Storage receptacle for magnetic tape cassette

A storage receptacle for a magnetic tape cassette which comprises a housing having spaced apart, parallel side walls which, between their forward edges, define an opening of the housing, and a holder pivotally connected with the housing for swinging movement through such opening between an opened position in which the holder projects forwardly from the housing for slidably receiving and relinquishing a cassette, and a closed position in which the holder cooperates with the housing for enclosing a cassette cradled in the holder between spaced apart side walls of the holder; flexibly resilient stop elements project inwardly from one of the side walls of the holder so as to be deflected out of the path of a cassette during its slidable insertion and removal in respect to the holder, while such stop elements return to their normal positions for engaging reel hubs of a cassette, and thereby resisting turning of the supply and takeup reels when the cassette is fully inserted or cradled in the cassette.