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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
Yuji Iwaki, Miyagi, JP;
Shuichi Kikuchi, Miyagi, JP;
Mika Kaneko, Miyagi, JP;
Toshiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage case for disc-shaped recording media contained within respective substantially flat rectangular housings is constituted by a one-piece molded plastic member including a central spine having opposed side edges joined by flexible hinges with respective rectangular covers which are swingable between closed positions, in which the covers extend substantially parallel to each other from the spine with their inner surfaces in confronting relation, and opened positions in which the covers are spread angularly apart, elements on the covers for holding respective disc-shaped recording media in their rectangular housings against the inner surfaces of the respective covers, and a holder on the spine extending from the latter between the covers in the closed positions of the latter for embracing and holding at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium at an edge portion of its respective rectangular housing so as to accommodate such at least one additional disc-shaped recording medium in its respective housing between the disc-shaped recording media in their respective housings held against the inner surfaces of the covers.