Special receptacle or package – For holding a machine readable recording medium – For holding an optical disc
Patent
1996-12-03
1997-11-25
Sewell, Paul T.
Special receptacle or package
For holding a machine readable recording medium
For holding an optical disc
206309, 312 916, 312111, B65D 8530
Patent
active
056902212
ABSTRACT:
A CD bank including a rectangular casing having an upper portion and a lower portion engaged with the upper portion, the lower portion being formed at a lower edge with pairs of ears, each pair of the ears being provided with two opposite protuberances, a plurality of holders pivotally connected with a lower edge of the lower portion, each of the holders being symmetric in structure at both sides thereof and being formed with a through hole adapted to be fitted between the protuberances of a respective pair of the ears, each side of the holder being formed with a half-round recess of a diameter slightly longer than that of an compact disk, an opening at a central portion of the holder for facilitating removal of a compact disk, a plurality of retaining lugs suspending above the half-round recess and spaced around a periphery thereof and having a beveled edge facing inwards, a plurality of triangular projections spaced around the periphery and having a beveled edge facing outwards, a projection at a top of the holder adapted to engage with a cavity of the upper portion, and a protrusion below the protuberance, whereby the individual compact disks can be stored in the CD bank without an individual packing case.
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Sewell Paul T.
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