JP3110134U - Modular disk storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily assemble a storage case capable of increasing any number of intermediate plates using a hinge.
A modular disk storage case (10) includes a plurality of disk mounting plates (11, 12, 13) and a back portion (14) including a number of hinges (15) secured to at least one of the plates. The side edges of the plates are attached to the side edges of adjacent plates.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a storage case for a media disk such as a CD, DVD, VCD, or the like. More specifically, and not exclusively, the present invention includes plates that are pivotally interconnected by hinges secured to at least one of the plurality of plates, and the back including these hinges provides a modular The invention relates to a modular DVD storage case that can be hinged together in a manner with a desired number of plates.

  Most single disc storage cases for DVDs include a back plate on which the DVD is mounted and a front plate that is hinged to the back plate so as to cover the DVD when closed. The two-disc storage case also allows a second disc to be attached to the inner surface of the front plate. A storage case for multiple DVDs can have a defined number of intermediate disc mounting plates between the front plate and the back plate, as in the case of a book page. In order to be designed with an integral back of defined dimensions, their storage capacity is limited to a defined maximum number of disks. This can be a problem if, for example, a series of episodes are purchased separately or if you are asked to save individual CDs containing music or software in an “album”, for example. is there. That is, they are stored in separate single disk storage cases and / or spread across one or more limited size multiple disk storage cases as the collection increases.

  In addition, single disk storage case manufacturers also manufacture multiple disk storage cases, requiring separate and expensive machine tools and production equipment for each type of case manufactured.

  The purpose of the present invention is to overcome or significantly improve at least one of the above-mentioned drawbacks and / or more generally speaking, a hinge secured to at least one of these plates Is provided so that a storage case having any number of plates can be easily assembled between the front plate and the back plate.

  In accordance with the present invention, a back portion including a plurality of disk mounting plates and a plurality of hinges secured to at least one of the plates causes the side edges of each plate to be attached to the side edges of the adjacent plates. A modular disk storage case is provided.

  Preferably, each plate includes a hole in its side edge, and each hinge has a first clasp piece that enters a hole in the one plate and a second clasp that enters a hole in the adjacent plate. Including tongue pieces.

  In one embodiment, the first retaining tongue is longer than the second retaining tongue.

  In the above embodiment, each hole may include a long portion that receives the first retaining tongue and a short portion that is immediately adjacent to the elongated portion that receives the second retaining tongue of the adjacent hinge.

  Alternatively, the first retaining tongue piece and the second retaining tongue piece may be of the same length.

  Preferably, each hole receives one clasp piece of a hinge and one clasp piece of an adjacent hinge and the clasp pieces project against each other.

  In another embodiment, each plate includes at its side edges a pair of adjacent holes aligned longitudinally and a pair of hinges, and the first hinge of these hinges is A first retaining piece entering one hole of the pair of holes, and a second retaining piece entering the hole of the adjacent plate, and the second hinge of these hinges is the pair of holes A first clasp piece entering the other hole of the first and a second clasp piece entering the hole of another adjacent plate.

  Preferably, these retaining tongues and holes each include a coupling mechanism that prevents unnecessary removal of the hinge.

  Preferably, the coupling mechanism includes a resilient snap engagement tab.

  Preferably, each hinge includes a bridge made of an elastic plastic material and extending between the first and second retaining tongues, and the bridge repeatedly bends the bridges. In order to be able to do so, an elongated strip is attached in the longitudinal direction.

  Preferably, at least one of the plates includes a hole in the side edge thereof, and each hinge includes a fastening piece integrally formed with an adjacent one of the plates, the fastening tongue. A piece enters the hole.

  Preferably, each of these clasp pieces and holes includes a coupling mechanism that prevents unnecessary removal of the clasp piece from the hole.

  Preferably, the coupling mechanism includes a resilient snap engagement tab.

  Preferably, each hinge includes a bridge made of an elastic plastic material and extending from the adjacent plate to the retaining tongue, and the bridge includes a bridge that can be repeatedly bent. An elongated strip is attached in the longitudinal direction.

The present invention will now be described more specifically, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings.
1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings schematically show various components of a modular disk storage case 10, that is, a DVD storage case incorporating the present invention, for example, for storing a DVD disk. The first embodiment of the DVD storage case 10 includes a front cover plate 11, a back cover plate 12, and an intermediate plate 13 provided between the cover plates. The plate 11, plate 12, and plate 13 are made of a plastic material known in the technical field of DVD storage cases.

  One or both of the front cover plate 11 and the back cover plate 12 may have a DVD mounting boss (bump) on the inside thereof, so that the case 10 can store a plurality of DVDs. The plurality of intermediate plates 13 may have a DVD mounting boss 16 on one side or both sides thereof.

