Abstract: An adapter for holding folded sheet music, cards or the like in ring binders without the need to punch holes or otherwise modify the music. The adapter is in the form of a wire clip that can be pre-attached to, and retained on, the music before the music is mounted in the binder, allowing fast changes of arrangements within the binder.

Abstract: A bookholder apparatus adapted to support a plurality of pages of reading material and to be slidable across a support surface includes a front cover, a back cover, and a spine operable coupled to the front cover and the back cover. The bookholder allows the container to be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the plurality of pages are supported within the container. A plurality of roller elements are mounted to an outer surface and within a perimeter of at least one of the front cover, the back cover, or the spine to allow the bookholder to slide and/or roll across a support surface.

Abstract: A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including a cylinder having an outer diameter and a length, and a retainer fabricated from a flexible material. The retainer has an arc-shaped cross-section having an inner diameter and an associated arc angle thereby providing an opening slot that extends along a length of the retainer. The binding system is adapted to bind the set of media sheets by wrapping the media sheets around the cylinder and inserting the wrapped cylinder into the retainer with the wrapped media sheets extending out of the opening slot in the retainer. The inner diameter of the retainer is less than the sum of the outer diameter of the cylinder and a total thickness of the wrapped media sheets so that the retainer flexes to provide a clamping force to bind the media sheets.

Abstract: A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including first and second binder pieces, each including an end cap, a retainer, a cylinder and a connection mechanism. The retainer has an arc-shaped cross-section having an associated arc angle thereby providing an opening slot that extends along a length of the retainer. The retainer and the cylinder are connected to the end cap such that the cylinder is positioned within the retainer. The binder pieces are adapted to bind the set of sheets of media by inserting the set of media sheets into the first and second binder pieces such that the media sheets are wrapped around the cylinders and extend out of the opening slots in the retainers, and engaging the connection mechanisms to connect the first and second binder pieces together.

Abstract: A modular locking binder system is disclosed having a channel is coupled to the binder spine. The channel has an open end and a constricted region. A channel block is located at the open end of said channel and is configured to block and unlock the channel opening. The modular locking binder system is configured to removably hold a document module within the channel. The document module includes a module spine having a widened portion configured to operatively engage and be restrained by the constricted region of the channel. By either obstructing or un-obstructing the channel with the channel block, it is possible to removeably secure the document module within the channel when the widened ends of the document module are operatively engaged and restrained by the constricted portions of the channel.

Abstract: An adapter for holding folded sheet music, cards or the like in ring binders without the need to punch holes or otherwise modify the music. The adapter is in the form of a wire clip that can be pre-attached to, and retained on, the music before the music is mounted in the binder, allowing fast changes of arrangements within the binder.

Abstract: A writing kit including a plastic sheet, a binding and a case with a closing element to hold the plastic sheet in the case. The case has at least one hole at a center portion of the case and the sheet has at least one hole in the sheet. A binding comprising a flexible cord is laced through the hole in the sheet and the case and a clasp slidingly engages the cord.

Abstract: A printing paper includes a sheet having a first surface and a second surface, an adhesive layer formed on the second surface, a release paper attached to the adhesive layer, a plurality of boundary lines including first folding direction boundary lines and second folding direction boundary lines that divide the sheet into page regions, the release paper having a plurality of release-assist formation lines, wherein when folding along the first folding direction boundary line, first partial surfaces of adjacent page regions are brought together and when folding along the second folding direction line, second partial surfaces of adjacent page regions are brought together. When folding along the first folding direction boundary line, at least one tab portion of the release paper detaches from the adhesive layer and extends outward from the second surface, and the at least one tab portion enables removal of the release paper.

Abstract: A receiving bag held by a hook-type folder comprises a bag, an opening and at least one notch. The bag has a receiving space. The opening is positioned at an upper side of the bag and communicating with the receiving space. At least one notch is positioned at an inner side of the bag and communicating with the receiving space. When the bag is held by the folder, the upper side of the bag and an under side of the bag are positioned outside folder's hooks. The lengths of the bag aren't restricted by the hooks.

Abstract: A book grip comprises a lower grip body formed with a first support projection, and defined with an upper grip body insertion opening; a upper grip body formed with a second support projection, having a lower end slidably inserted into the upper grip body insertion opening of the lower grip body, and defined with a page fastening clip installation hole; a handle installed on a rear surface of the lower grip body; a fastening string having one end supported by the second support projection and the other end extending over a distal end surface of the first support projection and supported by a length adjustment screw; and a page fastening clip having an elastic support part which supports a wide area of a page and a coupling part which is coupled into the page fastening clip installation hole of the upper grip body.

Abstract: A receiving device to maintain a book in an open position is provided. The receiving device comprises a base and an arm pivotally coupled with the base such that a book may be placed between the base and the arm, said arm retaining the pages on one side of the book in an open position while maintaining the pages on a second side of the book in a relatively flat plane to permit the reader to access the pages on the second side.

