Patent ID: 6196647
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A storage system that facilitates the adjustment and rearrangement of a plurality of individual units comprising a housing having a first end and a second end for said plurality of individual units and a plurality of individual unit carriers for separately retaining said plurality of individual units, each of said plurality of individual unit carriers being slidable within said housing, said housing including a first end wall connected to said first end of said housing, a second end wall connected to said second end of said housing, and a first engagement member and said plurality of individual unit carriers including a second engagement member engageable with said first engagement member, whereby when said second engagement member of one of said individual unit carriers is engaged with said first engagement member said one of said individual unit carriers is slidably movable between said first and second end walls within said housing, and wherein said second engagement member of said one of said individual unit carriers can only be disengaged from said first engagement member when said individual unit is removed from said one of said individual unit carriers, and when said second engagement member of said one of said individual unit carriers is disengaged from said first engagement member, said one of said individual unit carriers is removable from said housing in a direction of egress and replaceable at any location within said housing.