Optical disc carrier

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2002-01-15

2004-11-09

Luong, Shian T. (Department: 3728)

Special receptacle or package

For holding a machine readable recording medium

For holding an optical disc

C206S484000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06814230

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a carrier or a package for an optical disc or compact disc having advertising, promotional, informative or entertaining media thereon. The package is designed for easy opening and has an adhesive for adherence onto a substrate, such as a cereal box or a lid for a cup for a beverage, such as a soft drink.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Heretofore various packaging techniques have been proposed for carrying and displaying a compact disc. The simplest of these prior art packages or carriers is a package made up of two sheets of flexible, clear or translucent plastic material that are sealed together and cut along a square periphery and around a disc disposed between the two sheets. Typically, this is done by cutting and heat sealing the overlapping sheets in a generally square pattern.
In the manufacture of such a package, a first sheet is placed on a planar support surface followed by placing a compact disc on the first sheet, placing a second sheet over the disc and a first sheet and then, with a dielectric or radio frequency welding die forming the package by applying measured heat and pressure in a square pattern around the disc, thus sealing the disc between two square sheets of plastic material.
Numerous other packages or carriers comprising rigid plastic plates hinged together to form a small thin box have also been proposed. Still further, recent packages or carriers for compact discs are disclosed In the following U.S. patents:
U.S. Pat. No.
Patentee
2,306,726
Hasin
2,690,253
Francois
2,850,158
Woodward
3,163,288
Arvidsson
3,199,768
Farmlet
4,879,710
Iijima
5,620,271
Bergh et al.
5,732,818
Koehn
6,016,908
Gaetano
6,070,752
Nava et al.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention there is provided a package or carrier for a compact disc, the package comprising a lower layer of flexible plastic material, a compact disc positioned on the lower layer and an upper layer sealed about the disc, and a layer of adhesive on an outer surface of the lower layer for fixing the package to a substrate.


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