Patent ID: 6419082
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An expandable media storage unit comprising:a web of material planes except two end planes of said web z-folded forming overlaid material planes, each of said overlaid material planes having first and second folded sides and first and second unfolded sides, each of said overlaid material planes further comprising: a first slit commencing at a mid-point between said first and second folded sides on said first unfolded side and extending a slit length toward a center of said overlaid material plane; a second slit commencing at a mid-point between said first and second folded sides on said second unfolded side and extending said slit length toward said center of said overlaid material plane; first and second tabs on said first unfolded side and positioned on opposing sides of said first slit, said first tab extending out from said overlaid material plane away from said center of said overlaid material plane a tab width and extending a tab length from said first slit towards said first folded side and said second tab extending out from said overlaid material plane away from said center of said overlaid material plane said tab width and extending said tab length from said first slit towards said second folded side; and third and fourth tabs on said second unfolded side and positioned on opposing sides of said second slit, said third tab extending out from said overlaid material plane away form said center of said overlaid material plane said tab width and extending said tab length from said second slit towards said first folded side and said fourth tab extending out from said overlaid material plane away form said center of said overlaid material plane said tab width and extending said tab length from said second slit towards said second folded side; wherein corresponding tabs, positioned closest to a common folded side on adjacent overlaid material planes, are joined over said tab width, said tabs on N of said overlaid material planes so joined form Nâˆ’1 expandable and separable pockets of said media storage unit.