Patent ID: 6193336
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An elongated extruded plastic device for releasably storing a media container between a parallel pair of shelves, the device comprising:a hollow engagement member having a wall whose outer circumference corresponds to somewhat more than half a cylinder;a guide and base member of generally V-shaped cross-sectional configuration having a rigid tip portion that defines a relatively sharp edge, one wall of the guide and base member forming a base for attachment of the guide member to one of the shelves, that one wall of the guide and base member having its otherwise exposed longitudinal edge attached to one longitudinal edge of the engagement member with a smooth outer joining surface, the other wall of the guide and base member having a low-friction outer surface adapted to receive the media container to be retained in a sliding relationship therewith, and to guide its movement into engagement with the engagement member; andthe device also having a transition segment that joins the otherwise exposed longitudinal edge of the other wall of the guide and base member to the other longitudinal edge of the engagement member with a smooth outer joining surface, the transition segment having a reverse inflection such that it smoothly joins both the guide and base member wall and the engagement member edge;whereby the operation is such that the media container may be normally retained between the shelves by compressive engagement with the engagement portion of the device.