US 2006/0124749 A1Published application

Ultra-thin, two-piece, slide-together case for a CD, DVD or other thin laminar item

OwnerWarren Osborn, Bryan Dunfordinventors

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Abstract

An ultra-thin, two-piece sheet metal case includes a receptacle and a lid. The receptacle is a generally rectangularly shaped tray-like item having rounded corners, a generally planar bottom panel, and a short perimetric wall extending from and unitary with the bottom panel, with outwardly rolled edges that form a tubular, semi-tubular, or fold-back flange. The lid of the case is slightly wider than the receptacle, and has a generally planar top portion which transitions to downwardly-bent walls on three sides thereof. The outer edges of the downwardly-bent walls are inwardly rolled to form a tubular, semi-tubular, or fold-back rim at the bottom thereof. The lid is designed and sized to slide over the receptacle so that the outwardly-rolled flange of the receptacle is trapped between the planar top panel and the inwardly-rolled rim of the lid.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A two-piece, slide-together case for optical media and other laminar items, said case comprising:

a receptacle formed from sheet metal, said receptacle having a generally planar and rectangular lower panel, said lower panel having outer edges that are continuous with an upwardly extending perimetric wall, said perimetric wall terminating in an outwardly projecting perimetric uniplanar flange having a first cross section;
a lid formed from sheet metal, said lid having a generally planar and rectangular upper panel, said upper panel having outer edges that are continuous with a downwardly extending wall on three sides thereof, said downwardly extending wall terminating in an inwardly projecting partially perimetric uniplanar rim having a second cross section;
wherein said receptacle and said lid are shaped and sized so that a lower surface of said upper panel slides over said receptacle, with the outwardly projecting perimetric uniplanar flange of said receptacle becoming trapped between said lower surface and the inwardly projecting partially perimetric, uniplanar rim of said lid;
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wherein of said first and second cross sections, not more than one is fully circular.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/082,019Filed 16 Mar 2005
Priority: 15 Dec 2004
Published: 15 Jun 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06K 19/077
With integrated circuit chips: constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
A45C 11/182
Ticket-holders or the like: credit card holders
G06K 19/07741
The record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts: comprising a first part operating as a regular record carrier and a…
A45C 2011/186
Credit card holders: with protection from unauthorised reading by remotely readable data carriers

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Application11/015,326Division · filed 15 Dec 2004
Application11/015,326Continuation in part · filed 15 Dec 2004
Application11/082,019Division · filed 16 Mar 2005
Application11/082,019Continuation in part · filed 16 Mar 2005
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