Packaging construction

A package for holding a disc, said package comprising two circular semi-rigid protection faces each having a diameter approximately the same as the outside diameter of said disc, and a ring at the peripheries of said protection faces to retain said disc between said protection faces, wherein said protection faces and said ring collectively provide generally rigid package faces, said protection faces being provided by removable face sheets, said ring having an annular portion with first and second ends, and first and second face portions inwardly extending from said first and second ends of said annular portion respectively, wherein said face sheets are retained within said ring between said first and second face portions, said ring including separable concentric outer and inner elements, said first face portion extending from said outer element and said second face portion extending from said inner element, and a disc holder between said face sheets for protecting said disc and having an outer diameter generally equal to a diameter of said face sheets, said disc holder being of unitary construction comprising two circular protection sheets each having a diameter slightly larger than the outside diameter of said disc, and a holder ring at the peripheries of said protection sheets and extending between said protection sheets to retain said disc between said protection sheets, said protection sheets each having a fixed portion, a hinged portion, and a living hinge pivotally connecting said hinged portion to said fixed portion, said holder ring having a fixed portion extending between said protection sheet fixed portions and at least one hinged portion extending between said protection sheet hinged portions.

A package for holding a compact disc, said package comprising:

• a compact disc;
• an inner ring having an annular portion with an inside diameter slightly larger than the outside diameter of said compact disc, and a face portion inwardly extending from an end of said annular portion and forming an opening having a diameter smaller than the outside diameter of said compact disc;
• an outer ring having an annular portion concentric with and engaging an outside surface of said annular portion of said inner ring and being separable from said inner ring, and a face portion inwardly extending from an end of its annular portion and forming an opening having a diameter generally equal to said diameter of said inner ring opening, wherein said inner ring and said outer ring are removably interlocked by their mutual engagement;
• two circular semi-rigid face sheets each separate from a respective one of said rings and each having a diameter smaller than said inside diameter of said inner ring annular portion and larger than said diameter of said opening of said inner ring and said opening of said outer ring, wherein said face portions of said rings overlap on peripheral zones of faces of respective ones of said face sheets such that said face sheets are retained between said face portion of said inner ring and said face portion of said outer ring;
• a disc holder between said face sheets for protecting said compact disc and having a diameter generally equal to said compact disc.