Patent ID: 7444651
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A casing for an optical disk player, comprising: a body for housing a disk playing mechanism, and the body defining a cavity therein at one side thereof; a top lid which is closable downward to a closed position for covering at least part of the body, and which is openable upward to an open position for loading or unloading an optical disk, and the top lid comprising a main panel and a pair of flanges extending from opposite sides of the main panel, and the main panel of the top lid having an interior surface and a supporting plate extending from the interior surface for being received in the cavity when the top lid is in the closed position; a pair of pivot pins provided on opposite sides of the body, and a pair of pivot holes defined in corresponding opposite sides of the top lid, and one of the pivot pins extending into the cavity; and a resilient member interposed between the body and the top lid, for resiliently loading the top lid in a direction toward its open position; wherein, the pivot pins are movably received in the pivot holes, and one of the flanges defining one of the pivot holes.