Storage case

• US 20030000856A1
• Filed: 06/27/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Autronic Plastics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Autronic Plastics, Inc.
• Inventors: Libohova, Agjah I., Lax, Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/185,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20030000856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/310
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0023 Containers, boxes, cases or the like, e.g. for compact discs or video-cassettes, specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/0427 comprising centre hole locking means

Abstract

A software storage case for storing optically readable information or software storage media such as CD-ROMs having an enclosure for receiving literature related to the software and a brace disposed over the enclosure to hinder the movement of the literature so received. The storage case also includes a retainer for retaining optically readable information or software storage media and a biasing element to assist in securing the recording media retained by the retainer.

Claims

1. A storage case comprising:

a first cover;

a second cover, said first and second covers being relatively movable between an open position and a closed position;

a recording media retainer adapted to receive at least one recording media when said first and second covers are in the open position, said recording media retainer being disposed on a major surface of said first cover; and

a biasing element for making contact with a recording media retained by said recording media retainer to hinder the motion of the same when said first and second covers are in the closed position.

2. A storage case according to claim 1, further comprising an enclosure for receiving literature.

3. A storage case according to claim 2, wherein said enclosure is disposed on said second cover.

4. A storage case according to claim 2, further comprising a brace disposed over said enclosure, wherein literature is received between said brace and said second cover.

5. A storage case according to claim 4, wherein said brace includes a first portion that is substantially parallel to a major surface of said second cover and a second portion that extends at an angle away from said first portion.

6. A storage case according to claim 4, wherein said biasing element is disposed on said brace.

7. A storage case according to claim 1, wherein said biasing element comprises a spring.

8. A storage case according to claim 1, further comprising another biasing element, said biasing element being spaced at least as wide as the diameter of the central opening of a conventional recording media.

9. A storage case according to claim 8, wherein said recording media retainer will be disposed between said springs when said first and second covers are in the closed position.

10. A storage case according to claim 2, wherein said enclosure comprises a plurality of walls each parallel to an edge of said second cover and extending perpendicular from a major surface thereof.

11. A storage case according to claim 1, further comprising a spine flexibly attached at opposing edges thereof to an edge of said cover and an edge of said second cover, respectively.

12. A storage device according to claim 11, wherein each of said first cover and said second cover is flexibly connected to said spine at a proximal edge thereof, and wherein each cover includes a pair of spaced vertical walls positioned parallel to a distal edge thereof, further comprising a plurality of spaced loops disposed between each pair of said spaced walls, each loop having an opening, wherein said loops are arranged so that their respective openings register with one another when said first and second covers are in the closed position to provide a free path for receiving a locking member.

13. A storage case according to claim 12, wherein said first cover includes a pair of opposing vertical walls extending parallel to edges adjacent to said proximal edge thereof, and said second cover includes a pair of opposing vertical walls extending parallel to edges adjacent to said proximal edge thereof, said pair of opposing walls of said first cover being spaced wider than said pair of opposing walls of said second cover so that when said first and second covers are in the closed position said pair of opposing walls on said first cover receive said pair of opposing walls of said second cover.

14. A storage case according to claim 1, wherein said recording media retainer comprises a plurality of tabs arranged around a circle having a diameter that is substantially equal to the diameter of the central opening of a recording media.

15. A storage case according to claim 14, wherein each of said tabs includes an enlarged free end having a curved exterior, and wherein each tab is flexibly attached to said first cover.

16. A storage case according to claim 14, further comprising an annular ring disposed around said recording media retainer and extending from said first cover.

17. A storage case according to claim 14, further comprising a plurality of spaced arcuate walls disposed about said recording media retainer, said walls being arranged about a circle having a diameter that is larger than the diameter of a recording media.

18. A storage case according to claim 17, further comprising raised portions disposed between said spaced vertical arcuate walls, said raised portions extending from said first cover to a height that is lower than a height of said spaced arcuate walls.

19. A storage case according to claim 1, wherein said second cover includes an opening that serves as a window into an interior of said recording media storage device.

23. A storage case according to claim 19, further comprising a spine flexibly attached at opposing edges thereof to an edge of said cover and an edge of said second cover, respectively.

20. A storage case comprising:

a first cover;

a second cover, said first and second covers being relatively movable between an open position and a closed position;

a recording media retainer adapted to receive at least one recording media when said first and second covers are in the open position and said recording media having a central opening, said recording media retainer being disposed on a major surface of said first cover;

an enclosure disposed on said second cover for receiving literature; and

a brace disposed over said enclosure to hinder the movement of literature received in said enclosure.

21. A storage case according to claim 20, wherein said brace includes a first portion that is substantially parallel to a major surface of said second cover and a second portion that extends at an angle away from said first portion.

22. A storage device according to claim 20, wherein said enclosure comprises of a plurality of walls each parallel to an edge of said second cover and extending perpendicular from a major surface thereof.

24. A storage device according to claim 23, wherein each of said first cover and said second cover is flexibly connected to said spine at a proximal edge thereof, and wherein each cover includes a pair of spaced vertical walls positioned parallel to a distal edge thereof, further comprising a plurality of spaced loops disposed between each pair of said spaced walls, wherein said loops are arranged so that their respective openings register with one another when said first and second covers are in the closed position to provide a free path for receiving a locking member.

25. A storage case according to claim 24, wherein said first cover includes a pair of opposing vertical walls extending parallel to edges adjacent to said proximal edge thereof, and said second cover includes a pair of opposing vertical walls extending parallel to edges adjacent to said proximal edge thereof, said pair of opposing walls of said first cover being spaced wider than said pair of opposing walls of said second cover so that when said first and second covers are in the closed position said pair of opposing walls on said first cover receive said pair of opposing walls of said second cover.

26. A storage case according to claim 20, wherein said recording media retainer comprises a plurality of tabs arranged around a circle having a diameter that is substantially equal to the diameter of the central opening of a recording media.

27. A storage case according to claim 26, wherein each of said tabs includes an enlarged free end having a curved exterior surface, and wherein each tab is flexibly attached to said first cover.

28. A storage case according to claim 26, further comprising an annular ring disposed around said recording media retainer and extending from said first cover.

29. A storage case according to claim 26, further comprising a plurality of spaced arcuate walls disposed about said recording media retainer, said walls being arranged about a circle having a diameter that is larger than the diameter of a recording media.

30. A storage case according to claim 29, further comprising raised portions disposed between said spaced vertical arcuate walls, said raised portions extending from said first cover to a height that is lower than a height of said spaced arcuate walls.

31. A storage case according to claim 20, wherein said second cover includes an opening that serves as a window into an interior of said recording media storage device.

32. A storage case according to claim 20, further comprising a biasing element, wherein said biasing element is oriented opposite to said major surface of said first cover and makes contact with a recording media retained by said recording media retainer to hinder the motion of the same when said first and second covers are in the closed position.

33. A storage case according to claim 32, wherein said biasing element is disposed on said brace.

34. A storage case according to claim 33, wherein said biasing element comprises a spring.

35. A storage case according to claim 32, further comprising another biasing element, said biasing element being spaced at least as wide as the diameter of the central opening of a conventional recording media.

36. A storage case according to claim 35, wherein said recording media retainer will be disposed between said springs when said first and second covers are in the closed position.

37. A storage case according to claim 20, wherein said brace is structured and arranged to hold literature that is at least about one-half inch thick.