Abstract: A case for storing a disc-shaped magnetic recording carrier having upper and lower faces, an outer edge, and an inner edge defining a central circular opening. The case includes a floor positioned within a frame. A plurality of spaced-apart segments are connected to the floor to form a cylindrical rim and cooperate with one another to engage the outer edge of the magnetic recording carrier. A first cylindrical raised seat is positioned in a central location on the floor and is adapted for receiving the recording carrier thereon. A second cylindrical raised seat is positioned in a central location on the first cylindrical raised seat. The second cylindrical raised seat includes a button positioned above the horizontal plane and on an upper face of the second cylindrical raised seat. The button includes polygonal sidewalls having upper and lower edges, and a face having an outer edge connected to the upper edge.

Abstract: A retaining center for a DVD/VCD/CD box includes a tray (10) with a plurality of inclined first segments (211), a plurality of inclined second segments (212) disposed equally among the first segments (211), a column (23) formed in a center of the tray (10) and extending up through the first and second segments (211,212). The column (23) has a resilient top which when compressed can receive a central hole of a DVD/VCD/CD, and two lips (2322) to securely retain the DVD/VCD/CD on the column (23). The first segments (211) each have a distal edge with a common height above a common height of distal edges of the second segments (212) until the first segments (211) are resiliently deformed downward. The height of the distal edges of the first segments (211) is below the lips (2322).

Abstract: A compact disk receiving device includes a cover, a base pivotably connected to the cover, and a support plate located between the cover and the base. A shaft is rotatably engaged between two first lugs extending from a side of the cover. The shaft has a first hook member and the support plate has a second hook member which is engageable with the first hook member so that the support plate is able to be slid between the cover and the base. An opposite side of the side having the first hook member is an open side so that two shafts can be piled up by inserting the first hook member of one shaft into the open side of the other shaft.

Abstract: A housing having a holding device comprising a base plate with a circular arrangement of radially resilient clamping limbs having radially outward clamping surfaces for engagement in a central opening of at least one disc-shaped information carrier, for example a CD. The base plate also has a circular arrangement of rigid supporting limbs having: radially outward supporting surfaces interposed between the clamping limbs; and radially resilient clamping noses having radially outward clamping surfaces for engagement in the central opening of the disc-shaped information carrier. The clamping noses allowing the clamping force on the information disc to be increased without reducing the immunity to severe impact loads.

Abstract: A disk enclosure includes a base panel; a pedestal projecting forwardly from the base and including a ring structure having a plurality of circumferential spring arches for biasingly contacting the disk, a central button portion having segments with retainer and stem elements; respective arm members supporting the button segments in cantilevered relation to the ring structure, the arm members having a relaxed position for retaining the disk by the retainer members contacting a front disk face proximate its central opening, the arm members being deflectable axially rearwardly to a depressed position for inward and rearward movement of the button segments permitting passage through the opening, the spring arches displacing the disk axially forwardly relative to the retainer portions as the arm members reach the depressed position. Rear surfaces of the retainer elements have outwardly and forwardly extending extremities for facilitating disk engagement.

Abstract: A case for holding two compact discs or the like including first and second cover parts pivotally connected together so that they can be pivoted between a closed position facing each other and an open position. The cover parts and the structure for pivotally connecting them together is of the type for holding a single compact disc. A tray comprises a planar body portion and an anchor portion, the tray body portion including an annular rosette of fingers on each side thereof for releasably securing a compact disc thereto, the tray body and the tray anchor being pivotally connected together and the tray anchor being secured to one of the cover parts. As a result, when the cover parts are pivoted to an open position the tray body can be pivoted about the tray anchor to facilitate installation and removal of compact discs from both sides of the tray body.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a media storage disk of a kind having a surface forming a central hole. The apparatus includes a base portion and two arms, each arm resiliently cantilevered and extending substantially perpendicular from the base portion. A disk locating means includes two portions, each having a disk engageable region. The two portions are also articulated to each other about an articulation axis and each portion is pivotally connected to one of the arms, respectively, about a pivot axis, the articulation axis located between the pivot axes. The two portions are moveable in a manner that moves the articulation axis from a side on one side of and between the two pivot axes, wherein the two portions are in a disk securing condition, to a position on the other side of and between the two pivot axes, wherein the two portions are in a disk releasing condition.

