Supports: cabinet structure – For storing audio or visual recording medium – Disk or parallelepiped shape
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-24
2003-10-28
Mai, Lanna (Department: 3636)
Supports: cabinet structure
For storing audio or visual recording medium
Disk or parallelepiped shape
Reexamination Certificate
active
06637841
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a compact disk storage device and more particularly pertains to storing compact disks in a manner that allows for their easy removal for use.
The use of media storage devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, media storage devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of storing media elements are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art-which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,027,186 to Liou discloses a storage device for a plurality of compact disks comprised of a support rack with upper and lower recesses. U.S. Pat. No. 5,819,930 to Yu discloses a container for slidably receiving a number of media elements. U.S. Pat. No. 5,417,323 to Presnick discloses a container for storing a compact disk.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a compact disk storage device for storing compact disks in a manner that allows for their easy removal for use.
In this respect, the compact disk storage device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of storing compact disks in a manner that allows for their easy removal for use.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved compact disk storage device which can be used for storing compact disks in a manner that allows for their easy removal for use. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of media storage devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved compact disk storage device. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a housing having a generally rectangular configuration. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The front wall has a plurality of
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s slotted compartments formed therein. Each of the compartments is defined by an open forward end, a bottom slide wall, and opposed side walls. The bottom slide wall has a forward edge cut outwardly at a downward angle. The opposed side walls of the compartments each have inverted C-shaped brackets secured thereto adjacent to the open forward end. A plurality of slide trays are dimensioned for being slidably received within the plurality of slotted compartments of the housing. Each of the trays has a recessed upper surface for receiving a compact disk therein. The trays each have a forward end and a rearward end. The forward end has a finger recess formed therein. The rearward end has pins extending outwardly therefrom. The slide trays slide outwardly of the compartments until the pins abut the brackets whereupon the trays will angle downwardly against the forward edge of the bottom slide wall to allow removal of the compact disk from the tray.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art, may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device which has all the advantages of the prior art media storage devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a compact disk storage device economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device for storing compact disks in a manner that allows for their easy removal for use.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved compact disk storage device including a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The front wall has a plurality of slotted compartments formed therein. Each of the compartments is defined by an open forward end, a bottom slide wall, and opposed side walls. The bottom slide wall has a forward edge cut outwardly at a downward angle. The opposed side walls of the compartments each have brackets secured thereto adjacent to the open forward end. A plurality of slide trays are dimensioned for being slidably received within the plurality of slotted compartments of the housing. Each of the trays has a recessed upper surface for receiving a compact disk therein. The trays each have a forward end and a rearward end. The rearward end has pins extending outwardly therefrom. The slide trays slide outwardly of the compartments until the pins abut the brackets whereupon the trays will angle downwardly against the forward edge of the bottom slide wall to allow removal of the compact disk from the tray.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Goldstein & Lavas P.C.
Mai Lanna
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