Supports: racks – Special article – Recorded music type
Patent
1993-02-17
1994-09-06
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Supports: racks
Special article
Recorded music type
211 41, 211168, 206309, 312 958, A47F 500
Patent
active
053440285
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This novel design concerns a storage for data media, particularly compact discs, which are separately arranged within hinged CD jewel boxes.
Practically all CDs on the market today are contained in jewel boxes to protect them from mechanical damage and dust when they are not in use. The jewel box also accepts printed inserts identifying the information recorded on the CD.
Due to the increasing popularity of compact discs in the area of recorded music, there are music fans who already own sizeable CD libraries. There are systems on the market today designed to handle these CDs. They are tower-type CD storages featuring separate compartments for storing the jewel boxes containing the CDs.
Such systems have their drawbacks as they require the jewel box itself to be removed from its compartment whenever a CD is to be used. If, after the disc has been played and returned to its jewel box, this jewel box is not inserted in the exact location in the storage from which it was previously removed, an existing optimal arrangement might be lost in the process. The danger of this happening is all the greater if a person who is unfamiliar with the system operates the CD player, e.g. during a party.
Thus this novel design is intended to provide a storage for data media, particularly CDs, which, rather than requiring the pertinent jewel box to be removed from the storage when a particular CD is to be played, allows that jewel box to remain in the storage so that an optimal arrangement, once found, cannot be lost.
The novelty of the design is detailed in the specification section of claim 1 listing the salient features.
Extended versions of this novelty are contained in Subclaims 2 through 10.
The following contains a detailed description of different design elements and characteristics with references to the attached figures.
Figures:
FIG. 1--Plan view of a clip used in the novel design;
FIG. 2--Side view of the clip shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3--Perspective view of a CD jewel-box holder of the novel design;
FIG. 4--Perspective view showing a modified version of a CD jewel-box holder.
As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the main element of this novel design is a plastic clip (1) consisting basically of a U-shaped bracket (2). In its cross bar area (3), this bracket (2) features a ring extension (4) having a cylindrical hole (5).
The lower leg (6) of the bracket (2) extends outward resulting in a basically square configuration. This lower leg (6) is reinforced at the bottom with a bracing rib (7), which decreases in thickness toward the outer edge. The bracing rib (7) width basically corresponds to the ring extension (4) width. A transverse groove (8) is located at the inside of the lower leg (6) in the crossbar (3) junction area. The upper leg (9) of the U-shaped bracket (2) is correspondingly shorter in length, where the length of this upper leg (9) was calculated to allow for unobstructed opening of the upper lid when attaching the clip (1) a jewel box. The upper leg (9) further features, at its inside, a set of grooves (10), which correspond to the existing set of grooves at the top of the CD jewel boxes.
The clip (1) shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can be attached to the commonly available plastic CD jewel boxes simply by sliding the two legs (6) and (9) of the U-shaped bracket (2) sideways onto the hinge edge of the CD jewel box. This causes the transverse groove (8) at the inside of the lower leg (6) to engage in the existing edge strip of the corresponding CD jewel box while the set of grooves (10) provided at the inside of the upper leg (9) engages simultaneously in the existing set of grooves at the top of the CD jewel box. In addition, the two legs (6) and (9) of the U-shaped bracket (2) are sufficiently flexible to allow the U-shaped bracket (2) to securely grip the edge of the corresponding CD jewel box. The bracing rib (7) located at the bottom of the lower leg (6) of the U-shaped bracket (2) provides additional stability when the clip (1) locks onto the CD jewel box.
The jewel boxes, each equipped with a clip (1), can then
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