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US 5,595,293 AGranted
Wallet for containing a compact disc, and fabrication method
AssigneeRembrandt Photo Services
InventorWilliam R. Miller
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Abstract
A CD wallet with an entrapped graphics sheet and dedicated to the storing of a particular CD corresponding to the graphics on the entrapped graphics sheet, together with a method for fabricating the dedicated CD wallet. The wallet is fabricated of flexible panels of thermoplastic sheet material, and the entrapped graphics sheet includes two parallel scores thereon and is preferably of greater rigidity than the plastic panels, permitting the plastic panels to bend along the scores on the entrapped graphics sheet to form a spine when the graphics sheet is folded along the scores.
Claims30
A wallet for containing a compact disc, comprising the combination of:
- a transparent substantially rectangular first flexible plastic panel and a substantially rectangular second flexible plastic panel of substantially the same dimensions as said first panel, said first and second panels welded together along four edges thereof;
- a substantially rectangular graphics sheet interposed between said first and second panels and enclosed within the welded edges of said welded together first and second panels, said graphics sheet having graphics thereon viewable through said first panel;
- said welded together first and second panels and said interposed graphics sheet foldable to form a front cover and a rear cover separated by a spine;
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- a third flexible plastic panel superposed on one of said covers and facing said second panel, said third panel welded along three edges thereof to three edges of said one cover forming a pocket between said one cover and said third panel having an opening along an unsealed edge of said third panel facing said spine for receiving the compact disc.
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A wallet having a width dimension and a longitudinal dimension for containing a compact disc, comprising the combination of:
- a compact disc having digital information embedded therein;
- a substantially rectangular graphics sheet including graphics on one surface thereof relating to the information embodied in said compact disc, said graphics sheet having a width dimension and a longitudinal dimension respectively less than the width dimension and longitudinal dimension of the wallet, said graphics sheet including two parallel scores thereon along said sheet's width dimension and spaced from each other along said sheet's longitudinal dimension to define a spine therebetween substantially midway of said sheet's longitudinal dimension;
- a transparent substantially rectangular first flexible plastic panel of greater flexibility than said graphics sheet, said first panel having a width dimension slightly greater than the diameter of said compact disc and a longitudinal dimension greater than twice the diameter of said compact disc plus the distance between said scores defining said spine;
- a substantially rectangular second flexible plastic panel of substantially the same dimension as said first panel and of greater flexibility than said graphics sheet;
- said first and second panels welded together along four edges thereof with said graphics sheet interposed therebetween and enclosed within said edges with said graphics viewable through said first panel, said welded together first and second panels and said interposed graphics sheet foldable along said scores with said first panel outwardly disposed to form a front cover and a rear cover separated by said spine;
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- a third flexible plastic panel superposed on said rear cover and facing said second panel, said third panel having a width dimension substantially the same as the width dimension of said rear cover and a longitudinal dimension less than the longitudinal dimension of said rear cover, said third panel welded along three edges thereof to three edges of said rear cover forming a first pocket between said rear cover and said third panel having a first opening along an unsealed edge of said third panel facing said spine for receiving said compact disc.
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A method for fabricating a wallet having a width dimension and a longitudinal dimension for containing a compact disc, comprising the combination of:
- providing a longitudinally extending transparent first flexible plastic web, a longitudinally extending second flexible plastic web and a longitudinally extending third flexible plastic web;
- providing a rectangular graphics sheet having a longitudinal dimension and a width dimension respectively less than the longitudinal dimension of the wallet being fabricated, said graphics sheet including two parallel scores thereon along said sheet's width dimension and spaced from each other along said sheet's longitudinal dimension to define a spine therebetween substantially midway of said sheet's longitudinal dimension;
- cutting said third web to form an opening therethrough having two generally obverse edges respectively on opposite sides of a lateral line and spaced therefrom, said opening having a width dimension along said lateral line greater than the width dimension of the wallet being fabricated;
- superposing said second web on said third web;
- welding said second and third webs together to form a seam along an arc concavely facing said lateral line, said arc having a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the compact disc and a center longitudinally spaced from said lateral line by a distance greater than one-half the diameter of the compact disc plus one-half the distance between said scores defining said spine;
- placing said graphics sheet on said second web with said two parallel scores respectively on opposite sides of said lateral line;
- superposing said first web on said graphics sheet;
- welding said first, second and third webs together to form a seam defining a rectangle having a width dimension slightly greater than the diameter of the compact disc and a longitudinal dimension greater than twice the diameter of the compact disc plus the distance between said two scores on said graphics sheet, the longitudinal dimension of said rectangle being bisected by said lateral line and the width dimension of said rectangle being contained within the width dimension of said opening through said third web;
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- cutting the welded together first, second and third webs along said rectangle including said rectangular seam.
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