Rack for storing phonograph records within the standard jacket envelopes

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A GROUP OF STANDARD-SIZE PHONOGRAPH RECORD ENVELOPES, A RACK FOR STORING SAID ENVELOPES AND THE RECORDS CONTAINED THEREIN, COMPRISING: A BASE HAVING AN ENVELOPE-SUPPORTING PORTION WITH A DEPTH DIMENSION LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF AN EDGE OF SAID STANDARD-SIZE ENVELOPES, AND HAVING A FRONT INCLINED PORTION INTERSECTING SAID ENVELOPE-SUPPORTING PORTION, SAID ENVELOPES NORMALLY HAVING A PORTION OF SAID EDGE OVERHANGING SAID INCLINED PORTION; ARCH MEANS FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE AND INCLUDING A BEAM DISPOSED ADJACENT TO AND ABOVE THE NORMAL POSITION OF THE TOP OF SAID ENVELOPES, SAID BEAM HAVING A DOWNWARDLY-EXTENDING OFFSET IN FRONT OF THE NORMAL POSITION OF SAID ENVELOPES; LATERAL SUPPORT MEANS FOR SAID ENVELOPES INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL BENT WIRE MEMBERS SPACED APART APPROPRIATELY TO RECEIVE SAID ENVELOPES FREELY THEREBETWEEN, SAID MEMBERS HAVING PORTIONS DISPOSED TOWARD THE REAR OF SAID BASE WHICH EXTEND VERTICALLY TO A SUBSTANTIAL HEIGHT TO STABILIZE THE SAID ENVELOPES; WEDGE MEANS INSERTABLE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, AND BETWEEN SAID INCLINED PORTION AND THE OVERHANGING EDGE OF SAID ENVELOPES, WHEREBY FORCE INSERTION OF SAID WEDGE MEANS GENERATES FORCES BETWEEN SAID BEAM AND SAID WEDGE MEANS WHICH OPEN SAID ENVELOPES TO EXPOSE THE CONTAINED RECORDS, SAID WEDGE MEANS INCLUDING A WEB PORTION RECEIVABLE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AND ALSO INCLUDING A TOP TROUGH ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID OVERHANGING EDGE, SAID TROUGH BEING DISPOSED ABOVE THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID MEMBERS ON INSERTION OF SAID WEDGE MEANS, AND STOP MEANS ON SAID BASE ESTABLISHING THE INSERTED POSITION OF SAID ENVELOPES BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS.