Patent ID: 7929901

Claim:
A recording medium storage container for an apparatus, the container comprising: a recording medium storage unit for storing a recording medium, the recording medium storage unit being attachable to and detachable from the apparatus; and a handle unit for drawing the recording medium storage unit, wherein the recording medium storage unit and the handle unit are individually formed and constitute the recording medium storage container using an interconnection mechanism, the interconnection mechanism including the following, connection portions for connecting the recording medium storage unit and the handle unit from a direction that is different from a attachable and detachable direction of the recording medium storage unit into the apparatus, and locking portions for simultaneously locking the recording medium storage unit and the handle unit at the time of the connecting, and box shapes formed on both a left and a right end of a first vertical wall of the recording medium storage unit, the box shapes configured to protrude from the first vertical wall toward the detaching direction of the recording medium storage unit, wherein each box shape includes horizontal upper and lower plates and two vertical side walls, wherein the connection portions and the locking portions are formed as one pair on the left and on the right ends of the handle unit, wherein the connection portions and the locking portions of the recording medium storage unit are insertable into the box shapes, and wherein each box shape includes an aperture between the two vertical side walls, the aperture facing the detaching direction of the recording medium storage unit, the locking portions being configured to insert into the respective apertures.