195 0 7 553,256 Belgium Dec. 31, 1956 sleeves being staggered longitudinally along said back EARLE DRUMMOND, Exan z'mzr.v