Disk cassette storing

Claim 1

Apparatus for storing compact disks and compact cassettes in each of a plurality of storage compartments comprising, a rear wall, at least first and second parallel side walls cantilevered from said rear wall each having a free edge and comprising means for defining therebetween a column of storage compartments, a plurality of opposed pairs of like protrusions extending from said side walls comprising means for defining a first storage region having a width w 1 corresponding substantially to the distance between said first and second side walls and a depth corresponding substantially to the width of each of said first and second side walls substantially equal to the width of a boxed compact disk and twice the width of an unboxed compact cassette and defining a height h 2 corresponding substantially to the height of a boxed compact disk, the width of each side panel being slightly less than the width of a boxed compact disk, said protrusions having means for defining a second region of width w 2 corresponding substantially to the length of a boxed compact cassette and a depth d 2 less than the width of a boxed compact cassette with said second storage region being spaced from said rear wall so that a boxed compact cassette stored in said second region protrudes outside the free edges of said side walls.