Method and apparatus for storing a disc

1. A hinge-less disc storage case comprising:

a housing including a top wall coupled to a bottom wall with a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall, the top wall, the bottom wall, and the four side walls defining an enclosure;

an opening in the fourth side wall for access to the enclosure and sized to receive an optical disc; and

a first member adjacent the first side wall and a second member adjacent the third side wall, the first member and the second member compress upon engaging an outer edge of the optical disc upon insertion and secure the optical disc within the enclosure; and

a first lining in the enclosure adjacent the top wall and a second lining in the enclosure adjacent the bottom wall, the first and second linings protecting the optical disc from scratching,

wherein the first side wall includes a first recess and the third side wall includes a second recess, and wherein a portion of the first member is positioned within the first recess, and wherein a portion of the second member is positioned with the second recess.

2. The disc storage case of claim 1 further comprising a channel in communication with the opening, the channel formed in one of the top wall and the bottom wall, a distal end of the channel being aligned with a portion of the optical disc torus.

3. The disc storage case of claim 2 wherein a proximal end of the channel is wider than the distal end of the channel.

4. The disc storage case of claim 1 wherein the first member and the second member have a width less than a width of an outer edge portion of the optical disc.

5. The disc storage case of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of ribs positioned within the top wall and the bottom wall, and wherein the ribs in the top wall and the bottom wall are substantially aligned.

6. The disc storage case of claim 5 wherein a first portion of the ribs in the top wall have an elevation less than the ribs in a second portion, and wherein a first portion of the ribs in the bottom wall have an elevation less than the ribs in a second portion, and wherein the first portion of the top wall and the first portion of the bottom wall define an area within the enclosure adapted to receive the optical disc.

7. The disc storage case of claim 1 wherein the first member is substantially semicircular-shaped with a generally flattened outer circumferential portion, and wherein the second member is substantially semi-circular-shaped with a generally flattened outer circumferential portion.

8. The disc storage case of claim 1 further comprising a first pair of rails extending from the top wall and into the enclosure and a second pair of rails extending from the bottom wall and into the enclosure, and wherein the first pair of rails and the second pair of rails cooperate to guide the optical disc into position in the enclosure.

9. A hinge-less disc storage case for storing a single optical disk comprising:

a housing including a plurality of walls and defining an enclosure;

an opening through the housing for access to the enclosure, the opening sized to receive the single optical disk;

a channel aligned with the opening, the channel adapted for use during insertion and removal of the single optical disc to guide the single optical disk into or out of the hinge-less storage case; and

a first member adjacent one of the walls of the housing and a second member adjacent a second one of the walls of the housing, at least a portion of the first member and the second member flexing upon engaging an outer edge of the single optical disc during the insertion and removal of the single optical disc through the opening; and

a lining in the enclosure for protecting a recording surface of the single optical disc from scratching,

wherein a first wall of the housing includes a first recess and a second wall of the housing includes a second recess, and wherein a portion of the first member is positioned within the first recess, and wherein a portion of the second member is positioned with the second recess.

10. The disc storage case of claim 9 wherein the channel is formed in one of the walls of the housing, and wherein a distal end of the channel is aligned with a portion of the optical disc torus.

11. The disc storage case of claim 10 wherein a proximal end of the channel is wider than the distal end of the channel.

12. The disc storage case of claim 9 wherein the first member is substantially semicircular-shaped with a generally flattened outer circumferential portion, and wherein the second member is substantially semi-circular-shaped with a generally flattened outer circumferential portion.

13. The disc storage case of claim 9 further comprising a first pair of rails extending from a third wall and into the enclosure and a second pair of rails extending from a fourth wall and into the enclosure, and wherein the first pair of rails and the second pair of rails cooperate to guide the optical disc into position in the enclosure.

14. A hinge-less disc storage case comprising:

a housing including a top wall coupled to a bottom wall with a left side wall, a right side wall, a back side wall, and a front side wall, the top wall, the bottom wall, and the four side walls defining an enclosure;

an opening in the front side wall for access to the enclosure and sized to receive a disc; a first saddle adjacent the left side wall and a second saddle adjacent the right side wall and opposing the first saddle, the first and the second saddles compress upon engaging and outer edge portion of a disc upon insertion and secure the disc within the enclosure; and

internal channels having a width less than a width of the outer edge portion on the left and right sides of the disc storage case for receiving and making contact with only outer edges of top and bottom surfaces of the disc, the internal channels are parallel to each other and cooperate to guide the optical disc into position in the storage case.