초록 ▼

A retainer for holding and protecting an optical disk is molded from plastic, to form a thin, flat, rectangular base member having a shallow rectangular cavity in the front surface thereof. A shallow circular cavity is centrally located within the rectangular cavity. The disk is resiliently held wit

A retainer for holding and protecting an optical disk is molded from plastic, to form a thin, flat, rectangular base member having a shallow rectangular cavity in the front surface thereof. A shallow circular cavity is centrally located within the rectangular cavity. The disk is resiliently held within the circular cavity, and can be removed by finger lifting. The retainer\s top edge includes a hook recessed into its flat top edge. This hook allows the retainer to be vertically hung from, and perpendicular to, a horizontal storage rod. The retainer includes short, spaced posts located within the top portion of the rectangular cavity. A flat storage envelope mounts on these posts, to overlay the disk\s exposed surface. The two external, vertically extending side walls of the base each include a flat, protruding, label surface located at the center of the side wall. Two flat box shaped containers are provided. One container holds a single retainer. Another container holds two disk retainers, or in the alternative a single retainer, a dummy retainer and relatively thick material auxiliary to use of the disk. When a retainer is mounted in a container, its hook is concealed, but the retainer\s label surfaces protrude through openings provided in the container.

대표청구항 ▼

A retainer for holding and protecting a thin, flat disk, comprising: a flat, relatively thin, rectangular shaped base member having top, bottom and side edges, a long axis which extends between said top and bottom edges, a shorter axis which extends perpendicular to said long axis, and a flat planar

A retainer for holding and protecting a thin, flat disk, comprising: a flat, relatively thin, rectangular shaped base member having top, bottom and side edges, a long axis which extends between said top and bottom edges, a shorter axis which extends perpendicular to said long axis, and a flat planar surface which is bounded by a top wall which is spaced from and parallel to the top edge of said base member, a bottom wall which is parallel to said top wall and is contiguous with the bottom edge of said base member, and two opposite side walls which connect to said top and bottom walls and are contiguous with the side edges of said base member, said walls being of generally equal height and defining a shallow rectangular cavity having a flat floor and first and second diagonal axes, a portion of said base member being located between said top wall and said top edge of said base member, hook means formed as a recess into said portion of said base member which is between said top wall and the top edge of said base member, said hook means enabling said base member to be hung from its top edge, with the floor of said rectangular cavity generally vertical, a shallow, circular cavity formed generally in the center of the floor of said rectangular cavity, said circular cavity having a flat floor which is generally parallel to the floor of said rectangular cavity, said circular cavity being slightly greater in diameter than the disk, and said circular cavity being of a depth such that when the disk is positioned in said circular cavity the exposed surface of the disk is located a short distance below the floor of said rectangular cavity, the long axis spacing between said top and bottom walls being greater than the diameter of the disk, the shorter axis spacing of a major portion of said side walls being less than the diameter of the disk, and each of said side walls including a centrally located offset wall portion, said offset wall portions being spaced apart a greater distance so as to accommodate the external circumference of the disk within the wall, said offset wall portions having flat external wall surfaces which are parallel to each other, and disk identification indicia contained on at least one of said external wall surfaces.