Patent ID: 6349821
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B65D,G11B

Abstract:
An elongated packaging device comprising:a first member having a first chamber and a first opening for providing access into said first chamber for receiving at least one disc-shaped media; a second member having a second chamber and a second opening for providing access into said second chamber for receiving materials other than said disc-shaped media, wherein said first member is adapted to be removably attached to said second member about said second opening to alternately cover and expose said second chamber; a lid adapted to be removably attached to said first member about said first opening to thereby cover said first opening; and means for supporting and protecting said disc-shaped media within said first chamber against lineal movement in the plane of said disc-shaped media and perpendicular to the plane of said disc-shaped media, while simultaneously allowing said disc-shaped media to rotate about the axis perpendicular to the plane of said disc-shaped media within said first chamber, wherein said means for supporting and protecting said recording media is mounted on said lid, and wherein both said means for supporting and protecting said recording media and said recording media extend into said first chamber when said lid is attached to said first member, wherein said lid further includes an interior surface and an exterior surface and said recording media includes an annular center aperture, and wherein said means for supporting and protecting comprises at least one upstanding surface projection mounted on and extending from said interior surface of said lid adapted to be inserted into and engaged within said annular center aperture.