Patent ID: 6059102
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc package apparatus comprising a plastic tray having a base with a rosette for engaging a central hole of a disc and having at one end of the tray an outward opening receiver with a ledge along the opening, a folded and creased paper board cover having a bottom panel and a top panel and an outer spine panel defined by creases between the bottom panel and the top panel, an end spine panel connected to the bottom panel and a folded hook extending outward from the end spine panel, the folded hook having a dimension for fitting through the opening in the receiver of the tray for assembling the cover on a tray with one single unidirectional motion, and the hook having an edge for lying inside the receiver and against the ledge for preventing disengagement of the cover from the receiver, for providing a package with complete accessibility of all sides of the paper board cover for printing and for providing a package which lies flat when the cover is partially or fully open, wherein the receiver further comprises a flat intermediate surface extending across one end of the tray, wherein the opening is in the end of the tray above the flat intermediate surface, and wherein the ledge extends upward from the flat intermediate surface at the end of the tray, partially closing the opening, and further comprising tabs positioned above a level of the intermediate surface and extending generally parallel to the surface for holding the hook downward on the surface with the edge of the hook engaging the ledge.