Patent ID: 7007290

Claim:
An annular protective rim attachment for CDs and DVDs, for providing airfoil characteristics and rendering the discs tossable and catchable while maintaining maximum safety and controllability, comprising: an annular rim, larger in diameter than a disc to which it can be attached, means on the annular rim for gripping the outer periphery of a disc for attachment thereto, and an outer portion of the annular rim being soft and flexible in order to lessen injury or damage from impact of the assembled disc and protective rim attachment, and the outer portion of the annular rim comprising a downwardly depending skirt extending from an upper, inner annular portion downwardly and outwardly in an outwardly convex curve providing, at least in part, said airfoil characteristics, the annular rim including, generally at a top portion of said skirt, an annular hinge groove in a position to permit the skirt to be deformed inwardly via bending at the hinge upon impact of the rim attachment when combined with a disc.