Patent ID: 7124885

Claim:
A hub post for mounting an information-bearing disk to a substrate for presentation, storage or transportation of the disk, the disk including a mounting hole, and the hub post and the mounting hole having relative dimensions enabling gripping of the disk upon reception of the hub post within the mounting hole of the disk to secure the disk to the hub post and allow selective release of the disk from the hub post, the hub post comprising: a base having a basal surface extending in a lateral direction for juxtaposition with the substrate, the base having a longitudinal extent; a layer of adhesive on the basal surface for affixing the basal surface to the surface; and a post projecting from the base in a generally longitudinal direction, the post including a substantially continuous, unbroken gripping surface having lateral dimensions relative to counterpart lateral dimensions of the mounting hole of the disk for enabling selective gripping of the disk upon insertion of the post into the mounting hole, and for selective release of the post from the mounting hole; the base and the post being integral and at least the post being substantially solid and constructed of a stiffly resilent synthetic polymeric material having a durometer providing a balance of resilient characteristics and renitent characteristics for establishing the aforesaid selective gripping and selective release and for resisting deleterious compression and crushing while retaining the disk upon the post, the material being a urethane.