Patent ID: 7249724
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for destroying a shatterable planar object, the apparatus comprising: (a) a base comprising a bottom panel and a plurality of base walls projecting upwardly from each of said bottom panel edges, said base comprising a mounting fixture capable of holding the shatterable planar object, said base further comprising an anvil projecting upwardly from said bottom panel; (b) a cover comprising a top panel and a plurality of walls projecting downwardly from said top panel edge, said cover hingedly attached to one of said base walls such that said cover is capable of assuming an open position in which the apparatus interior is accessible from the apparatus exterior and a closed position in which the apparatus interior is inaccessible from the apparatus exterior, said cover further comprising at least one scatter shield projecting downwardly from said top panel such that, in the closed position, the at least one scatter shield prevents the apparatus interior contents from escaping to the apparatus exterior, said cover further comprising a compressor projecting downwardly from said top panel, whereby mounting a shatterable planar object in said mounting fixture and urging said cover from the open position to the closed position induces said compressor to urge said object against said anvil to shatter said object.