Special receptacle or package – For holding a machine readable recording medium – For holding a grooved phonograph disc
Reexamination Certificate
2001-05-22
2003-10-07
Yu, Mickey (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
For holding a machine readable recording medium
For holding a grooved phonograph disc
C206S308100, C206S303000, C206S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06629600
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container for compact disks made with preferably ecological, elastically flexible sheet material, as well as the punched sheet for the manufacture thereof.
Compact disks, briefly referred to as CDs, are known to be at present marketed in three types of containers. The most common type is formed of an at least partly transparent, synthetic material rigid box, suitable for containing and holding the CD as well as paper material printed with the title and further information about the CD content. A more recent type is formed of a synthetic material plate, suitably shaped in order to accommodate and hold the CD together with a paper component suitable to be printed and to cover the CD arranged in the plate. The third type is made of paper material and is formed of a small box that can be opened or of a simple envelope.
All the known containers are in some way disadvantageous. For instance, the containers made of synthetic material, besides polluting if spread in the environment, can easily splinter and become cutting. The presently known containers in paper material, are either not suitable for holding the disk firmly in the container, which is the case with the envelopes, or they cannot contain also printed material or, finally, they cannot be used in more complex packages such as the so-called digi-boxes or digi-packs. There are also CD holders consisting of a blank made of paper which can be folded to form a package for the disk. CD holders of this kind are for example disclosed in DE 29603053, DE 29620996 and WO 93/21086. However, none of the said know CD holders have a round hole opening on the top side of the container with a diameter being slightly larger than a CD and is a disadvantage because the disk is not easliy and properly accomidated in the holder.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is providing s CD container which is free from the above mentioned disadvantages. Another object of the present invention is to provide a punched sheet for the manufacture of said container. Said objects are achieved according to the present invention by a container having the features specified in claim
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and a punched sheet having the features specified in claim
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An advantage of the present invention is that the container forming subject matter thereof, besides being suitable to be manufactured in paper material, and therefore being non-polluting, has a structure capable to hold firmly the CD in its seat even when the container is open, therefore ensuring a safe handling of the assembly.
Another advantage of the present invention is that the CD container forming subject matter thereof can be easily used in the more complex packages such as the so-called digi-packs and digi-books known to those which are skilled in the art.
A further advantage of the present invention is that the punched sheet material forming subject matter thereof is very thin compared to the more common containers and therefore allows noteworthy reductions of the costs for transport and storage at the record company, which can produce the containers on the spot according to the momentary needs.
REFERENCES:
patent: 296 03 053 (1996-07-01), None
patent: 296 20 996 (1997-02-01), None
patent: 298 13 045 (1998-09-01), None
patent: WO 93/21086 (1993-10-01), None
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.
Arnold Troy
Yu Mickey
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