Storage box for substantially parallelepipedic tape and film cases

Claim 1

Storage box for substantially parallelepipedic tape and film cases, said storage box comprising a pair of parallel side walls, a front wall and a back wall parallel to each other and perpendicular to said side walls, said front and back walls being spaced apart a distance greater than the front and back walls of said case to be positioned therein, a bottom wall, a top wall spaced from the bottom wall and extending inwardly a short distance from said back wall and perpendicular thereto, said bottom wall and said top wall being arranged to receive the case therebetween, the front wall having a height from the bottom wall which is substantially half the distance from the bottom wall to the top wall, and a spring element located on the bottom wall for pressing the case towards the top wall, said spring element engaging said bottom wall adjacent said back wall and extending along a curved line toward said front wall, said spring element having a free end adjacent said front wall and spaced from said bottom wall, the relationship between the dimensions of the case and the dimensions of the storage box being such that the case can be slid under the top wall to a position between the side walls against the bias of the spring element, said spring element pivoting and biasing the case against both the front and back walls and upwards against the top wall to maintain the case in a safe storage position in the storage box, said case being removable from said storage box by applying downward pressure only on said case at a position adjacent said front wall and toward said bottom wall, whereby said free end of said spring element is moved toward said bottom wall and said case pivots toward said front wall and away from said back wall, whereby said case disengages from said top wall.