JPH1072079A - Holding tool for software storing case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent a software from being stolen. SOLUTION: An opening part 10 wherein a software storing case K is freely removable is provided in a main body 1 and a stopper 2 for preventing a case from being released which obstructs at least a part of the opening part 10 and faces to the software storing case is provided and the stopper 2 is freely rotatably provided on the wall face 11 of the main body 1 and hooking nails 12 are provided on the wall face 11 and the hooking nails 11 is projected so as to be pushed into the wall face 11 and the stopper 2 consists of a plate-like main body 20 facing to the wall face 11 and a stopping plate 21 provided vertically to this main body 20 and holes 22 for key operation into which the hooking nails 12 are inserted are provided on the main body 20 and under a condition where the hooking nails 12 are inserted into the holes 22 for key operation, the stopping plate 21 is positioned so as to obstruct at least a part of the opening part 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used for displaying a case (hereinafter referred to as a software storage case) storing the software at a store or rental store of so-called CD software or NES software. Related to a soft storage case holder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a holder for a CD soft storage case, as shown in FIG. And a case receiving member 91 provided on the main body 90 to make the case receiving member 91 immovable.
There is a lock mechanism 92 that disables removal of the D soft storage case. In this case, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the shaft 92a constituting the lock mechanism 92 is moved downward by the magnet 93 having a strong attraction force against the urging force of the spring 92b, so that the shaft 92a and the receiving member 9 are moved.
By disengaging the CD soft storage case, the CD soft storage case can be taken out.

[0003] In the holder of the CD soft storage case,
Theft detection tag (not shown) on the inner surface of the rear wall of the main body 90
When the user tries to take the CD soft storage case with the holder out of the store as it is, the case is detected when the user passes through a gate installed at the entrance of the store.

Therefore, once the desired CD software storage case held by the holder is handed to the clerk at the counter in front of the gate, if the lock mechanism 92 is released and the holder is not taken out of the holder, it may be taken out of the store. No, so theft is prevented.

[0005] However, in the holder for the CD soft storage case, since the lock mechanism 92 can be released by anyone other than the clerk as long as the magnet has a strong attraction force, the gate system as described above is used. Even if
A problem may occur that theft cannot be effectively prevented.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a holder for a soft storage case that can effectively prevent theft of software.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a holder for a soft storage case, wherein an opening is provided in the main body so that the soft storage case can be inserted and removed, and at least a part of the opening is blocked in the main body. A stopper for preventing the case from being detached, the stopper being rotatably provided on the wall surface of the main body, the locking claw being provided on the wall surface, and the locking claw being attached to the wall surface. The stopper includes a plate-shaped main body facing the wall surface and a stopper plate provided perpendicularly to the main body, and has a key operation hole into which the locking claw is inserted. The stopper plate is positioned so as to block at least a part of the opening when the locking claw is inserted into the key operation hole.

In this holder for the soft storage case, the stopper is rotated from the open portion by inserting a special key into the key operation hole and rotating the stopper while pushing the locking claw into the wall surface of the main body. The soft storage case can be removed through the open portion of the main body for the first time.

Therefore, the soft storage case cannot be taken out from the main body of the holder of the soft storage case unless the dedicated key is used instead of a strong magnet which can be easily obtained as in the conventional case. By using the holder of the soft storage case, theft of the software can be effectively prevented.

It is preferable that the holder for the soft storage case is provided with a plurality of locking claws and a key operation hole. In such a configuration, since it is necessary to simultaneously push a plurality of locking claws into the wall surface of the main body, theft of software can be further effectively prevented.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a holder SH of a CD soft storage case according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a CD soft storage case K is stored. [Overall configuration of holder SH for soft storage case]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the holder SH of the soft storage case includes a main body 1 and a stopper 2 rotatably attached to a peripheral wall portion of the main body 1. The lock can be opened by the dedicated key 8 shown in FIG. Here, unlocking refers to bringing the stopper 2 from the state shown in FIG. 4 to the state shown in FIG. 5 so that the CD soft storage case K stored in the main body 1 can be taken out. [Regarding Configuration of Main Body 1 ] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the main body 1 is made of a synthetic resin formed so as to correspond to the shape of the CD soft storage case K, and is a mounting position of the stopper 2. Peripheral wall surface 11a of main body 1 (corresponding to wall surface 11)
The portion adjacent to is formed as an open portion 10 serving as a slot for inserting and removing the CD soft storage case K. In this embodiment, a band-shaped fixed stopper 18 and a triangular fixed stopper 19 are provided so as to form a large opening 10a in the front wall of the main body 1 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an elongate hole 13 is formed in the peripheral wall surface 11a, and two locking claws 12 are respectively protruded before and after the elongate hole 13 so as to be pushed into the wall surface. Let me do it. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the engaging claw 12 has an elastic short piece 15 formed by forming a U-shaped slit 14 penetrating the upper and lower surfaces in the peripheral wall surface 11a.
Are located on the free end side of the. In the natural state, the locking claw 12 is in a state of protruding from the peripheral wall surface 11a, but can be pushed below the peripheral wall surface 11a by an external force from above.

