Security sleeve for recorded media storage containers

A security sleeve for displaying an item of merchandise;

• the item of merchandise having top and bottom edges defining a length, side edges defining a width, and front and back surfaces defining a thickness;
• the security sleeve comprising:
• a frame defining a storage compartment and an insertion opening;
• the storage compartment adapted to receive the item of merchandise;
• the insertion opening adapted to permit insertion of the item of merchandise into the storage compartment of the frame;
• the frame including opposed walls;
• each wall defining an opening;
• a locking member pivotally connected to each wall adjacent the opening;
• each locking member being movable between unlocked and locked positions;
• each locking member being disposed outside the storage compartment when in the unlocked position;
• each locking member including a pair of oppositely extending locking fingers that lockingly engage the inner surface of the wall adjacent the opening when the locking member is in the locked position;
• the locking fingers being disposed across a portion of the insertion opening when the locking members are in the locked position;
• and
• the locking fingers being adapted to prevent the item of merchandise from being removed from the storage compartment when the locking member is in the locked position.