Patent ID: 7530499
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: A45C,G06K

Abstract:
1. A two-piece, slide-together case for optical media, said case comprising: a receptacle formed from sheet metal, said receptacle having a generally planar and rectangular lower panel, said lower panel having outer edges that are continuous with an upwardly extending perimetric wall, said perimetric wall terminating in an outwardly projecting perimetric uniplanar flange having a first cross section; a lid formed from sheet metal, said lid having a generally planar and rectangular upper panel, said upper panel having outer edges that are continuous with a downwardly extending wall on three sides thereof, said downwardly extending wall terminating in an inwardly projecting partially perimetric uniplanar rim having a second cross section; wherein said receptacle and said lid are shaped and sized so that a lower surface of said upper panel slides over said receptacle, with the outwardly projecting perimetric uniplanar flange of said receptacle becoming trapped between said lower surface and the inwardly projecting partially perimetric, uniplanar rim of said lid; and wherein of said first and second cross sections, not more than one is fully circular.