Hermetically sealed package for optical media disk

A hermetically sealed package for an optical media disk, comprising:

• an oxygen impermeable base;
• an oxygen impermeable cover layer superposed on said base, said base having a central portion thereof spaced from said cover layer to form an enclosing chamber, said cover layer sealed to said base by means of a circular seal defining a periphery of the enclosing chamber;
• and
• an optical disk disposed in said enclosing chamber, said periphery of said chamber is at or closely spaced from an outer periphery of said disk to minimize volume of said chamber not occupied by disk.

A hermetically sealed package for an optical media information carrier, comprising:

• an oxygen impermeable base;
• an oxygen impermeable cover layer superposed on said base, said base having a central portion thereof spaced from said cover layer to form an enclosing chamber for the carrier, said cover layer sealed to said base by means of a seal defining a periphery of the enclosing chamber;
• and
• an optical media information carrier disposed in said enclosing chamber, said periphery of said chamber is closely spaced from an outer periphery of said carrier to minimize volume of said chamber not occupied by said carrier.