WO1995019036A1 - Agencement de rangement et de presentation, et procede pour le realiser - Google Patents

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WO1995019036A1
WO1995019036A1 PCT/US1994/006780 US9406780W WO9519036A1 WO 1995019036 A1 WO1995019036 A1 WO 1995019036A1 US 9406780 W US9406780 W US 9406780W WO 9519036 A1 WO9519036 A1 WO 9519036A1
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Shahriar Dardashti
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Priority claimed from US08/221,878 external-priority patent/US5560499A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0461—Disc storage racks
    • G11B33/0483—Disc storage racks for single disc boxes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0461—Disc storage racks
    • G11B33/0466—Disc storage racks for disc cartridges

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  • the present invention relates generally to display or storage racks and units. It more particularly is concerned with asseinblies for displaying and storing laser or compact discs, video tapes, audio tapes, cassettes, and game cartridges.
  • PRAV93-1 "Access Collection—Modular Storage System,” copyright 1993; and “Wire Storage Racks.”
  • Other storage units are shown in "Home Decorator Collection Catalog,” 9/15/92, pages 22 and 23; “Frontgate—Enhancing Your Life at Home,” Winter 1994, Model 1108 Floor Lamp/CD Tower; U.S. Design Patent No. 342,395; U.S. Patent Nos. 4,819,801, 5,054,626 and 4,911,308; and "CD Man,” “Los Angeles Times Magazine,” 2/6/94, page 35.
  • a further example is that shown in the advertisement of Probell bottlesgesellschaft mbh, of Hamburg, Germany, March 1991 (hereinafter "Probell”), which was cited in the '642 patent.
  • the *642 patent shows a design wherein the basic storage unit is a tower having opposing frame members with ribs extending between them to define a stack of longitudinally spaced slots, each of these slots being generally horizontally disposed.
  • This patented system can be built in modular units which can be mounted to each other, walls, base units, and/or the like in various patterns.
  • the cross-section of the basic modular unit has a generally pentagonal configuration with the back side open. This configuration provides a very stable tower design, not tending to tip over.
  • the slots can also be of different sizes, particularly different heights, so that a single storage unit can accommodate cases of different sizes or types, and particularly widths, for example, a thin compact disc case as well as thicker VHS cassette cases.
  • the assembly includes a vertical storage unit, first and second side members, and a top member.
  • Each of these components can be marketed and provided to the end user disassembled from one another and in a single box.
  • providing the assembly in a disassembled condition allows for smaller boxes to be used and thus more compact storage and transport thereof. It further provides for easy replacement and substitution of' components as needed. It makes the assembly less vulnerable to impact damage in the transport thereof.
  • the components can be assembled together using suitable fasteners such as wood or metal screws, which also provides for the disassembly thereof when needed.
  • the present invention also includes providing the entire assembly in an assembled condition and even manufacturing the components together as a single integral unit.
  • the storage unit preferably will be the above-described thin rectangular type of tower construction, the pentagonal construction of the '642 patent or other tower constructions of the prior art can be used.
  • the top member is secured to the top of the storage unit and the first and second side members are secured to the lower left and right sides of the storage unit, to form the assembly.
  • the top member, side members, together with the storage unit define the outline of an easily-recognizable common object, an object which is not a case storage unit.
  • the storage unit itself defines preferably a substantial or discrete portion of this object, such as the trunk or the neck thereof.
  • a preferred design or object is a musical instrument, such as an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, a banjo, a double-neck guitar or a saxophone.
  • a preferred musical instrument is a stringed instrument, since the frets of the instrument conveniently correspond to the slots or ribs of the storage unit. Since the cases typically are for musical media, the purpose of the storage assembly is more readily appreciated when the object is a musical instrument. Having this object defined provides for a more attractive display of the storage unit, whether mounted to a wall or to a base.
  • the top and/or side members also form surfaces on which devices can be mounted for holding the "special" cases as discussed above.
  • the top member forms a convenient grasping, turning or spinning handle for turning the unit so that the storage unit can be reoriented about a vertical axis as desired.
  • the side members can conveniently provide at the lower surfaces thereof additional bracing structure for supporting the tower storage unit upright.
  • the side members can be secured, when made of wood, by wood screws through the base into the lower edge surfaces of the side members.
