Patent ID: 7513362

Claim:
A protective case for disc-shaped data carriers, the case comprising: a first side component and a second side component hinged relative to each other about a first axis for movement between an open state and a closed state, wherein the first and second side components are configured to enclose a plurality of data carriers in the closed state and, through movement of the first and second side components about the first axis, the protective case is brought into the open state in which the plurality of data carriers can be removed from the case, the plurality of data carriers being held in an inclined position relative to the first and second side components and where at least a portion of each of the plurality of data carriers is accessible from both sides of the respective data carrier; a first storage component and a second storage component, the first and second storage components being hinged to one another about a second axis, wherein the first and second storage components define a first insertion opening along the second axis for holding a first one of the plurality of data carriers in an inclined position extending radially with respect to the first axis when the protective case is in the open state; wherein the first storage component is hinged to the first side component about a third axis and the first storage component is substantially planar between the second axis and the third axis, the first storage component including a second insertion opening between the second axis and the third axis for holding another of the plurality of data carriers in an inclined position extending radially with respect to the first axis when the protective case is in the open state; wherein the second storage component is hinged to the second side component about a fourth axis and the second storage component is substantially planar between the second axis and the fourth axis, the second storage component including a third insertion opening between the second axis and the fourth axis for holding another of the plurality of data carriers in an inclined position extending radially with respect to the first axis when the protective case is in the open state; wherein the first, second, third and fourth axes are parallel to each other.