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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1999
Ferdinand Legaspi, Danville, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A bracket (,) is provided for supporting CD cases onto a planar mounting surface (,) so that the front of the case (,) is visible. The bracket (,) is comprised of a planar (,), which has a rigid portion (,), a flexible portion (,), a first side which faces the mounting surface (,), and a second side which faces away from the mounting surface (,). Four rigid arms (,), are attached to the first side and are positioned to hold the case (,) when the case is engaged into the bracket. Two rigid base pieces (,) function as offsetting means, to offset the bracket (,) from the mounting surface (,). Two tabs (,) for holding the case (,) by two holes (,) on the case (,) are attached to two (,) of the arms. The remaining two arms (,) do not have tabs, and one of these arms (,) is attached to the flexible portion (,) of the planar (,). Case insertion into the bracket and extraction from the bracket is made possible by the interaction of the offsetting means (,), the flexible portion (,), and the arm (,) with no tabs. Both insertion and extraction do not require any forces pulling the bracket (,) away from the mounting surface (,). Instead, case insertion and extraction is executed by pushing an arm (,) elastically toward the mounting surface (,), eliminating the risk of inadvertently separating the bracket (,) from the mounting surface (,) or damaging the mounting surface. The bracket inflicts zero clamping forces on the case (,), eliminating the risk of damaging the case (,).