Patent ID: 7178885

Claim:
A hand-held disc storage, deployment and retrieval device, comprising: a housing defining an interior cavity adapted to store a disc therein; an aperture formed in the housing and configured for receiving the disc therethrough and into or out of the interior cavity; and disc guide tracks formed in the housing for guiding the disc into and out of the interior cavity; slider guide tracks formed in the housing above the disc guide tracks; and a manually-actuated slider disposed within the interior cavity and movable along the slider guide tracks between a disc deployment position wherein the disc within the interior cavity is moved by the slider through the aperture and out of the interior cavity, and a disc retrieval position wherein the disc is moved into the interior cavity; wherein the slider includes a hook extending therefrom and resiliently pivotable along a vertical plane and configured to enter a central aperture of the disc from above the disc to retrieve the disc when the slider is moved into the disc retrieval position over at least a portion of the disc, and be forcibly removed from the disc aperture to release the disc when a pulling force is applied to the disc when the slider is in a disc deployment position.