Patent ID: 7344025

Claim:
A lockable media storage container useful for storing at least one disc-shaped item of recorded media; the container comprising: a container body having a base and lid; the container body having a hub for holding a disc-shaped item of recorded media; the container body having a front wall; the lid being movable between open and closed positions; the lid being connected to the base with a hinge; the hinge being elongated in a longitudinal direction; the hinge being disposed on the opposite side of the container from the front wall of the container; the closed position of the lid adapted to enclose the disc-shaped item of recorded media held by the hub; an elongated lock slide carried by the container body and moveable between unlocked and locked positions; the lock slide being movable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the hinge; the lock slide being disposed between the front wall of the container body and the hub for holding a disc-shaped item of recorded media; first and second magnetically-movable locking fingers; each locking finger adapted to lock the lock slide in the locked position; the magnetically-movable locking fingers being spaced apart along the length of the lock slide; each of the magnetically-movable locking fingers being movable from a locked position and an unlocked position under the influence of magnetic force; the lock slide and the magnetically-movable locking fingers being entirely enclosed within the container body when the lock slide is in both the locked and unlocked positions and when the lid is in the closed position; and a portion of the lock slide being exposed through the front wall of the container body.