Compact audio disc storage apparatus

Claim 1

A compact audio disc storage apparatus, comprising, a plurality of tray members, each tray member including a floor plate, a right side wall, and a left side wall orthogonally mounted to the floor plate, with the right side wall and left side arranged in a parallel relationship, and a first rear wall orthogonally directed between the right side wall and left side wall, and a second rear wall spaced rearwardly and parallel to the first rear wall, with the second rear wall orthogonally mounted to a rear right terminal end of the right side wall and a rear left side of the left side wall, and a plunger drive orthogonally and medially mounted through the first rear wall mounted within a drive mechanism contained between the first rear wall and the second rear wall, and a plate member orthogonally mounted to a forward terminal end of the plunger drive for providing selective ejection of a compact audio disc positioned upon the floor plate in contiguous communication with the plate member between the right side wall and the left side wall, and the right side wall includes a right side wall top surface, the right side wall top surface includes a plurality of right projections orthogonally mounted thereon, and a plurality of left projections orthogonally mounted to the left side wall top surface, and the right side wall and the left side wall each including a plurality of projection receiving cavities directed through a bottom surface of the respective right side wall and the left side wall for reception of the projections by an overlying tray member, and a right mounting flange and a left mounting flange are mounted between the first rear wall and the second rear wall on opposed sides of the plunger drive, and the right mounting flange and the left mounting flange are received within respective recesses within an overlying tray member, and further including a support base, the support base including a base top floor spaced above a base bottom floor defining a cavity therebetween, and the support base includes a base right side wall and a base left side wall orthogonally mounted to opposed sides of the base top floor, and a base rear wall orthogonally mounted to the base right side wall and the base left side wall at rear terminal ends of the base right side wall and the base left side wall, and an illumination bulb, a battery, and a switch member directed through a base right side wall for effecting selective illumination of the illumination bulb, and a right fiber optic cable positioned in adjacency relative to the illumination bulb and projecting through and in planar alignment with the base top floor, and the base top floor is defined by a predetermined width, and the predetermined spacing between an exterior surface of the right side wall and the left side wall, and each right side wall and left side wall of each tray member includes a right fiber optic cable segment and a left fiber optic cable segment directed through the respective right side wall and left side wall adjacent the second rear wall, wherein the right fiber optic cable segment and the left fiber optic cable segment are in alignment with the right fiber optic cable and the left fiber optic cable when each tray member is positioned in aligned registration with the support base.