Abstract: A portable surge protection adapter includes a housing having first and second exterior faces. At least one electrical outlet is mounted in the housing. The outlet has apertures on the first exterior face which are oriented to receive the prongs of a standard electrical plug. An electrical plug mounted in the housing has at least two electrical prongs extending from the second exterior face. The prongs are prongs adapted to deliver electricity to the electrical outlet. A conditioning circuit mounted in the housing is electrically connected between the plug and the outlet. A prong cover pivots between a first position at which the prong cover encloses the prongs and a second position at which the prongs are exposed and insertable into a powered outlet. Data input and output ports are mounted in an exterior face of the prong cover. A data conditioning circuit is connected between the data input and output ports and is mounted in the prong cover.

Abstract: A container for storing a tape cassette of the type having a pair of spaced tape reel hubs. Each hub has a bottom wall and a cylindrical sidewall which define a recess in the hub. The storage container includes enclosure means for receiving and enclosing a cassette in the container. Toggle pairs are mounted on a bottom wall of the storage 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 toggle pairs are engaged by the bottom wall of the tape reel hub upon placement of a cassette into the storage container and move outwardly toward an expanded position and into engagement with the cylindrical sidewall of the reel hubs to prevent rotation of the hubs and resultant unwinding of and possible damage to the tape contained thereon.