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The jacket for a compact disc carrier comprises a generally rectangular space defined by a top panel, bottom panel, two side panels and an end panel. A compact disc carrier is slidable within the space in the direction of the jacket and carrier lengths. Protrusions extending from the jacket into the

The jacket for a compact disc carrier comprises a generally rectangular space defined by a top panel, bottom panel, two side panels and an end panel. A compact disc carrier is slidable within the space in the direction of the jacket and carrier lengths. Protrusions extending from the jacket into the jacket space engage the carrier near an edge and prevent further motion that would otherwise separate the carrier and jacket when the carrier is being withdrawn from the jacket. The projections from the jacket, which stop the relative motion between the jacket and disc carrier at a predetermined position, are flaps that connect to or near the edges of the top and bottom panels at the open jacket end and extend into the jacket space. The jacket is formed by folding from a single blank of material. In another embodiment the jacket is releasibly connected to a dummy housing to provide an oversized carton for sales and promotional purposes.

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A jacket for a compact disc carrier having length, width and thickness, comprising: a generally rectangular space defined by a first panel and a second panel, said first and second panels being spaced apart one from the other by a distance to accommodate said carrier thickness therebetween, a third

A jacket for a compact disc carrier having length, width and thickness, comprising: a generally rectangular space defined by a first panel and a second panel, said first and second panels being spaced apart one from the other by a distance to accommodate said carrier thickness therebetween, a third panel and fourth panel, said third an fourth panels being spaced apart one from the other by a distance to accommodate said width of said carrier, said third and fourth panels being positioned between said first and second panels and maintaining said distance between said first and second panels, a carrier being slidable within said space in the direction of said jacket and carrier lengths and containable at least in part in said space, engagement means for stopping lengthwise sliding motion of a carrier in at least one direction in said jacket at a predetermined position of said carrier relative to said jacket, a fifth generally rectangular panel closing said jacket at one end, the other end being open for sliding insertion therethrough of a carrier in said length direction into said jacket space, wherein said engagement means is a first flap having ends and edges, one edge being hingedly connected to said first panel proximate said open jacket end, and said ends extending within said jacket space between said third and fourth panels, said first flap extending in the sliding direction of a carrier when said carrier is inserted into said space within said jacket, a portion of said first flap being further connected between its ends to said first panel, and at its ends proximate said third and fourth panels said first flap being spaced away from said first panel leaving a gap therebetween. A jacket for a compact disc carrier having length, width and thickness, comprising: a generally rectangular space defined by a first panel and a second panel, said first and second panels being spaced apart one from the other by a distance to accommodate said carrier thickness therebetween, a third panel and fourth panel, said third and fourth panels being spaced apart one from the other by a distance to accommodate said width of said carrier, said third and fourth panels being positioned between said first and second panels and maintaining said distance between said first and second panels, a carrier being slidable within said space in the direction of said jacket and carrier lengths and containable at least in part in said space, engagement means for stopping lengthwise sliding motion of a carrier in at least one direction in said jacket at a predetermined position of said carrier relative to said jacket, each said panel being generally rectangular in surface area, said first and second panels being generally parallel, said third and fourth panels being generally parallel, wherein said engagement means is a first flap having ends and edges, one edge being hingedly connected to said first panel proximate said open jacket end, and said ends extending within said jacket space between said third and fourth, said first flap extending in the sliding direction of a carrier when said carrier is inserted into said space within said jacket, a portion of said first flap being further connected between its ends to said first panel, and at its ends proximate said third and fourth panels said first flap being spaced away from said first panel leaving a gap therebetween. A carton for storage of a compact disc carrier having length, width and thickness, comprising: a jacket for containing said disc carrier therein, said jacket having one open end for sliding insertion and extraction therethrough of said carrier in said length direction; a dummy housing dimensioned to obstruct said jacket open end and prevent extraction therethrough of said carrier; means for joining said housing to said jacket with a single-use destructible connection, said open end being obstructed by said joined housing when said jacket and said dummy housing are connected, said connection producing an integral jacket/housing assembly, said connection when destroyed irreversibly releasing said jacket from said housing.