Cassette with disk eject mechanism

An optical disk cassette comprising:

• a cassette case configured to house an optical disk, said cassette case having opposed front and back edges and opposed first and second side edges, the front edge having a disk entry/exit slot;
• and
• a disk eject mechanism having:
• (a) a pushrod portion partially exposed and slidably connected to said cassette case to accommodate a pushrod motion parallel to the first side edge;
• (b) a kick-out portion within the cassette case, the kick-out portion having a disk accepting position, a disk ejecting position and a range of motion including the disk accepting position and disk ejecting position, the disk accepting position being such that when the optical disk is fully inserted into the cassette case the kick-out portion resides between the optical disk and at least one edge of the cassette case other than the front edge;
• and
• (c) a transfer portion responsive to the pushrod motion, the kick-out portion being responsive to a motion of the transfer portion, and the transfer portion translating the pushrod motion to movement of the kick-out portion through the range of motion.