U.S. patent application number 10/863336 was filed with the patent office on 2005-12-15 for optical disk container with writing tool holding device.
Invention is credited to Lin, Tien-Lai.
Application Number | 20050274632 10/863336 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35459366 |
Filed Date | 2005-12-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050274632 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lin, Tien-Lai |
December 15, 2005 |
Optical disk container with writing tool holding device
Abstract
An optical disk container with writing tool holding device
mainly includes a base having a stem upward extended from a central
thereof, and a writing tool holding device having a central through
hole, through which the stem of the base is extended to hold the
writing tool holding device to the base. The writing tool holding
device is provided at one side with at least one receiving section,
in each of which a writing tool is received.
Inventors: |
Lin, Tien-Lai; (Taipei,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH
PO BOX 747
FALLS CHURCH
VA
22040-0747
US
|
Family ID: |
35459366 |
Appl. No.: |
10/863336 |
Filed: |
June 9, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/216 ;
206/232; 206/308.1; 211/40; 211/41.12; G9B/33.015 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G11B 33/045
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/216 ;
206/232; 206/308.1; 211/041.12; 211/040 |
International
Class: |
B65D 085/57 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. An optical disk container with writing tool holding device,
comprising a base having a stem upward extended from a center of
said base, and a writing tool holding device having a central
through hole and adapted to locate in said optical disk container
above said base with said stem of said base extended through said
central through hole; and said writing tool holding device being
provided at one side with at least one receiving section for each
receiving a writing tool therein.
2. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one receiving section is
provided at an outer edge with at least one retaining bracket.
3. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one receiving section is
an open-topped recess.
4. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 3, wherein said at least one receiving section is
provided at an outer edge with at least one inward projected
retaining lug.
5. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 3, further comprising a cap for attaching to a top
of said writing tool holding device.
6. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 4, further comprising a cap for attaching to a top
of said writing tool holding device.
7. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 3, wherein said writing tool holding device is
provided along an outer periphery with at least one clamping means
for clamping a cap to a top of said writing tool holding
device.
8. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 4, wherein said writing tool holding device is
provided along an outer periphery with at least one clamping means
for clamping a cap to a top of said writing tool holding
device.
9. The optical disk container with writing tool holding device as
claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cover adapted to fitly
close onto said base.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an optical disk container
with writing tool holding device, and more particularly to an
optical disk container that allows not only storage of optical
disks therein but also holding of a writing tool, so that the
writing tool may be conveniently held in the optical disk container
and quickly accessed for marking an optical disk.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] An optical disk is a currently widely employed recording
medium for storing digitalized data of music, software, images,
etc., and may include audio or music compact disk (CD), video
compact disk (VCD), and digital versatile disk (DVD). For
simplicity, the phrase "optical disk" will be used throughout this
document to generally refer to CD, VCD, and DVD at the same time.
Generally speaking, when an optical disk is not in use, it must be
properly stored in a container to avoid contamination that would
possibly result in failure of reading of the optical disk by a
computer.
[0003] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional
optical disk container 10 that mainly includes a base 11 and a
cover 12. The base 11 is substantially in the form of a round plate
and has a stem 110 upward projected from a center of the base
11.
[0004] A plurality of optical disks 20, each of which typically
includes a central hole 210, may be sequentially stacked on the
base 11 with the stem 110 of the base 11 upward extended through
the central holes 210 of the optical disks 20. The cover 12 is
substantially a hollow cylindrical member adapted to fitly close
onto the base 11. The cover 12 and the base 11 may be firmly
connected with one another through engagement of radially outward
extended retaining plates 120 provided along a lower rim of the
cover 12 with a plurality of catches 111 provided along a
peripheral edge of the base 11.
[0005] Most conventional optical disk containers, such as that
disclosed in Taiwanese Patent Publication No. 529605 and that
described with reference to FIG. 1, provide only one single
function of storing optical disks therein. On the other hand, it is
often necessary to mark some information on a surface of the
optical disk to conveniently identify the optical disk in the
future. However, the conventional optical disk containers do not
include any means for holding a writing tool, with which a user may
quickly make any necessary mark on the optical disk, and therefore
fail to satisfy general consumers' need in this aspect. It is
therefore desirable to develop an improved optical disk container
that can overcome the drawback existed in the conventional optical
disk containers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] A primary object of the present invention is to provide an
optical disk container with writing tool holding device, so that
the optical disk container could store not only optical disks but
also a writing tool for marking the optical disks conveniently.