  • the side members When the side members are made of metal they can be provided with horizontal, rearwardly-disposed lower flanges through which screws or other fasteners can be passed.
  • This bracing function can also be performed without fasteners by simply positioning the side members abutting against and on the base member at a distance spaced outwardly from the base unit and securing the side members then directly and only to the side frame members of the storage unit itself.
  • an assembly for storing and displaying discs, cassettes, game cartridges tapes and/or the like including an elongated, straight side-walled storage unit forming one or more vertically upright columns of longitudinally-spaced storage slots.
  • First and second side members are secured to the opposite lower sides of the storage unit and extend out from them.
  • a top member is secured to the storage unit and extends up from it.
  • the side members and top member are configured such that they together with the storage unit define in front view a readily-recognizable outline of a common (non- storage unit) object, such as a guitar or other musical instrument.
  • the slots or ribs of the storage unit define, when the object is a stringed musical instrument, the frets thereof.
  • the side and/or top members can also provide surfaces to which holders for holding special tapes or cases are face mounted.
  • the entire assembly can be mounted flat against a wall or upright to a base.
  • the side members themselves can be directly secured to the base to further brace and support the elongated storage unit upright on the base.
  • another similar storage unit can be mounted back-to-back to the storage unit, both mounted to a rotatable base and the top member used as a turning member for turning the units on the base.
  • an assembly for storing and displaying compact discs and the like includes first and second storage units.
  • the first storage unit has first and second elongated, spaced side frame members, a first top connector extending between the first and second side frame members at tops thereof, and a plurality of first ribs attached to the first and second side frame members and spaced longitudinally relative thereto to thereby form a first column of receiving first slots, each adapted to hold a (compact disc) case therein.
  • the second storage unit similarly has third and fourth elongated, spaced side frame members, a second top connector extending between the third and fourth side frame members at tops thereof, and a plurality of second ribs attached to the third and fourth side frame members and spaced longitudinally relative thereto to thereby form a second column of receiving second slots, each adapted to hold a (compact disc) case therein.
  • the second column is securable in a secured position upright and parallel to the first column.
  • a first top member is releasably securable to the first top connector in a secured position extending generally upwardly from the first column, and a second top member is releasably securable to the second top connector in a secured position extending generally upwardly from the second column.
  • a first side member is releasably securable to the first side member in a secured position extending laterally out from a lower portion of the first storage unit, and a second side member in turn is releasably securable to the fourth side member in a secured position extending laterally out from a lower portion of the second storage unit.
  • the first top member, the second top member, the first side member, and the second side member are configured such that when in their respective secured positions they, together with the first and second storage units, define at least a substantial portion of a readily-recognizable outline of a common, non-storage unit object, such as a double-neck electric guitar.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of (a base-mounted acoustic guitar) storage assembly of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, with a portion of the figure broken away for illustrative purposes.
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, with various cases shown inserted therein.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another (an acoustic guitar) embodiment of the present invention, shown mounted in position to a wall.
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 4, shown mounted on a base.
  • JIG. 8 is a perspective view of a further (an electric guitar) embodiment of the present invention, shown mounted in position to a wall.
  • FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 11 is a right side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 12 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view thereof, showing a base mounted embodiment thereof.
  • FIG. 15 is a rear, exploded perspective view of the bottom portion of the embodiment of FIG. 14, depicting assembly (or disassembly) thereof.
  • FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 16-16 of FIG. 9.
  • FIG. 17 is a front elevational view of a further (a first saxophone) embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a further (a double- sided acoustic guitar) embodiment.
  • FIG. 19 is a front elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 20 is a rear elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 21 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof.
  • FIG. 22 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 24 is a perspective view of a further (a double- sided, rotatable base-mounted electric guitar with a "special" case holder) embodiment.
  • FIG. 25 is a front view of an embodiment similar to that of FIG. 24 but without the holder and with the rotatable base shown with phantom lines.
  • FIG. 26 is a right side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 27 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 29 is a front elevational view of a further (a banjo) embodiment.
  • FIG. 30 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof.
  • FIG. 31 is a rear elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 32 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 33 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 34 is a front elevational view of a further (a second saxophone) embodiment.
  • FIG. 35 is a right side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 36 is a rear elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 37 is a left side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 38 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 39 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 40 is a front elevational view of a further (a double-neck electric guitar) embodiment.
