Patent ID: 8764326

Claim:
A tape cassette, comprising: a housing including a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface, and a side wall, the top wall and the bottom wall having a generally rectangular shape whose longitudinal direction is a left-and-right direction of the housing, the top wall, the bottom wall, and the side wall defining a periphery of the housing, the bottom surface including a first flat surface portion and a second flat surface portion, the second flat surface portion extending generally parallel to the first flat surface portion and being located between the top surface and the first flat surface portion in a first direction generally perpendicular to the top surface or the first flat surface portion; at least one tape mounted in a tape housing area, the tape housing area being located at a rear side of the housing within the periphery and including a first tape housing area and a second tape housing area, each having a generally circular shape in a plan view, the first and second tape housing areas being aligned with each other in the left-and-right direction such that outer peripheral edges of the first and second tape housing areas contact each other, a rear side of the tape housing area being defined at least partially by a wall portion extending from the first surface portion toward the top surface; an ink ribbon mounted in a ribbon housing area, the ribbon housing area being located on a front side of the tape housing area within the periphery; and a color indicator portion disposed in the second surface portion, the second surface portion being defined by the wall portion, connecting portions and a rear edge of the bottom wall, the connecting portions extending from the first surface portion toward the top surface and connecting the wall portion and the rear edge of the bottom wall, the color indicator portion including a first lateral information section and a second lateral information section, the first lateral information section and the second lateral information section being strip-shaped sections extending along the left-and-right direction of the housing and aligned in a front-rear direction of the housing, the first lateral information section including at least one first protrusion formed in a pattern that corresponds to a base material color of the at least one tape, the first lateral information section adjoining the rear edge of the bottom wall, the at least one first protrusion protruding from the second surface portion in a second direction from the top surface toward the bottom surface to a position short of the first surface portion, and the second lateral information section including a second protrusion protruding from the second surface portion in the second direction to a position short of the first surface portion, the second protrusion indicating a specific ink color of the ink ribbon, the second lateral information section being located on the front of the first lateral information section.