File portfolio pocket with attachment hinge
A file portfolio includes a spine with attached front and back covers. A file pocket is provided for holding a plurality of documents. A hinge is attached to a bottom edge of the file pocket. The hinge flexibly joins the file pocket to the spine of the file portfolio.
A file portfolio includes a spine with attached front and back covers. A file pocket is provided for holding a plurality of documents. A hinge is attached to a bottom edge of the file pocket. The hinge flexibly joins the file pocket to the spine of the file portfolio.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The file portfolio 10 is shown with plain covers 14, 16. It will be recognized that the covers can take any of a variety forms such as including a zippered closure or a flap on one cover that allows enclosing the file pockets by securing the flap to the other cover such as by means of an elastic loop and a post. Additional file pockets may be attached to the covers.
The file pocket 20 includes a front panel 30, a rear panel 40, two side panels 50, a bottom panel 60, and a hinge panel 70. The front panel 30 has opposing top 32 and bottom 34 edges and two opposing side edges 36. The rear panel 40 has opposing top 42 and bottom 44 edges and two opposing side edges 46. Each of the two side panels 50 has opposing top 52 and bottom 54 edges and two opposing side edges 56, 58. One of the side edges 58 of each side panel is joined to one of the side edges 36 of the front panel and the other of the side edges 56 is joined to one of the side edges 46 of the back panel.
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The hinge panel 70 includes opposing front 72 and back 74 edges and two opposing side edges 76. The back edge 74 of the hinge panel 70 is flexibly joined to the bottom edge 34 of the front panel 30 and to the front edge 62 of the bottom panel 60. As seen in the embodiment shown in
A folded configuration of the hinge panel 70, as seen in the embodiment shown in
In the embodiments shown, each of the side panels 50 has a generally trapezoidal shape. The top edge 52 is substantially longer than the bottom edge 54. For example the top edge 52 may be four times as long as the bottom edge 54. In one embodiment, the top edge 52 may be one inch long and the bottom edge 54 may be one-quarter of an inch long. Each of the side panels 50 may be folded along a center line 59 such that the file pocket 20 is expandable.
The bottom panel 60 may be folded along a center line 69 such that the file pocket is expandable. The fold in the bottom panel 60 may also allow the file pocket 20 to be compressed in the area adjacent the hinge line 74 to facilitate rotation of the body of the file pocket 20 away from the hinge panel 70, a movement which tends to compress the bottom portion of the file pocket against the spine 12 of the file portfolio 10 to which the hinge panel is attached. I will be noted in
It will be appreciated that while the top edges 32, 42 of the front 30 and rear 40 panels have been shown as straight edges, they could be given any of a variety of shapes to further enhance the functions of the file pocket 20. In the embodiment shown in
The top edge 132 of the front panel 130 can be shaped to provide improved access to the contents of the file pocket 120. The flap panel 190 may include a tongue 192 that mates with a slot 139 in the front panel 130 to secure the flap to the front panel to close the file pocket 120.
While certain exemplary embodiments have been described and shown in the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that such embodiments are merely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad invention, and that this invention not be limited to the specific constructions and arrangements shown and described, since various other modifications may occur to those ordinarily skilled in the art.
Claims
1. A file pocket comprising:
- a front panel having opposing top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges;
- a rear panel having opposing top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges;
- two side panels, each panel having opposing top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges, one of the side edges joined to one of the side edges of the front panel and the other of the side edges joined to one of the side edges of the back panel;
- a bottom panel having opposing front and back edges and two opposing side edges, the front edge joined to the bottom edge of the front panel and the back edge joined to the bottom edge of the back panel; and
- a hinge panel having opposing front and back edges and two opposing side edges, the back edge flexibly joined to the bottom edge of the front panel and the front edge of the bottom panel.
2. The file pocket of claim 1 further comprising a flap panel joined to the top edge of the rear panel except at a tab portion of the rear panel such that the tab portion extends above the flap panel when the flap panel is secured to the front panel to close the file pocket.
