Three ring binder page for holding compact discs

A three-ring binder page for removably storing up to four 4 3/4-inch diameter compact discs on each side of said binder page, said binder page comprising;

• a first transparent and flexible plastic sheet, a second flexible plastic sheet, and a third transparent and flexible plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape whose vertical height is about 10.3-inch, and whose horizontal width is about 11.4-inch,
• said first sheet, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge that define said horizontal width, and having a vertical right hand side edge and a vertical left hand side edge that define said vertical height,
• a first three-sided heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge, bottom edge, and right hand side edge, to thereby form a unitary flexible three-ring binder page wherein said right hand vertical side edge defines a binder edge for said binder page,
• four three-sided heat seals binding said first, second and third sheets together in a manner to define four single-disc storage pockets on each side of said binder page, each one of said storage pockets being of size to store one of compact disc therein,
• said four single-disc storage pockets on each side of said page being arranged in two identical four-pocket matrixes, each matrix having two storage pockets on each side of said matrix,
• a first pattern of three vertically aligned and circular binder holes formed at a location that is spaced about 0.6-inch from said right hand side edge of said binder page,
• a second pattern of three vertically aligned and elongated binder holes that are each about 0.9-inches in horizontal length, that individually extending in a horizontal direction, and that are individually horizontally aligned with one of said three circular binder holes, said three elongated binder holes being formed at a location that is spaced to the left of said three vertically aligned and circular binder holes, and
• a linear and vertical heat seal fold line extending generally parallel to said right hand side edge of said binder page, and located to intersect said three elongated binder holes, said heat seal fold line being located about 1.75-inch from said right hand side edge of said binder page.

A three-ring binder page for removably storing a maximum of four CDs on each side of said binder page, said binder page comprising;

• a first flexible plastic sheet, a second flexible plastic sheet, and a third flexible plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third plastic sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape whose vertical height is about equal to the height of a standard three-ring binder, and whose horizontal width is somewhat greater than the width of a standard three-ring binder when in a closed position,
• said first sheet, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge that define said horizontal width, and having a vertical right hand side edge and a vertical left hand side edge that define said vertical height,
• a first heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge, bottom edge, and right hand side edge, to thereby form a unitary flexible three-ring binder page wherein said right hand vertical side edge defines a vertical binder edge for said binder page,
• four three-sided heat seals binding said first, second and third sheets together in a manner to define four one-CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page,
• said four one-CD storage pockets on each side of said page being arranged in two four-pocket matrixes, each matrix having two one-CD storage pockets that are vertically aligned and located at a distance spaced from said vertical binder edge of said binder page,
• a first pattern of three vertically aligned and circular binder holes formed at a location that is spaced a lesser distance from said vertical binder edge of said binder page,
• a second pattern of three vertically aligned and elongated binder holes that individually extend in a horizontal direction, and that are individually horizontally aligned with one of said three circular binder holes, said three elongated binder holes being spaced at an intermediate distance from said binder edge of said binder page,
• a linear, vertical and deep heat seal fold line extending generally parallel to said binder edge of said binder page, and located to intersect said three elongated binder holes,
• each of said first and third sheets having identical first and second linear, vertically aligned and vertically extending through-cuts that define CD insertion/removal openings for said two one-CD storage pockets that are vertically aligned and located at said distance spaced from said vertical binder edge of said binder page, and
• each of said first and third sheets having four identical through-cut patterns formed therein to define four finger holes and four horizontally extending slots that individually extend from a left hand side an individual one of said four finger holes, the left hand end of two of said horizontally extending slots terminating at said left hand vertical edge of said binder page, and two of said horizontally extending slots terminating at an individual one of said two vertically extending through-cuts.

A flexible three-ring binder page for removably storing a plurality of CDs in a standard size three-ring binder that has two manually movable and rectangular covers, and three spaced, vertically aligned, two-part binder rings that are manually openable to receive a vertical binder edge of said binder page, said binder page comprising;

• a first plastic sheet, a second plastic sheet, and a third plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape whose vertical height generally conforms to the vertical height of a standard size three-ring binder, and whose horizontal width is larger than the horizontal width of a standard size three-ring binder when the two covers thereof are closed,
• said first sheet, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge that define said horizontal width, and having a vertical right hand side edge and a vertical left hand side edge that define said vertical height,
• first heat seal means binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge, bottom edge, and right hand side edge to thereby form a unitary three ring binder page wherein said right hand side edge defines a vertical binder edge of said binder page,
• second heat seal means binding said first, second and third sheets together in a manner to define a plurality of single-CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page,
• a first pattern of three vertically aligned and circular binder holes formed at a location that is spaced a first distance from said vertical binder edge of said binder page, said first distance placing said circular binder holes over a first part of an open two-part binder ring,
• a second pattern of three vertically aligned and elongated binder holes individually extending in a horizontal direction and individually horizontally aligned with one of said three circular binder holes, said three elongated binder holes being formed at a location that is spaced a second greater distance from said vertical binder edge of said binder page, said second greater distance placing said elongated binder holes over a second part an open two-part binder ring,
• a linear and vertical heat seal fold line extending generally parallel to said vertical binder edge of said binder page, and located to intersect said three elongated binder holes, said heat seal fold line being placed at a location that is intermediate the first and second parts of an open two-part binder ring,
• whereby upon folding of said binder page on said fold line, followed by closing of the two-part binder ring, said left hand vertical side edge of said binder page moves to the right, and said binder page generally conforms to the size of a standard three-ring binder when the two cover thereof are closed.

