Patent ID: 6675963
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination, a media storage container having a lid hingedly connected to a base and moveable between open and closed positions; the base and lid adapted to surround a disc-shaped item of recorded media when the lid is closed; the base supporting a disc-retaining hub, a disc-shaped item of recorded media disposed on the disc-retaining hub, and a disc locking device that locks the disc-shaped item of recorded media on the disc-retaining hub;the disc-retaining hub holding the disc-shaped item of recorded media on the hub in a manner that allows the disc-shaped item of recorded media to be removed from the disc-retaining hub and replaced on the disc-retaining hub; the disc-retaining hub including an outer wall that engages the disc-shaped item of recorded media to retain the disc-shaped item of recorded media on the disc-retaining hub; the hub including a protrusion adapted to be positioned above the disc-shaped item of recorded media when the disc-shaped item of recorded media is retained on the disc-retaining hub; the disc locking device including a locking device base disposed under the disc-retaining hub and a locking device head configured to lock to the locking device base; and the disc locking device cooperating with the disc-retaining hub to prevent the disc-shaped item of recorded media from being removed from the disc-retaining hub when the locking device base is locked to the locking device head.