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Portfolio packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material

US6840375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 2002
Grant dateJan 11, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/0422
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for packaging at least one disc-shaped item comprising a storage device for the storage of said disc-shaped media in a chamber or cavity, which storage device may be attached to an object having at least one rigid or semi-rigid planar surface hingedly or removably attached to the remainder of the object, such as a book, folder or box. The chamber includes means for maintaining the disc media in a stable state within the chamber while limiting its linear movement. The storage device is attached to the rigid or semi-rigid planar surface through a hole in said surface, which hole corresponds to the shape of the media-retaining portion of the storage device. The storage device may be retained within the hole by means of a skirt running around the perimeter thereof, which skirt is adapted to engage the back of the rigid or semi-rigid member.

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