Record holding structure

Claim 2

A record holding apparatus comprising a pair of elongated transversely spaced supporting members having aligned pairs of open ended apertures therein spaced longitudinally thereof, record holding members comprising endwise extending shaft portions, each of said record holding members disposing its shaft portions in an aligned pair of said apertures, said record holding members except for their shaft portions having a length less than the space between said supporting members, one of said shaft portions being longer than the other, said shaft portions extending somewhat beyond each side of said supporting members, one of said supporting members having a right angled upper flange portion coplanar therewith extending in a direction away from said other supporting member and overlying the adjacent ends of said shaft portions, the other supporting member having an upper flange portion coplanar therewith extending in a direction away from said one supporting member, said last mentioned flange portion having a depending rib portion forming a stop member and engaging the end of the shaft adjacent thereto, and said last mentioned flange being sufficiently flexible to be biased upwardly to raise said depending rib portion above the adjacent shaft portion to permit said shaft portion to be moved axially outwardly thereof to permit its record holding member to be moved between said supporting members sufficiently for the removal of the other shaft of said reCord holding member from said first mentioned supporting member.

Claim 3

A record holding apparatus comprising a pair of elongated transversely spaced supporting members having aligned pairs of open ended apertures therein spaced longitudinally thereof, record holding members comprising endwise extending shaft portions, each of said record holding members disposing its shaft portions in an aligned pair of said apertures, said record holding members except for their shaft portions having a length less than the space between said supporting members, one of said shaft portions being longer than the other, said shaft portions extending somewhat beyond each side of said supporting members, one of said supporting members having a right angled upper flange portion coplanar therewith extending in a direction away from said other supporting member and overlying the adjacent ends of said shaft portions, the other supporting member having an upper flange portion coplanar therewith extending in a direction away from said one supporting member, said last mentioned flange portion having a depending rib portion forming a stop member and engaging the end of the shaft adjacent thereto, and said last mentioned flange being sufficiently flexible to be biased upwardly to raise said depending rib portion above the adjacent shaft portion to permit said shaft portion to be moved axially outwardly thereof to permit its record holding member to be moved between said supporting members sufficiently for the removal of the other shaft of said reCord holding member from said first mentioned supporting member.

Claim 4

A record holding apparatus comprising a pair of elongated transversely spaced supporting members having aligned pairs of open ended apertures therein spaced longitudinally thereof, record holding members comprising endwise extending shaft portions, each of said record holding members disposing its shaft portions in an aligned pair of said apertures, said record holding members except for their shaft portions having a length less than the space between said supporting members, one of said shaft portions being longer than the other, said shaft portions extending somewhat beyond each side of said supporting members, one of said supporting members having a right angled upper flange portion coplanar therewith extending in a direction away from said other supporting member and overlying the adjacent ends of said shaft portions, the other supporting member having an upper flange portion coplanar therewith extending in a direction away from said one supporting member, said last mentioned flange portion having a depending rib portion forming a stop member and engaging the end of the shaft adjacent thereto, and said last mentioned flange being sufficiently flexible to be biased upwardly to raise said depending rib portion above the adjacent shaft portion to permit said shaft portion to be moved axially outwardly thereof to permit its record holding member to be moved between said supporting members sufficiently for the removal of the other shaft of said reCord holding member from said first mentioned supporting member.

Claim 5

A record holding apparatus comprising a pair of spaced elongated supporting members, said supporting members having transversely aligned pairs of apertures spaced longitudinally thereof, an upwardly yielding stop means in connection with one of said supporting members substantially coextensive therewith and carried thereby remote from the other of said supporting members, said means being in alignment with said apertures of said one of said supporting members, record holding members having endwise extending shafts respectively received within aligned pairs of said apertures, said stop means abutting the ends of one of said shafts of each of said record holding members and yielding to an upward bias to free the other of said shafts of said record holding members for axial movement to remove said other of said shafts from said aperture of said other of said supporting members, each of said record holding members comprises spaced front and rear wall portions having a bottom wall therebetween, said front wall having a central cut out portion, said rear wall having a height and a width less than the height and width of said cut out portion of said front wall, said shafts extending from both ends of said bottom wall, a rib portion projecting forwardly from said bottom wall within said cut out portion of said front wall, said holding members spaced sufficiently apart whereby in a forward tilting movement each said rib portion underlies the adjacent surface of the forwardly adjacent holding member whereby the front wall of a holding member nest with the rear wall of the adjacent holding member forwardly thereof and receives said rear wall within its cut out portion.

Claim 6

A record holding apparatus comprising a pair of spaced elongated supporting members, said supporting members having transversely aligned pairs of apertures spaced longitudinally thereof, an upwardly yielding stop means in connection with one of said supporting members substantially coextensive therewith and carried thereby remote from the other of said supporting members, said means being in alignment with said apertures of said one of said supporting members, record holding members having endwise extending shafts respectively received within aligned pairs of said apertures, said stop means abutting the ends of one of said shafts of each of said record holding members and yielding to an upward bias to free the other of said shafts of said record holding members for axial movement to remove said other of said shafts from said aperture of said other of said supporting members, each of said record holding members comprises spaced front and rear wall portions having a bottom wall therebetween, said front wall having a central cut out portion, said rear wall having a height and a width less than the height and width of said cut out portion of said front wall, said shafts extending from both ends of said bottom wall, a rib portion projecting forwardly from said bottom wall within said cut out portion of said front wall, said holding members spaced sufficiently apart whereby in a forward tilting movement each said rib portion underlies the adjacent surface of the forwardly adjacent holding member whereby the front wall of a holding member nest with the rear wall of the adjacent holding member forwardly thereof and receives said rear wall within its cut out portion.

Claim 7

The structure set forth in claim 2 wherein said rib portion is arranged and positioned to be engaged by the rear wall of the adjacent holding member forwardly thereof, whereby said rib portion of each of said holding members supports the forwardly adjacent holding member in a spaced relationship thereto.

Claim 8

The structure set forth in claim 2 including a base member, said supporting members being disposed within said base member longitudinally thereof, and a pair of transversely spaced post members upstanding from adjacent the rear portion of said base member and means in connection with said post members retaining a record in connection therewith in substantially an upright position.

Claim 9

The structure set forth in claim 2 including a base member, said supporting members being disposed centrally longitudinally of said base member, a pair of longitudinal strut members being respectively spaced intermediate said supporting members and the outer walls of said base member, and a plurality of transverse strut members disposed respectively between said supporting members and said longitudinally extending strut members and between said longitudinally extending strut members and the outer walls of said base member.

Claim 10

The structure set forth in claim 2, wherein said supporting members each have a flange portion substantially coextensive therewith, said flange portions being coplanar and extending in directions away from one another, one of said flange portions having a rib depending therefrom therealong forming said stop means, and said one of said flange portions being adapted to yield to an upward bias.

Claim 11

The structure set forth in claim 6, wherein said bottom wall has an upper surface disposed in a plane below the plane of said flange portions, whereby records disposed in said holding members rest upon said flange portions.