Inlay cards and method for its manufacture
AssigneeSONY DADC Austria AG
InventorsAdolf Maringer, Karl Kronegger, Michael Grossinger
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AssigneeSONY DADC Austria AG
InventorsAdolf Maringer, Karl Kronegger, Michael Grossinger
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The invention relates to an inlay card for decorating an enclosure, to packaging for a disk-shaped medium, to a method for manufacturing an inlay card for decorating an enclosure as well as to a method for packaging a disk-shaped medium. In particular, the present invention relates to inlay cards for decorating an enclosure, especially a jewel case, having a curved and/or multifaceted side wall. The invention can be summarized as an inlay card, or a manufacture thereof, having two or more tabs that are configured and adapted to be bent with respect to a major surface of said inlay card such that the tabs conform to the shape of a multifaceted or curved wall of a jewel case when the inlay card is placed therein.
An inlay card for decorating an enclosure having an enclosure major surface and at least one wall intersecting said enclosure major surface along an intersection curve, comprising:
An inlay card for decorating an enclosure having an enclosure major surface and at least one multifaceted wall comprising, as facets thereof, at least a first and second wall that respectively, linearly intersect said enclosure major surface along an intersection, comprising:
A method for manufacturing an inlay card for decorating an enclosure and the enclosure, comprising the steps of:
A method for manufacturing an inlay card for decorating an enclosure and the enclosure, comprising the steps of:
A method for packaging a disk-shaped medium, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an inlay card for decorating an enclosure, to packaging for a disk-shaped medium, to a method for manufacturing an inlay card for decorating an enclosure as well as to a method for packaging a disk-shaped medium. In particular, the present invention relates to inlay cards for decorating an enclosure, especially a jewel case, having a curved and/or multifaceted side wall.
2. Description of the Related Prior Art
The novel features of the invention, as well as the invention itself, both as to its structure and its operation will be best understood from the accompanying figures, taken in conjunction with the accompanying description. The Figures show:
FIG. 1 a conventional inlay card
FIG. 2 a cross-sectional view of curved side faces of an enclosure in accordance with the invention;
In its broadest aspect, the invention can be seen in an inlay card for decorating an enclosure, in particular an enclosure having a curved and/or multifaceted wall or side face.
The invention can likewise be seen in a corresponding method. While the present description may, for the sake of brevity, limit itself to a description of the inlay card of the invention, the teachings of this specification are to be understood as applying equally to a corresponding method capable of producing the described inlay card or capable of effecting the functionality of the described inlay card.
Throughout the specification, the expression “inlay card” is preferably to be understood in the conventional sense. It can moreover be understood in the general sense of an element formed from one or more pieces of card-like material, e.g. of paper, plastic sheet, metallic foil or cardboard, in particular paper having a weight of or on the order of 120 to 220, preferably 150 to 190, preferably 170, grams per square meter or of plastic sheet of a similar thickness, flexibility or durability.