  • FIG. 41 is a right side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 42 is a left side elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 43 is a rear elevational view thereof.
  • FIG. 44 is a top plan view thereof.
  • FIG. 45 is a bottom plan view thereof.
  • FIGS. 1 through 3 depict a first storage assembly embodiment of the present invention generally at 50.
  • Assembly 50 includes an upright storage unit 52, a top member 54, a first side member 56, a second side member 58, and a base unit 60.
  • the storage unit 52 as depicted, is that known in the prior art and as mentioned above in the "Background of the Invention" section of this disclosure. It includes first and second spaced side frame members 62, 64, a top connector member 66, a bottom connector member 68, and a plurality of spaced ribs 70 extending between the first and second frame members. As shown in FIG.
  • each of the ribs 70 includes side portions 72, 74 slanted forward and upward (or horizontally) and a middle lateral connecting portion 76.
  • Each of the ribs 70 is spaced one from another thereby defining inclined (or horizontal) slots 78 for receiving cases rearwardly and (downwardly) therein. Examples of these cases are shown in FIG. 3 at 80 and 82. Referring thereto it is understood that the slots 78 can be of different sizes and/or widths or lengths to accommodate small cases 80, as well as larger cases 82 or more than one small case.
  • the side frame members 62, 64 are configured as u- shaped channels, as will be apparent from the later- discussed top and bottom views of similar embodiments.
  • the entire storage unit 52 is made from solid steel.
  • the storage unit 52 has fifty-eight slots 78, and another has fifty slots.
  • any number of slots 78 as would be practical and desirable can be used.
  • the slots (78) can all be of the same.-height and width dimensions or of different dimensions as shown in copending design application, Serial No. 07/909,802, filed July 2, 1992, for example, which embodiment has been commercially available from Atlantic, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, California, as "The Favorites Tower,” since 1992.
  • the thin rectangular cross-sectional shape storage unit 52 is depicted in the figures and is a preferred configuration, it is within the scope of the invention to use generally any type of tower storage unit.
  • the pentagonal design of the '642 patent or the Probell design can be used.
  • short opposing ribs each attached to only one frame member such as shown in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,655,345 and 4,453,785, can be used.
  • receiving slots can be cut or otherwise formed in the opposing inside faces of the frame members (62, 64) for receiving and holding the side edges of the cases.
  • the ribs 70 advantageously form additional cross bracing and connectors between and for the frame members.
  • the top member 54 and the first and second members 56, 58 can be formed of any suitable material.
  • An example of such a material is wood such as shown in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 through 3, or steel as shown in other figures.
  • the first and second members 56, 58 are placed in an abutting relation with the lower edges of the frame members 62, 64 and then secured thereto, for example as by using screws 85, such as shown in FIG. 2. Screws 86 pass out through the outer lips 88, 89 of the U-shaped frame members 62, 64 and in through the side edges of the first and second side members 56, 58.
  • the top member 54 is similarly secured with screws 87 or other fasteners to the top connector member 66.
  • FIGS. 1 through 3 show an embodiment which is mounted to a base 60, and particularly a rotatable base.
  • the embodiment of FIGS. 1 through 3 is a single-sided storage unit embodiment (as compared with the double-sided embodiments of FIGS. 18 and 24, for example).
  • a base which is rotatable is usually not needed for the single-sided embodiment, however.
  • the rotatable base 60 when used can be a "Lazy Susan” type construction, a construction such as illustrated in U.S. Patent No. 3,543,943, or the swivel base such as illustrated in the "Storage Tower Collection” publication by Model No. 1211. It can essentially include a top plate 90 and a spindle 92 connected to the top plate with the top plate and the spindle being supported by and in a top opening of a base member 96, and held in place by a screw or nut 98 as shown in FIG. 23.
  • the top member 54, the first side member 56, and the second side member 58 each have front faces.
  • the front faces can define generally broad planar surfaces to which holders 102 can be mounted for holding in flat upright orientation the "special" cases 104 as defined above.
  • One construction of these holders 102 includes a pair of flexible clips 106 secured at their bottom ends to a horizontal plate strip 108 and having their upper ends 110 being free.
  • the cases 104 can be slipped down in between the free ends 110 and the member face and into position as shown in FIGS. 1 through 3 with the resilient clips 106 holding the cases releasably in position against the,-member faces.
