Patent ID: 6296114
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A package for a plurality of optical disks which form a stack wherein each disk includes a nonrecorded or a nonwritable portion surrounding a center hole formed in the disk, comprising:a) first and second spaced apart endcaps, each such endcap defining a protrusion portion which engages the nonrecorded or the nonwritable portion of a disk disposed at one of opposite ends of the stack;b) each endcap further defining a middle portion which extends outwardly from the protrusion portion and terminates in a lip portion which extends from the middle portion to spacedly surround an outer edge of at least one optical disk at one of the opposite ends of the stack; andc) a wrapping material mounted about exterior portions of the endcaps and extending along outer edges of the disks of the stack not surrounded by the lip portions to secure the stack of optical disks between the first and second endcaps.