Security package for compact discs

• US 5,297,672 A
• Filed: 01/27/1993
• Issued: 03/29/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William D. Mactavish
• Original Assignee: William D. Mactavish
• Inventors: MacTavish, William D.
• Primary Examiner(s): PRICE, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US08/009,688
• Time in Patent Office: 426 Days
• Field of Search: 206/1.5, 206/807, 206/309, 206/387
• US Class Current: 206/308.2
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0023 Containers, boxes, cases or the like, e.g. for compact discs or video-cassettes, specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/0488 in boxes or containers comprising additional sound reproducing or activating means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/807 Tamper proof

Abstract

The present invention discloses a security package for a compact disc having a receiving structure and a retaining plate. The receiving structure has a handle, a lock section, and a storage compartment. The storage compartment receives the audio media. The audio media is held in place by the retainer plate which is pivotally attached to the lock section of the receiving structure. The retainer plate has a flange which covers a portion of the storage compartment holding the media in place. The receiving structure can enclose a detection strip which is then covered by the retainer plate.

Claims

1. A reusable security package for audio media comprising:

a. a media receiving structure having a handle, a lock section, and a storage compartment;

b. a retainer plate pivotally attached to said lock section and movable to locked and unlocked positions;

c. said storage compartment shaped to receive and contain said media;

d. said lock section having at least one latch port and a keyhole aligned with said latch port to receive a key;

e. said retainer plate having at least one latch receivable by said latch port when said retainer plate is in said locked position, and said retainer plate including a flange for holding said media in said storage compartment when said retainer plate is in said locked position; and

f. said latch releasable from said latch port only by insertion of said key through said keyhole.

2. The security package of claim 1 wherein said lock section further comprises a locking chamber and when said retainer plate is in said locked position, said locking chamber is accessible only through said keyhole.

3. The security package of claim 2, said retainer plate further comprising integral hinge means for pivotally attaching said retainer plate to said lock section.

4. The security package of claim 3 wherein said locking chamber comprises top, bottom, left, and right walls and said latch ports are molded integral to said top wall.

5. The security package of claim 4, said retainer plate further comprising a planar surface joining a top wall, a bottom wall, and left and right side walls, said walls defining a rectangular space having dimensions slightly less than said locking chamber such that said rectangular space can rest inside said locking chamber when said retainer plate is in said locked position.

6. A security package for audio and video products comprising:

a. a unitary structure for receiving said product, said structure having a handle disposed above a lock section and a storage compartment disposed below said lock section, said handle, said lock section, and said storage compartment integral to said receiving structure;

b. a unitary plate for retaining said product in said storage compartment, said plate hinged to said receiving structure and pivotable to a locked and to an unlocked position;

c. said plate including an integral flange which, when said plate is in said locked position, extends horizontally above said product and said storage compartment when said retainer plate is in said locked position;

d. said retainer plate further comprising means for latching said plate to said lock section when said plate is in said locked position; and

e. said lock section comprising holes allowing access by a key through said holes to said latching means for unlocking said retainer plate.