Plastic case for storing four compact discs

• US 20050035012A1
• Filed: 11/06/2002
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: E-Life Manufacturing Service Incorporated, Membran International GmbH
• Original Assignee: E-Life Manufacturing Service Incorporated, Membran International GmbH
• Inventors: Furuya, Terumitsu, Sagawa, Mitsuo
• Granted Patent: US 6,929,122 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/307
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/045 comprising centre hole locking means

Abstract

To provide a plastic case for storing four compact discs, in which a lid part 1 and a case proper 2 are rotatably pivoted at a hinge 3, clip members 4 for storing and holding a printed matter 9 are provided on backsides of the lid part 1 and the case proper 2, and a first tray 6 having a disc-fixing hook 10 placed to jut out front and back sides thereof is rotatably pivoted by the hinge 3 rotatably supporting the lid part 1 and the case proper 2 in a middle, and also a second hinge 8 is placed off a center so as to pivot in addition a second tray 7 by decentering the first tray 6. It is possible to store four compact discs and the printed matter therein and to be only 20 percent thicker therefor than a size of a conventional case capable of storing one compact disc and the printed matter therein, thus causing no difficulty in appearance of product, transportation, exhibition at a storefront and so on.

Claims

1. A plastic case capable of holding four compact discs (5) having a hole at a center thereof and storing printed matter therein, wherein

a lid part (1) and a case proper (2) are rotatably pivoted at a first hinge (3),

clip members (4) for storing and holding the printed matter (9) are provided on backsides of the lid part (1) and the case proper (2),

a first tray (6) having a disc-fixing hook (10) engaged with central holes of the compact discs (5) to jut out the front and back sides thereof is rotatably pivoted by the first hinge (3) rotatably supporting the lid part (1) and the case proper (6) in a middle, and

a second hinge (8) is placed off the center so as to pivot in addition a second tray (7) by decentering the first tray (6),

characterized in

that a fule (11) is provided in the upper portion of the first tray (6) in order that the first tray (6) can be opened and closed by 180 degrees without having contact with a rim (12) of the case proper (2) and

that the first tray (6) and/or the second tray (7) comprise

holes (14) for saving weight as well as

stiffening ribs (13).