FLP
FLP is the brand name for a CD packaging format created in 1991 by Ivy Hill Packaging. More commonly known as the snapper case, the FLP is a plastic tray glued to a paperboard artwork wraparound, and is roughly the size of a standard jewel case. Unlike the similar (but far more common) [[Digipak, the FLP has a hinged "end cap" that snaps over the loose end of the cover to keep the case closed. The tray is also slightly taller and thicker than the artwork, which offers some protection to the artwork and allows the cases to be stacked. The end cap has the word "LIFT" and an arrow, and the "FLP" logo is stamped into the top surface of the tray.
The FLP case was used primarily for CD-singles and was never broadly adopted. The "snapper" design was later reworked as a package for DVDs, but it was only adopted by Warner, Ivy Hill's parent company, who eventually abandoned it in favor of the industry-standard AGI/Amaray DVD "keep case".
Some FLP-Case Releases
- Babble: Virtual Audio Words And Music promo (Reprise PRO-CD-6842; 1994. US)
- Babble: "Beautiful"/"Tribe" maxi-single (Reprise 9 40972-2; 1994, US)
- Aphex Twin: "On" maxi-single (Sire Records 9 41217-2; January 11, 1994, US)
- Babble: "Take Me Away" maxi-single (Reprise 9 41309-2; 1994, US)
- Erasure: "Run To The Sun" maxi-single (Mute/Elektra 66208-2; 1994, US)
- Erasure: "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" maxi-single (Elektra 66053-2; 1995, US)
- Erasure: "Stay With Me" maxi-single (Elektra 66084-2; 1995, US)
- Erasure: "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" maxi-single (Maverick/Warner Bros. 9 43914-2; 1997, US)
"FLP" Trademark
- Filed: August 2, 1993, Ivy Hill Corporation.
- First Use: September 24, 1993. (Release unknown.)
- Registration Active: November 8, 1994 - August 13, 2005.
Patents
- U.S. Patent No. 5,188,230 - overall design
- U.S. Patent No. 5,372,253 - "snapper" end cap