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A CD storage rack and carrier are disclosed for use in storing CD-cases and presenting them for use. The rack 40 (FIG. 3 ) is an open-fronted rectilinear frame or cabinet 42 with a series of horizontal guide rails 50 on the inside face of each side panel 44 to slidably locate a stack of carriers 52, each carrier being adapted to mount one CD-case 10. Each carrier has a front thumb-tab 54 and is in the form of a tray having a base platform 56, raised side-guides 58 and rear hook-shape stops 60. Tab 54 also forms an integral rear-facing catch 62 adapted to engage the front lip 24 of CD-case 10a. Side-guides 58, rear stops 60 and front catch 62 act together to releasibly retain a CD-case in accurate location on carrier 52. Short, upstanding side walls 64 are formed at the rear of carrier tray 56 to support the carrier in cantilever fashion from guide rails 50. A pair of side-arms 70 joined together by a cross-bar 72 are pivotally mounted on trunnions 68 for resiliently gripping the CD-case therebetween. A protrusion 74 is formed on the inside face of each side-arm 70 for engaging the corresponding rear side-slot 36 of lid 12 of CD-case 10a. The engagement of lid 12 of CD-case 10a by side-arms 70, and the pivoting of the side arms about the hinge axis of a case retained by a carrier (the hinge-axis being coincident with the axis of trunnions 68), allows arms 70 to be used to effect the automatic opening of the case lid 12 when the carrier is pulled forward to its access position. This is achieved in this example by contact between a striker-pin 74 on the rear end of each arm 70 and a coacting ramp-like abutment 76 located between rails 50 on cabinet 42. Other mechanisms for automatically opening the CD-case are disclosed. A CD-rack in which the carriers and their CD-cases are arranged vertically is also disclosed. Claims are made to these configurations of racks and to carriers for use therein.
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