Folding data disk holder
DCFirst Claim
1. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising:
- opposed closure members including means for supporting a generally circular data disk on at least one of said closure members;
a living hinge interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk between said closure members;
means for retaining said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder comprising a bore formed in one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of said closure members and operable to project into said bore in forcible engagement with said one closure member to retain said closure members in the closed position of said holder; and
a major portion of each of said closure members is delimited by a generally circular outer surface and each of said closure members comprises a base portion disposed adjacent a base portion of the other closure member, said base portions being joined by said living hinge.
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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.
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22 Claims
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1. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising:
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opposed closure members including means for supporting a generally circular data disk on at least one of said closure members; a living hinge interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk between said closure members; means for retaining said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder comprising a bore formed in one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of said closure members and operable to project into said bore in forcible engagement with said one closure member to retain said closure members in the closed position of said holder; and a major portion of each of said closure members is delimited by a generally circular outer surface and each of said closure members comprises a base portion disposed adjacent a base portion of the other closure member, said base portions being joined by said living hinge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising:
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opposed closure members for retaining a generally circular data disk between said closure members; a living hinge interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk between said closure members; said closure members include recesses formed therein, respectively, forming a space for receiving said data disk when said closure members are in the closed position of said holder, said closure members include peripheral rim portions and cooperating relieved surfaces in said rim portions aligned with each other in the closed position of said holder for digital engagement of said closure members for opening said holder; means for retaining said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder;
comprising a bore formed in one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of the closure members and operable to project into said bore in forcible engagement with said one closure member to retain said closures members in the closed position of said holder; andeach of said closure members includes a base portion disposed adjacent a base portion of the other closure member, said base portions being joined by said living hinge. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising:
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opposed closure members for supporting a generally circular data disk between said closure members; a living hinge interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk between said closure members, said living hinge comprising two, generally parallel living hinges having an integral web disposed therebetween; means for retaining said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder comprising a bore formed in one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of said closure members and operable to project into said bore in forcible engagement with said one closure member to retain said closures members in engagement in the closed position of said holder; each of said closure members including a base portion disposed adjacent a base portion of the other closure member, said base portions being joined by said living hinge; one of said closure members including spaced apart transverse walls projecting from said base portion of said one closure member and the other closure member including spaced apart transverse walls projecting from said base portion of said other closure member, said transverse walls of said other closure member being spaced apart farther than said transverse walls of said one closure member so that said transverse walls overlie each other in the closed position of said holder; and one of said closure members including a notch in said transverse wall of said one closure member adjacent a surface for supporting said data disk to provide for digital engagement of said data disk to remove said data disk from said holder when said closure members are in an open position, and the other of said closure members includes a transverse wall forming a closure of said notch in the closed position of said holder.
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12. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising:
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opposed closure members including means for supporting a generally circular data disk on at least one of said closure members; hinge means interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk in said holder; means on at least one of said closure members projecting through a hole in said data disk and engageable with means on the other of said closure members for securing said closure members in the closed position of said holder comprising a bore formed in one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of said closure members and operable to project into said bore in forceable engagement with said one closure member to retain said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder, said bore being generally cylindrical and including at least one noncylindrical surface reducing the effective diameter of said bore for forceable engagement with said boss; and said closure members include generally circular recesses formed therein, respectively, said recesses being delimited by opposed support surfaces and forming a space for receiving said data disk when said closure members are in the closed position of said holder. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising;
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opposed closure members for retaining a generally circular data disk between said closure members; a hinge interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk between said closure members; means for retaining said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder comprising a bore formed in and projecting through one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of said closure members and operable to project into said bore in forcible engagement with said one closure member to retain said closure members in the closed position of said holder; and each of said closure members includes a base portion disposed adjacent a base portion of the other closure member, said base portions being joined by said hinge. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A holder for a generally circular electronic data storage disk, comprising:
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opposed closure members for retaining a generally circular data disk between said closure members; a living hinge interconnecting said closure members for moving said closure members between an open position for inserting or removing a data disk with respect to said holder and a closed position for retaining said data disk between said closure members; means for retaining said closure members engaged with each other in the closed position of said holder comprising a bore formed in one of said closure members and a boss formed on the other of said closure members and operable to project into said bore in forcible engagement with said one closure member to retain said closure members in the closed position of said holder, said boss having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of a central bore in said data disk and projecting through said bore in said data disk when said data disk is retained between said closure members; and a portion of each of said closure members is delimited by a generally circular outer surface and each of said closure members comprises a base portion disposed adjacent a base portion of the other closure member, said base portions being joined by said living hinge.
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