FR2844912A1 - CD case has an indicator for indicating whether or not a disk is contained within it, said indicator being in the form of an L-shaped slider that moves into a double bottom when a disk is inserted in the case - Google Patents

Abstract

Witness or indicator in the form of an L-shaped slider (1) is held within a CD case with a bottom, a double bottom section (4) and a cover (3). The slider is moved when a disk is inserted in its mounting so that it appears beneath a window (9). The upright of the L section supports an indicator surface (14) with an indicator plate formed on it.

Description

Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shaped witness

  slide coming into a housing of a CD disc box comprising a bottom and a cover, as well as a double bottom, 5 - the double bottom nested in the bottom having * a housing for the disc, surrounded by a raised track, * a wide edge raised on the side of the lid joint, * an opening in the edge of the double bottom housing, on the side located towards the wide edge, * a window in the upper surface of the wide edge, - the slide being actuated by placing the disc in its housing to appear in the window and signal the presence of the disc in the box, * the slide is a piece with an L-shaped section, the lower branch 15 of which is actuated by the cover or the disc placed in the box, and

  * the other rising branch carries the indicator surface.

Prior art

  Such a witness in the form of a slide is known according to do20 cument FR 00 08 220.

  Another version of such a slide-shaped witness is also described in document FR 02 02 194.

  These slider-shaped indicators indicating the presence or absence of a disc in a CD disc box, in particular when the boxes are stacked or stored, can be distinguished

  by the color of the head of the slider or of the whole of it depending on the material in which this part is made or the color given to the indicator surface. However, the possibilities of adaptation of the color to the content, that is to say of the type of disc, are necessarily limited because of the manufacturing techniques, the boxes being manufactured independently of the discs or of the type of disc they will receive. .

  OBJECT AND ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION The aim of the present invention is to develop this slide-shaped indicator for a CD disc box, so as to multiply the possibilities of displaying the contents of the box according to the nature of the content, the type of disc or the identity of the holder, without complicating the

  manufacture of the box or the slide.

  To this end, the invention relates to a witness of the type defined above, characterized in that: - the indicator surface is formed by a receiving means carried by the rising branch of the slide, and - an indicator plate is fixed to this means of reception. The indicator will thus allow the box to be particularized when the indicator surface is in the display position indicating the presence of a disc in the box. This particularization can be done by relatively simple information such as a drawing or a color of the indicator plate fixed, preferably, by gluing against the means of

receipt of the slide.

  The indicator plate may be specific according to the type of disc in the box, that is to say audio disc, CD-ROM, or the classifications within these groups, by the choice of color or colors. the sign or its shape.

  Thus, the indicator plate has, at least locally, a width greater than that of the window of the box and projects beyond it when the slide is pushed by the disc placed in the box.

  This width of the indicator plate will cause it to extend beyond the outline of the box when a disc is present in the box. The overflow can be used for tactile recognition of the content or the type of content of the box, by the particular shape given on the edge of the indicator plate. This form can be produced during manufacturing or be

cut by the user.

  Thus, the combination of colors, designs carried by the indicator plate and the shape of the protruding edge of the window or the box offer multiple possibilities of combination forming indications, markers or codes to particularize or identify the box, its

  content, genre of content and owner of the box.

  Thus, the slider-shaped indicator not only indicates the absence of a disc in the box but also when the box contains a disc, offers an indication of the content. The witness

is thus doubly useful.

  The indicator plate is particularly advantageous when the boxes are stacked or stored one against the other because,

  at a glance, you can locate a box or type of box.

  According to another advantageous characteristic, the means for receiving the rising branch is constituted by a receiving surface.

  According to another advantageous characteristic, the receiving surface is inclined downwards on the side facing the rear edge of the

window (interior side).

  The inclination of the receiving surface makes it possible to use an indicator plate of a certain thickness, for example cut from a sheet of metal such as aluminum, without having to modify the box, that is to say - say increase the cutout of the window, reduce the height of the slider or especially make a cutout in the edge of the bottom of the box, at the level of the window to allow the exit of the plate when the witness is in the occupied position of the box.

  According to another characteristic, the receiving means is a clipping member and the indicator plate includes a member

additional clip-on.

  The clipping can be permanent or removable, which makes it possible to modify the indicator plates according to the placement chosen for

  the discs or a new choice of color or shape of indicator plate, taking into account a fashion effect.

  The outer edge of the indicator plate, constituting both a visible surface and a tactile marking means, can have a non-rectilinear contour as already indicated and this contour can correspond to a code.

