Tape cassette holder

Claim 1

A holder for cassettes having tape carrying sprocket reels which is open along its lower edge exposing said tape, the adjacent side walls of the cassette having raised lands adjacent the open edge of the cassette, said holder being of unitary structure and comprising a support beam including an upwardly extending index receiving bar, a base panel depending from said beam and being provided with a pair of laterally spaced posts extending upwardly from the base panel for engaging and holding the sprocket reels of said cassette against rotation, walls extending outwardly of the marginal edges of said base panel and forming therewith a trayshaped frame, a resilient retaining tab extending inwardly from one of said walls in spaced parallel relation to the base panel and including an outwardly flared tip along the free edge thereof, said support beam extending outwardly of the tray-shaped frame and including downwardly opening notches adapted for hanging said holder on a pair of spaced parallel rails within a filing receiptacle, said holder being provided with a cutout of a size and shape to receive therein the raised land on the undersurface of a cassette disposed within said holder, thereby providing a flush surface-to-surface contact of the cassette against the said base panel, and at least one opening adjacent said support beam and spaced from said tab to provide finger access to a cassette within said holder for tilting the same outwardly and thereby deflecting said retaining tab.