Storage unit for compact discs and the like
OwnerRichard A. Emrichinventor
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Abstract
A storage unit for CD discs comprises a box-like housing in which is mounted a vertical spaced array of horizontally disposed sleds. The sleds slide in and out of the housing on tracks provided in the housing sidewalls. Conventional CD jewel boxes are retained on the sleds and a rod engaging the underside of the lid of each jewel box passes through the jewel box with its ends engaged in a groove formed in the side walls of the unit. The grooves are configured to move the rod vertically away from the sled as the sled is moved out from the housing. The vertical movement of the rod forces the lid of the CD up, giving the user access to the CD stored in the jewel box.
Claims8
A storage unit for compact discs comprising:
- an essentially box-shaped housing;
- side walls of said housing;
- a plurality of means mounted within the housing on which jewel boxes for compact discs can be mounted, in use;
- first track means on the side walls with which said box mounting means are movably engaged to permit individual box mounting means to be moved in and out of the housing through an open front thereof;
- and means for opening the lid of a jewel box mounted on a mounting means when that mounting means is moved partially out of the housing, said lid opening means comprising means extending laterally from the jewel box and engaged with the lid thereof, and second track means in the side walls with which outer ends of said lid opening means are engaged and which are increasingly spaced apart from the first track means in the direction of the open front of the housing.
A storage unit for compact discs comprising a housing, a plurality of sleds, each of which, in use, accommodates a CD jewel box, means for slideably mounting said sleds for individual movement into and out of the housing through an open front thereof, said mounting means comprising substantially horizontally disposed aligned pairs of grooves in opposed side walls of the housing, and laterally projecting runners on the lateral edges of each sled slideably engaged in opposed grooves, means for opening the lid of each jewel box as said jewel box is moved out of the housing, said lid opening means comprising a member which is engaged with the lid of the jewel box and which has outer ends that extend beyond the sled and engage in oppositely disposed second pairs of grooves in the side walls of the housing, which second grooves diverge increasing from the first grooves in an upwardly vertical direction towards the open front of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.