Storage case for disc-shaped recording media contained within substantially flat rectangular housings
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuji Iwaki, Shuichi Kikuchi, Mika Kaneko, Toshiro Kobayashi
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuji Iwaki, Shuichi Kikuchi, Mika Kaneko, Toshiro Kobayashi
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A storage case for disc-shaped recording media contained within respective substantially flat rectangular housings is constituted by a one-piece molded plastic member including a central spine having opposed side edges joined by flexible hinges with respective rectangular covers which are swingable between closed positions, in which the covers extend substantially parallel to each other from the spine with their inner surfaces in confronting relation, and opened positions in which the covers are spread angularly apart, elements on the covers for holding respective disc-shaped recording media in their rectangular housings against the inner surfaces of the respective covers, and a holder on the spine extending from the latter between the covers in the closed positions of the latter for embracing and holding at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium at an edge portion of its respective rectangular housing so as to accommodate such at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium in its respective housing between the disc-shaped recording media in their respective housings held against the inner surfaces of the covers.
A storage case for disc-shaped recording media each contained within a respective substantially flat rectangular housing, said storage case comprising a one-piece molded plastic member including a central spine portion having opposed side edges from which flexible hinge portions extend, and a pair of rectangular cover portions having respective side edges joined to said hinge portions so that said cover portions are swingable relative to each other about said hinge portions between closed positions, in which said cover portions extend substantially parallel to each other from said spine portion with inner surfaces of said cover portions in confronting relation, and opened positions in which said cover portions are spread angularly apart, means on said cover portions for holding respective disc-shaped recording media in their rectangular housings against said inner surfaces of the respective cover portions, and holder means on said spine portion extending from the latter between said cover portions in said closed positions of the latter for embracing and holding at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium at an edge portion of its respective rectangular housing so as to accommodate said at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium in its respective housing between said disc-shaped recording media in their respective housings held against said inner surfaces of the cover portions, the respective housing of said at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium being in contact with said holder means only at said edge portion embraced and held by said holder means.
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