Data storage case having a write/protect assembly

A data storage case having a write/protect assembly comprising

• a main body having two major surfaces and lateral surfaces for accommodating in an interior thereof a recording medium on which information signals can at least be recorded,
• a plurality of detection holes formed in at least one lateral surface and at least one major surface of said main body, and
• a write/protect member movably arranged in said main body, said write/protect member including a plurality of mating detection elements, said mating detection elements being movable together between first and second positions within respective ones of said plurality of detection holes, and wherein said write/protect member is located within a recess formed in said interior of said main body and wherein a slide guide formed on said write/protect member is pressed against a rear wall of said recess relative to a direction of insertion of the data storage case in to a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and said slide guide is arranged on a side of said write/protect member opposite to the side provided with said mating detection elements and includes spaced-apart retention ribs, wherein corresponding mating retention ribs are provided in said recess for being selectively engaged by said retention ribs on said slide guide.

A data storage case having a write/protect assembly comprising;

• a main body having two major surfaces and lateral surfaces for accommodating in an interior thereof a recording medium on which information signals can at least be recorded,
• a plurality of detection holes formed in a at least one lateral surface and at least one major surface of said main body, and
• a write/protect member movably arranged in said main body, said write/protect member including a plurality of mating detection elements, said mating detection elements being movable together between first and second positions within respective ones of said plurality of detection holes, wherein said write/protect member is attached to one end of a rotary arm, the other end of said rotary arm is rotatably mounted on a pin provided in said main body and wherein a movement control boss is formed in at least one of said detection holes.

A data storage case having a write/protect assembly according to claim 8, wherein said detection holes are provided on at least one of said lateral surfaces and on at least one of said major surfaces of said main body adjacent a corner on a front side of said main body relative to the direction of insertion of said data storage case into a recording and/or reproducing apparatus.