A planar three-ring binder page for removably storing no more than four flat CDs on each side of said binder page, said CDs having equal planar areas and equal diameters, said binder page comprising;

• a first planar and flexible plastic sheet, a second planar and flexible plastic sheet, and a third planar and flexible plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape,
• said first sheet, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge, and a vertical right hand side edge and a vertical left hand side edge,
• first heat sealing means binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge, bottom edge, and right hand side edge,
• second heat sealing means binding said first, second and third sheets together in a manner to define four planar single-CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page, each of said storage pockets having a planar area generally equal to the CD planar area,
• said four storage pockets on each side of said binder page being arranged in a vertical inner pocket column and a vertical outer pocket column that each contain two vertically aligned pockets,
• said outer column having vertically aligned left hand and right hand pocket boundaries for said two storage pockets in said outer column, said left and right hand pocket boundaries being horizontally spaced a distance about equal a CD diameter,
• two elongated, vertically extending, and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with said left hand pocket boundary of said outer column and with said left hand side edge of said binder page,
• said inner column having vertically aligned left and right hand pocket boundaries for said two storage pockets in said inner column, said left and right hand pocket boundaries being horizontally spaced a distance about equal to a CD diameter,
• two elongate, vertically extending, and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with said left hand pocket boundary of said inner column,
• a first pattern of three vertically aligned and circular binder holes formed at a location that is spaced from said right hand side edge of said binder page,
• a second pattern of three vertically aligned and horizontally elongated binder holes that are individually horizontally aligned with one of said three circular binder holes, said three elongated binder holes being formed at a location that is spaced to the left of said three vertically aligned and circular binder holes,
• a linear and vertical heat seal fold line extending generally parallel to said right hand side edge of said binder page so as to intersect said three elongated binder holes, said fold line being located generally coincident with said right hand pocket boundary of said inner column,
• a first elongated and short dimension cut formed in said right hand pocket boundary of an upper storage pocket of said inner column at a location generally vertically midway of said right hand pocket boundary, and
• a second elongated and short dimension cut formed in said right hand pocket boundary of a lower storage pocket of said inner column at a location generally vertically midway of said right hand pocket boundary.

A planar three-ring binder page providing four CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page for CDs having equal planar areas and equal diameters, said binder page comprising;

• a first planar and flexible plastic sheet, a second planar and flexible plastic sheet, and a third planar and flexible plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape,
• said first sheet, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge, and a vertical right hand side edge and a vertical left hand side edge,
• first heat sealing means binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge, bottom edge, and right hand side edge,
• second heat sealing means binding said first, second and third sheets together in a manner to define four planar CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page, each of said storage pockets having a planar area generally equal to the CD planar area,
• said four storage pockets on each side of said binder page being arranged in a vertical inner pocket column and a vertical outer pocket column that each contain two vertically aligned pockets,
• said outer column having vertically aligned left hand and right hand pocket boundaries for said two storage pockets in said outer column, said left and right hand pocket boundaries being horizontally spaced a distance about equal a CD diameter,
• two elongated, vertically extending, and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with said left hand pocket boundary of said outer column and with said left hand side edge of said binder page,
• said inner column having vertically aligned left and right hand pocket boundaries for said two storage pockets in said inner column, said left and right hand pocket boundaries being horizontally spaced a distance about equal to a CD diameter,
• two elongate, vertically extending, and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with said left hand pocket boundary of said inner column,
• a first pattern of three vertically aligned and circular binder holes formed at a location that is spaced from said right hand side edge of said binder page,
• a second pattern of three vertically aligned and horizontally elongated binder holes that are individually horizontally aligned with one of said three circular binder holes, said three elongated binder holes being formed at a location that is spaced to the left of said three vertically aligned and circular binder holes, and
• a linear and vertical heat seal fold line extending generally parallel to said right hand side edge of said binder page so as to intersect said three elongated binder holes, said fold line being located generally coincident with said right hand pocket boundary of said inner column,
• said first and third flexible plastic sheets each being formed of two sheet members corresponding to said vertical inner pocket column and to said vertical outer pocket column, respectively.

