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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hermann Grobecker, Garbsen, DE;
Henning Wilhelm, Lehrte/Aligse, DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2063081 ; 206310 ; 206312 ;
Abstract
A housing for storing a stack of at least two information discs such as CDs includes a central retaining device for engaging and securely fastening each of the discs. The retaining device consists of a plurality of clamping studs arranged in a circle, and with respective groups of studs being in respective planes, each such plane being for a respective disc. The studs are resilient in the radial direction and those in a given group engage the central opening of the disc to be stored in the relevant plane.