  At one side edge of the case 10, the back 14 pivotally interconnects the plates 11, 12, and 13 using several separately manufactured hinge members 15. If another intermediate plate 13 is desired to be included, still another hinge member 15 can be provided.

  Each plate 11, 12, 13 includes a pair of slots 17 at the back side edges of the plates 11, 12, 13. Each slot 17 includes a long portion 19 and a short portion 20 on the side of the long portion 19. A pair of opposing recesses 18 are positioned behind each slot 17 and on each side of each slot 17.

  Each hinge member 15 includes a first retaining tongue piece 21 and a second retaining tongue piece 22 connected to each other by a bridge 23 in which an elongated bending strip 24 is formed in a longitudinal direction and integrally formed with each other. The bending strip 24 allows the hinge 15 to open and close as required. The first retaining tongue 21 and the second retaining tongue 22 each include a snap engagement tab 25 integrally formed therewith and within a respective opening 26, and each retaining tongue 21, Slightly inclined so as to protrude from the 22 planes. As shown in FIG. 5, both tabs 25 protrude in the same direction. Further, the tabs 25 of the longer retaining tongue 21 extend toward the shorter retaining tongue 22, and the tabs 25 of the shorter retaining tongue 22 extend from the longer retaining tongue 21. Move away. In the back portion 14 of the DVD case 10, the first retaining piece 21 of the hinge member 15 is pushed into one long portion 19 of the slot 17 in order to hinge the adjacent plates. The snap engagement tab 25 of the first retaining tongue piece 21 is snapped into one of the recesses 18. Simultaneously or later, the second retaining tongue 22 is pushed into the short part 20 of the slot 17 in the adjacent plate. The snap engagement tabs 25 of the second retaining tongue 22 snap into the adjacent recesses 18 on the side of the short portion 20 of the adjacent plate slot 17.

  As can be seen, the hinge member 15 can only be inserted in one direction due to the different lengths of the first retaining tongue piece 21 and the second retaining tongue piece 22. This ensures that the snap-engagement tabs 25 can be correctly oriented, and therefore each recess 18 of the DVD storage case 10 can accept only one snap-engagement tab 25 (ie, a pair of The snap-engagement tabs 25 of the other can not be reversed and placed in only one recess 18).

  A DVD storage case 10 manufactured according to the second embodiment is shown in FIGS. In these figures, only the intermediate plate 13 is shown, however, the front plate and the back plate will normally be included. A hinge member 15 permanently attached to the side edge of each intermediate plate 13 using an elongated bending strip 24 from which only one retaining tongue 21 protrudes is formed integrally with each intermediate plate 13. Each retaining tongue 21 includes an inward lip 27 and an in-plane tab 25 in the opening 26 (see FIG. 7).

  On the back side edge of each plate 13 is a recess 18 adjacent to the slot 17. The retaining piece 21 of one plate 13 can enter the slot 17 of the adjacent plate 13. In this embodiment, the tab 25 of the retaining tongue 21 is not intended to deform. Instead, the part of the retaining tongue 21 surrounding the opening 26 is inserted into the slot 17 of the adjacent plate 13 and the lip 27 is snapped into a predetermined position of the recess 18. , Elastically deform. Should one or more plates 13 be removed from the DVD storage case 10, the portion of the retaining tongue 21 that surrounds the opening 26 can be easily lifted by the user to pull out the lip 27 from the recess 18. Therefore, the retaining tongue piece 21 can be taken out from the slot 17.

  A third DVD storage case 10 incorporating the present invention is shown in FIGS. 9-11, which is of an elongated (slimline) design where the individual plates 13 are fairly thin. For this purpose, the hinge 15 is intended to be attached to the plate 11, the plate 12 and the plate 13 in a stepped manner as shown in FIG. Further, the thickness limitation of each plate 13 is not affected by the width dimension of each hinge member 15, and adjacent plates in the DVD storage case 10 have a pair of hinge members 15 (not four). Are only hinged to each other.

  As shown in these drawings, each of the plate 11, the plate 12, and the plate 13 includes four cuts 28, and a locking thin plate 29 through which a pair of lateral holes 30 penetrates is formed in the longitudinal direction of the cuts. Cross each other.

  Each hinge member 15 includes a pair of retaining tongues 21 and 22, and each retaining tongue is typically the same in length and characteristics. The bridge 23 is integrally formed with each retaining tongue 21, 22 and includes an elongated strip 24 similar to that described with respect to the first embodiment. However, in the third embodiment, each clasp piece 21, 22 has a pair of outward elastic tabs 25 formed as small integral inclined ridges extending outwardly from the respective clasp piece 21, 22. Including.

