System for storing and transporting discs and accessory materials

A system for storing and transporting discs of predetermined thickness and diameter in disc-holding sleeves and holding accessory materials of predetermined sizes, comprising:

• an outside case of a generally flat tray-like configuration having a lower body of preselected size formed by front, rear and side walls having free upper edges and a bottom wall and providing two side-by-side substantially identical storage areas, each of said storage areas being wider and longer than said predetermined diameter and deeper than a preselected multiple of said predetermined thickness so as to provide storage space larger than the space to be occupied by a number of discs equal to said predetermined multiple, and an upper cover for said body normally overlying said storage areas in a closed position and having front, rear and side cover edges adjacent to said front, rear and side upper edges;
• said body and said cover having rounded front and rear portions forming forward and rearward tapers and having flat sides providing bases for standing of the case in a book-like storage position;
• rear guides extending forwardly from said rear wall and having front locating surfaces forming the rear sides of said storage areas;
• upright side guides in said body disposed along the inner sides of said side walls and spaced a preselected distance apart to define the lateral sides of said storage areas;
• means for hinging the rear portion of said cover on the rear portion of said body for swinging into an open position;
• a latch connecting said cover to the front wall of said body in said closed position and selectively releasable for movement of the cover to the open position;
• at least one box-like disc container nested in one of said storage areas for holding a plurality of discs, said disc container having a preselected outside shape generally similar to the shape of said outside case and sized to fit snugly in said one storage area between said front partition and said rear guides and against one of said side guides thereof and spaced beneath the cover of said case;
• said disc container comprising a lower tray-like container body formed by upright rear and side walls having free upper edges and having a bottom and a substantially open front side, and a container cover normally overlying said container body in a closed position and having rear and side container cover edges adjacent to said rear and side container body edges, said container cover having a front wall curving downwardly to said container body and closing the front side thereof when the container cover is in the closed position;
• a rear partition in said container body spaced from said rear wall and having at least one locating surface spaced from said open front side a preselected distance that is greater than said predetermined diameter, whereby a stack of the discs in the disc-holding sleeves will fit into said container and lie between said rear partition and said front side of the container body;
• and means for hinging the rear portion of said container cover on the rear portion of said container body for swinging into an open position.

A system for storing and transporting discs of predetermined thickness and diameter in disc-holding sleeves and holding accessory materials of predetermined sizes, comprising:

• an outside case of a generally flat tray-like configuration having a lower body of preselected size formed by front, rear and side walls having free upper edges and a bottom wall and providing a storage area comprising two side-by-side substantially identical storage sections, each of said storage sections being wider and longer than said predetermined diameter and deeper than a preselected multiple of said predetermined thickness so as to provide storage space larger than the space to be occupied by a number of discs equal to said predetermined multiple, and an upper cover for said body normally overlying said storage area in a closed position;
• said body and said cover having flat sides providing bases for standing of the case in a book-like storage position;
• partition and guide members in said body spaced from the walls thereof and defining the front, rear and sides of said storage area;
• means for hinging the rear portion of said cover on the rear portion of said body for swinging into an open position;
• a latch connecting said cover to the front wall of said body in said closed position and selectively releasable for movement of the cover to the open position;
• and at least one box-like disc container nested in one section of said storage area for holding a plurality of discs, said disc container having a preselected outside shape generally similar to the shape of said outside case and sized to fit snugly in said one section of said storage area between said partition and guide members and spaced beneath the cover of said case.

A system for storing and transporting discs of predetermined thickness and diameter in disc-holding sleeves and holding accessory materials of predetermined sizes, comprising:

• an outside case of a generally flat, tray-like configuration having a lower body of preselected size formed by front, rear and side walls having free upper edges and a bottom wall and providing a storage area comprising two side-by-side substantially identical storage sections, each of said storage sections being wider and longer than said predetermined diameter and deeper than a preselected multiple of said predetermined thickness so as to provide storage space larger than the space to be occupied by a number of discs equal to said predetermined multiple, and an upper cover for said body normally overlying said storage area in a closed position and having front, rear and side cover edges adjacent to said front, rear and side upper edges;
• said body and said cover having flat sides providing bases for standing of the case in a book-like storage position;
• means for hinging said cover on said body for swinging into an open position;
• and at least one box-like disc container to be nested in one of said storage areas for holding a plurality of discs, said disc container having a preselected outside shape generally similar to the shape of said outside case and sized to fit snugly in said one section of said storage area beneath the cover of said case;
• said disc container comprising a lower tray-like container body formed by upright rear and side walls having free upper edges and having a bottom and a substantially open front side, and a container cover normally overlying said container body in a closed position and having rear and side container cover edges adjacent to said rear and side container body edges, said container cover having a front wall curving downwardly to said container body and closing the front side thereof when the container cover is in the closed position;
• a rear partition in said container body spaced from said rear wall and having at least one locating surface spaced from said open front side a preselected distance that is greater than said predetermined diameter, whereby a stack of the discs in the disc-holding sleeves will fit into said container and lie between said rear partition and said front side of the container body;
• a retainer for securing a plurality of disc-holding sleeves to said container along said rear partition thereby to hold the discs in said disc container;
• and means for hinging the rear portion of said container cover on the rear portion of said container body for swinging into an open position.

For use in a system for storing and transporting discs of predetermined thickness and diameter in disc-holding sleeves and holding accessory materials of predetermined sizes, a container comprising:

• a lower tray-like body of preselected size formed by rear and side walls having free upper edges and a bottom wall and providing a storage area wider and longer than said predetermined diameter and deeper than a preselected multiple of said predetermined thickness so as to provide storage space larger than the space to be occupied by a number of discs equal to said predetermined multiple, and an upper cover for said body normally overlying said storage area in a closed position and having rear and side cover edges adjacent to said rear and side upper edges;
• said cover having a rounded front portion forming a forward taper and having substantially flat sides;
• guides in said body defining the boundaries of said storage area;
• means for hinging the rear portion of said cover on the rear portion of said body for swinging into an open position;
• and a latch connecting said cover to the front wall of said body in said closed position and selectively releasable for movement of the cover to the open position, said latch comprising:
• a resiliently flexible arm on the front of said body extending upwardly and forwardly toward the rounded front portion of the cover, a detent on the upper end of said arm, and a detent opening in said cover receiving said detent when the cover is in the closed position, said arm being yieldable inwardly to disengage said detent from said opening.