Abstract: A clipboard may be assembled from a backboard and a clip assembly by sliding the clip assembly onto the top edge of the backboard. The clip assembly and the backboard are shaped so that the clipboard assembly has a substantially continuous contour along its top edge. Specifically, the top edge of the backboard is spaced away from the remainder of the top edge in the area where the clip assembly is attached. The amount of spacing away corresponds to the thickness of a lip that depends from the clip assembly and engages the top edge or the backboard in the area where the clip assembly is attached. The clip assembly is retained on the backboard by flanged rails that engage slots in the backboard and by ramped projections that engage detents and the backboard.

Abstract: A book grip comprises a lower grip body formed with a first support projection, and defined with an upper grip body insertion opening; a upper grip body formed with a second support projection, having a lower end slidably inserted into the upper grip body insertion opening of the lower grip body, and defined with a page fastening clip installation hole; a handle installed on a rear surface of the lower grip body; a fastening string having one end supported by the second support projection and the other end extending over a distal end surface of the first support projection and supported by a length adjustment screw; and a page fastening clip having an elastic support part which supports a wide area of a page and a coupling part which is coupled into the page fastening clip installation hole of the upper grip body.

Abstract: A book holder for supporting and protecting an article of reading material is provided. The book holder includes a spine, a pair of cover panels, each of the cover panels is hingidly to the spine permitting the pair of cover panels to be rotated into an open position and to be rotated into a closed position. The book holder is adapted to receive and support an article of reading material in an open position when the book holder is open and for enclosing and protecting the reading material when the book holder is closed. A page holder assembly is provided to hold the reading material open and for marking a page. The page holder assembly can also include a line marker for marking a line of text in the reading material. In additional embodiments, an illumination means for illuminating the reading material and a magnify sheet for magnify the reading material may be provided.

Abstract: A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being secured to the first support substrate so as to form the dual sided integral composite image product. A fold line is provided on said image product about which the integral composite image product may be folded.

Abstract: A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being secured to the first support substrate so as to form the dual sided integral composite image product. A fold line is provided on said image product about which the integral composite image product may be folded.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for labeling the spine or edge of a binder. In an embodiment, the device comprises a housing, a clip attached to the housing and a label encased within the housing. The housing further comprises a base portion and a cover portion, wherein the cover portion is adapted to enclose a label within the base portion of the labeling device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet-retaining system for securing sheets on a sheet carrier, in particular for securing paper sheets in a cover, having a retaining and connecting device for securing at least one sheet at the sheet edge and for connecting the at least one sheet to the sheet carrier indirectly via the retaining and connecting device. According to the invention, the retaining and connecting device has a retaining bar which is connected to the at least one sheet, may possibly be subdivided into separate sections and extends along the sheet edge which is directed towards the sheet carrier.

Abstract: A printed material to be folded a plurality of times is paginated by displaying an unfolded leaf and assigning page numbers to pages on the face and back of the unfolded leaf through computer processing. The number of rectangles corresponding to the number of pages in a matrix is designated on each of the face and back of the unfolded leaf. One of the rectangles is determined as a 1st page on either one of the face and back of the unfolded leaf, and the rectangle on the reverse side which corresponds to the 1st page is determined as a 2nd page. One of the rectangles which will face the 2nd page when the leaf is folded once is determined as a 3rd page. The rectangle on the reverse side which corresponds to the 3rd page is determined as a 4th page. One of the rectangles which will face the 4th page when the leaf is folded twice is determined as a 5th page, and the rectangle on the reverse side which corresponds to the 5th page is determined as a 6th page.

Abstract: A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being secured to the first support substrate so as to form the dual sided integral composite image product. A fold line is provided on said image product about which the integral composite image product may be folded.

Abstract: A media folder or book binder provided with a rotor having elastic bands stretched between pins on its opposite ends has mounting brackets which are mechanically fastened to the spine of the folder. The brackets have trunnions facing inwardly toward the opposite ends of the rotor to journal the rotor. An important aspect of the invention is that each bracket is provided with a shroud which inhibits or prevents bands from disengaging with their supporting pins as a folded sheet is removed from or installed on the rotor under a strand of the band. In effect, winding-up of the bands during relative lateral movement of a sheet still occurs, but the adverse twisting affect of enabling the bands to slip off pins is prevented. The folder has straps fixed thereto and preferably formed integrally therewith at opposite ends of the folder's spine. These straps interact with latches on the mounting brackets to firmly hold the brackets in place mechanically.

Abstract: A folder for papers (S), comprising a cover (1) and a base (2) operatively joined together by a back (3), wherein the back (3) is adjustable in width (y) to accommodate a height of a stack of papers, wherein the back (3) extends on a base side into a tongue (4} said tongue being insertable and movable in a pocket (5), said tongue constituting an insertable tongue said pocket_being joined to the base (2), and movement of the insertable tongue (4) in the pocket (5) being limited by a stop.

