Patent ID: 7578389
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: B65D,G11B

Abstract:
1. An optical disc mailpiece meeting U.S. Postal Service standards for automation-compatible letters when said mailpiece encloses an optical disc of a nominal diameter up to and including 120 mm and nominal thickness up to and including 1.2 mm, comprising: a five-panel cardboard blank having a generally rectangular central panel delineated from a left panel, an upper panel, a right panel and a front panel by respective left, right, upper and lower foldlines; said left panel having a generally upwardly extending, crescent-shaped cutout; said blank forming an optical disc mailpiece when the left, right, upper, and front panels are folded under the central panel along the respective foldlines in that order; and wherein said panels and said cutout in the left panel are shaped and dimensioned such that when the left panel is folded under the central panel, the cutout in the left panel accepts a left portion of the optical disc and the disc is spaced from the left foldline by a substantially greater distance than from the other three foldlines; wherein the disc is secured within the mailpiece by the cutout in the left panel and by the right, upper and lower foldlines when the right panel is folded under the central panel and over the disc and the left panel, the upper panel is folded under the central panel and over the folded right panel, and the front panel is folded under the central panels and over the upper panel; and at least one wafer seal securing the front panel to the central panel to the central panel after the panels are folded; wherein the mailpiece is compatible with United States Postal Service Quick Service Guide 201 effective Mar. 13, 2008 for Automated Letters.