Apparatus for binding books

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for binding books showing our new design, broken lines show a book being bound for illustrative purposes only with the book forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an end view as viewed from the right, the left end view being a mirror image;

Fig. 5 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a back view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D380488
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 9, 1995
Date of Patent: Jul 1, 1997
Inventors: Karen L. Elstad (Coon Rapids, MN), Richard E. Rayment (Moorhead, MN)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Assistant Examiner: Pamela Burgess
Law Firm: Nawrocki, Rooney & Silvertson, P.A.
Application Number: 0/35,899
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D18/34; Element Or Attachment (D19/32)
International Classification: 1804;