Robert Joseph Blackman

US Patent:

52517454, Oct 12, 1993

Filed:

Jan 12, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/003207

Inventors:

Timothy C. Repp - New Hartford CT
William H. Valls - Harwinton CT
Robert J. Blackman - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B65D 8308
B65D 85671

US Classification:

206232

Abstract:

A container is disclosed for a cassette capable of advancing a filmstrip with visible recorded images through a film passageway out of the cassette responsive to unwinding rotation of a spool which supports the filmstrip inside the cassette and for an index print sheet with printed pictures that match the visible images on the filmstrip. The container comprises a transparent sheet-like cover having a length and width larger than corresponding dimensions of the index print sheet to overlay the index print sheet and a sheet-like back having a length and width similar to the length and width of the cover to store the index print snugly between the cover and the back with the printed pictures on the index print sheet visible through the cover. The cover and/or the back includes an integrally formed nest for storing the cassette and having an access opening arranged to be aligned with the spool and a film egress opening arranged to be aligned with the film passageway when the cassette is located in the nest. Thus, the filmstrip can be advanced first out of the cassette and then out of the nest to examine the recorded images in relation to the printed pictures without removing the cassette from the nest or removing the index print sheet from between the cover and the back.