Patents by Inventor Joel Lepretre

Joel Lepretre has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Stub binding for the filing of loose sheets and interposed sheets
    Patent number: 5248164
    Abstract: The binding (1) has a stub (2) and, emerging from the stub, one or several filing sheets (3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Each sheet comprises one or two vertical strips (8,9) covered with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer protected by a protective film. The thickness of the strips (adhesive layer and protective film) is equal to the thickness of a compensation sheet (12) provided between two sheets of the binding (1), so as to permit emplacing an interposed filing sheet. The invention is applicable to filing, particularly of account sheets or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Inventor: Joel Lepretre