Record storage and dispensing device

Claim 1

A RECORD STORAGE UNIT HAVING A HORIZONTAL BOTTOM WALL AND AN UPSTANDING REAR WALL, AN UPSTANDING SHOULDER EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE FRONT OF SAID BOTTOM WALL AND IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL WITH SAID REAR WALL, SPRING MEANS EXTENDING ALONG SAID REAR WALL AND PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF FORWARDLY FACING SPRING ELEMENTS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER AND THE SURFACES OF SAID SPRING ELEMENTS WHEN THE SAME ARE IN AN UNTENSIONED STATE BEING LESS THAN THE JACKET LENGTH OF A CONVERTIONAL RECORD ALBUM, WHEREBY, WHEN AN ALBUM IS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER AND AN ELEMENT OF SAID SPRING MEANS AND IS ORIENTED IN A VERTICAL PLANE NORMAL TO SAID SHOULDER, THE LOWER FRONT EDGE OF THE JACKET THEREOF IS FIRMLY HELD AGAINST SAID SHOULDER BY SAID SPRING MEANS AND SAID SPRING MEANS IS MAINTAINED IN A STATE OF TENSION, AND MEANS ADJACENT THE FRONT OF SAID BOTTOM WALL FOR LIFTING ABOVE SAID SHOULDER THE LOWER FRONT EDGE PORTION OF ANY SELECTED RECORD ALBUM STORED IN SAID UNIT, WHEREBY, WHEN THE FRONT EDGE PORTION OF AN ALBUM IS LIFTED ABOVE SAID SHOULDER, SAID SPRING MEANS URGES SAID ALBUM FORWARDLY AND THE TENSION OF SAID SPRING MEANS IS RELIEVED.