Abstract: An individual CD file having two a first shell and a second shell hinged together, wherein the first shell has a split hub at the center, a keeper disposed around the hub for holding a CD, an annular recess disposed around the keeper corresponding to the size of a CD, a bearing flange disposed around the inner diameter of the annular recess for supporting the loaded CD, and a peripheral flange disposed around the outer diameter of the annular recess for keeping the loaded CD in place; the second shell has a socket at the center for receiving the hub of the first shell to hold the two shells in a closed position, an annular recess disposed around the socket corresponding to the annular recess in the first shell, a bearing flange disposed around the inner diameter of the annular recess for supporting the CD being fastened to the keeper of the first shell, and a peripheral flange disposed around the outer diameter of the annular recess of the second shell.

Abstract: A storage container for holding an item of recorded media includes a base; an outer wall extending upwardly from the base, the outer wall having an upper surface adapted to receive the lower surface of item adjacent the outer diameter of item. The storage container also includes a retaining hub that extends upwardly from the base. The retaining hub includes a plurality of hinged arms and fixed supports. A retaining lip is carried by the hinged arms. The retaining lip engages the upper surface of the item in a storage position and is moveable inwardly and downwardly to release item. Retaining lip also engages the lower surface of item to lift item from the storage container. The fixed supports include an upper surface that remains in position during the removal of item to provide support to item to substantially prevent bending forces from damaging item.

Abstract: A compact disk storage case is formed integrally by mold injection and mainly comprises a base, a cover connected to the base through a connection band. The base has a projecting inner flange around its perimeter, four clamping bumps arranged in symmetric locations and arranged at center thereof and having arc-shaped outer end. Each clamping bump has a clamping edge on the outer end thereof. The clamping bump has first clamping dots arranged on front and rear sides. The base has two round holes near the connection band and two poles within the holes. The size of the cover is slightly larger than that of the base and has a projecting outer flange, whose side length is s slightly larger than that of the projecting inner flange. The cover has two sets of symmetric clamping poles arranged at center thereof and having second clamping dots on inner ends thereof. Moreover, the cover has two round holes near the connection band 80 and two poles within the holes and with complementary shape with the poles.

Abstract: An elongated packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as, for example, a recording media disc such as a CD, a CD-ROM or a DVD, together with other materials relating to such disc or otherwise in a stacked relationship. The packaging device includes an opening at one end thereof, and it has at least one internal upper chamber and at least one internal lower chamber for respectively receiving the disc-shaped item and the other materials. These chambers are divided by a support element that is adapted to positively retain the disc-shaped item within the upper chamber. A lid is further provided for closing the opening at the end of the packaging device. A method is further provided for packaging such disc-shaped item and other material within the packaging device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a box-shaped case (1) comprising a push-button (4) elastic part (2) with elastically deformable lateral branches (5) arranged in one of its covers (1b) whereby the top end thereof (5a) consists of a peripheral protuberance (5b) enabling a disc (3) to fit into the case by means of a central opening (3a). The lower part of lateral branches (5) is jointed to small flanges (6) which are inclined upwards and which converge towards the centre. Said flanges (6) form an angle in relation to the wall (7) of the cover of the case. The cover (1b) also has protuberances that are shaped like circular segments. The outer side or peripheral side of the disc rests against said segments at a given vertical height (11), whereby the disc is subjected to a slight amount of bending stress in a radial direction when it is fited into its housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disk case made of plastics material which comprises a case, body and a cover which can be snapped locked to the body to enclose a disk. The disk is retained by the body of the case by a snap button. The snap button has a lip which engages at the central aperture of the disk to provide a downward force onto the upward surface of the disk. The snap button is mounted on a flexibly ridged arm extending from the body of the case and allows for the snap button to be moved from an engaged to a disengaged condition with the disk.