  • a similar holder 112 can be provided on the top member 54, as shown.
  • holders can be provided (a) on all of the top member 54, the first side member 56 and the second side member 58, (b) on two of these members, (c) on one of them, or (d) on none of them, as desired.
  • top member 54 defines the tuning head portion of the guitar
  • first and second side members 56, 58 define the hollow guitar body portion
  • the storage unit 52 defines the neck of the guitar
  • ribs 70 define the frets thereof.
  • FIGS. 4 through 7 show a storage assembly embodiment of a slightly differently shaped guitar.
  • the top member 54 has (the guitar string) slots 116 and the small outer projections 118 form the tuning keys, screws or knobs of the guitar.
  • small openings 120 are formed in the first and second side members 56, 58 about a third of the way down from the top portions thereof and adjacent the connection to the storage unit 52. These form, in front view, the acoustical openings to the hollow guitar base.
  • the cross-sectional configuration of the storage unit 52 is with its U-shaped first and second side frame members 62, 64 and showing the connections of the top member 54, and the first and second side members 56, 58 to the storage unit as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 4 shows the storage assembly 50 mounted to a wall 124. This mounting can be by connecting fasteners through openings in the storage unit 52.
  • the storage assembly 50 can be mounted to or can include a base unit 60, as shown in FIG. 7, so that it is thereby free ⁇ standing.
  • one or more of the storage unit 52, the first side member 56, and the second side member 58 can be directly mounted at their lower edges directly to the top of the base unit 60.
  • FIGS. 8 through 14 illustrate generally at 130 an electric guitar embodiment of the present invention.
  • the top member 54 has holes 132 and outwardly- projecting tuning knobs 134 similar to that of an electric guitar.
  • the first and second side members 56, 58 are not mirror images of each other, unlike the embodiments of the previous figures.
  • first side member 56 has a top hole 136
  • second side member 138 has a curved stubbed portion 140, a generally triangular opening 142, and four lower openings 144.
  • a preferred version of the electric guitar embodiment forms each of the top member 54, first side member 56 and second side member 58 out of steel, and each is formed in a tool die stamping process.
  • the first and second side members 56, 58 both have, on their inside vertical surfaces, rearwardly projecting flanges 146, through which metal screws 150 or similar fasteners can pass into the outer flanges of the respective side frame members 62, 64, and held in place by nuts 152.
  • bottom flanges 154, 156 are provided along the lower surfaces of the side members 56, 58 and have holes down through which fasteners 160 can pass when the storage assembly 50 is to be mounted to a base plate 60, as shown in FIG. 14.
  • the storage assembly 50 will be marketed to the customer or ultimate user thereof in a disassembled condition with each of the components including the screws and the base member, if any, packed in a single box (not shown) .
  • a disassembled condition By distributing it in a disassembled condition it allows for a smaller packing box to be used, it reduces the likelihood that any of the outwardly extending components will be broken off, and it eliminates a manufacturing step for the producer. Assembly by the user is extremely easy, and this can be understood from FIGS. 15 and 16, for example.
  • Written instructions (not shown) can be provided in the box to assist the user in assembling the storage assembly 50. They are probably not needed though since the assembly steps would be apparent from the components themselves and the assembled picture (not shown) typically provided on the cover of the box.
  • FIG. 15 shows a cross section of a typical screw connection.
  • FIG. 16 shows a cross section of a typical screw connection.
  • fastening means such as by gluing, tieing, holding, nailing, and welding.
  • the storage assembly of the present invention can also be a two-sided version as shown in FIGS. 18 through 21, generally at 162.
  • Storage assembly 162 is similar to the embodiment of FIG. 4, for example, but with a second storage unit 164 provided and secured in back-to-back relation with screws through the middle portions of the U-shaped flanges connecting the back-to- back units.
  • the two storage units 52, 164 will typically be connected back-to-back together before (or after) the connection of the top member 54 and first and second side members 56, 58 to the first storage unit 52.
  • the back-to- back storage units 52, 164 are secured to a rotatable base 60 such as previously discussed, and the back-to-back relationship mounted to the rotatable base 60 is shown in FIG. 22.
  • FIG. 23 is simply a bottom view of the assembly of FIG. 22 showing the connector screw and nut 98 for connecting the rotatable base 90 to the bottom base 96.
