Modular storage device

Abstract

A modular storage device includes a housing having a plurality of compartments, and a disc holder disposed in each compartment. The disc holder includes a pair of substantially parallel plate members which are spaced apart from each other. The plate members include confronting faces, and a plurality of spaced apart ribs which project from the confronting faces in opposite directions and which are aligned along directions transverse to the confronting faces. The disc holder is removable from the compartments.

1 . A modular storage device comprising: 
 a housing having a plurality of compartments; and    a disc holder disposed in each of said compartments and including a pair of substantially parallel plate members which are spaced apart from each other, said plate members including confronting faces, and a plurality of spaced apart ribs which project from said confronting faces in opposite directions and which are aligned along directions transverse to said confronting faces, said disc holder being removable from said compartments.    
   
   
       2 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said housing includes a pair of vertical walls and a pair of horizontal walls which confine each of said compartments.  
   
   
       3 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said housing includes elongated vertical and horizontal wall panels which intersect each other to define said compartments and said vertical and horizontal walls.  
   
   
       4 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said vertical and horizontal wall panels are formed with a plurality of slits at locations where they intersect each other.  
   
   
       5 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said housing further includes releasable interengaging elements to interengage said plate members.  
   
   
       6 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein said releasable interengaging elements include a slot and a stud engageable with said slot.  
   
   
       7 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said disc holder includes a four-sided frame which is composed of two pairs of said parallel plate members, one of said pairs of said plate members being formed with said ribs.  
   
   
       8 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein said vertical walls respectively have front vertical edge faces, said horizontal walls respectively having front horizontal edge faces, said four-sided frame having a substantially rectangular front flange projecting outwardly from said pairs of plate members to abut against said front vertical and horizontal edge faces when said frame is disposed within one of said compartments.  
   
   
       9 . The modular storage device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said housing further includes a fence member disposed across each of said compartments in a substantially diagonal direction and having two ends attached respectively to one of said vertical walls and one of said horizontal walls.