Abstract: A storage container for holding an item of recorded media includes a base; an outer wall extending upwardly from the base, the outer wall having an upper surface adapted to receive the lower surface of item adjacent the outer diameter of item. The storage container also includes a retaining hub that extends upwardly from the base. The retaining hub includes a plurality of hinged arms and fixed supports. A retaining lip is carried by the hinged arms. The retaining lip engages the upper surface of the item in a storage position and is moveable inwardly and downwardly to release item. Retaining lip also engages the lower surface of item to lift item from the storage container. The fixed supports include an upper surface that remains in position during the removal of item to provide support to item to substantially prevent bending forces from damaging item.

Abstract: A device for removing a compact disk from a container, wherein the container has a bottom surface and a plurality of resilient fingers for removably holding the compact disk in the container. The fingers are disposed in a center of the container in spaced relation to one another such that the disk is mountable in the container with the fingers disposed in a central opening of the compact disk so as to hold the disk with the disk resting on the bottom surface. The device includes: (a) a spring of thin resilient material that is mountable in the container with respective end portions of the spring extending through spaces between the plurality of fingers; and (b) a push button mountable in the container for applying a downward force for deforming the spring.

Abstract: A low-profile storage box comprises only a base and a cover, which are pivotally connected on one side thereof and can be operated to open. The base has a locking means at center thereof, which comprises a plurality of projecting and equally spaced L-shaped pedals. The pedals at even order have a slanting arm extended from the front side thereof and connected to a circular plate. The pedals at odd order are inclined with a specific angel to the vertical wall of the base to facilitate the mounting of compact disk. The low-profile storage box has height of 5 mm-7 mm only.

Abstract: A data disc holder for electronic data discs or so-called CDs includes two opposed, generally arcuate cover members which are joined to an intermediate member along opposite sides of the intermediate member by living hinges. Each cover member includes a recess cooperating with the intermediate member to form opposed disc storage compartments. The cover members include circular bores which are engageable with cooperating opposed bosses formed on the intermediate member and projecting centrally from the disc storage compartments through the bores to the exterior planar surfaces of the opposed cover members, respectively, to provide for securing the cover members in engagement with the intermediate member in the closed positions of the storage compartments. The disc holder may be formed of injection molded relatively lightweight and transparent or translucent plastic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a case having a bottom wall (1) with a cylindrical protuberance (2) on the upper face (2a) of which is formed a button (3) with holding teeth (5) for nesting and releasing a DVD type disc through its central orifice. Flexible side branches (4) are provided between said button (3) and the upper surface (2a). According to the invention, each flexible branch has a first portion (4a) at right angle and second portion (4b) which extends slightly inclined and forming an angle (B) with said upper surface (2a) which does not exceed 30°; the first portion (4a) has U-shaped notch (4c) at the vicinity of the button (3).

Abstract: A CD package includes a CD tray for removably holding a CD, and a paper mount to which the CD tray is affixed. The CD tray is formed of paper produced from raw material other than wood pulp; specifically, paper produced from a combination of kenaf and bamboo fibers. The paper mount is formed of paper that contains kenaf and/or bagasse fibers in an amount of about 5-30% by weight and wood pulp as the, balance.

Abstract: A data disc box for holding a data disc has a body including first and second panels inter-connected for pivoting apart and close together. The first panel includes at least two hooks for engaging an outer edge of the disc on opposite sides to hold the disc in position on the first panel, and a spring for biasing the disc away from the first panel against the action of the hooks. The hook has a part for actuation or pressing to move the overall hook backwards, thereby releasing the disc for movement by the spring.

Abstract: A storage container for optical discs has a tray configured to receive a disc and a plurality of retainers formed upon the tray. The retainers are configured so as to capture a disc upon the tray and so as to facilitate insertion of the disc onto the tray from above. In this manner, loading of the tray with the disc may easily be automated.

