Abstract:
A portable, confinable, containment device with a displayable backboard  10  having the ability to be secured by means of a chain or a cable  27  to any solid and stable structure containing within itself any audio playing machine such as a portable compact disc player  17  enabling one to manually adjust and change settings of said audio playing machine while listening to audio sound by use of headphones  18  or audio speakers. In conjunction with said portable, confinable, containment device not allowing one to retract said audio playing machine or its components from said portable, confinable, containment device which has the ability to confine and contain said audio playing machine securely within itself by the use of a locking device  23  and  24.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
       [0001]    This Application claims the benefit of Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/480,555 filed Jun. 19, 2003 by the present inventor 
     
    
     
       FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH  
         [0002]    Not Applicable  
         SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM  
         [0003]    Not Applicable  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION—FIELD OF INVENTION  
         [0004]    This invention relates to portable listening display stations, specifically to secure portable CD players within such portable listening display stations using a locking device and a cable or chain to lock and secure the whole station to any solid and stable structure.  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0005]    Independent music producers have a hard time promoting their music to the public. Acquiring airplay from radio stations or obtaining the ability to sell music through retail music stores is extremely difficult. However a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station enables one to promote one&#39;s music anywhere one wants or is able to.  
           [0006]    Stores that sell audio music to the public such as compact discs that are commonly referred to as CD&#39;s do have Listening Display Stations.  
           [0007]    a) These Listening Display Stations are extremely expensive.  
           [0008]    b) Some are only Listening Stations  
           [0009]    c) Some display only the name of the CD&#39;s that one is allowed to listen to.  
           [0010]    d) None of these Listening Display Stations are portable.  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION—OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES  
         [0011]    Of the Portable Lock-down Listening Display Station, here are some objects and advantages. Here, the Portable Lock-down Listening Display Station will be referred to as the unit.  
           [0012]    a) The unit can be manufactured inexpensively. Therefore is affordable to the public. Accordingly, Independent Music Producers and Artists may obtain one for less than two hundred dollars at the present time. Also, smaller music stores or stores referred to as “Mom &amp; Pop” stores who normally could not afford the outrageous expensive Listening Display Station (that the big corporate music stores have), could easily afford this unit.  
           [0013]    b) The unit is lightweight and portable, and therefore has a great advantage. It may be used in a number of different ways to promote and sell music.  
           [0014]    c) a very important reason. It utilizes the ability to lock within itself a portable CD player. It also has the ability to be locked and secured to any stable structure, thus affording security from theft or vandalism.  
           [0015]    d) Also provided are security cables for headphones keeping them safe and protected.  
           [0016]    e) A promotional backboard being part of the unit gives the owner the ability to use any type of promotion desired. Be it a poster, sleeves from a CD case, pictures, or any type of advertisement. These illustrations will give the listener an idea of what he or she is listening to.  
           [0017]    The Portable Lock-down Listening Display Station gives an opportunity and provides a means for the Independent Music Producer and Artist to get their music heard without the help of a radio station and sold without the help of a record store.  
         SUMMARY  
         [0018]    The invention, a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station that locks and secures not only a portable CD player within it, but also, the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station itself, can be locked and secured to any solid and stable structure. Accordingly the invention is intended to provide a means for any person to promote music or anything else that can be played and listened to by using a CD player, with the comfort of knowing that their CD player and headphones are safe and secure. 
       
    
    
     DRAWINGS—FIGURES  
       [0019]    [0019]FIG. 1 is a perspective frontal view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the front of the unit from top to bottom.  
         [0020]    [0020]FIG. 2 is a perspective front angled view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station unlocked and opened without a portable CD player or headphones.  
         [0021]    [0021]FIG. 3 is a perspective front angled view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station unlocked and opened showing portable CD player and headphones in their proper position.  
         [0022]    [0022]FIG. 4 is a perspective backside angled view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station showing lock &amp; key, lock-down cable, chain hole, and power cord.  
         [0023]    [0023]FIG. 5 is a perspective close up view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station unlocked and opened showing internal structure.  
     
