Storing box for cassette

A storing box for cassette comprising a base, a cover and a plurality of drawers. The base includes a bottom plate which has a plurality of V-shaped ribs on bottom surface, a pair of side plates, a front plate and a rear plate mounted on the bottom plate. The base further includes a separating plate vertically mounted on middle portion of the bottom plate. The cover has a plurality of V-shaped slots to receive the V-shaped ribs of the base, so that two or more boxes can steadily stack together.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The invention concept as herein described, relates to cassette storing 
boxes which are used for containing and storing cassette tapes such as 
video cassettes as well as audio cassettes. 
Cassette storing boxes are known in the art and such storing boxes have 
been standardly formed of plastic material. Such prior art cassette 
storing boxes were not easily disassembled. Additionally, when 
transporting or storing the prior art cassette boxes, such were found to 
occupy a large volume of space which was found to be uneconomical. 
Additionally, such prior art cassette boxes were not readily stackable 
since there was no removably securable engagement mechanism between 
consecutive boxes. 
It is therefore an objective of the present invention concept to provide a 
cassette storing box for audio or video cassettes which would obviate and 
mitigate the above-referenced disadvantages of the prior art cassette 
storing boxes. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
An object of the present invention concept is to provide a cassette storing 
box which may be easily disassembled when such is being transported and 
which may store cassettes in a manner which reduces the overall volume 
having a resulting lowering of the transportation expenses. 
Another object of the subject invention is to provide a cassette storing 
box which includes a plurality of drawer members, each of which may 
contain an audio or video cassette. 
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a cassette 
storing box which has a plurality of V-shaped slots formed on an upper 
surface and a plurality of V-shaped ribs on a bottom surface, formed in a 
manner such that the ribs of one storing box may be inserted into the 
slots of another storing box when the boxes are stacked one upon the 
other. 
Novel features which are characteristic of the invention, together with 
further objectives and advantages thereof will be more easily understood 
from the following description considered in connection with the 
accompanying drawings and in which a preferred embodiment of the invention 
is illustrated. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the 
drawings are for the purposes of illustration and description only and are 
not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention concept.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring now to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, there is shown a cassette storing box in 
accordance with the present invention concept. The cassette storing box 
includes base 200 and a cover member 100. Base 200 is formed in assembled 
fashion by bottom plate 10 having a pair of opposing side plates 20, 30 in 
combination with rear plate member 40 and front plate 50 as clearly shown 
in FIG. 3. 
Bottom plate 10 includes a plurality of V-shaped rib members 111 formed on 
a bottom surface and clearly seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4. A plurality of 
transversely directed slab members 112 are mounted on bottom plate 10 and 
extend upwardly as is shown in FIG. 3. Transversely directed slab members 
112 are utilized to increase the structural integrity of the cassette 
storing box. Slab members 112 as is clearly seen divide bottom plate 10 
into a plurality of lattice contours. The central lattices may be removed 
in order to reduce the weight of bottom plate 10 if such is deemed 
necessary by the user. 
A pair of side slab members 113 and 114 opposing each other in a 
longitudinal direction are vertically formed on opposing sides of bottom 
plate 10 respectively as is clearly seen in FIG. 3. A pair of engaging 
slab members 114 and 115 are vertically formed on rear and frontal ends of 
bottom plate 10 respectively. 
Each engaging slab member 114 and 115 has formed therethrough a plurality 
of engaging openings 116. 
Each of front and rear plate members 50 and 40 are provided with a 
plurality of engaging tab members 511, 512 and 411, 412 formed on lower 
and upper ends thereof. Lower engaging tab members 511 and 411 may be 
inserted into engaging holes or openings 115 and 116 to engage and couple 
the front and rear plates 50 and 40 with bottom plate 10, 
The front or frontal plate 50 is further provided with a pair of drawer 
openings 53 and 54 in order that a pair of drawers 60, as is seen in FIG. 
2, may be inserted therethrough. 
Each side plate 20 or 30 includes horizontal slabs 311 and a plurality of 
tabs 312 and 212 which are parallel to a respective horizontal slab 311 in 
order that a passage be formed between the respective tabs and slab 
members to allow drawer 60 to pass therebetween. 
Slab members 311 and tabs 312 are provided in extended relation from side 
plate 30 as is clearly seen in FIG. 3. Bottom plate 10 includes slot 117 
formed in a mid-portion thereof to allow separation plate 70 to be 
vertically inserted therein and maintain separation plate 70 in a 
removably secured positional location. 
Cover 100 is mounted on base 200 as can be seen in FIG. 4. Cover 100 
includes a pair of engaging slab members 101 and 102 respectively formed 
on rear and frontal ends of cover 100. Each of engaging slabs 101 or 102 
is further provided with a plurality of engaging openings 103 and 104 in 
order to receive engaging tabs 412 or 512 formed on the rear or front 
plate members 40 or 50. 
Substantially in the mid-portion of cover member 100 a slot 102 is provided 
to receive separating plate 70. A plurality of flanges 106 are formed on 
side portions of cover 100 in order to contact with upper portions of side 
plates 20 and 30 as is shown in FIG. 6. A plurality of V-shaped slat 
members 107 are formed on an upper surface of cover member 100 as is shown 
in FIG. 1 to receive V-shaped ribs 111 of base 200 in order that 
consecutive cassette storing boxes may be stacked one upon the other. 
As is seen in FIGS. 2 and 5, drawer 60 includes a main body 61 utilized for 
containing a plurality of cassettes and a hollow frontal portion 62 to 
engage with holder 63. Holder 63 has a pair of hook members 631 to further 
engage with the front plate of front portion 62. Holder 63 further 
includes a pair of protrusions 632 formed on inner sides to contact with 
both sides of a drawer 60. 
With respect to the invention concept, all of the elements of the cassette 
storing box as herein described according to the present invention concept 
may be easily assembled and disassembled. When transporting and storing 
boxes, the elements may be disassembled so that the space considerations 
and space requirements will be reduced. A user may simply assemble all of 
the elements into a cassette storing box with ease. 
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of 
particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure is made by way 
of example only and that numerous changes in the construction and the 
combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing 
from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.