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US 5,515,967 AGranted
CD-Rom retailer
OwnerW. Tyler Fitzsimmons, Anthony L. Gelardiinventors
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A plastic package for storing and selling at retail holds compact discs and accompanying 3.5" diskettes and literature. The container has two parts, a frame and a window. The frame, which is one molded piece, has a cover and a tray connected by a living hinge to form a book-like display. The tray has an opening in the base. Grippers positioned around the base retain a Jewel box inside the opening for external visual recognition. A hinged, foldable 3.5" diskette holder with a spring for securing multiple diskettes is connected by a second living hinge to the bottom wall of the tray. In an inward position, the holder extends along the base below the opening. A flap hinged to the base between the opening and the holder secures the Jewel box. A tab on the holder rests underneath an extension of the flap when the flap extends inward, perpendicular to the base. The flap/tab connection is strong and requires a screwdriver or coin to release. The cover has a clear window which extends around the top and inner side of the cover to entrap an L-shaped graphics card that display the front cover and spine graphics. A flexible retaining arm is molded to the cover for holding printed material. The cover and tray are held closed by a latch/aperture connection. The latch is molded as part of the tray and rests in a position perpendicular to the base of the tray. Once engaging the aperture, the latch can only be released by applying inward pressure to the top or side of the latch.
A compact disc container for holding a disc and diskettes comprising a frame and a window, the frame further comprising a tray and a cover connected to the tray by a hinge, the tray having a base and a top wall, a bottom wall, and a free wall extending perpendicularly to each other and outward from the base, an opening in the base, at least two CD edge grippers extending outward from the base near the opening, a flap hingedly connected to the base near the opening for holding a disc in the grippers, the cover having a ledge and an upper side, a lower side, an inner side, and an outer side extending perpendicularly to each other and outward from the ledge, a retaining arm connected to one side of the cover and extending over the cover, a latch and a complementary latch receiver for engaging the latch, mounted oppositely from each other on the frame, and the window being connected to the ledge on the cover for carrying and displaying graphics from within the window in the cover.
A package for holding a disc and diskettes comprising a frame and a window, the frame further comprising a tray and a cover connected by a hinge, the tray having a base, a top wall extending outward from a top end of the base, a bottom wall extending outward from a bottom end of the base, a free wall extending outward from a right edge of the base, an opening in the base, at least two grippers extending outward from the base near the opening, a latch flap hingedly connected to the base near the opening, a diskette holder hingedly connected to the tray below the opening for holding 3.5" diskettes, and a latch connected to and extending outward from the free wall of the tray, the cover having a ledge, an upper side extending outward from an upper end of the ledge, a lower side extending outward from a lower end of the ledge, an inner side extending outward from an inner edge of the ledge, an outer side extending outward from an outer edge of the ledge, a retaining arm connected to the cover and extending over the cover, an aperture in the outer side of the cover for engaging the latch, and multiple clasps for mechanically fastening the window to the cover, and the window for carrying graphics positioned in and mechanically fastened to the ledge and the inner side of the cover.
A compact disc container for holding a disc and diskettes comprising a frame and a window, the frame further comprising a tray and a cover connected to the tray by a hinge, the tray having a base and a top wall, a bottom wall, and a free wall extending perpendicularly to each other and outward from the base, an opening in the base, the opening surrounded by a first border side wall, a second border side wall, a lower border wall and a top border wall, the cover having a ledge and an upper side, a lower side, an inner side, and an outer side extending perpendicularly to each other and outward from the ledge, a retaining arm connected to one side of the cover and extending over the cover, a latch and a complementary latch receiver for engaging the latch, mounted oppositely from each other on the frame, and the window being connected to the ledge on the cover for carrying and displaying graphics from within the window in the cover.
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