Patent · US Expired

Compact disc security package with orienting tabs

US5211283A · kind A · utility

41Cited by
9References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 27, 1992
Grant dateMay 18, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/0488
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reusable plastic package for securely holding and displaying a compact disc. A housing forms a storage compartment having an access opening for receiving and retaining therein a plastic storage box containing a compact disc. A slide plate is mounted on the housing and is slidably moved across the access opening between locked and unlocked positions to retain the box within the storage compartment. The slide plate has locking projections which engage locking tabs on the housing to maintain the slide plate in locked position until released by a manually operated key. A pair of orienting tabs are formed on the slide plate and move through openings formed in a rear wall of the storage compartment and into offset openings formed in the compact disc storage box when the slide plate is moved to the locked position to ensure that the storage box is oriented in the desired position in the storage compartment for viewing of graphics cards contained thereon.

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