Patents Assigned to Esselte
  • Publication number: 20130127148
    Abstract: A highlighter strip including adhesive to form a removable bond with a substrate, constructed from a translucent and colored material. The highlighter strip can be affixed over writing or other markings, which highlights the indicia that remains legible. One or both ends of the strip can omit the adhesive, thereby providing a grabbing portion to facilitate removal from an initial position and optionally subsequent positions. The strip can be included in a set of strips affixed to each other and optionally affixed to another base; such as a notebook, binder, or other entity where one would expect writing, text, or other indicia requiring highlighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ESSELTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: ESSELTE CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8443534
    Abstract: A tabbing apparatus is provided that includes a pocket and a tab element disposed within the pocket in a retracted position. The tab element includes an indexing segment configured for protruding from the pocket in an extended position as a tab and for being received within the pocket in the retracted position, an anchor portion attached to the pocket, and an intermediate portion connecting the anchor portion and indexing segment and configured for folding to allow the indexing segment to move between the retracted position and the extended position. The indexing segment is configured for displaying writing thereon for indexing a file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Goodfellow, Braden Jones, Brian Causse
  • Publication number: 20130119120
    Abstract: A hanging file including a hanging member configured for hanging from a support structure, a tab mechanism including a support portion supported by and extending over the hanging member, and an indexing portion that extends from the support portion, and a file cover including a cover panel having a first folded-over edge portion that is supported in a hanging configuration from the tab mechanism support portion. Also, a hanging file including a hanging member configured for hanging from a support structure, a file cover including a cover panel having a folded-over edge portion that is supported in a hanging configuration from the hanging member, and a support portion supported by and extending over the hanging member, and positioned between the folded-over edge portion and the hanging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Esselte Corporation
    Inventor: Esselte Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130119121
    Abstract: An envelope having an envelope wall member including first and second envelope walls that cooperatively enclose a pocket space and define therebetween a pocket opening to the pocket space, the envelope wall including a surface that defines a recess and a sealing strip that includes an adhesive releasably adhering the strip to the envelope wall member within the recess. The adhesive is capable of adhering the strip to the envelope wall to seal the envelope closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: ESSELTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lauren Cenzano
  • Patent number: 8317395
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a recloseable bag, comprising front and rear panels joined together along a joined region at lateral and bottom sides to define an inner pocket, the panels defining a principal opening at a top side thereof for removably receiving contents into the inner pocket; and a resealable closure having first and second lateral ends and disposed on a top side of the panels and configured for releasably joining the panels at the top side to releasably close the principal opening to retain the contents in the inner pocket wherein the front and rear panels define an assistive opening for facilitating opening of the bag for insertion and removal of the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Kimberly M. Carr, Lauren Grassia, Denise Ceron
  • Patent number: 8308054
    Abstract: A customizable folder is disclosed. The folder has an edge portion missing from a cover thereof, and is adapted to receive thereto a complementary piece to complete the space formed by the missing edge portion. Also disclosed is a kit for a customizable folder comprising a customizable folder and a plurality of complementary pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Braden Jones, Juliet Kenney, Lauren Grassia
  • Patent number: 8297485
    Abstract: A stapler has an anvil leg that supports an anvil plate in the front region, a staple magazine which can be swivelled to a limited degree about a transverse pin on a bearing block in the rear region of the anvil leg, and a driver leg which can be swivelled to a limited degree relative to the staple magazine and the anvil leg about the transverse pin. The driver leg supports a driver for guiding the staples through a gap at the front end of the staple magazine. The stapler has at least one guiding element which is arranged between the anvil plate and the bearing block. The guiding element longitudinally extends between the anvil leg and the staple magazine, is fixedly connected to the anvil leg, and is guided in a longitudinally movable manner within a guiding opening in a bottom wall of the staple magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas Schneider, Ulrich Schneider, Kurt Leute
  • Publication number: 20120267424
    Abstract: A filing device having retractable tabs is disclosed. The tabs are movable between a retracted position and an extended position, such as to selectively position tabs that are extended along an edge of a folder or divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: ESSELTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Goodfellow, Christopher Holman, Braden Jones
  • Patent number: 8272558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension file (10, 110) for accepting documents, comprising a web (12) made of foldable material with two top edges (14) and two lateral edges (16) which interconnect the top edges (14). The web (12) is folded on a bottom (20) of the file so as to form at least one fold (18) and is provided with two sidewalls (22) that extend from the bottom (20) of the file to the top edges (14). Hooks (26) that project from the lateral edges (16) are attached to the top edges (14). The suspension file (10, 110) further comprises at least one reinforcement element (36) which is connected to the web (12) and extends from one top edge (14) to the other along one of the lateral edges (16). According to the invention, the at least one reinforcement element (36) is arranged at a distance from the respective lateral edge (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Hans Werner Groch
  • Patent number: 8256662
    Abstract: A file having first and second cover panels pivotally connected to each other at a hinge for movement between an open and closed position may be provided. The cover panels can overlap each other in the closed position to contain papers of a predetermined size therebetween. One or more superimposed pocket panels can be coupled to an inside of the first cover panel to define overlapping pockets dimensioned to hold the papers. The pocket panels can have first edge portions that define openings to the pockets, and the first edge portions can be staggered. The pocket panels may include an outermost pocket panel with an additional coupled edge. A labeling member can be provided that is associated with each pocket panel and configured for displaying identification information. The labeling members can extend beyond papers held in the pockets and can comprise tabs that can be staggered from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Grassia, Juliet Kenney, Adam Martin, Braden Jones, Doug Hibler
  • Patent number: D668047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D668051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D671318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Arkus Schmidt, Teffen Seiffarth
  • Patent number: D671742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D671743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D677463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D677465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D677555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D677899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren Cenzano, Doug Mudd
  • Patent number: D680746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Markus Schmidt, Steffen Seiffarth