Phonograph record carrier

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A RECORD STORAGE AND TRANSPORTING DEVICE FOR DISCLIKE RECORDS HAVING A CENTRAL PHONOGRAPH POST OPENING OF THE ORDER OF ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES, COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL TUBE HAVING A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES AND HAVING AN INTEGRAL RADIAL FLANGE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE LOWER END OF THE TUBE TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT SURFACE FOR A PLURALITY OF SUPERIMPOSED RECORDS DISPOSED ON THE TUBE AND RESTING IN STACKED RELATION ON THE FLANGE, SAID FLANGE HAVING A PERIPHERY WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE LESS THAN THE PERIPHERY OF THE RECORDS TO BE SUPPORTED THEREON, A PLUG MEMBER SECURED WITHIN THE UPPER END OF THE TUBE, AN UPSTANDING RING PERIPHERALLY SECURED TO THE OUTER FACE OF THE PLUG TO PROVIDE A CONVENIENT FINGER SUPPORT FOR CARRYING OF THE DEVICE, SAID RING HAVING AN OUTER DIAMETER SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE OUTER DIAMETER OF THE TUBE, AND A PROTECTIVE CUP-SHAPED COVER HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING HAVING ITS GREATEST DIMENSION GREATER THAN THE OUTER RING DIAMETER AND LESS THAN THE TUBE DIAMETER SO THAT SAID COVER FITS OVER THE RING AND RESTS UPON THE UPPER END OF THE TUBE WHEREBY THE COVER IS ADAPTED TO BE ASSEMBLED IN RECORD COVERING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RING PASSED THROUGH SAID CENTRAL OPENING, THE TOP OF SAID TUBE BEING ADAPTED TO PROVIDE THE SOLE SUPPORT FOR SAID COVER.