Optical disc storing case

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a case, and more particularly to an optical disc storing case for containing an optical disc, such as: a digital videodisc (DVD) or a compact disk (CD).

2. Description of the Prior Arts

In addition to the numerousness of storage capacity, since the appearance is small, the optical disk has spread widely as a record carrier of various information. Conventionally, as a container, which store the optical disk, it is called a jewel box and the box-like closing motion type case made from a rigid plastic.

Such case has carbon button-like member that engages with the feedhole of an optical disk, and contains an optical disk by inserting the feedhole of an optical disk in the above-mentioned carbon button-like member. And when removing the optical disk from the case, by pushing the above-mentioned carbon button-like member, engagement of the feedhole of an optical disk is canceled and an optical disk is usually lifted up.

However, since the feedhole of an optical disk had fitted into the carbon button-like member exactly, the user has to lift the optical disc up by holding the periphery section of an optical disk and take it out of the case. In this case, the optical disk will curve in the impossible direction. Thus, the recording surface is damaged or there is a possibility of destroying the content of record in the optical disc.

The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional optical disc storing case.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an optical disc storing case in which an optical disc can be easily stored, and can be taken out easily, and the optical disc will not be curved or damaged.

In order to attain the above-mentioned object, a closing motion type optical disc storing case is provided in accordance with the present invention, wherein a pair of resilient tongue pieces are arranged inside the case in such a way that their extremity ends are confronted with each other. Protrusions arranged at each of the extremity ends are confronted with each other to form a column-like disk engaging means. Then, a pair of resilient tongue pieces are connected to a case bottom surface by ribs protruded at each of both sides thereof, and when the extremity ends of the resilient tongue pieces are pushed down, their rear ends are sprung up.

The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view in the condition of having opened the optical disk storing case in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 is the A-A line sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is the B-B line sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view in the condition of having opened the optical disk storing case of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view in the condition of having laid in order to contain an optical disk in a case;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view in the condition of having contained the optical disk;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view for explaining the condition of removing an optical disk.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to FIGS. 1-4, an optical disc storing case in accordance with the present invention is shown and the detail structure is explained as follows:

An optical disc storing case 1 in accordance with this invention is a closing motion type case made from plastic and includes a right cover 1a and a left cover 1b, which are formed successively through a tooth-back plate 1c. The right cover 1a and the left cover 1b are respectively formed in the shape of a square box, and a crevice 7 is formed on a side of the right cover 1a for insertion of a finger, so as to allow the user to open the disc storing case conveniently.

Moreover, a pair of resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 are arranged inside the optical disc storing case 1 in such a way that their extremity ends are confronted with each other. Protrusions 2a and 4a are arranged at each of the extremity ends and confronted with each other to form a column-like disk engaging means. Then, the resilient tongue pieces 2a and 4a are connected to the bottom surface of the right cover 1a by means of ribs 3a, 3b, 5a and 5b which are protruded at both sides of the resilient tongue pieces 2a and 4a. The ribs 3a, 3b, 5a and 5b act as supporting point of the resilient tongue pieces, so that when the extremity ends of the resilient tongue piece are pushed down, their rear ends will be sprung up. On the upper rim of the protrusions 2a and 4a are formed with protrusive swelling edge 2b and 4b. Furthermore, a ring-shaped protruding line 6 is integrally formed on the periphery section of the inner surface of the right cover 1a, which is used to support the periphery section of an optical disc. A couple of notches 8 and 8 are formed two upper and lower sides of the protruding line 6, via which, the user can lift up the optical disc with finger.

Referring to FIGS. 5-7, which explain how the optical disc is put into and taken out of the optical disc storing case 1 as follows:

When putting an optical disk 10 in the optical disc storing case 1, the user should align a feed-hole 10a of the optical disk 10 to the column-like disc engaging means formed by the protrusion 2a and 4a (as shown in FIG. 5) and then depresses the portion near the feed-hole 10a of the optical disk 10 with a finger. By this depression, the protrusive swelling edges 2b and 4b of the protrusions 2a and 4a of resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 will be sprung up and pass through the feed-hole 10a and then to be locked with the surface of the optical disk 10 around the feed-hole 10a. At this moment, the protrusions 2a and 4a will be pushed by the elasticity of resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 and closely abut against the inner circumference of feedhole 10a. Meanwhile, the periphery section of the optical disk 10 is supported by the ring-like protruding line 6. Through this way, the optical disk 10 is firmly positioned in the optical storing case 1 (as shown in FIG. 6).

When removing the optical disk 10 from the optical storing case 1, the user can depress the protrusions 2a and 4a of the resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 from the top (the direction of arrow-head A of FIG. 7) so as to make the protrusion 2a and 4a approach mutually. At this moment, an outer diameter of cylinder protrusion of the combination of the protrusions 2a and 4a is reduced, which accordingly leads to a disengagement of the protrusions 2a and 4a from the feedhole 10a of the optical disc 10. As mentioned above that the ribs 3a, 3b, 5a and 5b are used as supporting point, thus the opposite end section of the resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 will raise up respectively if protrusions 2a and 4a are pushed downward by the user, and synchronously a side the optical disk 10 will be pushed upwards by the opposite end section of the resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 (the direction of arrow-head B of FIG. 7). Since the protrusions 2a and 4a disengaged from the feed-hole 10a and the optical disk 10 are raised upward by the opposite end section of the resilient tongue pieces 2 and 4 (refer to FIG. 7), the user is able to take the optical disc 10 out easily by inserting fingertip into the above-mentioned notches 8 and 8 on ring-like protruding line 6.

While we have shown and described various embodiments in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.