Abstract: A book holder comprising a book receiving base, a pair of left and right page presser mounting portions arranged at left and right side peripheral portions of the book receiving base, each page presser mounting portion having a support member insertion hole extending in the vertical direction formed therein, a bottom stopper for supporting a bottom of a book, a pair of left and right page pressers mounted on the book receiving base in a substantially left-and-right symmetry, each page presser comprising a support member which is inserted into the support member insertion hole slidably and rotatably and a page pressing member which presses an opened page of the book, and fixing means for fixing the support members of the left and right page pressers at arbitrary positions.

Abstract: An album construction for holding and displaying printed folded cards comprising (a) a rectangular support having a center portion and two outer portions, said center portion being longitudinally shorter than the two outer portions and thereby forming two bounded slots at each end of the center portion; (b) an elastic cord having both ends attached to said rectangular support and being of sufficient length to encircle or wrap the center portion of the rectangular support at least twice and thereby produce a series of at least two taut elastic strands located immediately adjacent to each other whereby the fold of the printed cards may be held between one of the taut elastic cord materials and the rectangular support; and (c) an album cover having a central spine and two outer covers, said rectangular support affixed to the spine.

Abstract: The folder comprises:(a) a jacket member comprising a front cover sheet and a back cover sheet and having at least one substantially median spinal fold intermediate between the front cover sheet and the back cover sheet;(b) at least one flap member affixed to the jacket member, the flap member being movable from a retracted position in which access is permitted to at least a margin of the back cover sheet adjacent the spinal fold and to at least a margin of the front cover sheet adjacent the spinal fold, to a covering position in which the flap member covers at least the margins; and(c) adhesive means for bonding the flap member in the covering position.

Abstract: A method and a device for the production of folded products utilizes a row of folding jaws and a row of counter folding jaws. A signature to be cross-folded is inserted between the jaws by a folding blade. The folding jaws and counter folding jaws form a line of embossing on the folded signatures adjacent the transverse fold line. The resultant folded item has an increased moment of resistance in the direction of transport.

Abstract: A sample book binding system for retaining a plurality of sample sheets includes a plurality of rotatably interlocked sheet holding members arranged in side by side relationship. The sheet holding members are provided with a plurality of linking segments which are interdigitated to provide an aligned axial bore for receiving a pintle. At least two adjacent linking segments are spaced apart to provide an opening which captures a deformed section of the pintle for releasably locking the pintle within the linking segment. The removal and insertion of additional sheet holding members may be accomplished upon removal of the pintle.

Abstract: A document folder assembly includes a folder unit which has a front sheet portion, a back sheet portion, and a hinge portion for hinging together adjacent edge sections of the front and back sheet portions. The front and back sheet portions are adapted to receive documents therebetween such that one edge of the documents extends into the hinge portion. A clip member has a front clip portion, a rear clip portion, and a connecting portion interconnecting the front and rear clip portions. The front and rear clip portions cooperatively confine a clamping space for clamping the folder unit at the hinge portion. The clip member is mounted pivotally on the folder unit, and is movable between a first position in which the hinge portion is clamped between the front and rear clip portions in order to retain the documents in the folder unit, and a second position in which the hinge portion is released from the clip member in order to permit removal of the documents in the folder unit.

Abstract: A cover folder having a binder and a cover. The binder includes an elongated channel shaped member having a pair of oppositely facing side walls and a pair of ribs, the side walls converging at a slit and defining an interior slot along the length of the elongated channel shaped member. Each rib protrudes into the slot from the interior side of one of the side walls in a direction away from the slit and at an acute angle with the side wall from which it protrudes. The cover is slidably and removably mounted in the binder and includes a sheet and an elongated strip, the sheet being folded to form a pair of cover sheets having a common folded edge. The elongated strip has a lock portion and a securing portion.

Abstract: A document cover formed of a thin sheet material of synthetic resin, includes a front cover portion, a rear cover portion, and a fold portion formed in a boundary portion between the front cover portion and the rear cover portion. The fold portion includes a plurality of fold lines formed at intervals, whereby the cover can be folded easily in the vicinity where documents are bound, and after the front portion of the cover is once opened, the opened state of the cover can be held as it is.

Abstract: A retainer clip (1) for holding mementos and keep-sakes, such as greeting cards (7), invitations, ticket stubs, and the like, particularly multi-page ones, within a multi-ringed binder scrapbook (11) so as to typically not damage the memento in any way, while allowing the complete viewing of the memento, including the front and back pages of a multi-page item. The clip has an item clip retainer portion (3), which can be substantially similar to a conventional paper clip, with a binder ring retainer portion (5) attached to the item clip retainer portion, which binder retainer portion secures the clip to at least two of the rings (9) of the multi-ring binder scrapbook. The clip preferably has two, parallel, extended, oval-shaped portions, one longer than the other, with the shorter, ring attachment portion being shorter but having a length to extend across at least two, spaced rings of a multi-ring binder.

