Folded disk holder

Abstract

The invention includes a disk holder made of a single piece of foldable material folded to form a disk receiving sleeve. The disk holder also has an integrated disk protection structure included in the disk receiving sleeve, where the integrated disk protecting structure is also formed from the single piece of foldable material. As a result, a disk holder formed without adhesives that also includes an integrated disk protection structure is facilitated.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A disk holder comprising: 
 a single piece of foldable material folded to form a disk receiving sleeve; and    an integrated disk protection structure included in the disk receiving sleeve, the integrated disk protecting structure also formed from the single piece of foldable material.    
     
     
         2 . The disk holder of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 the single piece of foldable material having a first end section, a middle section, and a second end section, the single piece of foldable material being substantially rectangular in shape defined by a vertical axis and a horizontal axis;  
 the first end section having a tab extending away from the middle section along the vertical axis to facilitate closing of the disk holder;  
 the middle section having a first flap and a second flap on opposite sides of the middle section along the horizontal axis to facilitate forming of the disk receiving sleeve; and  
 the second end section having at least one fold line to facilitate formation of the integrated protection structure of the disk holder, and a slot along the horizontal axis to receive the tab of the first end section.  
 
     
     
         3 . The disk holder of  claim 1 , wherein the single piece of foldable material comprises a single piece of fiber based foldable material.  
     
     
         4 . The disk holder of  claim 3 , wherein the single piece of foldable material comprises a single piece of foldable recyclable material.  
     
     
         5 . The disk holder of  claim 4 , wherein the single piece of foldable recyclable material comprises a single piece of foldable recyclable paper.  
     
     
         6 . The disk holder of  claim 1 , wherein the single piece of foldable material comprises a single piece of foldable synthetic material.  
     
     
         7 . The disk holder of  claim 1 , wherein the integrated disk protection structure comprises an integrated disk protection structure formed to press up against a disk.  
     
     
         8 . The disk holder of  claim 1 , wherein the integrated disk protection structure comprises an integrated disk protection structure formed to reduce harmful mechanical effects on a disk.  
     
     
         9 . The disk holder of  claim 8 , wherein the integrated disk protection structure comprises an integrated disk protection structure formed to reduces at least one of movement of the disk and impact to the disk.  
     
     
         10 . The disk holder of  claim 2  further comprising: 
 a first slit on the first flap;  
 a second slit on the second flap; and  
 at least two locking tabs located on the second end section to lock into the first and second slits.  
 
     
     
         11 . The disk holder of  claim 2  further comprising: 
 a first non-locking tab located on the first flap;  
 a second non-locking tab located on the second flap; and  
 at least two slits located on the second end section to receive the first and second non-locking tabs.