Patent ID: 7296677
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A package for holding media discs, comprising: a stack of disc-holding trays including at least a top tray and a bottom tray, each tray in the stack having means for receiving and holding a media disc thereon, each tray in the stack having a hinge edge and an opposite edge, the hinge edges of the trays being aligned with each other, and a flexible hinge member affixed to the hinge edges, the flexible hinge member hinging the trays to each other at the hinge edges; an enclosure comprising a base, a spine and a cover for receiving said stack of disc-holding trays within said base with said hinge edges adjacent said spine and said opposite edges remote from said spine, said enclosure having an open position in which media discs can be inserted onto and removed from the disc-holding trays and said trays can pivot about said flexible hinge member to form a second stack of trays and a closed position in which said cover is pivoted about said spine to enclose the stack of disc-holding trays within said base; the bottom tray in said stack of disc-holding trays being mounted in said base for pivotal movement about said opposite edge; whereby, with the enclosure in its open position, as trays are pivoted about said flexible hinge member from said stack onto a second stack, the hinge edge of said bottom tray pivots away from said base when said second stack contains at least one more tray than the original stack.