[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
writing tool holding structure for use in an optical disk
container, so that a writing tool could always be conveniently held
in the optical disk container without being arbitrarily positioned
here and there.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] The structure and the technical means adopted by the present
invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best
understood by referring to the following detailed description of
the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings,
wherein
[0009] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional
optical disk container;
[0010] FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of an optical disk
container according to a preferred embodiment of the present
invention;
[0011] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the optical disk
container of FIG. 2 with a writing tool holding device according to
a first preferred embodiment thereof;
[0012] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the optical disk
container of FIG. 2 with a writing tool holding device according to
a second preferred embodiment thereof;
[0013] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the optical disk
container of FIG. 2 with a writing tool holding device according to
a third preferred embodiment thereof;
[0014] FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the optical disk
container of FIG. 2 with a writing tool holding device according to
a fourth preferred embodiment thereof;
[0015] FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the optical disk
container of FIG. 2 with a writing tool holding device according to
a fifth preferred embodiment thereof; and
[0016] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the optical disk
container of FIG. 2 with a writing tool holding device according to
a sixth preferred embodiment thereof.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0017] Please refer to FIGS. 2 and 3, in which an optical disk
container with writing tool holding device according to a preferred
embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown, the optical
disk container, which is generally denoted with a reference numeral
of 3, includes at least a base 31, a cover 32, and a writing tool
holding device 33. The base 31 is provided at a center with an
upward projected stem 310. An optical disk 4 provided with a
central hole 41 may be safely positioned on the base 31 with the
stem 310 of the base 31 extended through the central hole 41 of the
optical disk 4.
[0018] The writing tool holding device 33 is designed for holding
one or more s 5 in the optical disk container 3, and provided at a
center with a through hole 331, via which the stem 310 of the base
31 may be extended. The writing tool holding device 33 is also
provided at one side with at least one receiving section 332 for
receiving one writing tool 5 therein. In a feasible embodiment of
the present invention, each of the at least one receiving section
332 is provided at an outer edge at a predetermined position with
at least one upward projected retaining bracket 3321, as shown in
FIGS. 3 and 4, or at least one inward projected retaining lug 3322,
as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. With the at least one retaining bracket
3321 or the at least one retaining lug 3322, the writing tool 5 may
be stably held in the at least one receiving section 332. In
another feasible embodiment of the present invention, the at least
one receiving section 332 is in the form of an open-topped recess,
as shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7. The present invention may further
includes a cap 6 (not shown in FIGS. 3 to 7) to locate above the
writing tool holding device 33, so that the at least one writing
tool 5 is not only protected against dust but also undesired
separation from the at least one receiving section 332 due to any
excessive vibration of the optical disk container 3. In a further
feasible embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 8,
the writing tool holding device 33 is provided along an outer
periphery with at least one clamping means 3323 for firmly clamping
the above-mentioned cap 6 to a top of the writing tool holding
device 33.
[0019] The cover 32 is adapted to fitly close onto the base 31. As
can be clearly seen from the illustrated figures, the cover 32 is
provided along a lower rim with a plurality of radially outward
extended retaining plates 321, and the base 31 is correspondingly
provided along a circumferential edge with a plurality of upward
extended catches 311. The cover 32 may be firmly held to a top of
the base 31 simply by engaging the retaining plates 321 with the
catches 311.
[0020] The present invention has been described with some preferred
embodiments thereof and it is understood that many changes and
modifications in the described embodiments can be carried out
without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention.
For example, the cap 6 may be attached to the top of the writing
tool holding device 33 using adhesive means; or, the writing tool
holding device 33 may have either the side provided with the at
least one receiving section 332 or the opposite side without the
receiving section 332 faced toward the base 31. Any equivalent
function or effect generated from such changes and modifications
shall be included in the scope of the present invention that is to
be limited only by the appended claims.
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