US 5,697,498 A · Carrying case for recorded media

Abstract

A carrying case for storing disc-shaped data storage media and associated printed graphics. The case includes a base hingedly connected to a lid by a hinge panel. A one-piece page assembly is hingedly mounted on the base and includes a plurality of first hinge pages hingedly and alternately connected to a plurality of second hinge pages by a pair of flexible hinge straps. The first hinge pages pivot toward and latch to the second hinge pages to form a stack of hingedly joined multi-media pages. Each multi-media page includes a pair of central hubs for holding a pair of compact discs. Each first page includes a pair of outwardly extending tapered tabs which cooperates with the tabs of an adjacent page to produces a cam action between adjacent multi-media pages. The manual pivotal movement of one multi-media page toward a horizontal position causes the tabs of the adjacent page to interact moving the adjacent multi-media page to an upright position for ease of removal and insertion of the recorded media and graphics. A side loading graphics pocket is formed between the first and second pages in each multi-media page which receives and stores graphics and prevents the graphics from sliding therefrom when the multi-media pages are flipped between the horizontal and upstanding positions. Multiple page assemblies can be interconnected to allow the case to store a multiplicity of disc-shaped data storage media.

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Dependent claims

A carrying case for disc-shaped data storage media and associated graphics including:

(a) a base;
(b) a lid;
(c) first hinge means for hingedly connecting said base to said lid to form a storage chamber therebetween;
(d) a page assembly pivotally mounted within the storage chamber, said page assembly including:
(i) a plurality of first and second pages each having first and second ends wherein the first end of said first pages is hingedlly connected to the second end of an adjacent one of said second pages;
wherein the second end of said first pages is hingedly connected to the first end of another adjacent one of said second pages;
and wherein outermost first and second pages include first and second free ends, respectively;
(ii) second hinge means for hingedly connecting said first pages to said second pages;
(iii) latching means formed on said first and second pages for latching said first pages in juxtaposition to said second pages to form a plurality of multi-media pages, with a graphics storage compartment being formed between said first and second pages in each of said multi-media pages;
and
(iv) a hub formed on an outer surface of each of said first and second pages for supporting a disc-shaped data storage medium on said outer surface;
and
(e) third hinge means for pivotally mounting said page assembly in said storage chamber.

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Carrying case for recorded media

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