Patent ID: 7032746

Claim:
A storage package for a recording medium comprising a paper board component attached to two plastic, recording medium-holding components, configured to resemble a book, said package including: A. a paper board component defining a flat panel having a pair of opposed lateral sides and a pair of opposed transverse sides which are generally perpendicular to said lateral sides, said panel including a first panel area for attachment of a first plastic, recording medium-holding component and a second panel area for attachment of a second plastic, recording medium-holding component, said first and second components being separated by a third panel area for defining the spine of said book; B. first and second plastic components for receiving and holding a recording medium, each of said components defining: (i) a generally planar surface having opposite faces for receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said planar surface having marginal edges defining the peripheral extent of said surface, an area in the planar surface for receiving a recording medium therein and means in said area for releasably retaining said recording medium in said recess; (ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface for defining a spacing rim for separating peripheral marginal areas from interior areas of said planar surface, said wall portions being positioned just inside the marginal edges of said planar surface; (iii) said wall portions on said second component being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first component such that, when said components are brought together into first face to first face proximity, the wall portions of said second component nest within the wall portions of said first component with the outside of the wall portions of said second component immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first component and the tops of the wall portions of the first component engage the marginal edges of the planar surface of said second component, the separation between the planar surfaces of said components being determined by the height of said first component wall portions; and (iv) means on said wall portions of said first and second components for releasably engaging and latching said first and second components together in an assembled configuration; said paperboard component being bonded to said first and second components.