Case with securable closure and method
OwnerJason Chapnikinventor
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Abstract
A case has a body defining an accommodation such as may be sized to accept a squat cylindrical object such as a magnetic tape, a CD-ROM, a DVD or such like object. The case may include a locking mechanism, and that locking mechanism may be a combination locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may permit axial access to the accommodation, or it may permit radial access to the accommodation. The accommodation may lie in whole or in part between relatively movable members of the locking mechanism.
Claims19
An enclosure assembly for a digital storage medium, said enclosure assembly having:
- a body defining an accommodation for a digital storage medium;
- a locking mechanism operable to unlock according to a mechanical combination;
- said locking mechanism being movable between a first, locked condition and a second, unlocked, condition;
- in said locked condition access to said accommodation being obstructed;
- in said un-locked condition access to said accommodation being permitted;
- said enclosure assembly having an axial direction, said enclosure extending in a plane perpendicular to the axial direction;
- said accommodation having an opening through which to introduce and extract the digital storage medium;
- said opening being oriented sideways relative to said axial direction such that removal of the digital storage medium occurs cross-wise to said axial direction;
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- at least a portion of said accommodation is enclosed within the locking mechanism.
An enclosure assembly for a digital storage medium, said enclosure assembly having an accommodation therein having a lateral extent and a through thickness, half said lateral extent being greater than said through thickness, said accommodation having a size for receiving the digital storage medium;
- said enclosure has a movable member operable to govern access to said accommodation, said movable member being movable between a first position yielding access to accommodation, and a second position obstructing access to said accommodation, said assembly including a mechanical locking apparatus operable to secure said movable member in said second position, said mechanical locking apparatus being a manually operable apparatus, said mechanical locking apparatus being releasable according to a mechanical combination, and at least a portion of said accommodation lying inwardly of said mechanical locking apparatus, and, when said movable member is in said first position thereof, access to said accommodation being provided in the direction of the lateral extent such that the digital storage medium is introduced and removed cross-wise to the through thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.