  • FIGS. 24 through 28 A two-sided electric guitar embodiment is shown in FIGS. 24 through 28 generally at 170, with the version of FIG. 24 having a special case holder 102 mounted on the first side member 56. Since assembly 170 is two-sided, it is preferably mounted on a base 60 which is rotatable to forwardly position the desired side of the assembly. Additional construction, configuration and operation details of assembly 170 can be understood from the previously- described embodiments of the other figures.
  • FIGS. 1 through 16 and 18 through 28 show storage assembly embodiments of the present invention wherein guitar shapes are defined. It is expected that the guitar shape, whether an acoustic guitar or an electric guitar, and other stringed musical instruments will be the preferred designs. This is because they take good advantage of the configuration of the storage unit 52 itself, defining with its straight parallel frame members 62, 64 the neck of the instrument and with its ribs 70, the frets thereof. Since the "cases" will typically include or relate to musical media, it is expected that the object outlined by the present storage assembly will preferably be a musical instrument.
  • an example of an alternative defined musical instrument is the saxophone as illustrated in FIG. 17 generally at 170. It is seen there that only one side member 56 is used and it defines the horn portion 172 of the saxophone. Side member 56 further includes a surface extending along the top portion of the mounting base and thereby providing a bracing function for the storage unit 52. The top member 54 is configured to define an angled mouthpiece 176, which angles to the opposite-side of the storage unit 52 as the horn portion 172. In addition to depicting a saxophone, this opposite side positioning provides for a more balanced design for the storage assembly (170) .
  • the top(s) of the first (and second) side member(s) 54, 56 is (or are) spaced a distance well below the top of the storage unit 52 and in fact below the middle of the storage unit.
  • a banjo is depicted by the embodiment of FIGS. 29 through 33 generally at 180. Similar to many of the previously-described embodiments, it includes (i) a top member 54, which is configured to resemble a banjo tuning head and is secured with screws 87 to the top connector member 66 and (ii) first and second side members 56, 58, which are screwed to the lower sides of the first and second side frame members 62, 64 and project outwardly therefrom to define the round resonating body or sound box portion of the banjo.
  • the storage unit 52 defines the neck of the banjo, and the ribs 70 (or slots 78) define the frets thereof.
  • FIGS. 34 through 39 Another saxophone embodiment is shown in FIGS. 34 through 39 generally at 186. Similar to saxophone embodiment 170, it includes a top member 188 configured to define a more elaborately curving reed mouthpiece and secured to the top connector member 66 and a (first or second) side member 190 configured in part to define the curved conical metal tube 192 and secured to the first side member 56.
  • the side member 190 also includes an elongated portion 194 extending up from the inside of tube 192 and having projections 198 defining the keys, buttons or valves of the saxophone.
  • the tube 192 and the elongated member 194 are preferably formed as a single (metal) unit.
  • a pair of storage units 52, 52' can be positioned parallel to one another, and preferably adjacent one another, and secured together with screws or similar fasteners 202 through adjacent side frame members 64, 62' as illustrated in FIGS. 40 through 45.
  • the first and second side members 56, 58 are then secured to lower portions of the outer side frame members 62, 64' of the adjacent storage units 52, 52' and secured thereto with screws or the like. This forms a pair of vertically upright (when viewed from the side) columns of slots.
  • Two top members 54, 54' are provided in the embodiment of FIGS.
  • the object defined in this embodiment shown generally at 208 is a double-neck electric guitar wherein the first and second side members 56, 58 define the guitar base (similar to that of FIG. 8, for example) , the first unit 52 defines one neck, the first top member 54 defines the tuning head at the top of that neck, the second unit 52' defines the other neck, and the second top connector member 54' defines the tuning head at the top of the other neck.
  • the slots or ribs 78, 70, 78', 70' in both of the storage units 52, 52' form the frets on both of the necks, and so forth.
  • one or more spacer members can be provided between the storage units 52, 52' at lower locations thereof. This spaces the storage units 52, 52' apart similar to the spacing of the necks of functioning double-neck guitars as are commercially available. This spacer, however, adds an extra component to the assembly 208 as well as extra assembly steps. It also is probably a slightly less stable design than the direct unit-to-unit attachment, as illustrated in the drawings.
  • the first and second side members 56, 58 both have bottom flanges 154, 156 for mounting the assembly to a base (60) .