Abstract: A compact disk holder in the shape of a flat disk made from a resilient material and including a central resilient hub and a felt backing for cushioning the compact disk. One side of the invention holder has an adhesive coating protected by a non-adhesive, peelable cover. Upon removal of the peelable cover, the holder may then be adhesively attached to a vehicle visor, wall, window, or any other desired surface location. The compact disk is then pressed onto the holder where it is fixedly held and accessible without fear of damage when removed.

Abstract: An improved rosette for securing a disc having a central aperture includes a raised cylindrical hub projecting upward from a planar base, the hub being formed of first and second upstanding annular sections having substantially cylindrical side walls1, the first annular section comprising at least 180.degree. of the circumferential extent of the circular hub. Each of the annular sections includes at least one radially extending rim projecting outwardly beyond the cylindrical side walls. The second annular section cylindrical wall is positioned radially outwardly of the cylindrical wall of the first annular section and is supported on the base for allowing radially inward and downward pivoting of its cylindrical wall.

Abstract: A container for storing optical discs such as CD-R discs or the like is provided. The container includes a circular base which includes a baseplate with a transverse flange around its outer periphery. A spindle which is configured for accommodating a plurality of discs is removably attached to the base. A lid which has a generally circular top and a skirt depending therefrom and which includes engagement flanges is removably mounted onto the base by means of engagement between the flanges on the lid and the baseplate flange.

Abstract: A CD or CD-ROM case comprises a receiving member and a lid member to be fitted over the receiving member. The receiving member is provided with a piece at its middle position. The piece is formed by arranging slits and projections in a columnar form, and is provided with a pusher to bias a CD or CD-ROM upwardly.

Abstract: An audio medium and candle arrangement includes a candle having an outer contour and a first end and a second end. An audio medium is provided having an outer contour which generally corresponds to the outer contour of the candle. The audio medium is positioned adjacent to the candle. The candle enclosure maintains a position of the audio medium relative to the candle. The enclosure may be a tin enclosure with a bottom tin (canister) portion having a candle provided therein and a tin lid for closure of the tin. The tin lid is provided with an inner diameter which is slightly larger than the outer diameter of a compact disc. The inner diameter of the tin lid is provided in a normal way for mating with the tin bottom to close the tin. A compact disc is provided on a compact disc backer or audio medium support, such as a support made of cardboard. Preferably the cardboard backer has a CD center support element for positioning and supporting the CD relative to the backer.

Abstract: A booklet for housing a circular disc, such as audio compact disc or CD-ROM, is disclosed. The booklet has a front and back cover attached to and at least partially rotatable about a spine or hinge and movable between an open and closed position. At least one of the covers comprises a recessed portion. A compact disc holder tray is secured in the recessed portion of one of the covers. A central hub is formed integrally with the compact disc holder tray and has a top and a bottom; the diameter of the top of the hub is less than the diameter at the bottom of the hub, allowing the compact disc to fit over the top of the hub and to become frictionally engaged therewith. As such, the compact disc holder tray holds the compact disc in the booklet in a decorative fashion that allows the compact disc to be viewed when the booklet is in the open position.

Abstract: A disc holder for projecting through a central aperture of an optical disc in order to hold the optical disk in place. The disc holder includes a base, a rigid central core, several support arms that extend inwardly from the base to support the central core in spaced relation from the base, and securing means for releasably securing the rigid central core within the central aperture of the optical disc. The securing means includes locking fingers mounted on the central core. The locking fingers are biased outwardly against the edge of the central aperture of the disc when the disc is held by the disc holder. The force of the locking fingers against the edge of the central aperture are movable radially inward to it with the central aperture of the disc helps to hold the disc in place. The locking fingers of the disc, thereby allowing the disc to move over the locking fingers so that the disc can be put on or taken off the disc holder.

Abstract: A locking device for releasable securing a compact disc to a disc seat provided in a compact disc case. The device has a flat base, a raised circular shoulder located on the base, and a raised button located on the top of the circular shoulder. The device inserts between the bottom of the case and the disc seat so that the base rests against the bottom of the case, the circular shoulder of the device removable inserts into the middle of the central retaining ring, and the button extends upward through the center opening of the central retaining ring. Although a compact disc can be inserted onto the disc seat without the user manually depressing the button, a compact disc can only be removed for the retaining disk seat by first depressing the button.