3. The file pocket of claim 2 wherein the flap panel includes a tongue and the front panel includes a slot, the tongue cooperative fitting into the slot to secure the flap panel to the front panel to close the file pocket.
4. The file pocket of claim 1 wherein each of the side panels has a generally trapezoidal shape with the top edge being substantially longer than the bottom edge.
5. The file pocket of claim 1 wherein each of the side panels is folded such that the file pocket is expandable.
6. The file pocket of claim 1 wherein the bottom panel is folded such that the file pocket is expandable.
7. The file pocket of claim 1 wherein the front panel, the hinge panel, the bottom panel, the back panel, and the two side panels are formed from a single sheet of material, the front panel joined to the hinge panel along a first fold, the bottom panel joined to the hinge panel along a second fold, the hinge panel being folded such that a third fold forms the front edge of the hinge panel, and the first and second folds are adjacent to one another to form the back edge of the hinge panel.
8. A file portfolio comprising:
- a spine having opposing front and back edges;
- a front cover joined to the front edge of the spine;
- a back cover joined to the back edge of the spine;
- a file pocket including, a front panel having opposing top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges; a rear panel having opposing top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges; two side panels, each panel having opposing top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges, one of the side edges joined to one of the side edges of the front panel and the other of the side edges joined to one of the side edges of the back panel; a bottom panel having opposing front and back edges and two opposing side edges, the front edge joined to the bottom edge of the front panel and the back edge joined to the bottom edge of the back panel; and a hinge panel having opposing front and back edges and two opposing side edges, the back edge flexibly joined to the bottom edge of the front panel and the front edge of the bottom panel;
- wherein the hinge panel is joined to the spine between the front and back edges.
9. The file portfolio of claim 8 wherein the file pocket further comprises a flap panel joined to the top edge of the rear panel except at a tab portion of the rear panel such that the tab portion extends above the flap panel when the flap panel is secured to the front panel to close the file pocket.
10. The file portfolio of claim 9 wherein the flap panel of the file pocket includes a tongue and the front panel of the file pocket includes a slot, the tongue cooperative fitting into the slot to secure the flap panel to the front panel to close the file pocket.
11. The file portfolio of claim 8 wherein each of the side panels of the file pocket has a generally trapezoidal shape with the top edge being substantially longer than the bottom edge.
12. The file portfolio of claim 8 wherein each of the side panels of the file pocket is folded such that the file pocket is expandable.
13. The file portfolio of claim 8 wherein the bottom panel of the file pocket is folded such that the file pocket is expandable.
14. The file portfolio of claim 8 wherein the front panel, the hinge panel, the bottom panel, the back panel, and the two side panels of the file pocket are formed from a single sheet of material, the front panel joined to the hinge panel along a first fold, the bottom panel joined to the hinge panel along a second fold, the hinge panel being folded such that a third fold forms the front edge of the hinge panel, and the first and second folds are adjacent to one another to form the back edge of the hinge panel.
15. A file portfolio comprising:
- a spine having opposing front and back edges;
- cover means joined to the spine for closing the portfolio;
- file pocket means for holding a plurality of documents, the file pocket means including, hinge means for flexibly joining the file pocket means to the spine along a bottom edge of the file pocket means.
16. The file portfolio of claim 15 wherein the file pocket means further comprises flap means for closing the file pocket means, and tab means for identifying the file pocket means when the flap means is closed.
17. The file pocket portfolio of claim 16 wherein the flap means includes a tongue means and the front panel includes a slot means, the tongue and slot means securing the flap panel to close the file pocket means.
18. The file portfolio of claim 15 wherein the file pocket means is expandable.
19. The file portfolio of claim 15 wherein the file pocket means expands a first amount adjacent the spine and a larger second amount further from the spine.
20. The file portfolio of claim 15 wherein the file pocket means is formed from a single sheet of material.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 5, 2005
Publication Date: Jun 7, 2007
Inventor: Roni Pelleg (Woodland Hills, CA)
Application Number: 11/294,008
International Classification: B65D 27/00 (20060101); B65D 37/00 (20060101);