U.S. patent application number 10/794817 was filed with the patent office on 2004-09-02 for compact disc organizing method and kit.
Invention is credited to Tegnelia, William JR..
Application Number | 20040169446 10/794817 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 21694682 |
Filed Date | 2004-09-02 |
United States Patent
Application |
20040169446 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tegnelia, William JR. |
September 2, 2004 |
Compact disc organizing method and kit
Abstract
A compact disc organizing kit apparatus includes a compact disc
case having means for attaching a compact disc therein and being
labeled as a compact disc organizing kit. A compact disc replica,
which may be made of paperboard or the like, has instructions for
using the compact disc organizing kit printed thereon and is
removably mounted in the compact disc case. A sheet having a
plurality of removable attachable polymer members each having
coating indicia thereon is located on the compact disc case for
easy removal and attaching to compact disc cases. The method
includes selecting a compact disc replica and printing instructions
for organizing a plurality of compact discs thereon and selecting a
compact disc case and removably attaching a compact disc replica
therein along with a selected set of cling polymer members having
coated indicia thereon. The method includes placing one of the
polymer pieces from the set on each of a plurality of disc cases so
that a plurality of compact discs are organized from an easily
stored disc organizing kit.
Inventors: |
Tegnelia, William JR.; (Port
Orange, FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
William M. Hobby, III
157 E. New England Avenue, #375
Winter Park
FL
32789
US
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Family ID: |
21694682 |
Appl. No.: |
10/794817 |
Filed: |
March 8, 2004 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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10794817 |
Mar 8, 2004 |
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10001161 |
Dec 4, 2001 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
312/9.48 ;
G9B/33.011; G9B/33.021 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G11B 33/0427 20130101;
G11B 33/0483 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/009.48 |
International
Class: |
A47B 081/06 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A compact disc organizing kit comprising: a compact disc case
having mounting means for mounting a disc therein and being labeled
to indicate a compact disc organizing kit; a compact disc replica
having instructions for using said compact disc organizing kit
printed thereon and being removably mounted in said compact disc
case on said mounting means; a sheet having a plurality of
removably attachable polymer members, each having coding indicia
thereon for attaching to a compact disc case, said sheet being
located in said compact disc case for easy removal of removably
attachable polymer members from said compact disc case; whereby a
disc organizing kit has removable instruction and coding pieces for
organizing a plurality of compact discs.
2. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 1 in
which said compact disc replica is made of a paperboard having
printing thereon and is shaped like a compact disc having a opening
in the center thereof.
3. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 2 in
which a plurality of removably attachable polymer members are color
coded using a colored polymer sheet.
4. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 3 in
which each of said plurality of removably attachable polymer
members is a cling plastic member for easy attachment and removal
of individual removably attachable polymer members.
5. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 4 in
which a plurality of said plurality of removably attachable polymer
members is a writing surface for custom marking a compact disc
case.
6. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 4 in
which a plurality of said plurality of removably attachable polymer
members have a round shape.
7. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 4 in
which a plurality of said plurality of removably attachable polymer
members have a generally square shape.
8. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim 1 in
which a plurality of said plurality of removably attachable polymer
members each has a transparent color background numeral overlaid
with at least one opaque numeral.
9. A method of organizing compact discs comprising the steps of:
selecting a set of cling polymers pieces, each piece having coded
indicia thereon; selecting a compact disc replica; printing
instruction for organizing a plurality of compact discs on said
selected compact disc replica; selecting a compact disc case having
means for holding a compact disc therein, and being labeled to
indicate the contents thereof; removably attaching said compact
disc replica onto said compact disc case mounting means; placing
said selected set of cling polymer pieces in said selected compact
disc case to form a compact disc organizing kit; placing one of
said cling polymer pieces from said set on each of a plurality of
disc cases to indicate the disc case of each disc placed in a disc
player; whereby a plurality of compact discs are organized from an
easily stored disc organizing kit.
10. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim 9
in which the step of placing one of said polymer pieces from said
set on each of a plurality of disc cases includes placing each
polymer piece having a number on a compact disc case corresponding
to the number that the compact disc removed from the case is placed
in a compact disc player tray whereby the compact disc player
located in a compact disc player can be easily replaced its
case.
11. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim 9
in which the step of selecting a set of cling polymers pieces
includes selecting a plurality of polymer pieces with each piece
having color and indicia codes.
12. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim
10 in which the step of selecting a set of cling polymers pieces
each having a blank writing surface thereon.
13. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim
11 in which the step of selecting a compact disc replica includes
selecting a paperboard compact disc replica.
14. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim
12 in which the step of selecting a compact disc replica includes
selecting a paperboard compact disc replica having a generally disc
shape having an opening in the center thereof.
15. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim
13 in which the step of selecting a plurality of said plurality of
removably attachable polymer members have a round shape.
16. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim
14 in which the step of selecting a plurality of said plurality of
removably attachable polymer members have a generally square
shape.
17. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim 9
in which the step of selecting a set of cling polymers pieces
includes selecting a plurality of cling polymer members having a
transparent color background numeral overlaid with at least one
opaque numeral.
Description
[0001] This application is a continuation of prior application,
Ser. No. 10/001,161, filed Dec. 4, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a compact disc organizing
kit and to a method of organizing compact discs.
[0003] In the past, it has been common to organize video and audio
discs, such as compact audio discs and DVD discs, in storage racks
especially made for storing compact discs. The Tisbo et al. U.S.
Pat. No. 5,393,135 has a storage rack made with support surfaces
and sized and positioned for sliding compact discs into the storage
rack. The Rose U.S. Pat. No. 1,609,294 is for a cabinet designed to
accommodate phonographic disc, records, or the like. The Bell U.S.
Pat. No. 1,688,224 is for a case for holding sound reproducing
records which can be identified and which has index card slips and
a number for each of the sorted records and allows for
identification of each record so that the records may be rearranged
and regrouped without the necessity of changing the labels. The
Assael U.S. Pat. No. 4,993,558 is a book and transcription file
system for coordinating books and companion audio transcription
cassettes. The Kuzara et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,607 is an
electronic librarian and filing system which includes an article
storage unit along with an article locator mechanism, an article
retriever mechanism, and an electronic control unit and is suitable
for storing individual CD's on edge in a successive side-by-side
location.
[0004] The present invention is directed towards an improved system
which allows a compact disc organizing kit to easily be stored with
the other compact disc cases with attached instructions readily
removable from the disc case and provides an easy way to identify
those discs that have been removed from the cases and loaded onto
the tray of a disc player, such as a CD or DVD player.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] A compact disc organizing kit apparatus includes a compact
disc case having means for attaching a compact disc therein and
being labeled as a compact disc organizing kit. A compact disc
replica, which may be made of paperboard or the like, has
instructions for using the compact disc organizing kit printed
thereon and is removably mounted in the compact disc case. A sheet
having a plurality of removable attachable polymer members each
having coating indicia thereon is located on the compact disc case
for easy removably attaching to compact disc cases. The method
includes selecting a compact disc replica and printing instructions
for organizing a plurality of compact discs thereon and selecting a
compact disc case and removably attaching a compact disc replica
therein along with a selected set of cling polymer members having
coated indicia thereon. The method includes placing one of the
polymer pieces from the set on each of a plurality of disc cases so
that a plurality of compact discs are organized from an easily
stored disc organizing kit.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006] Other objects, features, and advantages of the present
invention will be apparent from the written description and the
drawings in which:
[0007] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a compact disc organizing
kit in accordance with the present invention;
[0008] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the compact disc organizing
kit of a figure showing the components of the kit;
[0009] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the compact disc organizing
kit of FIG. 1 stored in a disc storage rack;
[0010] FIG. 4 is an elevation of one stick-on coating member for
use in the compact disc organizing kit of FIGS. 1 and 2;
[0011] FIG. 5 is an elevation of a second removably attaching
member for use in the organizing kit of FIGS. 1 and 2;
[0012] FIG. 6 is an elevation view of another removably attachable
coating member for use in the disc organizing kit of FIGS. 1 and 2;
and
[0013] FIG. 7 is yet another indicia color coated attaching piece
for use in the disc organizing kits of FIGS. 1 and 2.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0014] Referring to the drawings of FIGS. 1 through 7, a compact
disc organizing kit 10 has a compact disc case 11 having a top 12
hinged with hinge tabs 13 to a base 14. The compact disc case 11
top 12 also has protruding tabs 15 on either side thereof for
sliding sheet-like members thereunder. The base 14 includes a
raised edge portion 16 which allows the tabs 13 to be supported on
either end thereof for hinging the top 12 and also includes a
labeling edge 17 for identifying the contents of the disc case 11
which, as shown in FIG. 2, has indicia 18 identifying the kit as a
CD sorting and labeling kit. The base 14 of the disc case 11
includes a disc supporting portion 20 having arcuate sides 21 and a
disc supporting ring 22 in the middle thereof and is made for
holding a standard compact disc or DVD or the like in the case 11.