As shown in FIG. 2, the locking claw 12 has an upper surface as an inclined surface, and its inclination direction is higher on the reference numeral 12a side (above the peripheral wall surface 11a) as shown in FIG. The reference numeral 12b is set low (substantially coincides with the peripheral wall surface 11b). The rotation of the stopper 2 is impossible.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the peripheral wall 11a of the main body 1 has pockets 16 (opening portions 16a and 16b) into which the ends of the stopper 2 are inserted when the stopper 2 cannot rotate. ) Is provided so that the engagement between the locking claw 12 and the key operation hole 22 due to the lifting of the end can be prevented by inserting the end of the stopper 2 into the pocket 16.

Note that a thin portion 17 for attaching a tag for preventing theft is provided on the inner surface side of the rear wall of the main body 1. [Configuration of Stopper 2 ] The stopper 2 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 2, for a key operation, a plate-shaped main body 20 facing the peripheral wall surface 11a and a stopper plate 21 provided perpendicularly to the main body 20 and the locking claw 12 is inserted into the main body 20 are provided. A hole 22 and a shaft portion 23 rotatably inserted into the long hole 13 are provided.
When the lock 2 is in the inserted state (hereinafter referred to as “locking”), the position of the stopper plate 21 is set so as to block the upper end of the opening 10. Here, a retaining piece 24 is provided on the inner surface of the stopper plate 21 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, so that the stopper 2 is in contact with the lower surface of the end of the peripheral wall surface 11a when the stopper 2 is in the closed position. It is. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the engagement between the locking claw 12 and the key operation hole 22 from being released by raising the end of the stopper plate 21 side.

The stopper 2 is rotatably provided on the peripheral wall 11a of the main body 1 in such a manner that the shaft portion 23 is inserted into the long hole 13, but the stopper 2 cannot be removed from the main body 1. Or it may be removable. [Regarding Configuration of Dedicated Key 8 ] As shown in FIG. 2, the dedicated key 8 includes a gripper 81 for gripping by hand,
4 arranged on the lower edge of 1 so as to correspond to the four locking claws 12.
And two shaft portions 80. Here, the shaft 80
Is set such that the engagement between the vertical wall on the side of the reference numeral 12a of the locking claw 12 and the constituent wall of the key operation hole 22 of the stopper 2 can be released, and specifically, from the peripheral wall surface 11a. The vertical wall of the protruding locking claw 12 on the side of the reference numeral 12a is set to project from the peripheral wall surface 11a.

Therefore, when the shaft portion 80 is inserted to press the locking claws 12 located in the key operation holes 22 as shown in FIG. 6, all the locking claws 12 are simultaneously formed as shown in FIG. The stopper 2 can be rotated to bring the stopper 2 to the unlocked state. [When the holder SH of this soft storage case is used
Effect) Since the holder SH is configured as described above, the holder SH is not provided with the dedicated key 8 described above, and is not formed by a strong magnet which can be easily obtained as in the conventional case.
The soft storage case K cannot be taken out of the main body 1 in H. Therefore, by using the holder SH of the soft storage case of the present invention, theft of software can be effectively prevented. [Other Embodiments] The front portion of the main body 1 may be an open portion 10. In this case, the open portion 10 is provided by a stopper 21 provided on the side of the main body 20 of the stopper 2.
So as to block out.

In the above embodiment, the storage object is the CD software storage case. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the video software storage case or the so-called NES software storage case can be protected.

[0020]

Since the present invention has the above configuration, the following effects are obtained.

As is clear from the contents of the means for solving the problems, a holder for a software storage case that can effectively prevent theft of software can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a soft storage case is inserted and held in a holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a main body of the holder and a stopper, and a perspective view of a dedicated key.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the holder shown in FIG. 2 is viewed from the opposite side.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a stopper and a main body in a locked state.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the stopper and the main body in an unlocked state.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the stopper and the main body in a locked state.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the stopper and the main body when the stopper can be unlocked by a dedicated key.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a main part of a holder of a soft storage case according to the prior art.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a lock mechanism of a holder of a soft storage case according to the prior art is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Stopper 10 Open part 11 Wall 20 Main body 21 Stop plate 22 Key operation hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus comprising: a main body having an opening for allowing a soft storage case to be inserted and removed, and a main body having a stopper for blocking at least a part of the opening and preventing the case from being detached and facing the soft storage case; Wherein a stopper is rotatably provided on a wall surface of the main body, a locking claw is provided on the wall surface, and the locking claw is projected so as to be able to be pushed into the wall surface, and the stopper faces the wall surface. A key-operating hole for inserting a locking claw into the main body, wherein the locking claw is inserted into the key-operating hole. Wherein the stop plate is positioned so as to block at least a part of the opening. 2. The soft storage case holder according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of locking claws and key operation holes are provided. 3. The holder for a soft storage case according to claim 1, wherein the stopper is detachable from a wall surface of the main body. 4. The holder for a soft storage case according to claim 1, wherein the stopper is not removable from a wall surface of the main body.