  According to an advantageous embodiment, the indicator plate has a folded part, provided with an auxiliary fold forming a flap remaining behind the outer edge of the window even when the wired neck is in the position of disc in the box.

  According to another embodiment, the receiving means is formed by a flat, substantially horizontal part, bordered by a

  return, forming an inverted U-shaped section.

  Drawings The present invention will be described below in more detail using different embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings in which: - Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a CD disc box, at the level of the wide edge, showing a first embodiment of a presence indicator with an indicator plate, - Figure 2 shows another embodiment of a slide-shaped indicator and an indicator plate, - Figure 3 shows a third embodiment of a witness and an indicator plate according to a view similar to that of FIGS. 1 and 2, FIGS. 4a and 4B show a fourth embodiment of a witness and a indicator plate, on the one hand for the box loaded with a disc and the empty box, the lid being closed, - Figures 5 and 6 are views on an enlarged scale of two indicator plates,

  - Figures 7, 8 and 9 are schematic views of witnesses in the form of a slide having different receiving means and corresponding indicator plates.

  Description of embodiments

  According to FIG. 1, the invention relates to a slide-shaped indicator 1 placed in a CD disc box formed from a bottom 2, a cover 3 (shown here in the slightly open position) and a

  double bottom 4 nested in the bottom 1 by means not shown.

  The double bottom comprises a housing for a CD disc 5. This housing is provided with a raised edge, ending with a wide edge 7 on the side of the joint 3-1 of the cover 3. This wide edge 7 of the double bottom 4 has an opening 8 on the side facing the disc housing 5 and a window 9 above the wide edge 7, preferably substantially in the middle of the wide edge (in a direction perpendicular to that of the sheet of the drawing). The slider 1 has an L-shaped section whose lower branch 10, sliding against the bottom 2, carries a lan25 peretus 12 V-shaped, open, connected by a hinge to the lower branch 10. The slider 1 has a branch rising 13 provided with a receiving means 14 itself constituting an indicator surface or receiving an indicator plate 20. This indicator plate is fixed on top of the receiving means 14 of planar shape, for example 30 by gluing. The indicator plate 20 preferably exceeds by its

  outer edge 20-1, of the outline of the box or of the edge 9-1 of the window 9 when the slide 1 is in the position of occupation of the box, that is to say when a disc 5 is placed in the box , so as to constitute a witness which extends beyond this surface and can serve as a visible or detectable witness by touch.

  The indicator plate 20 is formed of a relatively rigid support such as a strong paper, a cardboard or a metal plate or a hard plastic film, glued to the receiving surface 14 of the slide 1. This indicator plate 20 may have an edge exterior 20-1 of variable shape, achievable by the user or coming from manufacturing as in the examples of FIGS. 5 and 6. In general, the indicator plate preferably has a shape inscribed in a rectangular outline whose width (taken in the plane of the sheet of FIG. 1) is greater than the corresponding dimension of the window, so that on the one hand the rear edge 20-2 of the plate 20 remains under the rear edge 9-2 of the window 9 even when the slider is in the advanced position indicating the presence of a disc in the box and on the other hand 10 allow the outer edge 20-1 (or front edge) to be well

  the plate 20 for this same position of the slide 1.

  The indicator plate 20 can be manufactured in different colors with or without drawings or it can be personalized by the user.

  FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the receiving means 114 of the slide 101. This receiving means ends, at the front, by a falling edge 114-1 and the rising branch 113 is slightly set back relative to the lower branch 110, by comparison with the example of FIG. 1. The upper surface 114-2 of the receiving means 114 receives an indicator plate 20 which can be similar

  to that of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

  The other parts of the box and of the slide are identical to those of the previous embodiment.

  Figure 3 shows a third embodiment of a slider 201, which is similar to the embodiment of Figure 1, with the difference that the receiving means 214 carried by the rising branch 213 is not horizontal but inclined towards the rear (towards the inside of the box) so as to tilt the indicator plate 20 and allow the use of an indicator plate 20 possibly thicker than that of the two previous embodiments, or so that the plate can receive

  possibly raised indications, for example a tactile indication more complete than the tactile indication constituted by the cut outer edge 20-1 (for example, an indication intended for the blind).

  The other elements of the box are the same as those of the embodiment example above.

  FIGS. 4A, 4B show the two positions of a fourth embodiment of a slider-shaped witness 301. In this embodiment, the witness 301 proper with its branch

  rising 313 and its horizontal branch 314 is identical to the first embodiment according to FIG. 1. The only difference is the shape of the indicating surface 120 which is a plate supplemented by an elastic piece 120-1, 120-2, with two shaped branches of V, connected by a hinge 120-3 to the main surface 120-4 above the sign 120.