    
     DRAWINGS—REFERENCE NUMERALS  
       [0024]    [0024] 10  display board  
         [0025]    [0025] 11  hanging posts (for headphones)  
         [0026]    [0026] 12  hole for chain  
         [0027]    [0027] 13  cutout window (for CD player  17 )  
         [0028]    [0028] 14  hinge  
         [0029]    [0029] 15  cover lid  
         [0030]    [0030] 16  protective cables (for headphones  18 )  
         [0031]    [0031] 17  CD player  
         [0032]    [0032] 18  headphones  
         [0033]    [0033] 19  base container  
         [0034]    [0034] 20  holes (for cables  16  and headphone cords)  
         [0035]    [0035] 21  mount (for CD player  17 )  
         [0036]    [0036] 22  velcro  
         [0037]    [0037] 23  lock &amp; key  
         [0038]    [0038] 24  catch (for lock  23 )  
         [0039]    [0039] 25  hole (for power cord  28 )  
         [0040]    [0040] 26  hole (for lock-down cable  27 )  
         [0041]    [0041] 27  lock-down cable  
         [0042]    [0042] 28  power cord  
         [0043]    [0043] 29  bolts (connecting display board  10  to base container  19 )  
         [0044]    [0044] 30  bolts (connecting cover lid  15 , hinge  14  and base container  19 )  
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION  
       [0045]    [0045]FIG. 1 is a perspective frontal view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station constructed in accordance with the invention. The upper back portion referred to as the display board  10  is the display part of the unit. The whole area of the display board  10  is used for promotion with two hanging posts  11  for headphones  18  which are mounted on top left and right corners of the display board  10 .  12  is a hole sized that one may install a chain to lock-down and secure the whole unit to any solid and stable structure.  13  is the custom made cutout window to be shaped and to fit many different types of portable CD players. 14  is a hinge or hinges or any other means of attaching  15  called in this description the cover lid to  19  referred to as the base container.  16  refers to two durable cables that attach to the base container  19  through holes  20  not shown in FIG. 1, but shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and  5 . The cables  16  are attached also to headphones  18 . The cables  16  are sized to be some what shorter than the headphone cords so as to protect headphone cords from pulling, yanking or theft. 17  is a portable CD player shown through cutout window  13  safely locked inside the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station.  
         [0046]    [0046]FIG. 2 is a perspective front angled view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station unlocked and opened without a portable CD player  17  or headphones  18 . In this figure the cover lid  15  is shown swung all the way open exposing the internal structure of the unit. A hinge  14  attaches the cover lid  15  and the base container  19  together enabling the cover lid  15  to swing open or closed. In this illustration bolts  30  are shown to be used to attach cover lid  15 , hinge  14  and base container  19  together. Positioned are the holes  20  to attach cables  16 . Cables  16  are not shown in FIG. 2 but are shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and  5 . An inside view of custom made cutout window is shown as  13 . A mount shown as  21  is attached to the base container  19  using four bolts. A CD player  17  not shown in this figure sits on top of mount  21  and is stabilized using Velcro  22 . The inner part of the lock  23  corresponds with the catch  24 . When the cover lid is closed, a key to be shown in FIG. 4 is turned to lock  23  the lock to the catch  24  securing the cover lid  15  to the base container  19  preventing the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station to be opened.  
         [0047]    [0047]FIG. 3 is a perspective front angled view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station unlocked and opened with a portable CD player  17  and headphones  18  in there proper position. All details in this figure are the same as FIG. 1 and  2 . This figure is to show how a portable CD player  17  fits inside the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station.  
         [0048]    [0048]FIG. 4 is a perspective backside angled view of a Portable Lock-down Listening Display Station showing lock and key  23 , lock-down cable  27 , chain holes  12 , and power cord  28 . The lock and key  23  are shown in this figure on the backside of the unit. The lock  23  is connected to the unit bolted from the inside of the base container  19  through the outside of the display board  10 . The key  23  can be removed after the unit is locked preventing it from being opened. A hole  26  is used to attach the lock-down cable  27  which can be locked-down to any solid and stable structure, keeping the unit safe from theft. A hole  25  is for power cord  28 .  29  illustrates the areas where bolts are used to attach the display board  10  to the base container  19 .  
         [0049]    [0049]FIG. 5 is a perspective close-up view of a Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station, unlocked and open showing the internal structure. This figure is to show a more detailed view of how the lock  23  and catch  24  correspond.  
