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Disk holderRelated Patent Categories: Special Receptacle Or Package, For Holding A Machine Readable Recording Medium (e.g., Compact Disc, Phonograph Record, Tape, Floppy Disk), For Holding An Optical Disc (e.g., Compact Disc)Disk holder description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070170077, Disk holder. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a system for storing disks. More particularly, the invention relates to a disk holder. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] Disks are used to store music, movies, and other types of data. The jewel cases that often hold disks are often fragile and cumbersome to manage. Users may prefer storing frequently used disks without their jewel cases. However, many of the currently available disk holders obstruct viewing many of the disks and/or some may damage a disk. U.S. Pat. No. 6,758,346 to Kollegian; U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,066 to Koch; U.S. Pat. No. 5,740,907 to McCloy; U.S. Pat. No. 5,170,893 to Smith; U.S. Design Patent No. D470,001 to Munroe, II; and U.S. Design Patent No. D435,189 to Mok describe some disk holders. Despite these holders, there is still a need for a disk holder that is compact, durable, stylish, protective, and allows quick and easy viewing/user access due to the tight construction and flexible rubber composition of the disk holder. SUMMARY [0005] In various embodiments, one or more disks may be placed in a disk holder. A disk may be perpendicularly placed in the disk holder. A disk holder may include a substrate. The substrate may include one or more channels in a top surface of the substrate. A width of a bottom portion of a channel may be substantially less than a width of a top portion of the channel. A channel may include one or more gripping sections that frictionally retain a side edge region of a disk that resides in a channel. In an embodiment, a channel may include at least one insertion section and/or one tapered section coupled to one or more gripping sections of a channel. The insertion section may have a width greater than a width of a disk to facilitate insertion of a disk into a channel. [0006] In some embodiments, the disk holder may include one or more longitudinal members and/or latitudinal members. A longitudinal member may inhibit deformation of the substrate along a longitudinal axis of the substrate. A latitudinal member may inhibit deformation of the substrate along a latitudinal axis of the substrate. In an embodiment, one or more longitudinal members and/or latitudinal members may be positioned on a bottom surface of the substrate. A longitudinal member may be coupled to a channel. A latitudinal member may be coupled to a longitudinal member. [0007] In some embodiments, the disk holder may be formed from a flexible substrate. The disk holder may allow the creation of an additional space between disks placed in the channels. The additional space may allow top surfaces of the disks to be viewed while the channels frictionally grip the disks. In an embodiment, a user may be able to create an additional space between disks perpendicularly placed in channels to view the top surfaces of disks. A channel may be deformed to allow the top surface of a disk to be viewed. In an embodiment, the disks placed in the channels may be partially bent to view top surfaces of disks. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0008] Features and advantages of the methods and apparatus of the present invention will be more fully appreciated by reference to the following detailed description of presently preferred but nonetheless illustrative embodiments in accordance with the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: [0009] FIG. 1A depicts a disk in a channel of an embodiment of a disk holder; [0010] FIG. 1B depicts a top perspective view of an embodiment of a disk holder; [0011] FIG. 2 depicts an embodiment of a disk; [0012] FIG. 3 depicts a front or back view of an embodiment of a disk holder; [0013] FIG. 4 depicts a top view of an embodiment of a disk holder; [0014] FIG. 5 depicts a cross-sectional view of a portion of an embodiment of a disk holder; [0015] FIG. 6 depicts a bottom view of an embodiment of a disk holder; and [0016] FIG. 7 depicts a side view of an embodiment of a disk holder. [0017] While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. The drawings may not be to scale. It should be understood that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but to the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0018] In various embodiments, a disk holder 100 may hold disks 200 such as, optical disks including laser disks, compact disks, DVDs, data disks, and/or mini disks. FIGS. 1A-B depict embodiments of disk holders. In some embodiments, a disk holder 100 may include a substrate 300 with one or more channels 400, one or more longitudinal members, and/or one or more latitudinal members. A substrate 300 may be flexible. A channel 400 may include one or more gripping sections 500, insertion sections 600, and/or tapered sections 700. Longitudinal members and/or latitudinal members may inhibit deformation of a substrate 300. A substrate 300 may allow creation of an additional space between disks 200 placed in channels 400 so that top surfaces 250 of the disks can be viewed while the channels frictionally grip the disks. [0019] Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. In the context of this application, the following terms are defined as: [0020] "Frictionally grip" refers to holding at least two materials in contact with each other by friction. A frictional grip may be released by applying a force greater than the frictional force between two objects. Continue reading about Disk holder... 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