Patent ID: 7117992

Claim:
A storage package for multiple recording media comprising a paper board component attached to at least three plastic, recording medium-holding trays, said package having an open and closed configuration and adapted to be latched in the closed configuration, said package in said closed configuration resembling a closed book with all said recording media inside of said package, said package including: A. a paper board component defining a plurality of panels arranged end to end, said panels having opposite flat faces and being separated from each other by spine strips which are bounded by fold lines to allow the panels to be folded upon one another such that, in the folded configuration, the package resembles a closed book, the outwardly facing face of the last panel to be folded to form the closed book configuration comprising an outer cover of said book; B. a first plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium attached to the inside face of said last panel to be folded and a second plastic tray for receiving and holding a recording medium attached to the panel face opposite said inside face in the folded configuration, said first and second plastic trays adapted to be latched to maintain said package in the closed configuration; C. said first and second plastic trays 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; (ii) upstanding wall portions on said planar surface proximate the marginal edges of said planar surface, said wall portions on said second plastic tray being positioned a greater distance inside the marginal edges of said planar surface than on said first plastic tray such that, when said plastic trays are brought together into first face to first proximity, the wall portions of said second plastic tray nest within the wall portions of said first plastic tray with the outside of the wall portions of said second plastic tray immediately adjacent the inside of the wall portions of said first plastic tray, the separation between the planar surfaces of said plastic trays being determined by the height of said wall portions; and (iii) means at corresponding locations on the wall portions of said first and second plastic trays for releasably engaging and latching said first and second plastic trays together in an assembled configuration; and D. at least one additional plastic recording medium holding tray for holding said multiple recording media, each of said additional plastic trays receiving and maintaining a recording medium on a first face thereof, said additional plastic trays being attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the storage package in the folded configuration and inaccessible without unlatching said first and second plastic trays.