Abstract: A storage container for an item of recorded media includes a centrally disposed hub surrounded by and spaced from an outer wall. The hub includes a pair of resilient arms that cooperate to loosely but securely retain an item of recorded media having a centrally disposed inner hole. The hub includes a first support platform that includes a plurality of raised bumps that essentially frictionlessly support the item of recorded media from below. The outer wall includes a second support platform that also includes a plurality of bumps that supports the item of recorded media from below about its outer periphery. The outer wall also includes a blocking wall that extends above the outer edge to prevent the user from grasping the outer edge of the item of recorded media. The outer wall further contains a finger access hole that extends through the blocking wall that allows the user to grab the edge of the item of recorded media in a selected position that is aligned with the arms of the hub.

Abstract: A new CD package has a cover attached to a tray by a single hinge at one end of the tray. That simplified manufacture and assembly makes the entire cover available for printing and graphics. The CD package is assembled with a single direction motion of a paper board cover toward a plastic tray. The entire cover surface is available for graphics, and the complete package lies flat on either side when fully or partially opened. A hook folded on one paper board flap engages a ledge in the receiver. A flap on one paper board cover is slit and glued or physically attached to a hinged extension on the tray. When the flap is formed on one end of the cover, the cover wraps around the tray. When the flap is formed in the middle of a cover, the CD package opens like a book. More than one connector flap may be provided for connecting the cover to multiple trays. The trays may be double-sided with a central opening in a central platform to receive snap-in and twist-in rosettes.

Abstract: A CD carrying case having a built-in pop up cover is disclosed. The case comprises a box-like base shell adopted to receive the compact disc and a cover shell sized to fit over the base shell and having a rear end hingely connected to a rear end of the base shell. The cover shell is pivotable between an open position away from the base shell for opening the case and a close position against the base sheel for closing the case. The case further comprises a locking the cover shell in the close position and a biasing element adapted to cooperate with the locking mechanism for biasingly popping up the cover shell in the open position as the locking mechanism is released. The case disclosed combines simplicity and inexpensiveness to manufacture with durability and trouble-free in operation.

Abstract: A CD ejector device comprising a push member, push plates and a spring plate extending equidistantly from the push member in such a fashion as to be capable of being accommodated in radial grooves formed at a disk support portion at the center of a tray of a CD case, and engagement protuberances so formed on the side surface of the spring plate as to engage with the side surfaces of the groove, the CD ejector device being molded integrally from a synthetic resin. When the push member is pushed, the push plates are jumped up and the CD anchored to the disk support portion can be easily ejected. This CD ejector device can be operated easily by one hand.

Abstract: A plastic case suitable for housing a DVD disk manufactured by assembling a sandwich of heat-sealable members and heat-sealing them together to permanently seal the parts together. The manufacture utilizes vacuum forming of a rigid plastic sheets rather than injection molding to form the critical part of the case that functions to hold the disk on a center hub and that allows release of the disk by pushing down on the center hub. The center hub comprises three projections surrounding and each connected by a valley region to a center button-shaped member. Each projection at its outer edge comprises a detent region projecting above a recessed region beneath which functions to hold the disk in its mounted position above the level of the surrounding sheet surface. The recessed regions terminate below the disk in common, annular surface regions.

Abstract: A container includes a cover secured on a base for slidably receiving an insert and a spring for biasing the insert outward of the base. A housing is secured to the base and a chuck is slidably received in the housing and has a pair of pawls. The pawls have a space for receiving a stop of the insert when the pawls are biased outward of the housing, and are moved toward each other to secure the stop in place when the chuck is moved inward of the housing by the stop of the insert, such that the insert may be easily opened when a number of containers are superposed with each other.

