Device for storing objects, in particular card-like objects

Claim 1

A device for storing and showing objects, particularly card-like objects, comprising: a stand including a generally rectangular flat base and upstanding parallel longitudinal sides provided on their opposed inner surfaces with a plurality of pairs of opposed groove means defining bearing means; and a plurality of generally rectangular, generally flat openable and closeable containers for the objects adapted to be stacked generally upright in said stand, each of said containers having a base portion and wherein a plurality of the objects can be arranged vertically supported on said base portion, each of said containers having a front section and a rear section which includes said base portion and having means pivotally connecting said sections for pivotal movement about the front edge of said base portion between a closed position and an open position, whereby in said open position a stack of objects supported upright in said rear section can readily be turned forward one-by-one to be stacked on the inside of said front section, each of said containers also including a pair of projections on its opposite sides adjacent said base portion adapted to be received in a pair of said bearing means to permit tilting movement of said container in said stand between forwardly and rearwardly inclined positions, whereby when a pair of adjacent containers is tilted apart the rearward of said containers can be opened as aforesaid, the lower ends of said groove means and said base portion of each container being arranged and proportioned so that the rear edge of said base portion engages said stand base when a container is in its rearwardly inclined position to serve as a stop means to maintain the container in such position, and wherein said stand is provided with an upstanding front side engageable by the foremost of the containers when the latter is in its forwardly inclined position to serve as a stop for maintaining said container in such position.

Claim 2

A device for storing and showing objects, particularly card-like objects, comprising: a stand including a generally rectangular flat base and upstanding parallel longitudinal sides provided on their opposed inner surfaces with a plurality of pairs of opposed groove means defining bearing means; and a plurality of generally rectangular, generally flat openable and closeable containers for the objects adapted to be stacked generally upright in said stand, each of said containers having a base portion and wherein a plurality of the objects can be arranged vertically supported on said base portion, each of said containers having a front section and a rear section which includes said base portion and having means pivotally connecting said sections for pivotal movement about the front edge of said base portion between a closed position and an open position, whereby in said open position a stack of objects supported upright in said rear section can readily be turned forward one-by-one to be stacked on the inside of said front section, each of said containers also including a pair of projections on its opposite sides adjacent said base portion adapted to be received in a pair of said bearing means to permit tilting movement of said container in said stand between forwardly and rearwardly inclined positions, whereby when a pair of adjacent containers is tilted apart the rearward of said containers can be opened as aforesaid, the lower ends of said groove means and said base portion of each container being arranged and proportioned so that the rear edge of said base portion engages said stand base when a container is in its rearwardly inclined position to serve as a stop means to maintain the container in such position, and wherein said stand is provided with an upstanding front side engageable by the foremost of the containers when the latter is in its forwardly inclined position to serve as a stop for maintaining said container in such position.