Pre-formed printable blank label system for a slim-line CD jewel case and packaging method

A CD slim line jewel case for holding a CD having an outer diameter and a centered aperture having an inner diameter, wherein said CD slimline jewel case comprises a cover, a base pivotally fixed to said cover by hinging means, and a CD tray for holding said CD tightly therein, wherein:

• a. the cover comprises a first rectangular body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a left skirt, a right skirt, a rear skirt, a front open end, a rearward left projection having a first inwardly protruding pin and a rearward right projection having a second inwardly protruding pin;
• b. said base comprises a second rectangular body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a front wall, wherein said left side wall includes a left side flange and said right side wall includes a right side flange, and wherein the base further comprises an interior wall adjacent to and parallel to said rear wall and spaced a predetermined distance there from, and wherein said left side wall includes a rearward left apertured projection and said right side wall includes a rearward right apertured projection;
• c. the CD tray comprises a first outer circular wall having an inside diameter equal to said outside diameter of a CD, a second inner wall having an outside diameter equal to the inside diameter of said CD aperture diameter, wherein said second inner wall is adapted to engage the CD aperture so that the CD is removeably fixed within the tray, and wherein said CD tray first outer circular wall is circumscribed within the rectangle formed by the base front wall, left side wall, right side wall and intermediate wall;
• and,
• d. said hinge means comprises the rearward left projection having the first inwardly protruding pin, the rearward right projection having the second inwardly protruding pin, the rearward left projection having a first aperture and the rearward right projection having a second aperture such the first pin meshes with the first aperture and the second pin meshes with the second aperture so that the cover and base are joined in a pivoting relationship at their respective rearward ends.

A method of packaging a slim-line CD jewel cases comprising the steps of:

• a. obtaining an empty slim-line CD jewel case;
• b. folding a dodecagonal sheet along said second line of reduced strength so that the fourth and fifth faces are co-planer and located below the first, second and third faces;
• c. placing said dodecagonal sheet on top of said empty slim-line CD jewel case;
• d. repeating steps a to c for a plurality of empty slim-line CD jewel case;
• e. stacking said plurality of slim-line CD jewel cases;
• and,
• f. shrink-wrapping said plurality of slim-line CD jewel cases.