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Paperboard compact disk package

US5791468A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 1997
Grant dateAug 11, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/0405
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A package for holding compact disks includes a box having a front, a back, sides, and a window in the box front, a cover hingedly connected to the box and sized to close the window; a tray received in the box, and a plurality of sleeves received in the tray. The tray includes a bottom, a pair of opposed side members and a pair of opposed end members. The side and end members each including a leg extending upwardly from the tray bottom and a panel extending outwardly from a top edge of the leg. The legs of the end members and side members define a chamber and have a height substantially equal to the height of the sides of the box. The tray having a width and length substantially equal to the width and length of the box. The sleeves have a front and back defining a pocket sized to receive a compact disk, and a mounting strip hingedly connected to the sleeve along a bottom edge of the sleeve for mounting the sleeve to the bottom of the tray. The sleeves have a side-to-side width smaller than the side-to-side width of the box window. Each sleeve is movable between a reclined position in which a top edge of the sleeve is parallel to, or below, the box front and an upright position in wh…

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