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US 7,726,476 B2Granted
Optical media storage package
OwnerLarry Dean Durham, Nickie Joan Durhaminventors
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Abstract
A media disc storage package includes: a folder including at least first and second spaced-apart panels defining a space for enclosing a media disc; and a substantially rigid insert disposed between the panels. The insert spans the distance between the panels to provide structural support to the folder, and includes an open disc well adapted to hold the media disc in the space between the panels.
Claims10
An insert for a media disc storage package, comprising:
- (a) a tray having a generally planar floor and at least one upstanding rim extending from the floor so as to define an open disc well adapted to receive and locate a media disc therein;
- (b) a frame having an outer perimeter, the frame carrying the tray so that the tray is moveable, in a plane generally parallel to the floor, between:
- (i) a first position in which the disc well is disposed inside the outer perimeter of the frame, and
- (ii) a second position in which the disc well extends at least partially outside the perimeter of the frame;
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- (c) a spring locking mechanism comprising:
- (i) a flexible spring having at least one end connected to the insert;
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- (ii) a latch extending laterally from the spring, the latch being moveable with the spring, in a plane generally parallel to the floor, between:
- (A) a first position in which at least a portion of the latch overlies the disc well;
- and
- (B) a second position in which the latch is clear of the disc well.
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