Portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks

• US 6,477,128 B1
• Filed: 10/13/2000
• Issued: 11/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tsun-Wan Yeh
• Original Assignee: Tsun-Wan Yeh
• Inventors: Ma, Hsi Kuang
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoa T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Watko, Julie Anne
• Application Number:
  US09/689,791
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 369/77.1, 369/75.1, 369/78, 369/289, 369/291
• US Class Current: 720/656
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 25/043 using rotating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/025 Portable cases

Abstract

A portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks comprises a seat having a read heading and a playing device, and an upper cover having a size correspondent to said seat. At least one of the seat and the upper cover has a groove at a lateral side and/or a front side. A protecting piece is installed, respectively. The protecting piece is a round sheet and has a notch correspondent to the shape of the groove for being engaged with said groove so as to protect a large compact disk

Claims

1. A portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks comprising:

a seat having a reading head and a playing device; and

an upper cover having a size correspondent to said seat;

characteristic in that at least one of said seat and said upper cover has a groove at a lateral side and/or front side, and a protecting piece is installed, respectively;

said protecting piece is a round sheet and has a notch correspondence to the shape of said groove for being engaged with said groove so as to protect a large compact disk.

2. The portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks as claimed in claim 1, wherein the player further comprises an additional protecting piece, wherein the groove of said seat has one of the protecting pieces installed therein, and wherein the groove of said upper cover has the other of said protecting pieces installed therein.

3. The portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rim of said notch of said protecting piece is integrally formed with an annular protrusion.

4. The portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks as claimed in claim 1, wherein a size of said protecting piece is not smaller than that of said large compact disk.

5. The portable player suitable for large compact disks and small compact disks as claimed in claim 1, wherein said groove is one of several grooves in said at least one of said seat and said upper cover, and wherein said notch is one of a plurality of tenons of said protecting piece, wherein each of said tenons is embedded in a respective one of said grooves.