Optical disc storage container with compressed hub structures
AssigneeWEA Manufacturing Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Mueller
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Abstract
A container for an optical disc such as a compact disc (CD) or digital versatile disc (DVD) has a bottom structure, a top structure movable relative to the bottom structure, and a hub structure projecting up from the bottom structure. With the lid open, the central aperture of the disc is easily placed on or removed from the hub. In this condition the hub structure centers the disc in the bottom of the container but does not retain the disc in the container. When the lid is closed, however, the lid causes the hub structure to radially enlarge and secure the disc. Reopening the lid allows the hub to return to the condition in which it does not retain the disc.
Claims12
A container for removably containing an optical disc which has a central aperture, the container comprising:
- a bottom structure;
- a lid structure movable relative to the bottom structure;
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- a hub structure mounted on the bottom structure and receivable in the aperture, the hub structure being operable by the lid structure to compress the height thereof above the bottom structure, to radially enlarge, and to engage a disc in which the hub structure is received when the lid structure is closed on the bottom structure, and to radially contract and release a disc in which the hub structure is received when the lid structure is not closed on the bottom structure.
A container for removably holding an optical disc which has a central aperture, the container comprising:
- a bottom structure;
- a lid structure movable relative to the bottom structure;
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- a hub structure mounted on the bottom structure and receivable in the aperture, the hub structure configured to assume a first condition to engage a disc when the lid structure is closed on the bottom structure, and to automatically return to a second condition to release the disc when the lid structure is spaced apart from the bottom structure, the hub structure having an expanded radial dimension and a decreased height above the bottom structure when in the first condition relative to the second condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.