Compact disc container with locking tube

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2000-02-24

2001-09-04

Gehman, Bryon P. (Department: 3728)

Special receptacle or package

For holding a machine readable recording medium

For holding an optical disc

C206S310000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06283280

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a compact disc container, and more particularly to a compact disc container into which more than one compact disc can be sequentially superposed. The container saves space and costs which would otherwise be required for packing individual compact discs without sacrificing an attractive appearance of the package.
With the popularization of digital compact discs that provide high storage capacity and high quality audio and video signals, a variety of containers have been developed. The earliest and most common compact disc container includes a shallow box for accommodating one single compact disc, a cover hinged to the box, and a compact disc supporting plate in the shallow box. The supporting plate includes an annular recess for receiving a compact disc, and a centered retaining key having multiple radially inward extended claws. By aligning a central hole of the compact disc with the retaining key and lightly pressing the compact disc against the supporting plate, the compact disc can be firmly located in the box. And, by depressing the radial claws of the retaining key, the compact disc can be released from the retaining key and removed from the supporting plate. For promotion purpose, one side of the compact disc is usually printed with a design and a colored advertising insert is set in the container before the container is wrapped with a clear thin sheet. The colored advertising insert is manually set in the compact disc container. While the individual advertising insert increases the quality of the compact disc package for promotion purpose, it is a time and cost consuming work to manually set such advertising insert in each individual container, particularly when there are multiple pieces of compact discs that actually have the same theme. To solve this problem, an album type container having a printed appearance has been developed for receiving multiple pieces of compact discs. However, such album type compact disc containers have a different and less attractive appearance than that of the common compact disc containers. These are also less convenient for display on a shelf along with other compact disc containers. There is another type of big box in a dark color which has been developed for receiving multiple compact discs. Compact discs received in a big box are first individually received in a simple envelope and then sequentially superimposed on one another in the box. Due to the simple package, the big boxes for multiple compact discs lack the quality to attract general consumers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a compact disc container for accommodating more than one compact disc and at the same time to reduce space, cost, and time required for packing compact discs without sacrificing an attractive appearance of the container.
To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention contemplates a box defining a unitary space in which a tube projects upwardly from a bottom center thereof. A seat around a lower outer end of the tube is slightly raised from a bottom surface of the box. The tube has a locking hole provided near a top thereof for a locking knob. More than one compact disc may be superimposed in the box around the tube with a lowermost compact disc supported on the raised seat without contacting the bottom surface of the box. The locking knob is the n tightened to hold the superimposed compact discs in the box. The unitary space of the box allows accommodation of more than one compact disc and effectively reduces cost for packing the compact discs individually.


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patent: 5549198 (1996-08-01), Thiele et al.
patent: 5894924 (1999-04-01), Koch
patent: 6016909 (2000-01-01), Chang

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