A compact disc replica 23 may be made of paperboard, plastic or any
material desired and has the instructions 24 printed on the surface
thereof. The disc replica 23 is disc shaped and has a center
opening 25 which can be placed on the compact disc supporting ring
22 to removably support the instruction disc replica 23 within the
compact disc case 11. The compact disc organizing kit also includes
a labeling sheet 26 having a series of square or rectangular
removable pieces 27 and a series of round removable identifying
pieces 28. The pieces 27 and 28 are either a cling plastic or have
an adhesive backing and are mounted on the sheet 30 and can be
individually removed or replaced as desired. The members 27 or 28
can be made of any material desired but, in a preferred embodiment,
a cling polymer sheet having the pieces 27 and 28 cut out lets the
pieces attach to a case without an adhesive. The pieces 27 and 28
can also be made of a paper or any other material and can have an
adhesive backing, such as a microencapsulated type adhesive which
allows repeated use.
[0015] The round labeling members 28 can be seen in FIG. 4 as
having indicia 31 thereon while the square or rectangular members
27 can be seen in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 as each having indica 32
thereon, such as the double numbers 00 and a color background
numeral. In FIG. 5 the color background number one is shown while
in FIG. 6, a different color numeral 34 is shown and in FIG. 7, yet
another color numeral 35 is shown. Thus, the labeling members shown
in FIGS. 5-7 have both indicia as well as color coding.
[0016] The compact disc as used in the present system can be stored
in a conventional compact disc storage rack 36 which holds a
plurality of compact discs 37 on a plurality of shelves 38 and
which also stores the present compact disc organizing kit 10 which
for easy identification has the preprinted labeling 18 on the end
17 thereof. This makes the compact disc organizing kit easy to
store, readily identifiable, and quickly removed to identify discs
being placed in a CD player.
[0017] In operation, the CD sorting label kit 10 can be removed
from the storage rack 36 and, as each compact disc 37 is removed
from the rack 36 to place on a CD player, it can have a label from
the sheet of labels 26 placed on the back of the now empty case
identifying the position in the compact disc or DVD player,
carousel or tray. That is, the disc placed in the first slot of a
compact disc player will have a "1" removed from the sheet 26 and
placed on the empty CD disc case, which is placed back in the rack.
Thus, replacing the disc in the first slot in the CD player merely
requires removing the compact disc, placing it back in the case
labeled "1", then removing the label "1" from the compact disc
case, and placing it on the disc case of the compact disc being
placed in the player slot 1. This also advantageously allows a
person to look at the rack 36 and quickly identify which compact
disc is in each slot by reading the back label on the disc case.
The disc case label 7 and 8 can be made of a cling plastic which
has been preprinted thereon and which clings to a plastic compact
disc case without the need to use adhesive. Also in addition to the
coated labels 27 and 28, blank labels can also be provided within
the sheet 26 which can be written onto to clearly identify or make
other notes on the discs or on the rack 36. Thus, the labels which
are color coated and marked with indicia 27 can be used to identify
an individual compact disc case from which a compact disc has been
removed while the round labels 28 having the indicia thereon can be
used to identify areas within the storage rack 36.
[0018] The process of the present invention includes the selecting
of a set of cling polymer pieces, each piece having coated indicia
thereon and the selecting of a compact disc replica and printing
the instructions for organizing a plurality of compact discs on the
selected compact disc replica. The process includes selecting a
compact disc case having means for holding a compact disc thereon
and labeled to indicate the contents thereof. The compact disc
replica having the instructions printed thereon is removably
attached to the mounting ring of the compact disc case and a sheet
or set of cling polymer pieces are placed in the compact disc case
to form a compact disc organizing kit. The method includes placing
one of the cling polymer pieces from the set onto a plurality of
disc cases identifying the slot that the compact disc from the case
had been placed within the compact disc player so that a plurality
of compact discs are organized with the disc organizing kit to
allow for the rapid identification of which compact disc is in
which slot within a compact disc player.
[0019] It should be clear at this time that a compact disc
organizing kit and the method of organizing a compact disc has been
provided which allows for the easy storage and use of the kit
making for easy identification and organization of a plurality of
discs. However, the present invention should not be construed as
limited to the forms shown which are to be considered illustrative
rather than restrictive.
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