Abstract: A data disk holder for electronic data storage disks such as compact disks (CDs), includes two opposed, generally arcuate planar closure members which are joined together along a base portion by a living hinge. One of the closure members includes a circular flange defining a bore for receiving a boss projecting centrally from the disk support surface of the other closure member, the boss being an interference fit in the bore for securing the closure members together to retain a data disk in the holder. The holder may be injection molded of relatively light weight polypropylene or a similar moldable polymer and may include transverse walls and a double living hinge to provide the jewel box construction and thickness of conventional disk holders.

Abstract: A compact disk receiving device includes a base plate with a circular flange extending therefrom which has a lip portion extending radially inward therefrom so as to engage with two engaging plates extending from the bottom of an engaging member which is rotatably mounted to the circular flange. Two hook members extending radially outward from the flange and which are pushed outwardly and downwardly by the long side of the engaging member when rotating the engaging member so as to compress a compact disk mounted onto the flange.

Abstract: A holder for an optical storage disc comprises a retaining element for receiving the disc and a support element to which the retaining element is mounted, The surface of the retaining element is formed with at least one projection for gripping the disc which it, in part, underlies. The support element comprises a piece of sheet material formed with at least one aperture through which the projection of the retaining element extends.

Abstract: A storage container for an item of recorded media includes a centrally disposed hub surrounded by and spaced from an outer wall. The hub includes a pair of cantilevered resilient arms that cooperate to loosely but securely retain an item of recorded media. The top of the hub is disposed at a height higher than the tops of the arms such that force on the hub will fail to move the resilient arms. The hub also includes a first support platform that includes a plurality of raised bumps that essentially frictionlessly support the item of recorded media from below. The outer wall includes a second support platform that also includes a plurality of bumps that supports the item of recorded media from below about its outer periphery. The outer wall also includes a blocking wall that extends above the outer edge to prevent the user from grasping the outer edge of the item of recorded media.

Abstract: A disc box structure including a box body and a cover body pivotally connected with one side of the box body. An annular stepped projection is formed in the box body. The center of the annular projection is disposed with two opposite lifted engaging members. The lower ends of the engaging members are connected with the bottom face of the box body, while the upper ends of the engaging members are disposed with substantially semicircular opposite fitting ribs. An engaging projection is formed on an upper end of a middle section of the outer edge of each fitting rib. The inner edges of the opposite fitting ribs have several inward extending resilient bridge ribs which commonly connect with a pressing member, whereby-the engaging members have better structural strength and are protected from breaking due to shearing force of the disc. When it is desired to take out the disc, a user only needs to depress the pressing member between the engaging members to easily take out the disc.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a disk-like article such as a compact disc (CD) or digital versatile disc (DVD) is disclosed. A shell has a pair of grooves inside the sidewalls. A tray for holding the compact disc has a pair of hooks which engage the grooves to allow the tray to slide into and out of the shell. The compact disc is held by a heart shaped as a cylinder including bumps around the cylinder to prevent the compact disc from sliding off the heart. Alternatively, a continuous rib may be used instead of the bumps. Another version of the heart is made of a flexible but resilient material which allows the compact disc to snugly fit over the heart. In the latter embodiment, one can remove the compact disc by pressing down onto the heart to release the compact disc.

Abstract: A selectively adaptable holder or carrier for recordings ("records") is disclosed which includes a universally configured base (record-holder) which is made to be slidably receivable within a sleeve-like outer package component, and a plurality of different record-retaining members that are interchangeably mountable upon a universal mount structure provided on the base. In one embodiment, the universal mount structure may comprise a cylindrical projection formed centrally on the base, and the interchangeable, selectively mountable record-retaining members may include a corresponding cylindrical recess to fit over such projection, to be secured thereto by adhesive or other bonding agent or process.

