Package for an optical storage medium
AssigneeSONY DADC Austria AG
InventorsBernhard Wiesinger, Marcel Penning, Anton Brandauer
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Abstract
A package for an optical storage medium, comprising first and second parts; a window located in the first part; a third part sandwiched in a region between the first and second parts; wherein the first, second and third parts define a receptacle in a further region where the third part is not sandwiched between the first and second parts; wherein the window and the third part are arranged such that when the optical storage medium is placed in the receptacle, the optical storage medium abuts the third part and a predefined area of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.
Claims15
Package for an optical storage medium, comprising
- first and second parts;
- a window located in the first part;
- a third part sandwiched in a region between the first and second parts;
- wherein the first, second and third parts define a receptacle in a further region where the third part is not sandwiched between first and second parts;
- wherein the window and the third part are arranged such that when the optical storage medium is placed in the receptacle, the optical storage medium abuts the third part and a predefined area of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.
Package according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the first, second and third parts are integrally formed by a single piece of cardboard or paper.
Package according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the third part has a thickness substantially corresponding to a thickness of the optical storage medium.
Package according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the window is of a circular shape and arranged such that a center part of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.
Package according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the third part comprises a recess forming a bedstop, and wherein the recess, in a region where the optical storage medium abuts when placed inside the receptacle, substantially has a shape of a circumference of the optical storage medium.
Package according to any of the preceding claims, comprising an adhesive means adhering to the first and second parts and extending across an opening of the receptacle such that optical storage medium is held inside the receptacle.
Package according to any of the preceding claims, comprising a perforation extending from the window to the opening of the receptacle.
Method for manufacturing a product, comprising
- providing first and second parts, wherein a window is located in the first part;
- sandwiching a third part in a region between the first and second parts, wherein a receptacle is formed of the first, second and third parts in a further region where the third part is not sandwiched between the first and second part;
- wherein the window and the third part are arranged such that when an optical storage medium is placed in the receptacle, the optical storage medium abuts the third part and a predefined area of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.
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