         [0050]    Operation  
         [0051]    In operation one uses the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station to promote anything that can be played and listened to by a portable compact disc player and headphones.  
         [0052]    (1) Installation is simple, with the unit unlocked and the cover lid  15  swung open, one places desired CD player  17  on top of the mount  21  using Velcro  22 . The Velcro  22  is attached to the mount  21  and to the back of the CD player  17 .  
         [0053]    (2) After placing the CD player  17  on top of the mount  21  the headphone cords, part of  18  are inserted into the base container  19  through holes  20  on either side. After the headphone cords have been inserted, one simply connects them into their proper place on the CD player  17 . (Most CD players come with one set of headphones, if one desires to use two sets; one will need to purchase an adapter that will splice them together).  
         [0054]    (3) At this point the protective cables  16  are attached to the headphones  18  illustrated on FIGS. 2 and 3 using crimping beads for cable. The headphone cords may be bound to the protective cables  16  using tape or any other desired means. (In FIGS. 1 and 3 a plastic covering is used). At this point headphones  18  may be hung safely from the hanging posts  11 .  
         [0055]    (4) The power cord  28  for the CD player  17  is inserted through a hole  25  located on the back of the unit. It is then plugged into the power input of the CD player  17  (See FIG. 4).  
         [0056]    (5) At this point cover lid  15  may be closed and locked by turning a key that corresponds with a lock  23  on the back of the unit shown on FIG. 4. This lock  23  is then locked to the catch  24  which is connected to the inside of the cover lid  15  keeping the CD player  17  firmly inside the unit safe and secure from theft.  
         [0057]    (6) Now, the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station can be used to promote material (anywhere one wishes to in accordance with the law). After a spot has been chosen one simply plugs in the power cord  28  to any AC or DC outlet to give power to the CD player  17 . Then depending on the preference of security one may either use a chain by connecting to chain hole  12  that can then be chained to any solid and stable structure. Or one may use the provided lock-down cable  27  in the same manner. When the user has completed the operation the user may then use display board  10  to promote the users material. Once the unit is set up, anyone may now walk up to the unit, place the headphones  18  on their head, listen to the music or what ever else is being promoted. Because of the cutout window  13 , anyone may change to any desired tracks of the CD being listened to at any time.  
         [0058]    Advantages  
         [0059]    From the description above, evident advantages of the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station are:  
         [0060]    a)That the unit is inexpensive and easy to make.  
         [0061]    b)The unit is portable, enabling one to setup and display one or more units in various places allowing many different means of promotion.  
         [0062]    c)The unit has the ability to secure within itself a playable audio listening machine such as a compact disc player, by means of a simple locking device.  
         [0063]    d)The whole unit can be locked and secured to any solid and stable structure.  
         [0064]    e)The unit has a displayable backboard for illustration of what is being played and also to advertise and promote.  
         [0065]    f) The unit obtains cables to protect from damage and secure from theft the headphones being used.  
         [0066]    Conclusion, Ramification, and Scope  
         [0067]    Accordingly, any reader can see that this invention the Portable Lock-Down Listening Display Station can be the best if not the only means of promoting and selling music for the independent artist and music producer. There are so many great writers, great music producers, and so many great songs, that without this new invention they will never be heard of or listened to. Reason being, that writers, producers, artists and songs are not being accepted by the music industry. Not because of the lack of talent but rather the industry is more concerned with marketing visual concepts and products pertaining to artists, such as dolls, posters, cards and toys. The industry also spends big on videos. Because of all these other concerns, the amount of concern put into the actual music is lacking. In conclusion, this invention can enable true talent to find its place in the world, and give the consumer a broader selection of quality music.  
         [0068]    The specifications of the description above should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. For example: the base container, the backboard and cover lid can have other shapes; such as circular, oval, trapezoidal, triangular, etc.; the whole invention can be made of virtually any hard durable substance, such as metal, plastic, fiber glass, wood, etc.  
         [0069]    Thus the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalence, rather than by the examples given.