Abstract: A card device including a front card portion and a back card portion hinged together in a manner which enables the card to be opened and closed. The back card portion includes spaced front, rear and side panels which define an interior space therebetween. The card further includes a tape cartridge, such as a VHS video or audio cassette tape, having a drive gear defining an open recess in the tape cartridge, and a gift carrier device including a gift carrier portion containing a gift item, such as a gemstone. The gift carrier device and the tape cartridge are positioned in nested relation within the interior space of the back card portion such that the gift carrier portion is received within the open recess in the tape cartridge. An alternative embodiment uses a compact disk case as the card and a recess in the disk carrier for receiving the gift item.

Abstract: A device for storing a compact disc includes a rigid base having a substantially planar rear surface and a center hub protruding from the front surface of the base for releasably engaging the disc. The device preferably has one or more areas for location of a design or decoration. A center hub for temporarily securing the disc to the device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A holder for a disk having a central opening and front and back surfaces includes a base having a planar panel and formed with a segmented generally conical projection; and a pedestal projecting forwardly from the base on a pedestal axis. The pedestal includes a central button having radially outwardly projecting retainers, and axially extending stems that are integrally formed as button segments with corresponding ones of the retainers. A laterally spaced pair the arms connected to each of the stems support the button portion in cantilevered relation to the base, the arms sloping radially inwardly and axially forwardly from the panel of the base, the arms collectively having an extended position for retaining the disk by engagement of the front surface by the retainers proximate a central opening.

Abstract: The cassette is used for the storage of compact disks and it includes a lower shell and an upper shell, which is pivotably connected to the lower shell. At least one release button, in a starting position, holds the upper shell in a fixed location relative to the lower shell. In a release position, the release button allows the pivoting of the upper shell relative to the lower shell. After pivoting the upper shell upwardly relative to the lower shell, the compact disk is released without any significant clamping force being applied. When the upper shell is pivoted upwardly relative to the lower shell, the compact disk is released essentially without the application of a clamping force. When the upper shell is pivoted upwardly relative to the lower shell the compact disk is essentially free of overlap in a central opening with respect to the lower shell.

Abstract: A disk storage device adapted for holding a disk having a center spindle hole, the disk storage device including a disk holder plate and a spring element fastened to the disk holder plate, the disk holder plate having a retainer flange forced into engagement with the center spindle hole of the loaded disk, and an insertion slot which receives the loaded disk, the spring element imparting an upward pressure to the loaded disk, causing the center spindle hole of the loaded disk to be firmly retained in engagement with the retainer flange.

Abstract: A case and tray for holding two high-density media recording devices, commonly known as compact discs or CDs, on opposite planar surfaces of a tray molded of brittle, transparent polystyrene. The tray will fit in a conventional case, commonly called a jewel box, adapted to receive a tray for holding only one compact disc. An insert is disposed at each side of the tray and each has an outwardly extending pin disposed thereon. The pin is arranged to fit into retaining openings in sidewalls of the conventional case into which the tray will be fitted, whereby to hold it in place. A pivot point is disposed between the sidewall and the planar surface. A frangible membrane having a thickness approximating the thickness of flashing is arranged with the pivot point. The frangible membrane is arranged to hold the tray and the inserts as a single unit until the tray is fitted into the case and is arranged to break so the tray can swing, thereby allowing access to both sides thereof.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a container for compact disks includes a base portion and an integrally formed support portion which is connected to the base portion by a flexure hinge. The support panel includes a compact disk holder which facilitates mounting a compact disk on the support panel. The flexure hinge allows the support panel to pivot from a first position in which the support panel and the compact disk are located in a recess, formed in the base portion, to a second position in which the support panel and the compact disk are pivoted away from the base portion. A cover is attached tot he support panel at a location close to the hinge. Opening the cover causes the support panel to rotate from the first position to the second position thereby facilitating installation or removal of a compact disk.

Abstract: A storage tray for compact discs (CD's) having a central opening consisting of a flat panel base with a plurality of raised cantilever members (fingers), the plurality of raised fingers being referred to as a rosette. The ends of the fingers form a circular opening and are unattached at the end. The fingers have on the underside thereof, a reinforcing rib. Some or all of the fingers may have the reinforcing rib. The fingers with the rib still have sufficient flexibility to move slightly inward and outward when positioning a CD over the rosette.