  The set 120-1; 120-3 constitutes an elastic means which opposes an elastic force to the movement of the slide 301 forwards, during the introduction of the disc into the box. Conversely, this elastic force i0 seeks to push back the slide in the absence of a disc.

  The part (120-1; 120-2) also constitutes an optical means, with a larger surface area on the edge of the box of the CD disc, in the position of FIG. 4B, that is to say in the absence disc in the box. Conversely, when a disc is placed in the box, as indicated in FIG. 4A, the front edge constituted by the hinge 120-3 protrudes from the edge of the box as in the previous embodiments. The indicator plate 120 is preferably made of a plastic material, to benefit from the elasticity of the material both for the hinge 1203 and for the deformation of the two branches

-1, 120-2.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the shape of the front edge 221 of a plate 220. This plate has a generally rectangular outline, the front edge of which is provided with notches or cutouts 221-1,

  221-2, 221-3 of variable form constituting a means of coding or visual and tactile identification.

  FIG. 6 shows another variant of plate 320, the front edge 321 of which has a notch 321-1 and an arron30 die part 321-2.

  Figure 7 is a schematic sectional view of a slide 401 whose rising branch 413 comprises, as receiving means, a vertical housing 414 in which engages a branch 420-2 of the indicator plate 420, shaped section of L. FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of a witness 501 whose rising branch 513 ends in a receiving surface 514-1 bordered by cavity 514-2 receiving a branch or fixing rod 520-2 of a indicator plate 520 having, in section, a T-shaped section. FIG. 9 shows another variant of indicator 601, the rising branch 613 of which ends in an indicator surface 614 bordered 5 by a descending rim 614-1 around which s engages the descending branch 620-2 of an indicator plate 620 also having a T-shaped section but a different means of assembly than that of the

figure 8.

  Multiple other mechanical assembly means between 1o the indicator plate and the rising branch of the indicator forming a

slide are possible.

  The indicator plates can be distributed separately from the slides to allow individualization of the CD boxes or to facilitate classification. They can, if necessary, play the role of an ex-libris. These plates can be distributed in batches, with different or uniform plate shapes, choice of colors, etc.

  They can also constitute advertising objects.

Claims (2)

CLAIMS) Slide-shaped indicator coming into a housing of a CD disc box comprising a bottom and a cover, as well as a double bottom, the double bottom nested in the bottom having * a housing for the disc, surrounded by a raised surface, * a wide edge raised on the side of the lid joint, * an opening in the edge of the double bottom housing, on the side located towards the wide edge, * a window in the upper surface of the wide edge, - the slider being actuated by placing the disc in its housing to appear in the window and signaling the presence of the disc in the box, * the slider is an L-shaped section piece, the lower branch of which is actuated by the cover or the disc placed in the box, and * the other rising branch carries the indicator surface, characterized in that - the indicator surface is formed by a receiving means (14) carried by the rising branch (13) of the grout bucket (1), and - an indicator plate (20) is fixed to this receiving means (14).   2) tell-tale according to claim 1, characterized in that the indicator plate (14) has, at least locally (20-1), a width greater than that of the window (9) of the box and overflows from it when   the slide (1) is pushed by the disc (5) placed in the box.   ) Tell-tale according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving means (14) of the rising branch (13) is constituted by a receiving surface (14).   ) Tell-tale according to claim 3, characterized in that the receiving surface (214) is inclined downwards on the side facing the   rear edge (9-2) of the window (9) (interior side).   ) Tell-tale according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving means (414, 514) is a clipping member and the indicator plate (420, 520) comprises a complementary clipping member (420-2, 520-2).   ) Witness according to claim 2, characterized in that the outer edge (221, 321) of the wafer (220, 320) has a non-rectilinear contour. ) Tell-tale according to claim 6, characterized in that the outline of the outer edge (220, 320) corresponds to a code or a reference visual or tactile.   ) Witness according to claim 1, characterized in that   the indicator plate (120) has a folded part (120-1, 120-2), provided with an auxiliary fold (120-3) forming a flap remaining behind the outer edge (9-1) of the window (9 ) even when the slide (1) is in the position of disc in the box.   9) tell-tale according to claim 1, characterized in that the indicator plate (20) is glued to the receiving means (14) of the   rising branch (13) of the slide (1).    ) Tell-tale according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving means (114) is formed by a flat part (114-2), substantially horizontal, bordered by a return (114-1), forming a section in U returned.