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US 2003/0196918 A1Published application
Security device for a disk box
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InventorKwok Din Lau
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A container for disks having a spine and a base connected to the spine, the base having a base panel and a front wall at a periphery of the base panel opposed to the spine, the base panel being configured to hold a disk in a fixed position. The container also having a lid connected to the spine, the lid having a lid panel and a front wall at the periphery of the lid panel opposed to the spine. At least one of the base and the lid are hingedly connected to the spine. The container has an open condition and a closed condition and at least one locking mechanism, each locking mechanism comprising a locking orifice and a locking tab, the orifice being in the front wall of the lid or in the front wall of the base and the locking tab being hingedly connected to the other of the front walls, the locking tab and orifice being positioned so that the locking tab is removably engagable in the locking orifice to lock the base to the lid in the closed condition.
A container for disks comprising:
The container of clam 18, wherein each of the post members further comprises a bridge bar connecting the leaf members.
A container for disks having a central opening comprising:
A container for disks comprising:
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For discs without cartridge: comprising centre hole locking means
For discs without cartridge: comprising centre hole locking means
Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
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This invention relates generally to containers for disks and more particularly to security devices for such containers.
Protective containers for CDs and DVDs in common use have a central pedestal for supportively gripping the disc by engaging the central opening without contacting either side of the disk within data-containing regions thereof. Such containers typically have a ledge for contacting portions of an outer perimeter of the disk for stabilizing the disk against tipping on the pedestal. The disk is loaded into the container by lowering it onto the pedestal while gripping opposite perimeter portions, engagement with the pedestal being typically effected by simultaneous finger pressure against the disk proximate the central opening. Removal of the disk is similarly effected by finger pressure against the pedestal and simultaneous lifting at the perimeter portions. See, for example, the present inventor's U.S. Pat. No. 6,237,763, which is incorporated herein by this reference. Cases such as those described are typically marketed with wrappers that normally prevent opening without removal of the wrapper (which is not supposed to happen until purchase transactions are completed).
It has recently been discovered that it is possible for a shoplifter to make a slit along the side of the wrapper, then deform the case in a manner that causes release of the disk from the pedestal, then, by prying the case slightly open, sliding the disk out of the case.
The following discussion describes in detail several embodiments of the invention and several variations of those embodiments. This discussion should not be construed, however, as limiting the invention to those particular embodiments. Practitioners skilled in the art will recognize numerous other embodiments as well.
The present invention is directed to a disk container that is particularly effective and configurable for protectively storing disks such as CDs and DVDs. With reference to FIG. 1, a DVD box 10 includes a case 12 that may have a transparent jacket (not shown) bonded thereto in a conventional manner for displaying printed material. Additionally, the case may be shrink wrapped in plastic (not shown) to protect the case and to further prevent tampering with the contents of the case.
The case 12 has a base 14, a lid 16, and a spine 18. The base 14 has a base panel 20 and first 22 and second walls 24 substantially perpendicular to the spine 18. The base 14 also has a front wall 26 substantially parallel to the spine.