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US 5,630,504 AGranted
Compact disc package with plastic tray
OwnerW. Tyler Fitzsimmons, Anthony L. Gelardiinventors
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A compact disc container uses a plastic tray, a paperboard which is mechanically locked to the tray, and a clasp to hold the paperboard cover closed. Corner sections of the tray have elongated openings along outer walls to receive tabs which are bent up at right angles from a base panel of the board. The tabs are then bent inward over ribs in the corner section, and arcuate inner surfaces of the tabs lie against outer surfaces of segmental walls in the tray. Retainers hold the arcuate surfaces of the tabs downward. The outside of the tabs may be printed with the outside of the base and the cover, since the outside surfaces of the tabs appear within the tray. A spline panel extends from the base panel to the cover. The cover has an outer panel and an inner panel which are printed before they are folded and bonded. A second page is folded from an inward end of the inner panel. The fold between the inner panel and the second page acts as a spring, opening the cover and separating the second page from the inner panel when the cover is released. A clasp is received in an opening in the front wall of the tray. Projections from the tray are received within openings in the clasp, and arms extend into the front wall for holding the clasp over a closed cover. The forward edge of the cover has a curved cutout which matches a curved edge of a downward step within the lid of the cover to prevent lateral cover movement while the lid holds the cover closed. Sliding or rocking the clasp outward releases the cover.
A CD package apparatus, comprising a molded plastic tray, a paperboard having a base panel attached to the tray, a spline panel overlying an end of the tray and a cover panel overlying the tray, and a clasp connected to a front of the tray for engaging a front edge portion of the cover panel and holding the panel cover closed, wherein the tray further comprises a base and outer walls extending upward from the base, and segmental inner walls extending upward from the base near intersections of the outer walls, the segmental walls defining a generally circular area for receiving a compact disc, and openings in the base for receiving portions of the paperboard and detents on the segmental wall for engaging the portions of the paperboard.
A CD package apparatus, comprising a molded plastic tray, a paperboard having a base panel attached to the tray, a spline panel overlying an end of the tray and a cover panel overlying the tray, and a clasp connected to a front of the tray for engaging a front edge portion of the cover panel and holding the cover panel closed, wherein the base panel further comprises tab extensions with folds for extending into openings in the tray and folding within the tray for mechanically attaching the base panel to the tray, the paperboard further having a spline panel connected to a spline edge of the base panel and a cover connected to a top edge of the spline panel.
A CD tray having a base and outer walls extending upward from the base, and segmental inner walls extending upward from the base near locations where the outer walls meet, the segmental walls defining a generally circular area for receiving a compact disc, and openings in the base for receiving inserts and detents on the segmental wall for engaging the inserts.
A cover apparatus for a combined plastic tray and paperboard panel CD package, comprising a spline panel, an outer panel joined to a fold at a top of the spline panel, an inner panel folded with respect to the outer panel remote from the spline panel and bonded to an inner surface of the outer panel to form a first page, and a second page hinged to the inner panel along an edge thereof near the spline panel for providing a spring action for lifting the outer panel the cover and separating the second page from the inner panel as the outer panel is lifted.
A paperboard panel apparatus for a combination of a paperboard and a plastic tray CD package comprising a base panel for mechanically engaging the tray, the base panel having tab extensions with folds for extending into openings in the tray and folding within the tray for mechanically attaching the base panel to the tray, the paperboard further having a spline panel connected to a spline edge of the base panel and a cover connected to a top edge of the spline panel, the tray having outer walls with inner surfaces, wherein the base tab extensions have arcuate terminal edges for engaging segmental walls of the tray on an inside of the tray, and wherein the extensions have opposite parallel edges for respectively lying along inner surfaces of outer walls of the tray and surfaces of the segmental walls in the tray.
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