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US 6,634,493 B2Granted
Compact disc holder and booklet
AssigneeWilliam Exline, Inc.
InventorChristopher P. Exline
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Abstract
A combination compact disc holder and informational booklet comprising a cover and a plurality of pages, the cover and pages being made of substantially rectangular paper sheets, the cover being of heavier stock and including at least one pocket having such size and shape as to retain a compact disc therein, and the pages being of lighter stock and carrying printed information concerning the content of the compact disc stored in the at least one pocket, the pages being folded and sewn along a fold line and the cover being glued to an outer surface of an outermost page.
Claims18
A combination compact disc holder and informational booklet comprising:
- (a) a paper cover having a fold which divides the cover into a first cover panel and a second cover panel, the first and second cover panels each having an inside surface, an outside surface, a bottom edge, a side edge, and a top edge;
- (b) a booklet of multiple paper leaves, the leaves being folded and sewn along a fold line to form a first page, a second page, a last page, a next to last page, and a plurality of additional pages, the pages being of substantially the same size and shape as the first and second panels of the cover;
- wherein the second page includes a slit that is parallel to the fold line;
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- (c) an adhesive coating applied to the inside surfaces of the first and second cover panels, wherein the first and last page of the booklet are adhesively attached to the inside surface of the first and second cover panels by the adhesive coating;
- the first page being slightly smaller than the first cover panel, thereby leaving a C-shaped adhesive strip therearound;
- (d) wherein the second page is attached to the adhesive strip to form a pocket between the second page and the first page of the booklet, the slit in the second page forms a pocket opening, and the pocket and pocket opening are of suitable size to receive and retain a compact disc.
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A combination compact disc holder and informational booklet comprising:
- (a) a paper cover having a fold which divides the cover into a first cover panel and a second cover panel, the first and second cover panels each having an inside surface, an outside surface, a bottom edge, a side edge, and a top edge;
- (b) a booklet of multiple paper leaves, the leaves being folded and sewn along a fold line to form a first page, a last page, and a plurality of additional pages, the pages with the exception of the first page being of substantially the same size and shape as the first and second panels of the cover;
- (c) an adhesive coating applied to the inside surfaces of the first and second cover panels, wherein the first and last page of the booklet are adhesively attached to the inside surfaces of the first and second cover panels by the adhesive coating;
- the first page being slightly smaller than the first cover panel, thereby leaving a C-shaped adhesive strip therearound;
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- (d) a pocket sheet attached to the adhesive strip to form a pocket between the pocket sheet and the first page of the booklet, wherein the pocket is of suitable size to receive and retain a compact disc and has an opening adjacent to the fold line.
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A combination compact disc holder and informational booklet comprising:
- (a) a paper cover having a first fold which divides the cover into a first cover panel and a second cover panel, and a second fold parallel to the first fold which divides the cover between the second cover panel and a third cover panel, the first, second, and third cover panels each having an inside surface, an outside surface, a bottom edge, and a top edge, and the first cover panel having a side edge;
- (b) a booklet of multiple paper leaves, the leaves being folded and sewn along a fold line to form a first page, a last page, and a plurality of additional pages, the pages being of substantially the same size and shape as the cover panels of the cover;
- (c) an adhesive coating applied to the inside surfaces of the second and third cover panels, wherein the first and last page of the booklet are adhesively attached to the inside surfaces of the first and second cover panels respectively by the adhesive coating;
- the first page being slightly shorter in height than the second cover panel, thereby leaving first adhesive strip along the top edge of the second cover panel and a second adhesive strip along the bottom edge of the second cover panel;
- (d) wherein the first cover panel is folded against the inside surface of the second cover panel along the first fold and is attached to the second cover panel by the first and second adhesive strips, thereby forming a pocket between the first cover panel and the first page of the booklet, wherein the pocket is of suitable size to receive and retain a compact disc and has an opening adjacent to the fold line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.