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A container for storing a tape cassette of the type having a pair of spaced tape reel hubs. Each hub has a cylindrical sidewall which defines a recess in the hub. The storage container includes enclosure means for receiving and enclosing a cassette in the container. Diametrically opposed pairs of fi

A container for storing a tape cassette of the type having a pair of spaced tape reel hubs. Each hub has a cylindrical sidewall which defines a recess in the hub. The storage container includes enclosure means for receiving and enclosing a cassette in the container. Diametrically opposed pairs of fingers are molded integrally with a bottom wall of the container and project into the hub recesses through an aligned access opening formed in a bottom wall of the tape cassette upon placing the cassette into the container. The fingers are formed with a concave inner edge, and a convex outer edge having an elongated straight portion and an undercut formed thereon adjacent to the container bottom wall. The convex outer edge of the fingers are engaged by the hub sidewall, whereby the combination of the undercut and curved inner edge enables the fingers to flex inwardly upon initial placement of a cassette into the storage container. The fingers urge toward a normal biased position and the elongated straight portion moves into engagement with the hub sidewall upon full insertion of the cassette into the storage container to form an axially extending frictional line contact therebetween, for preventing rotation of the hubs and resultant unwinding of and possible damage to the tape contained thereon. An angular relationship between the undercut and the concave inner edge provides for integral one-piece molding of the container in a relatively simple mold. Spaced annular members limit lateral movement of the cassette within the container.

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A container for storing a tape cassette of the type having at least one tape reel hub comprising a cylindrical sidewall defining a recess in the hub, said hub recess being accessible through an opening formed in a bottom wall of the cassette, said storage container including enclosure means for rece

A container for storing a tape cassette of the type having at least one tape reel hub comprising a cylindrical sidewall defining a recess in the hub, said hub recess being accessible through an opening formed in a bottom wall of the cassette, said storage container including enclosure means for receiving and enclosing a tape cassette in the storage container; and hub engaging means formed on the storage container and located for entering the hub recess through the access opening when a cassette is placed in said container for preventing rotation of the tape reel hub, said hub engaging means including at least a pair of flexible, generally opposed fingers movable between normal biased and flexed positions, said fingers being formed on the storage container in a diametrically opposed relationship with each of the fingers being a generally flat member formed with a concave inner edge and a generally convex outer edge, said convex outer edge having an undercut lower portion, an arcuate upper portion which serves as a camming surface for moving the finger to the flexed position upon initial placement of a cassette into the storage container and into engagement with the cylindrical sidewall of the tape reel hub, and a generally elongated straight intermediate portion which engages the sidewall of the hub in an axially extending direction to provide frictional line contact therebetween to prevent rotation of the hub when the cassette is fully inserted into the storage container and the fingers urge toward the normal biased position.