US20040129586A1 - Case-holders - Google Patents

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US20040129586A1
US20040129586A1 US10/337,173 US33717303A US2004129586A1 US 20040129586 A1 US20040129586 A1 US 20040129586A1 US 33717303 A US33717303 A US 33717303A US 2004129586 A1 US2004129586 A1 US 2004129586A1
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Priority to EP01305532A priority patent/EP1176596A1/fr
Priority to GB0115592A priority patent/GB2363981B/en
Priority to CA002415898A priority patent/CA2415898A1/fr
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/023—Containers for magazines or cassettes
    • G11B23/0236—Containers for several cassettes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0411—Single disc boxes
    • G11B33/0416—Single disc boxes for disc cartridges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0433—Multiple disc containers
    • G11B33/0438—Multiple disc containers for disc cartridges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0433—Multiple disc containers
    • G11B33/0455—Multiple disc containers for single disc boxes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0461—Disc storage racks
    • G11B33/0466—Disc storage racks for disc cartridges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0461—Disc storage racks
    • G11B33/0483—Disc storage racks for single disc boxes

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  • This invention relates to case-holders, and particularly, though not exclusively to holders for the cases of CDs (compact disks), DVDs (digital versatile disks), Mini-Discs, audio tapes and video tapes.
  • a case-holder comprises means for defining a backing member against which the case is to be retained in a mutually-abutting relationship, and a pair of opposed lugs upstanding from said member, the lugs being spaced apart from one another for receiving the case between them, and wherein the lugs have resilience so as to abut opposite edges of the received case tightly for retaining it between them on the member.
  • the means defining the backing member may be configured to allow rocking of the case on the backing member while it remains abutted by the lugs, such as to facilitate freeing of the case from the holder.
  • the means defining the backing member may be of a generally-bowed configuration with a substantially flat central-region for abutment by the back of the case.
  • the means defining the backing member may have the form of a central spine with one or more legs extending in each of opposite lateral directions from it, and in this event the legs may be of wave-configuration for abutment by the back of the case.
  • One or both of the lugs of the pair may be of hook form for engagement with a projecting rim of the case, and one or more further pairs of lugs may be provided for resilient abutment with the case.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first case-holder according to the present invention
  • FIGS. 2 is a side elevation of the case-holder of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are, respectively, a perspective view, a side elevation, and an end elevation of the case-holder of FIG. 1 when in use holding a case;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second case-holder according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are, respectively, a perspective view and a side elevation of the case-holder of FIG. 6 when in use holding a case;
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a third case-holder according to the present invention.
  • Each of the case-holders to be described with reference to the drawings is for use in retaining the transparent-plastics case of a CD or DVD in place, in storage or otherwise. More particularly, it is for holding the case for display face-on, that is to say to present it with its front-face or lid, and therefore the card-insert within the transparent lid, in full view.
  • This allows the benefit of display of the wording and main artwork of the card-insert to be realised while the case is being retained, for example while mounted on a wall or other structure.
  • the presentation of the retained case face-on in this way is distinct from the usual way of retention in which the case is held edge-on so that it is the limited wording and artwork of the spine-insert alone that can be seen.
  • the first case-holder is in the form of a plastics or metal plate 1 having a pair of upstanding lugs 2 that oppose one another from either side across the upper surface 3 of the plate 1 .
  • the plate 1 is of a generally-bowed configuration giving the surface 3 sloped regions 4 that run upwardly from the individual lugs 2 into a flat, central region 5 that has a small up-turned lip 6 front and back.
  • the lugs 2 have inwardly-turned ends 7 , and although inclined slightly inwardly towards one another have resilience to enable them to be flexed to a small extent outwardly from this rest attitude.
  • the plate 1 which may be mounted, for example, on a wall or other vertical support structure, is used to hold a CD or DVD case as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5 .
  • the rectangular CD or DVD case 10 is inserted between the lugs 2 with its back-face 11 abutting the central region 5 and its longer, side edges 12 just within the up-turned lips 6 .
  • the lugs 2 bear hard on the front, lid-opening edge 13 and spine 14 of the case 10 so as to retain the case 10 tightly within the holder with its front-face or lid 15 in full view.
  • the inwardly-turned ends 7 of the lug 2 that bears on the edge 13 clips over the projecting rim 16 of the back-face 11 , to ensure retention.
  • the lips 6 restrain the case 10 from sliding out laterally from between the pair of retaining lugs 2 , and in this condition the lid 15 can be freely opened and closed and the CD or DVD within removed and replaced as desired.
  • the case 10 can be replaced in the holder simply by urging its back-face 11 onto the lugs 2 so as cause them to flex outwardly until the face 11 is admitted to abut the region 5 .
  • case-holder described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 involves just one pair of opposed lugs 2 , more than one pair may be provided to engage the case. This is illustrated by the second case-holder to be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 .
  • the case-holder 21 in this instance has a central spine 22 with two legs 23 which each terminate in a hook-lug 24 , extending laterally in opposite directions from it. Three further legs 25 which terminate in plain lugs 26 , also extend laterally from the spine 22 , two in one direction and one in the other.
  • the spine 22 itself is terminated at opposite ends in a hook-lug 27 and a plain lug 28 .
  • the spine 22 is flat but the legs 23 and 25 have a wave-contour such that a case 30 retained resiliently between the lugs 24 , 26 , 27 and 28 , rests on the crests of the contour (see especially FIG. 8).
  • the hook-lugs 24 and 27 engage over the peripheral rim 31 of the case 30 to enhance retention. Rocking the case 30 on the crests of the legs 23 and 25 enables it to be freed from retention.
  • FIG. 9 A case-holder having just two legs on a central spine is illustrated in FIG. 9.
  • the case-holder 40 in this example has a single leg 41 terminating in a hook-lug 42 , and a single leg 43 terminating in a plain lug 44 .
  • the two legs 41 and 43 are of wave-contour and extend in opposite directions from a flat spine 45 that terminates at one end only, in a plain lug 46 .

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GBGB0015600.0A GB0015600D0 (en) 2000-06-27 2000-06-27 Case-holders
EP01305532A EP1176596A1 (fr) 2000-06-27 2001-06-26 Support de boítier
GB0115592A GB2363981B (en) 2000-06-27 2001-06-26 Assemblies of Case-holder and Case
CA002415898A CA2415898A1 (fr) 2000-06-27 2003-01-02 Porte-boitiers
US10/337,173 US20040129586A1 (en) 2000-06-27 2003-01-06 Case-holders

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GBGB0015600.0A GB0015600D0 (en) 2000-06-27 2000-06-27 Case-holders
GB0115592A GB2363981B (en) 2000-06-27 2001-06-26 Assemblies of Case-holder and Case
CA002415898A CA2415898A1 (fr) 2000-06-27 2003-01-02 Porte-boitiers
US10/337,173 US20040129586A1 (en) 2000-06-27 2003-01-06 Case-holders

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