A three-ring binder page constructed and arranged to provide four substantially square CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page for storing circular CDs that have generally equal planar areas and generally equal diameters, said binder page comprising;

• a first planar and flexible plastic sheet, a second planar and flexible plastic sheet, and a third planar and flexible plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape,
• said first sheet, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge, and a vertical right hand side edge and a vertical left hand side edge,
• a first and a second horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge and bottom edge, respectively,
• a third horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at a horizontal mid portion of said binder page,
• a three-piece vertically extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at a vertical mid portion of said binder page,
• a six-piece vertically extending and linear heat seal binding said first, second and third sheets together at a position that is spaced from said right hand side edge so as to define a vertical page fold line at the location of said six-piece heat seal line,
• said first, second, third, three-piece and six piece heat seals defining four planar and generally square CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page, each of said storage pockets having a square planar area whose vertical and horizontal dimensions are generally equal, and whose vertical and horizontal dimensions are generally equal to the diameter of a CD,
• said four storage pockets on each side of said binder page being arranged in a vertical inner pocket column and a vertical outer pocket column, each column contain two vertically aligned storage pockets,
• said outer column of storage pockets having a vertically aligned right hand storage pocket boundary that is defined by said three-piece heat seal, wherein two gaps in said three-piece seal are centrally provided in said right hand boundary of each of said two storage pockets of said outer column,
• said inner column of storage pockets having a vertically aligned right hand storage pocket boundary that is defined by said six-piece heat seal wherein two gaps in said six-piece heat seal are centrally provided in said right hand boundary of each of said two said storage pockets of said inner column,
• two elongated, vertically extending, and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with said left hand pocket boundary of said outer column and with said left hand side edge of said binder page,
• two elongated, vertically extending, and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with said left hand pocket boundary of said inner column and generally coincident with said three-piece heat seal,
• a first pattern of three vertically aligned and circular binder holes formed at a location that is spaced from said right hand side edge of said binder page,
• a second pattern of three vertically aligned and horizontally elongated binder holes that are individually horizontally aligned with one of said three circular binder holes, said three elongated binder holes being formed at a location that is spaced to the left of said three vertically aligned and circular binder holes, and said three elongated binder holes occupying three gaps that are defined by said six-piece heat seal, and
• a deep linear and vertical heat seal fold line extending generally parallel to said right hand side edge of said binder page so as to intersect said three elongated binder holes, said fold line being located coincident with said right hand pocket boundary of said inner column and coincident with said six-piece heat seal.

A three-ring binder page providing four substantially square CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page for storing circular CDs that have equal planar areas and equal diameters, said binder page being constructed and arranged for use within three-ring binders having a standard and general utility size format, said binder page comprising;

• a first planar and flexible plastic sheet, a second planar and flexible plastic sheet, and a third planar and flexible plastic sheet, said three sheets being arranged in that order,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a generally similar rectangular shape,
• said first, second and third sheets each having a horizontal top edge and a horizontal bottom edge, a vertical left hand side edge, and a vertical right hand binder edge,
• a first horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said top edge,
• a second horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first, second and third sheets together at a location closely adjacent to said first linear heat seal,
• a third horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at said bottom edge,
• a fourth horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first, second and third sheets together at a location closely adjacent to said first third heat seal,
• a two-piece horizontally extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at a horizontal mid portion of said binder page, said two-piece heat seal having a first gap therein,
• a fifth vertically extending and linear heat seal binding said first sheet, second and third sheets together at a vertical mid portion of said binder page,
• a four-piece vertically extending and linear heat seal binding said first, second and third sheets together at said right hand binder edge, said four-piece heat seal having a second, third and fourth gap therein,
• said horizontally extending second, fourth and two-piece heat seals, and said vertically extending fifth and four-piece heat seals cooperating to define four planar and generally square CD storage pockets on each side of said binder page, each of said storage pockets having a square planar area whose vertical and horizontal dimensions are generally equal to the diameter of a CD,
• said four storage pockets on each side of said binder page being arranged in a vertical inner pocket column and a vertical outer pocket column, each vertical column contain upper and a lower vertically aligned storage pockets,
• said outer column of storage pockets having a vertically aligned right hand storage pocket boundary that is defined by said fifth heat seal,
• said inner column of storage pockets having a vertically aligned right hand storage pocket boundary that is defined by said four-piece heat seal,
• two elongated, vertically extending and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with a left hand pocket boundary of said outer column and with said left hand side edge of said binder page,
• two elongated, vertically extending and aligned disc insertion/removal slots coincident with a left hand pocket boundary of said inner column and generally coincident with said fifth heat seal,
• a pattern of three vertically aligned binder holes formed on a vertical axis that is spaced from said right hand side edge of said binder page,
• an upper one of said three holes being formed within said upper storage pocket of said inner column of pockets and at a location that excludes said planar area of a CD,
• a lower one of said three holes being formed within said bottom storage pocket of said inner column of pockets and at a location that excludes said planar area of a CD,
• a middle one of said three holes being formed coincident with said first gap, and
• a pattern of three vertically aligned, horizontally elongated, and generally U-shaped notches individually formed in said second, third and fourth gap, said slots being individually horizontally aligned with one of said three holes.