Scalable and portable disc player for various optical disc sizes

Abstract

A scalable and portable disc player or recorder for containing and transferring audio, video or computer data to and from an optical disc of various sizes. The casing of the disc player provides a case scaling mechanism having a set of pivotal wings and slidable sleeves that can be adjusted to accommodate various optical disc sizes. This same process changes the structural size of the disc player casing.

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       12 . A portable disc player having a casing for containing various disc sizes, the casing comprising: 
 a top and bottom shell movably attached to allow the insertion and removal of a disc within a cavity of the casing;    a data transfer device (“DTD”) attached to the bottom shell for transferring data; and    a mechanism for scaling the overall size of the player through independent movement of two sides of the player and a front side of the player away from and towards a securing platter that engages with the disc, and wherein the two sides connect a back side and the front side of the casing.    
   
   
       13 . The casing of  claim 12 , further including a I/O port coupled between an exterior surface of the disc player and the DTD to transfer audio, video or computer data from the disc to a speaker, video display or a processor, via the DTD.  
   
   
       14 . The casing of  claim 12 , wherein the disc may be a CD or DVD having a size selected from the group including 120 mm and 80 mm.  
   
   
       15 . The casing of  claim 12 , wherein the top and a bottom shell further include a first wall having a first height that extends along a portion of the shell perimeter.  
   
   
       16 . The casing of  claim 15 , wherein the top shell further includes a second wall having a second height along a portion of the sides of the disc player.  
   
   
       17 . The casing of  claim 16 , wherein the top and the bottom shell further includes two mounting posts adjacent a back side, and the mechanism further includes: 
 a top and bottom sleeve movably coupled to an interior surface of the top and bottom shell, respectively, each sleeve having two guide slots and a flange along a front side of the casing;    a top and bottom pair of wings, each wing providing a guide pin and a flange along either the left or right side of the casing,    wherein the shells hingeably couple together, each wing pivotally attaches to the respective cover and movably couples to the respective shell by the guide slot to accommodate the varying size discs being coupled to the DTD.    
   
   
       18 . The casing of  claim 17 , wherein the top and bottom shell, sleeve and set of wings are made from a flexible material such as plastic.  
   
   
       19 . The casing of  claim 17 , wherein the difference in height between the first and the second wall is similar to the thickness of the disc and the top and bottom pair of wings.  
   
   
       20 . A process for containing an optical disc within a casing of a portable disc player or recorder having a case scaling mechanism, the process comprising: 
 opening a top portion of the casing to expose a shell cavity;    securing the disc to a data transfer device (“DTD”) within the shell cavity;    adjusting the size of the casing to accommodate the relative size of the disc through independent movement of two sides of the casing and a front side of the casing away from and towards a securing platter that engages with the disc, wherein the two sides connect the back side and the front side of the casing; and    closing the top portion to contain a portion of the disc within the shell cavity.    
   
   
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       22 . The process of  claim 20 , wherein the step of adjusting further includes pulling or pushing on a sleeve of the case scaling mechanism to increase or decrease, respectively, the shell cavity and a structural size of the disc player for containing a disc.  
   
   
       23 . The process of  claim 20 , further including the step of coupling the disc player to a device selected from the group including a processor, a video display and a speaker to view the computer, video and audio data of the disc, respectively.  
   
   
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       25 . A portable disc player having a casing for containing various disc sizes, the casing comprising: 
 a top and bottom shell movably attached to allow the insertion and removal of a disc within a cavity of the casing;    a data transfer device (“DTD”) attached to the bottom shell for transferring data; and    a mechanism for scaling the overall size of the player through expansion and contraction of the casing along two axes depending on the size of said disc.    
   
   
       26 . The casing of  claim 25 , further including a I/O port coupled between an exterior surface of the disc player and the DTD to transfer audio, video or computer data from the disc to a speaker, video display or a processor, via the DTD.  
   
   
       27 . The casing of  claim 25 , wherein the disc may be a CD or DVD having a size selected from the group including 120 mm and 80 mm.  
   
   
       28 . The casing of  claim 25 , wherein the top and the bottom shell further includes two mounting posts adjacent a back side, and the mechanism further includes: 
 a top and bottom sleeve movably coupled to an interior surface of the top and bottom shell, respectively, each sleeve having two guide slots and a flange along a front side of the casing;    a top and bottom pair of wings, each wing providing a guide pin and a flange along either the left or right side of the casing,    wherein the shells hingeably couple together, each wing pivotally attaches to the respective cover and movably couples to the respective shell by the guide slot to accommodate the varying size discs being coupled to the DTD.    
   
   
       29 . The casing of  claim 28 , wherein the top and bottom shell, sleeve and set of wings are made from a flexible material such as plastic.