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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
Stefan Alexander Pijanowski, Northants, GB;
Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, London, GB;
Peter Antony Farrar, Leeds, GB;
Stefan Alexander Pijanowski, Northants, GB;
Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, London, GB;
Peter Antony Farrar, Leeds, GB;
Dubois Limited, Northantis, GB;
Abstract
The apparatus comprises a base portion () and at least two arms () resiliently cantilevered from the base portion (), the inner ends of the arms () forming a button-like member () and each having a projection (A) for engaging on the outwardly facing surface of a compact disk () held on the apparatus. Depression of the button-like member () causes the projections (A) to move towards each other until their engagement on the disk () is released. An upstand () surrounds the disk () and is positioned close thereto so as to restrict movement of the disk () within its own plane. The inner ends () of the arms () may be shaped to reduce the risk of forces applied thereto in the plane of the disk () causing the disk () to be released. Finger recesses (A) in the upstand may be formed so as to inhibit access to the edge of a disk () whilst held by the apparatus but provide access thereto once the disk () has been released. 3-arm release mechanisms are also described.