# US 7,610,596 B2 · Disc holder for discs having an interior hole, and method for using the disc holder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,610,596 B2 - Document ID: US7610596B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/805,285 - Filed: 2007-05-22 - Published: 2008-02-14 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2003-12-19 - Assignees: Joseph Eric Watson - Inventors: Joseph Eric Watson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610596B2 ## CPC - G11B 33/0405: {for storing discs (anti-theft cases with locking means E05B73/0023)} - G11B 33/1493: {Electro-Magnetic Interference [EMI] or Radio Frequency Interference [RFI] shielding; grounding of static charges} - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract Apparatus to hold discs and other objects having interior holes are disclosed. An apparatus, in one aspect, may include a base, a top that is dimensioned smaller than a diameter of an interior hole of a data storage disc to allow the top to pass through the hole, sides connecting the top with the base, and a disc support surface of the sides to support the disc if the top is passed through the hole and the disc is rested on the sides. An apparatus, in another aspect, may include a disc holder including an electrically conductive material, and a conductive line coupled at a first end thereof with the electrically conductive material of the disc holder to conduct static electricity away from the conductive material. Methods of using the apparatus to hold the discs and other objects having interior holes are also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a base having a shape of a closed plane figure that is selected from a circle, an oval, and a polygon; a top over the base, the top dimensioned smaller than a diameter of an interior hole of a compact disc (CD); sloping sides connecting the top with the base; a disc support surface of the sloping sides to support the CD; an interior void defined by the base, the top, and the sloping sides; a conductive material coupled with the apparatus; a length of a conductive wire having a first end electrically coupled with the conductive material and having a second end to be electrically coupled with a static electricity sink to conduct static electricity away from the conductive material to the static electricity sink. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base, the sides, and the top, each consist of an integrally molded plastic material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising advertising information displayed on the sloping sides. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a glow-in-the-dark material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a static electricity sensor coupled with the conductive wire to sense static electricity on the conductive wire. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the static electricity sink comprises at least one of a screw to be grounded, metal of a housing of an electrical device, a ground hole of an AC power outlet, a banana jack to be inserted into a ground hole of an AC power outlet, an electrical connector to be inserted into a ground hole of an AC power outlet and a plug having a ground wire. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising an indicator selected from a light generating device and an audible indicator device coupled with the conductive wire to indicate when the static electricity is conducted away from the conductive material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method comprising supporting the CD on the disc support surface of the apparatus of claim 1. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base, the sides, and the top comprise an integrally molded plastic material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an electrical connector coupled with the second end of the conductive wire. ### Claim 11 An apparatus comprising: a base; a top that is dimensioned smaller than a diameter of an interior hole of a data storage disc to allow the top to pass through the hole; sides connecting the top with the base; a disc support surface of the sides to support the data storage disc; an interior void defined by the base the to and the sides, wherein the base, the sides, and the top comprise an integrally molded plastic material, and wherein the internal void permits the a apparatus to be stacked over a disc holder with a top of the disc holder inserted into the internal void of the apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the sides consist of the integrally molded plastic material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the plastic material comprises a glow-in-the-dark material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising advertising information displayed on the sides. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: a conductive material coupled with the apparatus; and a conductive line electrically coupled with the conductive material and electrically coupled with a static electricity sink to conduct static electricity away from the conductive material to the static electricity sink. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the conductive line comprises a wire. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising an indicator coupled with the conductive line to indicate when the static electricity is conducted away from the conductive material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) A method comprising supporting the CD on the disc support surface of the apparatus of claim 11. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus consists of the integrally molded plastic material shaped as one of a hollow cone and a hollow pyramid and optionally one or more of advertising information displayed on the apparatus, a glow-in-the-dark material, and a cap. ### Claim 20 An apparatus comprising: a data storage disc holder, the data storage disc holder having a base, a top that is dimensioned smaller than a diameter of a hole of a data storage disc to allow the top to pass through the hole, sloping sides connecting the top with the base, and a disc support surface of the sides between the top and the base to support the data storage disc, wherein the data storage disc holder has an electrically conductive material; and a conductive wire coupled at a first end thereof with the electrically conductive material of the data storage disc holder and having a second end to be coupled with a static electricity sink. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the electrically conductive material of the data storage disc holder comprises a conductive cap. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising an indicator device to indicate when static electricity is removed from the data storage disc holder. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22. wherein the indicator device comprises: a static electricity sensor coupled with the conductive line to sense static electricity on the conductive line; and a light generating device coupled with the static electricity sensor to generate light when the static electricity sensor senses the static electricity on the conductive line. ### Claim 24 (depends on 20) A method comprising placing a data storage disc on the apparatus of claim 20.