Claims
- 1. A storage package for a recording medium comprising:
- (A) a plurality of non-plastic 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 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 disposed on one of said panels for receiving and maintaining a recording medium thereon; and
- (C) an end cap formed of plastic fixedly secured to one end panel, said end cap including means for releasably cooperatively engaging said holder when said plurality of panels is 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 plurality of panels is formed of paperboard.
- 3. The package of claim 1 wherein said holder is fixedly secured to a panel adjacent said one end panel on which said end cap is disposed.
- 4. The package of claim 1 wherein said plurality of panels includes at least one intermediate panel, said holder is disposed on one intermediate panel which is immediately adjacent said one end panel, and, when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, said other of said end panel and any other intermediate panels are disposed intermediate said one end panel and said one intermediate panel.
- 5. 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.
- 6. The package of claim 1 wherein said plurality of non-plastic panels additionally includes at least one panel intermediate to and connecting said pair of end panels.
- 7. The package of claim 1 wherein said end cap automatically interlocks with said holder when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation.
- 8. A storage package for a recording medium comprising
- (A) a plurality of non-plastic 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 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 disposed on one of said 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 holder engaging means; and
- (C) an end cap formed of plastic fixedly disposed on one of said end panels, said end cap being adapted to releasably engage said holder when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of said plurality of panels out of said collapsed orientation, said end cap being generally U-shaped and having a pair of upstanding opposed lateral sidewalls defining end cap engaging means and an end cap bight portion connecting the same, said holder engaging means and said end cap engaging means being adapted to engage cooperatively.
- 9. The package of claim 8, wherein, when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, said end cap bight portion extends over one spine of said package to protect the same.
- 10. The package of claim 9, wherein said end cap bight portion extending over said spine is transparent to enabling viewing of any material on said one spine.
- 11. The package of claim 8 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.
- 12. The package of claim 8 wherein said holder sidewalls extend downwardly below the plane of said holder body for substantially the entire length thereof.
- 13. The package of claim 8 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 a 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.
- 14. The package of claim 8 wherein said holder 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.
- 15. The package of claim 8 wherein said end cap extends upwardly from said panel on which it is disposed to overlap said holder when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation.
- 16. The package of claim 15 wherein said end cap also extends downwardly from said panel on which it is disposed sufficiently to overlap and protect adjacent edges thereof.
- 17. The package of claim 8 wherein said end cap extends upwardly and downwardly sufficiently to overlap and protect adjacent portions of the opposed lateral sidewalls and one end of said plurality of panels when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation.
- 18. The package of claim 8 wherein, when said plurality of panels is in said open orientation, said holder sidewalls extend toward said one end panel on which said end cap is disposed sufficiently beyond said holder body that, when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, said holder sidewalls overlap and protect the sidewalls of said panels at the spine not covered by said end cap.
- 19. The package of claim 8 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.
- 20. The package of claim 19 wherein said abutment means are on said sidewalls of said holder and said end cap.
- 21. A storage package for a compact disc comprising:
- (A) a plurality of paperboard panels including a pair of end panels and at least one panel intermediate to and connecting said 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 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 a panel adjacent one of sad end panels for receiving and maintaining a compact disc 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; and
- (C) an end cap formed of plastic disposed on said one end panel, said end cap being generally U-shaped and having a pair of upstanding opposed lateral sidewalls defining engaging means adapted to engage cooperatively with said holder engaging means and a transparent bight portion connection said end cap engaging means, said end cap extending upwardly and downwardly sufficiently to overlap and protect adjacent portions of the opposed lateral sidewalls and one end of said plurality of panel when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation; said end cap being adapted to releasably engage said holder when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of said plurality of panels out of said collapsed orientation, said end cap bight portion extending over one spine of said package to overlap and protect the same when said plurality of panels is in said collapsed orientation while enabling viewing of any material on said one spine, sad holder sidewalls overlapping and protecting the sidewalls of said panels at the spine 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.
- 22. The package of claim 21 wherein said plurality of panels includes at least one intermediate panel, said holder is disposed on one of said at least one intermediate panels which is immediately adjacent said one end panel, and, when said plurality of panels is in said closed orientation, said other of said end panels and any other of said at least one intermediate panels are disposed intermediate said one end panel and said one intermediate panel.
- 23. The package of claim 21 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 APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Pat. Application Ser. No. 07/698,201, filed May 10, 1991.
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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