Package with aligned discs on opposite covers

Abstract

A package for housing two discs including a cover forming an elongated spine panel with first and second opposing panels extending therefrom such that the opposing panels selectively rotate between open and closed postions. First and second partial trays attach to the first and second opposing panels, respectively, and are laterally spaced so that when closed, the thickness of the package is approximately equal to that of one of the trays. Each partial tray has a planar surface forming a periphery and a recess, a rosette near a first side of the tray for engaging a central aperture to retain a disc within the recess and a spacing rim upstanding from the planar surface. The spacing rim is U-shaped so that in the closed position, the spacing rims do not overlap.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 666,648, filed Mar. 30, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to a closable storage package for a recording medium and, more particularly, to a package comprising a paper board cover assembled to multiple plastic disc holders for storing multiple discs. [0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0005] Various types of planar discs are in use at the present time to record and store information which is to be retrieved by various means, such as by optical or magnetic means. Typical of such discs are compact discs in which information is digitally recorded by use of a laser beam and then read optically by a laser beam. Such discs are used to record audio information, such as musical renditions, video information such as visual images and digital informat...

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Benefits of technology

[0013] It is still another object of the subject disclosure to provide a package for holding discs that minimizes the required materials.

Problems solved by technology

For this reason, as well as because the typical jewel box requires three separately injection molded elements which must be manually assembled, the use of this type of enclosure is relatively expensive.

Moreover, the use of such an enclosure is believed to be ecologically unacceptable by many because the plastic is non-biodegradable and, in view of the huge volume of such enclosures in use today, the disposal of these enclosures poses either a real or potential environmental problem.

The problem with this type of arrangement is that the book frequently opens and provides little protection for the disc there within.

The problem with this sort of arrangement is that the thickness of each tray doubles the thickness of the package as compared to a package containing only a single disc holder.

Such a double thickness package occupies more retail space than is desirable and is wasteful of plastic material.

It should be apparent, therefore, that efforts to date directed at hybrid packaging containing multiple discs suffer from one or more shortcomings which make the resulting CD packaging unsatisfactory.

This is because prior art hybrid packaging is, typically, either uneconomical to manufacture and / or is expensive to transport, store and display in retail stores.

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