Video disc caddy having disc entrapment

Claim 1

A disc record caddy for use with a record player; said caddy comprising a jacket having an edge opening in communication with a record enclosing cavity and a record retaining spine subject to insertion into said jacket; said spine defining a first portion forming a closure for said edge opening, and a further portion having a perimetrical wall defining an opening in which the enclosed record is received to form a record/spine assembly; said player having an input slot through which an occupied caddy is inserted along a path to load said enclosed record therein; said player including a record extracting mechanism for removing said retaining spine from said jacket during jacket withdrawal subsequent to an occupied caddy arrival at a fully inserted position in said player, thereby retaining said record/spine assembly in said player resting on a record supporting platform; said record receiving opening in said spine being larger than said record for allowing free passage of said record therethrough to permit transfer of said retained record from said platform to a record turntable for playback, and from said turntable to said platform to redefine said record/spine assembly for record retrieval; an empty jacket being inserted into said player along said path for retrieving said retained record/spine assembly into said jacket for record removal; a portion of said perimetrical wall, disposed between said enclosed record and said closure portion of said spine, defining a recess, which is located such that a peripheral portion of said enclosed record is urged into said recess by said empty jacket, as said empty jacket is inserted into said player for record retrieval, to confine said record to said record receiving opening in said spine during such insertion to assure proper record retrieval.