  As shown by the arrows in FIG. 9, the hinges 15 are pushed into the respective cuts 28, so that the fastening tongues 21 and the fastening tongues 22 of one hinge member 15 lie on the fastening thin plate 29 of one plate. In addition, the fastening tongue piece 21 and the fastening tongue piece 22 of the hinge member 15 adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction are set laterally to the fastening thin plate 29 of the adjacent plate. In other words, the first retaining tongue piece 21 of one hinge member 15 is aligned in the longitudinal direction with the second retaining tongue piece 22 of the hinge member 15 adjacent in the longitudinal direction. When the hinge member 15 is pushed into place in each notch 28, the tab 25 snaps into the respective hole 30 so that the hinge member 15 once positioned in this way is not removed. .

  It should be understood that changes and modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are not to be considered as departing from the scope of the present invention.

  For example, any suitable type of hinge manufactured separately and a corresponding slot in each plate formed correspondingly. Furthermore, although a preferred embodiment has been described for the DVD storage case 10, these DVD storage cases could be used to store discs other than DVDs.

1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a modular disk storage case according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an elevation view of the back of the modular disk storage case of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of each part of the modular disk storage case of FIG. 1. It is a perspective view of the hinge of the modular disk storage case of FIG. It is another perspective view of the hinge of FIG. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of parts of a plate of a second embodiment of a modular disk storage case according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of adjacent closed plates of the modular disk storage case of FIG. 6. FIG. 7 is still another perspective view of adjacent closed plates of the modular disk storage case of FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of each part of a third embodiment of a modular disk storage case according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of each part of the modular disk storage case of FIG. 9. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the modular disk storage case of FIG. 9 in a closed configuration with no hinge parts attached.

Explanation of symbols

10 Storage Case 11 Front Cover Plate 12 Back Cover Plate 13 Intermediate Plate 14 Back 15 Hinge

Claims (14)

  A modular disk including a plurality of disk mounting plates and a back portion including a plurality of hinges secured to at least one of the plates such that the side edges of each plate are attached to the side edges of the adjacent plates Save case.   Each plate includes a hole in the side edge thereof, and each hinge includes a first retaining piece that enters the hole in one of the plates and a second retaining tongue that enters the hole in the adjacent plate. The modular disk storage case according to claim 1, comprising a piece.   The modular disk storage case according to claim 2, wherein the first retaining tongue piece is longer than the second retaining tongue piece.   4. The hole of claim 3, wherein each of the holes includes an elongated portion that receives the first retaining tongue and a short portion that is immediately adjacent to the elongated portion that receives a second retaining tongue of the adjacent hinge. Modular disk storage case.   The modular disk storage case according to claim 2, wherein the first retaining tongue piece and the second retaining tongue piece have the same length.   6. A modular disk storage case according to claim 5, wherein each said hole receives one retaining piece of said hinge and one retaining piece of an adjacent hinge, and these retaining pieces project against each other.   Each of the plates includes a pair of adjacent holes aligned in the longitudinal direction and a pair of hinges on the side edge thereof, and the first hinge of the hinge is one of the pair of holes. A first retaining tongue entering the second and a second retaining tongue entering the hole in the adjacent plate, and the second hinge of the hinge enters the other hole of the pair of holes. 2. A modular disc storage case according to claim 1 including one retaining tongue and a second retaining tongue entering a hole in another adjacent said plate.   The modular disk storage case according to claim 2, wherein each of the retaining tongue piece and the hole includes a connection mechanism that prevents unnecessary removal of the hinge.   The modular disk storage case of claim 8, wherein the coupling mechanism includes an elastic snap engagement tab.   Each hinge includes a bridge made of an elastic plastic material and extending between the first retaining tongue and the second retaining tongue, and the bridge repeats the bridge 3. A modular disk storage case according to claim 2, wherein an elongated strip is attached in the longitudinal direction for bending.   At least one of the plates includes a hole in the side edge thereof, and each hinge includes a retaining tongue integrally formed with an adjacent one of the plates, the retaining tongue being the hole. The modular disk storage case according to claim 1, wherein   The modular disk storage case of claim 11, wherein the retaining tongue piece and the hole each include a coupling mechanism that prevents unnecessary removal of the retaining tongue piece from the hole.   The modular disk storage case of claim 12, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a resilient snap engagement tab.   Each hinge includes a bridge made of an elastic plastic material and extending from the adjacent plate to the clasp, and the bridge allows the bridge to be repeatedly bent; 11. A modular disk storage case according to claim 10, wherein a longitudinally elongated strip is attached.

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