Cassette container

Claim 1

A storage container for a plurality of items, such as cassettes comprising: an open-top casing member including a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, and a pair of end walls and defining an interior storage compartment; a top cover member pivotably connected to one side wall of said casing member and adapted to close said storage compartment; first and second insert members disposed within said storage compartment, each of said insert members being supported along a side wall of said casing member, and each of said insert members having a partition wall extending parallel to and spaced from the adjacent side wall of said casing member, each of said partition walls having a top edge and a bottom edge; a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart retaining members provided in said storage compartment and defining therebetween a plurality of allocated storage spaces in said storage compartment, each storage space being adapted for receiving therein an item to be stored; and string means operatively associated with each of said allocated storage spaces for facilitating removal of the items from said storage spaces one end of said string means being secured to the partition wall of said first insert member at a position intermediate the top and bottom edges of said partition wall of said first insert member, said string means extending along the bottom wall of said casing member in said allocated storage space, and upwardly through an aperture in the partition wall of said second insert member, the opposite end of said string means extending outside said second insert member, said aperture being located in a position intermediate the top and bottom edges of the partition wall of said second insert member.