Convertible record-magazine rack

Claim 1

IN A PHONOGRAPH RECORD ENVELOPE RACK, THE COMBINATION OF: A PAIR OF PARALLEL HORIZONTALLY OPPOSED RACK ENDS RESTING ON THE FLOOR; A HORIZONTAL SPACER BAR RELEASABLY UNITED WITH SAID RACK ENDS, AT THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID BAR, AT A CORRESPONDING LOCATIONS A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BELOW THE CENTERS OF SAID RACK ENDS; AND A GRID INCLUDING TWO PARALLEL TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL BARS RELEASABLY UNITED WITH SAID RACK ENDS, AT THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID GRID BARS, A FIRST ONE OF SAID GRID BARS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT THE FRONT OF THE RACK AND AT A LEVEL SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT OF SAID SPACER BAR, THE SECOND OF SAID GRID BARS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT THE BACK OF SAID RACK AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL, AND A MULTIPLE OF GUIDE RODS UNITED AT THEIR LOWER AND UPPER ENDS RESPECTIVELY WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND GRID BARS, SAID RODS LYING IN UNIFORMLY SPACED PARALLEL PLANES TO FORM RECORD FILLING POCKETS BETWEEN SAID PLANES, SAID FIRST GRID BAR AND SPACER BAR PROVIDING RECORD ENVELOPE BOTTOM RESTS FOR EACH POCKET AND SAID SECOND GRID BAR PROVIDING A BACK RECORD ENVELOPE REST FOR EACH POCKET, SAID GRID-POCKET-FORMING RODS BEING UNIFORMLY SHAPED TO INCLINE FROM THEIR LOWER ENDS FOR A MAJOR PART OF THEIR LENGTH AT A SUBSTANTIAL ANGLE UPWARDLY FROM THE PLANE COMMON TO SAID GRID BARS TO A LEVEL ABOVE THAT OF SAID SECOND GRID BAR, THE REMAINING UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID RODS BEING BENT REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY TOWARDS SAID PLANE AND THE POINTS OF THEIR CONNECTION WITH SAID SECOND GRID BAR, WHEREBY REVERSING SAID GRID IN ASSEMBLING SAID RACK, WITH THE FIRST GRID BAR IN THE PLACE OF THE SECOND GRID BAR AND VICE VERSA, CAUSES SAID GRID TO FUNCTION AS A FLAT MAGAZINE RACK.