Media disc container with slide-in pocket

Abstract

A media storage container has a sleeve defining a media disc holding pocket that holds the disc in an unstressed configuration. Compressible shoulders disposed at the neck of the pocket retain the media disc within the pocket. In one configuration, the container has a base that defines the pocket and a cover that pivots between open and closed configurations. In other configurations, the base having the disc pocket is carried within a sleeve. The media disc may be loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top or the side of the base. The base may optionally define a window that allows one or both of the major disc surfaces to be viewed and engaged by the user's finger without allowing the disc to be removed through the window.

1 . A paperboard media disc storage container comprising:
 a paperboard first base having an outer panel, an inner panel, and at least one intermediate panel disposed between the inner and outer panels;   the base having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of sidewalls;   the base defining a pocket having an opening defined in one of the top, bottom, and sidewalls of the base; the opening and pocket being adapted to receive a media disc;   the intermediate panel defining a pocket sidewall having a bottom portion and an elongated channel portion that terminates at the opening to the pocket; the intermediate panel having a pair of opposed shoulders disposed at the end of the elongated channel at the beginning of the rounded portion; and   the shoulders being integrally formed from the material of the intermediate panel; each shoulder being compressible and resilient such that a media disc can frictionally engage and compress the shoulders as the disc is passed between the shoulders.   
   
   
       2 . The container of  claim 1 , further comprising a cover connected to the base with a living hinge; the cover movable between open and closed positions. 
   
   
       3 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein the inner panel of the base defines a window; the cover overlying the window when the cover is in the closed position. 
   
   
       4 . The container of  claim 3 , wherein the outer panel of the base define a window. 
   
   
       5 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein a smooth edge is defined between the outer surface of the inner panel and the outer surface of the outer panel on both sides of the pocket opening. 
   
   
       6 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the shoulders are not adhered to the inner and outer panels. 
   
   
       7 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein the bottom of the pocket has a diameter; each shoulder having a curved inward portion having the same diameter has the bottom of the pocket. 
   
   
       8 . The container of  claim 7 , wherein each shoulder has a tapered outward surface facing the elongated channel. 
   
   
       9 . The container of  claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve having a locking flange; the base having a corresponding lock flange; the base movably disposed in the sleeve between retracted and extended positions; the locking flanges engaging each other when the base is disposed in the extended position to prevent the base from being entirely removed from the sleeve. 
   
   
       10 . The container of  claim 1 , further comprising a second base connected to the first base when a living hinge; the second base having the same structure as the first base.