Claims
- 1. A housing for holding a disc-shaped information carrier, which housing comprises a bottom section having a holding device for holding the information carrier, and a cover section which is hingeably connected to the bottom section at a back side of the housing, the bottom section comprising a bottom wall, a transparent front wall which faces the back side of the housing, two side walls, and an insert sheet arranged on the bottom wall, which insert sheet has an upright portion which extends adjacent the front wall, characterized in that the side walls are transparent and the insert sheet has upright portions which extend adjacent the side walls.
- 2. A housing as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the bottom section further comprises a transparent rear wall facing the front wall, and the insert sheet comprises an upright portion which extends adjacent the rear wall.
- 3. A housing as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that all the upright portions of the insert sheet have been provided with printed information.
- 4. A housing as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the front wall and the side walls of the bottom sections are each formed by an at least substantially uninterrupted wall and have at least substantially the same height with respect to the bottom wall.
- 5. A housing for holding a disc-shaped information carrier, which housing comprises a bottom section having a holding device for holding the information carrier, and a cover section which is hingeably connected to the bottom section at a back side of the housing, the bottom section comprising a bottom wall, a transparent front wall, which faces the back side of the housing, two side walls, and an insert sheet arranged on the bottom wall, which insert sheet has an upright portion which extends adjacent the front wall, characterized in that:
- the side walls are transparent,
- the insert sheet has upright portions which extend adjacent the side walls along substantially the length of the side walls, and
- a part of each of the upright portions of the insert sheet extending adjacent the side walls has been provided with printed information.
- 6. A housing as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the bottom section further comprises a transparent rear wall facing the front wall, and
- the insert sheet comprises an upright portion which extends adjacent the rear wall.
- 7. A housing as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that all the upright portions of the insert sheet have been provided with printed information.
- 8. A housing as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the front wall and the side walls of the bottom sections are each formed by an at least substantially uninterrupted wall and have at least substantially the same height with respect to the bottom wall.
- 9. A housing as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that all the upright portions of the insert sheet extend along substantially the length of the respective adjacent wall.
- 10. A housing as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that:
- the bottom section further comprises a transparent rear wall facing the front wall,
- the construction of the cover section is such that the rear wall is also substantially uninterrupted and has a height corresponding to the height of the front wall and the side walls, and
- the insert sheet comprises an upright portion which extends adjacent the rear wall.
- 11. A housing for holding a disc-shaped information carrier, which housing comprises a bottom section having a holding device for holding the information carrier, and a cover section which is hingeably connected to the bottom section at a back side of the housing, the bottom section comprising a bottom wall, a transparent front wall which faces the back side of the housing, X two side walls, and an insert sheet arranged on the bottom wall, which insert sheet has an upright portion which extends adjacent the front wall, characterized in that:
- the side walls are substantially uninterrupted transparent walls,
- the holding device is retained in the bottom section by retaining means disposed solely adjacent corners of the bottom section,
- the insert sheet has upright portions which extend adjacent the side walls along substantially the length of the side walls, and
- at least a part of each of the upright portions of the insert sheet extending adjacent the side walls has been provided with printed information.
- 12. A housing as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that said retaining means detachably fastens the holding device to the bottom section.
- 13. A housing as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that said retaining means comprises a first snap closure element at a corner between the front wall and one of the side walls, and a second snap closure element at a corner between the front wall and the other of the side walls.
- 14. A housing as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that said retaining means detachably fastens the holding device to the bottom section.
- 15. A housing as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the bottom section further comprises a transparent rear wall facing the front wall,
- the insert sheet comprises an upright portion which extends adjacent the rear wall, and
- all the upright portions of the insert sheet are provided with printed information.
- 16. A housing as claimed in claim 15, characterized in that the front wall is formed by an at least substantially uninterrupted wall, and the front wall and the side walls of the bottom sections have at least substantially the same height with respect to the bottom wall.
- 17. A housing as claimed in claim 16, characterized in that the construction of the cover section is such that the rear wall is also substantially uninterrupted and has a height corresponding to the height of the front wall and the side walls.
- 18. A housing as claimed in claim 17, characterized in that said retaining means comprises a first snap closure element at a corner between the front wall and one of the side walls, and a second snap closure element at a corner between the front wall and the other of the side walls.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/030,493 filed Feb. 25, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,890,590, and application Ser. No. 09/078,821 filed May 14, 1998, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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