Patent ID: 7788683

Claim:
A data storage cartridge, comprising: a housing; a non-tape storage medium contained within the housing; and a stacking feature provided on a top surface of the housing and a complementary stacking feature provided on a bottom surface of the housing opposite the top surface, wherein the stacking feature and the complementary stacking feature are asymmetrical about a first median axis oriented substantially perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface of the housing, and asymmetrical about a second median axis oriented substantially perpendicular to a first end of the housing and a second end of the housing opposite the first end, and wherein the stacking feature and the complementary stacking feature are configured to facilitate positioning of and maintaining of a stacked configuration of the data storage cartridge with another data storage cartridge that includes a corresponding stacking feature and a corresponding complement stare feature, such that the stacking feature of the data storage cartridge mates with the corresponding complementary stacking feature of the other data storage cartridge in the stacked configuration of the data storage cartridge with the other data storage cartridge.