Compact disk storage tower

Abstract

A rotatable CD storage tower, which is not only easy to transport, store, and assemble but also facilitate the selecting of any CD from the storage tower, is provided. The CD storage tower includes a support shaft, a rotational shell, connectors, CD receptacle hangers, and a support shaft stand. It is easy to assemble and disassemble. The rotational shell and the connectors combine together and form a rotational shell body. The support shaft and the support shaft stand constitute a support strut which support the shell body and become the revolving center of the shell body. Plenty CD receptacle hangers, annularly and adequately located on the shell body, are provided to vertically store CDs. Because the CD storage tower is easy to turn and the front cover of each CD stored on the tower is sufficiently displayed, the CD storage tower fulfills the consumers' demand for fast and easily selecting CDs.

1 . A compact disk (CD) storage tower, comprising: 
 a support shaft forming a fixed revolving center;    a plurality of connectors possessing an central hole in each center thereof and two protruding heads one at each end, respectively;    a support shaft stand possessing a threaded receptacle on a top thereof;    a rotational shell possessing a pair of slots directly opposite each other on a top thereof and another pair of slots directly opposite each other on a bottom thereof, combining with the connectors by inserting the protruding heads in the slots respectively to form a rotational shell body revolving around the support shaft; and    a plurality of CD receptacle hangers installed on the surface of the rotational shell,    wherein the support shaft is inserted through the central holes of the connectors, and fixed to the support shaft stand by means of screwing the support shaft onto the support shaft stand.    
   
   
       2 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a ball trust bearing, possessing an opening in a center thereof to enable the support shaft to be inserted, installed above the support shaft stand and combined with the lowest connector which rotating together with the bearing.  
   
   
       3 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the rotational shell has a shape constituted by a single cylindrical or polygonal component, or constituted by several cylindrical or polygonal components in which the slots of two adjacent shells may be aligned directly above or below each other, or by a 90 degrees rotation.  
   
   
       4 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the polygonal shape of the rotational shell includes hexagonal prism, octagonal prism, and dodecagonal prism.  
   
   
       5 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the rotational shell is constituted by two identical semi-shells.  
   
   
       6 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the support shaft includes a plurality of shafts sequentially connecting to each other by threading, and a horizontal handle located on a top thereof for carrying.  
   
   
       7 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of slots, annularly cut from a wall of the rotational shell, provided to be inserted in by the CD receptacle hangers, such that CD cases for CD disks stand vertically above the CD receptacle hangers, and an adequate space is provided between two adjacent slots to sufficiently display a cover of each CD disk inserted in a CD receptacle hanger.  
   
   
       8 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the slot accommodating CD receptacle hanger has I-type shape.  
   
   
       9 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the CD receptacle hanger is made of metal wire, comprising: 
 a base support being two-thirds of the length of a standard CD case, provided to support the bottom of the CD case, and angled to tilt the CD case toward the rotational shell and to rest the CD case snugly on the surface of the rotational shell, a rear portion thereof inclining upwardly to secure the bottom of a CD case; and    a top support including a traverse support and a declining side support, wherein the traverse support is half the length of the CD case, and is roughly three-quarters the height of the CD case, the side support extends downwardly toward the vertical sidewall of the CD case at one-quarter height of the CD case,    wherein the CD receptacle hanger is made of resilient metal wire, can be inserted into the slot and secured tightly on the rotational shell, and the width of the CD receptacle hanger is slightly wider than the thickness of two CD cases.    
   
   
       10 . The compact disk storage tower as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the slot accommodating CD receptacle hanger has I-type shape.