Angular disc-holding tray packages

Abstract

A disc holder has a vacuum-formed thin tray secured to a paperboard base and cover. Ledges are formed at bottoms of paired opposite inner segmental walls. First paired opposite ledges are horizontal. Second paired opposite ledges slope upward toward the tray center. A first rosette is positioned on a tray base. A flap formed in the base is hinged along its end and extends toward the first rosette. A second rosette is positioned on the flap. Disc retainers extend inward from the segmental walls.

1 . An apparatus comprising a multiple disc holder, further comprising a thin plastic tray having outer sides and ends, upper surfaces extending inward from the outer sides and ends, inner end surfaces and opposite curved inner side surfaces extending downward from the upper surfaces, disc-supporting opposite ledges extending inward from lower edges of the inner end surfaces and the opposite curved inner side surfaces, and a lower surface extending inward from the ledges, wherein the disc-supporting ledges are arranged in first and second opposite pairs, wherein the ledges in the first opposite pair are parallel to the lower surface, and wherein the ledges in the second opposite pair are sloped upward an inward from one end toward a center of the tray. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising recessed finger well surfaces extending outward between the curved inner end surfaces and adjacent opposite curved inner side surfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising disc retainers integrated in the curved inner side surfaces and spaced upward above the ledges. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising disc retainers spaced upward above the ledges and integrated in the curved inner end surfaces. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the inner curved side surfaces are interrupted by vertical separations into relatively long portions near ends of the tray and relatively short portions near a center of the tray, and wherein the retainers are formed in the relatively short portions. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least one disc-retaining rosette is provided in the lower surface concentric with opposite curved opposite inner side surfaces and an adjacent curved inner end surface. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a flap is formed in the lower surface extending inward from a hinge on the lower surface near an inner end surface. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein a disc-retaining rosette extends upward from the flap. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , further comprising at least one extension extending downward from the flap near the hinge for raising the flap above the lower surface. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising inward and downward sloped walls extending downward and inward from upper surfaces near corners of the tray between outer side and end surfaces and inner segmented surfaces for rigidifying the tray. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising outward extending rims attached to lower edges of the outer sides and ends. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the outer sides and outer ends are sloped inward and upward and the inner end and side surfaces are sloped inward and downward for rigidity and stacking. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a paperboard base beneath the outward extending rims. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a paperboard having a base extending under the lower surface and the rims to a lower crease, the paperboard extending in a spine upward to an upper crease, and the paperboard extending from the upper crease over the upper surfaces of the tray. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the tray, surfaces and elements of the tray are constructed as a vacuumed-formed sheet. 
     
     
         16 . A disc holder comprising upward and inward sloping outer side and end surfaces, upper surfaces extending inward from the outer surfaces, opposite segmental inner end surfaces sloping downward and inward from inner edges of the upper surfaces, first and second opposite segmental pairs of inner side surfaces sloping downward and inward from inner edges of the upper surfaces, segmental lower ledges extending inward from lower edges of the opposite segmental inner end and side surfaces, the ledges on a first pair of opposite segmental sides being horizontal, and the ledges on a second pair of opposite segmental sides being sloped upward from an end toward a center of the tray, and disc retainers on the tray. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , further comprising a hinged flap formed on a bottom of the tray and extending inward toward a center of the tray, wherein the disc retainers comprise first and second disc-holding rosettes, the first rosette being positioned on the tray between the first pair of opposite segmental sides, and the second rosette being positioned on the flap between the second pair of opposite segmental sides. 
     
     
         18 . An apparatus comprising a disc holder tray having sides, ends and a disc-holding well formed with inner opposite ends, paired inner curved opposite sides, and lower ledges on the curved opposite sides, the ledges on a first pair of opposite curved sides being horizontal, and the ledges on a second pair of opposite curved sides being positioned upward toward a center of the tray, and disc retainers on the tray. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , further comprising a hinged flap formed on a bottom of the tray and extending inward toward a center of the tray, wherein the disc retainers comprise first and second disc-holding rosettes, the first rosette being positioned on the tray between the first pair of opposite curved sides, and the second rosette being positioned on the flap between the second pair of opposite curved sides.