Claims
- 1. A storage package for a recording medium comprising:
- (A) a plurality of panels including, a pair of end panels said plurality of panels being movable between an open orientation enabling access to the contents of the package and a collapsed orientation for storage purposes, each of said plurality of panels having a pair of opposed lateral sidewalls;
- (B) a holder formed of plastic disposed on one of said end panels for receiving and maintaining a recording medium thereon, said holder having one end thereof remote from the other of said end panels when said plurality of panels are in said open orientation; and
- (C) an end cap formed of plastic, one end of said end cap being directly pivotally secured to said one end of said holder, said end cap having a portion thereof spaced from said one end thereof adapted to releasably engage said holder at a portion thereof spaced from said one end of said holder when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation and to maintain said plurality of panels in said collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of said plurality of panels out of said collapsed orientation.
- 2. The package of claim 1 wherein said end cap is directly pivotally secured to said holder by a living hinge.
- 3. The package of claim 2 wherein said living hinge extends substantially the entire width of said holder.
- 4. The package of claim 2 wherein said end cap and said holder are of a unitary, integral, one-piece construction formed in a single molding operation.
- 5. The package of claim 2 wherein said plastic is polypropylene.
- 6. The package of claim 1 wherein said end cap is directly pivotally secured to said holder by a spaced pair of pin-and-hole hinges.
- 7. The package of claim 6 wherein each of said hinges is disposed at an opposite side of said holder.
- 8. The package of claim 6 wherein said end cap is generally U-shaped and has a pair of upstanding opposed lateral sidewalls defining end cap engaging means and a connecting portion connecting the same, and said holder has a generally planar and generally rectangular body and a pair of opposed lateral sidewalls defining engaging means adapted to engage cooperatively with said end cap engaging means.
- 9. The package of claim 6 wherein said end cap is a different color than said holder.
- 10. The package of claim 1 wherein said plurality of Panels is formed of paperboard.
- 11. The package of claim 1 wherein said plurality of panels in said open orientation has no panel overlying said panel on which said holder is disposed, thereby enabling access to said holder and any recording medium thereon, and in said collapsed orientation has each of said panels overlapping one another, thereby to provide a compact package for storage.
- 12. The package of claim 1 wherein said end cap is generally U-shaped and has a pair of upstanding opposed lateral sidewalls defining end cap engaging means and a connecting portion connecting the same, and said holder has a generally planar and generally rectangular holder body and a pair of opposed lateral holder sidewalls defining holder engaging means adapted to engage cooperatively with said end cap engaging means.
- 13. The package of claim 12 wherein said holder sidewalls extend upwardly above the plane of said holder body for a major length thereof, said holder engaging means being disposed on the remainder of the length thereof.
- 14. The package of claim 12 wherein said holder sidewalls extend downwardly below the plane of said holder body for substantially the entire length thereof.
- 15. The package of claim 12 wherein said holder sidewalls extend downwardly below the plane of said holder body at least the thickness of said panel on which said holder is disposed and, for the major length thereof, upwardly from the plane of said holder body at least the thickness of the remainder of said panels when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, thereby to overlap and protect the sidewalls of said plurality of panels in said collapsed orientation.
- 16. The package of claim 12 wherein said holder sidewalls extend upwardly and downwardly relative to the plane of said holder body to cover both said sidewalls of said panel on which it is disposed and, in cooperation with said sidewalls of said end cap, said sidewalls of the other of said panels when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation.
- 17. The package of claim 12 wherein said end cap extends upwardly and downwardly sufficiently to overlap and protect adjacent portions of the opposed lateral sidewalls of said plurality of panels when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation.
- 18. The package of claim 12 wherein each of said holder and said end cap defines abutment means adapted to abut one another and limit relative movement in a given direction, thereby to limit the pressure exertable by said end cap on said holder body.
- 19. The package of claim 18 wherein said abutment means are on said sidewalls of said holder and said end cap.
- 20. The package of claim 1 wherein said panels are non-plastic.
- 21. The package of claim 1 wherein said plurality of panels additionally include at least one panel intermediate to and connecting said pair of end panels.
- 22. A storage package for a recording medium comprising:
- (A) a plurality of paperboard panels including a pair of end panels, said plurality of panels being movable between an open orientation enabling access to the contents of the package and a collapsed orientation for storage purposes, each of said plurality of panels having a pair of opposed lateral sidewalls, said plurality of panels in said collapsed orientation defining at least one spine;
- (B) a holder formed of plastic and disposed on one of said end panels for receiving and maintaining a recording medium thereon, said holder having a generally planar and generally rectangular holder body and a pair of opposed lateral holder sidewalls defining engaging means; said holder sidewalls extending downwardly below the plane of said holder body at least the thickness of said panel on which said holder is disposed and, for the major length thereof, upwardly from the plane of said holder body at least the thickness of the remainder of said panels when said plurality of panels is in the collapsed orientation, thereby to overlap and protect the sidewalls of said plurality of panels in the collapsed orientation, said holder having one end thereof remote from the other of said end panels when said plurality of panels are in said open orientation; and
- (C) an end cap formed of plastic, one end of said end cap being directly pivotally secured to said one end of said holder, said end cap being generally U-shaped and having a pair of upstanding opposed lateral sidewalls and a connecting portion connecting the same, said end cap sidewalls defining engaging means adapted to engage cooperatively with said holder engaging means when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation and to maintain said plurality of panels in said collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of said plurality of panels out of said collapsed orientation, said end cap extending upwardly and downwardly sufficiently to overlap and protect adjacent portions of the opposed lateral sidewalls of said plurality of panels when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, said holder sidewalls overlapping and protecting the sidewalls of said panels not covered by said end cap when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation;
- said plurality of panels in said open orientation having no panel overlying said panel on which said holder is disposed, thereby enabling access to said holder and any compact disc thereon, and in said collapsed orientation having each of said panels overlapping one another, thereby to, provide a compact package for storage.
- 23. The package of claim 22 wherein each of said holder and said end cap defines abutment means on said sidewalls thereof adapted to abut one another and limit relative movement in a given direction, thereby to limit the pressure exerted by said end cap on said holder body.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/807,477, filed Dec. 12, 1991, itself a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/698,201 filed May 10, 1991.
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