  • This mounting with screws or other fasteners (160) through the flanges and into the base (60) is a sufficiently secure mounting such that neither of the storage units 52, 52' themselves needs to be directly secured to the base.
  • the assembly 208 can be mounted to a wall (124) or other vertical surface as with screws or bolts through openings 210, 210' in the storage units 52, 52'.
  • One preferred order for assembling the assembly 208 together is: (a) top member 54 to unit 52; (b) top member 54' to unit 52; (c) side member 56 to unit 52; (d) side member 58 to unit 52'; (e) units 52 and 52' together; (f) side member 56 to base (60) ; and (g) side member 58 to base (60) .
  • Other assembly steps or orderings thereof are apparent to those skilled in the art and are included herein. Modifications can be made to assembly 208 similar to the previously-described embodiments. For example, additional storage units can be mounted back-to-back to those illustrated and the entire assembly mounted to a rotatable base (60) , similar to assembly 170 in FIG. 24 for example.
  • top members 54, 54' need not be secured directly to the top connectors 66, 66' but can otherwise be mounted, as to the side frame members. Both side members 56, 58 may not be needed for certain designs (similar to the saxophones of FIGS. 17 and 32) . Similarly, both top members 54, 54' may not be needed. Alternatively, a single top member spanning the tops of both storage units 52, 52' can be used. Additionally, more than two storage units may be used and assembled as suggested in the '642 patent, for example.
  • the storage unit (52) and particularly the side members (54, 56) thereof, can define a connector member, a neck, a trunk or similar straight portion(s) of the object represented.
  • Examples of other objects which can be depicted or represented by the assembly (50) are trees (particularly palm trees where the ribs resemble the generally horizontal lines in or the texture of the bark and the enlarged rounded side members define the bulbous-like base of the trunk) , and fluid containers (such as beer bottles, wine bottles, wine glasses, cocktail glasses and water glasses, where the storage unit (52) defines a drinking straw in or the neck of the container) .
  • the object defined can be golf clubs, baseball bats, swords, rifles, tennis rackets or basketball hoops and stands.
  • Other objects of this invention include skyscrapers, space rockets, lamps, violins (with or without the bow) , trumpets, keyboards, microphones with stands, humans and other animals (such as giraffes where the storage unit forms the long neck and/or legs) .
  • These objects or the outlines or profiles thereof, or at least substantial portions thereof, are typically and preferably defined when the assembly (50) is viewed from the front elevational perspective. It is within the scope of the invention though to construct the assembly so to define the object when the assembly is viewed from other angles, such as from the top, bottom or side(s) thereof.

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Un agencement (50, 170, 130, 162, 180, 186, 208, etc) pour le rangement et la présentation de disques, de cassettes de musique, de cartouches de jeux, de bandes magnétiques et similaire (80, 82), comporte une unité de rangement (52) allongée et à parois latérales droites, formant une ou plusieurs colonnes verticales de fentes de rangement espacées longitudinalement. Des premier et second éléments latéraux (56, 58) partent du bas des côtés opposés de l'unité de rangement auxquels ils sont fixés. Un élément supérieur (54) s'étend vers le haut à partir de l'unité de rangement, à laquelle il est fixé. Les éléments latéraux et l'élément supérieur sont réalisés pour former avec l'unité de rangement un objet facilement reconnaissable de l'avant, ne servant pas à un rangement, tel qu'une guitare ou un autre instrument musical. Les fentes (78) ou les nervures (70) de l'unité de rangement représentent des frettes, lorsque l'objet représenté est un instrument à cordes. On obtient ainsi un moyen de rangement et de présentation attrayant et facile à identifier. Les éléments latéraux et/ou supérieur peuvent également comporter des moyens d'accrochage (102) pour recevoir des bandes ou des boîtiers spéciaux. L'ensemble peut être entièrement monté à plat contre un mur (124) ou verticalement sur une base (60). Dans le cas d'un montage sur une base, les éléments latéraux peuvent être eux-mêmes directement fixés à la base pour mieux maintenir verticalement sur sa base, l'unité de rangement allongée. Dans une variante, une unité de rangement similaire (164) peut être montée dos à dos sur la première unité de rangement, le tout étant monté sur une base rotative et l'élément supérieur étant utilisé comme élément pour tourner les unités sur la base.
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