Claims
- 1. A modular coin storage system comprising: a plurality of discrete coin holders; a base member; a plurality of modular racks, each having a plurality of discrete coin-holder receiving compartments defined thereby of preselected section and depth to conform to the size of one of said coin-holders to be stored therewithin; means for suspending said modular racks within said base member; and means for covering said base member in interlocking engagement therewith to prevent the passage of dust thereinto while simultaneously securing said modular racks from movement relative thereto.
- 2. A modular coin storage system according to claim 1 in which said means for covering said base member has a flange member extending downwardly therefrom into sealing circumscription about said base member, said flange member having a lower inwardly extending surface for simultaneously engaging said base member, said modular racks, and said coin holders contained therein to prevent any movement therebetween.
- 3. A modular coin storage system comprising: a plurality of discrete coin holders; a base member with a detachable cover, said base member having a bottom wall having a rectangular perimeter, a pair of spaced generally parallel side walls seated upon said base member and extending perpendicularly upwardly from said perimeter, and a pair of spaced generally parallel end walls seated upon said base member and extending perpendicularly upwardly from said perimeter in connecting relationship with said side walls to define a rectangular storage area therewithin, said storage area having an inwardly extending continuous ledge circumscribed thereabout in fixed spaced relationship to said bottom wall; and a plurality of interchangeable racks mountable in said storage area, each of said racks having a rectangular body portion which, when mounted in said storage area, is disposed in substantially parallel relationship to said side walls and said end walls and each of said interchangeable racks also having an outreaching flange portion on the perimeter thereof, said flange portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface configured to engage said inwardly extending ledge of said storage area to suspend said body portion therefrom, said upper surface disposed to engage said detachable cover in surface-to-surface relationship therewith, said body portion of said rack having a plurality of vertically disposed compartments defined therein, each of said compartments dimensioned to secure one of said coin holders therewithin.
- 4. A modular coin storage system according to claim 3 in which said compartments are disposed in a single file.
- 5. A modular coin storage system according to claim 3 in which said compartments are disposed in a double file.
- 6. A modular coin storage system according to claim 3 having a transverse portion extending thereacross between said side walls in equi-spaced parallel relationship to said end walls to divide said storage area into two identical subareas.
- 7. A modular coin storage system according to claim 6 in which each said subarea is square in plan section.
- 8. A modular coin storage system comprising: a plurality of discrete coin holders; a base member defining a generally rectangular storage container having a storage area defined by a bottom wall, generally parallel side walls and generally parallel end walls, said side walls being joined to said end walls and integrally formed therewith in orthogonal relationship thereto, said bottom wall being joined to said side walls and said end walls and integrally formed therewith in orthogonal relationship thereto, each of said side walls and said end walls having an inwardly extending ledge portion defined thereupon in fixed spaced relationship to said bottom wall to define a support surface and having an outwardly extending ledge portion defined thereupon, said base member further having a transverse partition extending upwardly from said bottom wall to the plane of said support surface between said side walls in equi-spaced parallel relationship to said end walls to divide said storage area into two identical subareas; a plurality of removable rectangular racks, each mountable in one of said subareas and having a body portion and an outwardly extending flange portion on the upper perimeter thereof, said body portion having two generally parallel side walls, two generally parallel end walls, and a bottom wall, said side walls being joined to said end walls and integrally formed therewith in orthogonal relationship thereto, said bottom wall being joined to said side walls and said end walls and integrally formed therewith in orthogonal relationship thereto, each said rack having a plurality of uniform cross members interposed between said side walls and said end walls to define a plurality of compartments therewithin, each said compartment dimensioned to hold one of said coin holders therein, said flange portion of each said rack engaging at least two of said inwardly extending ledge portions or engaging at least one of said inwardly extending ledge portions and said transverse partition to suspend said rack therefrom; a cover member having a top wall, a pair of generally parallel side walls, and a pair of generally parallel end walls each disposed in generally perpendicular relationship to said top wall and integrally formed therewith and with each other, each of said side walls and each of said end walls having an inwardly extending flange portion on the perimeter thereof for operative engagement with said outwardly extending ledge portion of said base member to prevent the passage of dust into said storage area when said cover member is seated upon said base member.
- 9. A modular coin storage system according to claim 8 in which each said compartment in each said rack is dimensioned to receive therein one of said plurality of discrete coin holders of a preselected size corresponding to any of a plurality of denominations of coins predetermined to be held therein.
- 10. A modular coin storage system according to claim 9 in which said cover engages said coin holders when said cover seated upon said base member.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation application from pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/904,460 filed on Jun. 26, 1992 for "MODULAR COIN STORAGE ASSEMBLY", now abandoned.
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