Compact disc security package

Claim 1

A security package for an elongated, rectangular compact disc container having opposite end portions and a compartment in one end portion receiving a rectangular storage box containing a compact disc, the storage box having a length less than one-half the length of the rectangular container and having an interior transverse edge, comprising: (a) a hollow parallelepiped receptacle having a front face, a back face, opposed side walls, a closed end wall, and an opposite open end, (b) said receptacle being slightly larger than, and being adapted to receive lengthwise in a substantially close fit in an operative position, an elongated compact disc container having a compartment in one end portion receiving a rectangular storage box less than one-half the length of the container and having an interior transverse edge, (c) closure means for opening and closing said open end, (d) said front face comprising a front wall having a substantially large display opening therein, (e) said back face being substantially open and comprising a first transverse ledge adjacent said closed end wall, a second transverse ledge adjacent said open end, and first and second transverse planar rib members, said ledges and said rib members being coplanar and spaced from said front wall, (f) said first rib member being spaced longitudinally from said open end a distance slightly less than the length of the storage box of the elongated compact disc container received in said receptacle, so that said first rib member is in transverse alignment with the interior edge of the storage box when said container is in a first right-side-up operative position in which the storage box is closer to said open end than said closed end wall of said receptacle, (g) said second rib member being longitudinally spaced from said closed end wall a distance slightly less than the length of the storage box of the elongated compact disc container received in said receptacle so that said second rib member is in transverse alignment with the interior edge of the storage box when said container is in a second upside down operative position in which the storage box is closer to said closed end wall than said open end of said receptacle.