Patent ID: 6409013
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B60R,G11B

Abstract:
A carrying case for compact disks comprising:an outer enclosure defined by two clam-shell members, each clam-shell member having an interfacing edge which mates with a corresponding interfacing edge on the other clam-shell member and means for closing said interfacing edges together when said clam-shell members are closed to form said outer enclosure, said clam-shell members hinged together with a member hinge along a portion of said respective interfacing edges; a plurality of compact disk carrying plates hinged together by a corresponding plurality of plate hinge segments along a spine on said member hinge; respective opposing plate hinge segments corresponding to opposing plates and an intervening portion of said spine forming a progressively increasing longer spanning hinge which establishes an increasingly longer span distance between said respective opposing plates and defining at least a minimum and at least a maximum spanning hinge length between said respective opposing plates; and, a maximum length spanning hinge disposed proximate the clam-shell member hinge, a minimum length spanning hinge adapted to be closed on itself such that its respective opposing plates are proximally facing when said disk carrying plates are disposed in said outer enclosure.