Compact disc storage box and rack

A compact disc storage box for receiving a compact disc (CD) consisting of a housing having a bottom plate and a cover plate with side walls joined together such that said bottom plate and said cover plate are disposed in spaced parallel relationship to each other and define therebetween a space with a front opening, a disc carrier supported in said housing so as to be slidable into, and out of, said housing through said front opening between an inner end position in which said disc carrier is fully inserted in said housing and an outer end position in which said disc carrier is slid at least partially out of said housing, means for releasably retaining said disc carrier in its inner end position, said retaining means including a spring clip mounted pivotally on said bottom plate and extending transverse to the direction of sliding movement of said disc carrier into, and out of, said housing, said spring clip engaging said disc carrier, an ejector slide slidably supported in said compact disc storage box adjacent to, and at one side of, said disc carrier so as to be slidable in the same direction as said disc carrier and a double arm lever pivotally supported on a lug integrally formed with the bottom plate and having first and second ends, the first end hinged to said ejector slide and the second end hinged to said disc carrier.