Package for recording media

A reusable, anti-theft security package for selectively (i) retaining an object in a housing and for (ii) releasing the object for removal from the housing;

• the housing having an object-receiving compartment and an object-conformal access opening communicating with the compartment;
• the package being of the type in which a member is movable between a first position, whereat it overlies the access opening to block removal of the object therefrom, and a second position, whereat it does not overlie the access opening to permit removal of the object therefrom;
• wherein the improvement comprises:
• the member being rotatably mounted on the housing for rotation between the first and second positions, generally parallel to the plane of the housing about an axis which is both generally perpendicular to the plane of the housing and remote from the access opening a portion of the member overlying the access opening in the first position and not overlying the access opening in the second position;
• a first projection on the member which rotates therewith;
• and
• a second projection on the housing, the second projection normally lying on a rotational path of and engaging the first projection when the member is in the first position to prevent rotation of both the first projection and the member;
• a manipulable key being selectively engageable with the second projection for moving the second projection out of the rotational path of the first projection to permit rotation of the member from the first to the second position.