Tape cassette security container

Claim 1

A security device for receiving and displaying a cassette, comprising: (a) a housing for receiving a cassette having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension, (b) said housing having opposed front and rear walls, longitudinally spaced opposed end walls, and transversely spaced opposed first and second side walls, (c) an entry opening in said front wall having a length slightly greater than the longitudinal dimension of the cassette to be received in said housing, (d) said opening having opposed edges spaced apart widthwise less than the transverse dimension of the cassette to be received in said housing, (e) a first ledge between one edge of said opening and said first side wall, (f) a second ledge between the opposite edge of said opening and said second side wall, (g) said opposed side walls being spaced apart a distance sufficiently greater than the transverse dimension of said cassette to permit the cassette to be inserted widthwise at a transverse angle, leading edge first, through said entry opening toward said first side wall until the trailing edge of the cassette clears said opposite edge of said opening and then can be moved toward said second wall until said cassette rests upon both said first and second ledges in a contained positon within said housing and providing a locking space between said leading edge of the cassette and said first side wall, (h) locking means movable into a locking position within the locking space to prevent removal of said cassette from said housing until said locking means is removed from said locking space.