Patent ID: 8204622

Claim:
An entertainment media rental and return system comprising: a rental terminal at which a customer can either rent entertainment media or return entertainment media which has been previously rented from the rental terminal including a container; a return terminal at which a customer can only return entertainment media which has been previously rented from the rental terminal including a container similar in construction to the container of the rental terminal; and a removable storage bin interchangeable between the container of the rental terminal and the container of the return terminal and arranged to (i) receive entertainment media which has been returned by a customer at the return terminal when the bin is installed in the return terminal, (ii) receive entertainment media which has been returned by a customer at the rental terminal when the bin is installed in the rental terminal, and (iii) provide entertainment media which is available to be rented to a customer at the rental terminal when the bin is installed in the rental terminal; wherein (i) the removable storage bin includes a first linear array of shelves and a second linear array of shelves adjoining the first linear array of shelves, and (ii) the first linear array of shelves are positioned to receive bare entertainment media and the second linear array of shelves are positioned to received cased entertainment media when the storage bin is installed in the second container of the return terminal.