Patent ID: 6209719
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A storage box for mass information carriers, comprising a box part, at least one drawer part, the or each drawer part, being arranged for receiving the mass information carrier and being slidably receivable, via a drawer opening, in the box part, a spring means associated with the or each drawer part being arranged for pressing the relevant drawer part into an at least partially opened position, a locking means associated with the or each drawer part being arranged for holding the relevant drawer part in a closed position against the action of the spring means; the box part, the drawer part, the spring means and the locking means all being manufactured in an injection molding process, at least partly from synthetic material, the box part being manufactured from at least one molded part, the drawer part being manufactured from one molded part, the spring means and the locking means forming an integral part of one or more of said parts and hence being formed integrally with said molded parts during the injection molding process, the locking means forming an integral part of both the molded part comprising the drawer part and the at least one molded part comprising the box part characterized in that the locking means comprise at least one locking assembly, each locking assembly comprising a locking projection, an unlocking projection, a release projection, a spring lever, a first projection, a second projection, and a retaining projection, the locking projection, the unlocking projection and the release projection forming a part of the at least one molded part comprising the box part, the first projection and the second projection being connected to a free end of the spring lever, said spring lever together with the retaining projection forming part of the molded part comprising the drawer part, the first projection being arranged for cooperating with the locking projection and the unlocking projection, the second projection being arranged for cooperating with the release projection and the retaining projection, in a closed position, the first projection being caught behind the locking projection, wherein for opening the drawer part the spring lever being pressed into an oblique position in that the first projection, strikes the unlocking projection, the second projection thereby catching behind the retaining projection enabling the first projection, in the slide open movement of the drawer part to pass the locking projection, the second projection striking the release projection after the first projection has passed the locking projection causing the second projection to be pressed from the retaining projection and allowing the spring lever to resume its original position.