Abstract: A cover folder which includes a binding bar and a cover, the binding bar being slidably and removably mounted on the cover. The binding bar includes a pair of oppositely facing sidewalls which define the sides of an interior slot. Each sidewall includes an angled barb which projects out in a direction towards its opposing sidewall. The cover comprises a sheet folded over on itself to form a pair of panels having a common folded edge, the body of each of the pair of panels being separable from one another. A plurality of semicircular cutouts are formed on each panel. In use, the cover is inserted into the interior slot of the binding bar such that at least some of the cutouts on each panel engage the barbs so that the binding bar will not slip off the cover when the cover is opened to insert sheets or examine sheets already inserted.

Abstract: A book is held on a support having a spring clip on the side. The clip is designed to hold a transparent arm extending across the open book. Depressing the clip lifts the arm, allowing a page to be turned.

Abstract: A promotional booklet having first and second separate compartments. In the first compartment is a plurality of information pages and in the second compartment is a rectangular sheet having a plurality of fold lines forming a plurality of individual panels that can be folded over each other such as a map. At least one panel on the rectangular sheet is attached to one of the second and third panels forming the second separate compartment. When the single rectangular sheet is folded to form a single panel in plan view, the entire promotional booklet forms only a single panel in plan view.

Abstract: The device comprises two small plates (3 and 4) which may be planar or shaped to acquire a curved shape depending upon the type of the container to which they are applied, the two plates having a projecting segment at the end (5 and 6) on top of which are inserted the small springs (9). The springs hold the brochures and/or pamphlets in the container because there is provided a border (7) which prevents the exit of the springs when this exit would be undesirable and the exit should only occur after a deformation caused manually by the operator who may desire to unhook a pamphlet or brochure from the container.

Abstract: A presentation folder having a plastic cover sheet or front and back cover sheets joined at a common edge, capable of holding and protecting contents such as papers having information thereon. The cover sheet has pre-applied graphics forming selected opaque display areas, the remaining areas being transparent or translucent and thus capable of revealing at least some of the information on said papers.

Abstract: A case supports a multi-leafed notebook and a file. The notebook is supported by a pair of spaced brackets having prongs extending toward one another with a prong of each bracket inserted between leaves of the notebook. A prong on one bracket has a depending portion to prevent the notebook from escaping the prong. A stop member is movably mounted on one bracket and engages the notebook to prevent inadvertent release of the notebook. The stop member has a scalloped edge for engaging the prongs. Support pockets are disposed on the front and back parts of the case by a single sheet of material having an intermediate part sealed to the hinge of the case. A file support pocket is formed by a sheet of material having free side edges. The file has a cover member and a plurality of interior members pivotally connected to one another along fold lines. The cover member includes an integral storage pocket, and each interior member has an integral storage pocket on each of its opposite faces.

Abstract: A device for dividing a product such as a newspaper into two substantially equal portions, the device including a pocket assembly which receives the newspaper (fold down) when open. The pocket then closes and a retainer, at one corner of one pocket wall, prevents the extended portion of the newspaper from curling. A divider splits the newspaper into two portions, and the retainer then moves to a position wherein one of the portions is held between the retainer and the adjacent pocket wall. The pocket assembly is tilted so that the other portion of the newspaper falls away from the first portion as the pocket is opened. At the same time, the divider withdraws and another retainer, at the opposite corner from the first retainer, holds the corresponding corner of the first portion against the pocket wall.

Abstract: A safety device has two plastic elements (2,3) which are applied to the internal surface of the rib of a container (1) to hold brochures, pamphlets and the like. Each element also is provided with a predetermined number of pins (6) which are fixed to the plastic element through a rod (7). The pins may be removed by the user to be inserted within orifices formed in the part of the plastic element (2) of greater thickness and are fixed by rotation of another plate (10), the latter hooking with the base wall (8) and in this manner, the user may determine the number and the distance of the pins to be inserted in the element (2) on the basis of the number and the dimensions of the brochures and pamphlets to be collected.

Abstract: An improved photographic album for displaying aligned planar pages includes an elongated rigid spine defining a mounting surface on which a pair of spaced retainers are mounted. Each planar page has a flexible margin which carries an elongated flat hinge having hooks at either end projecting outwardly from the flexible margin toward the retainers. Each hook engages a retainer to hold the page firmly in place yet allow the page to pivot relative to the spine to flip the pages in the album. A pair of aligned notches are present in the front lip of each retainer to facilitate insertion of the hooks into the slots. One of the notches is a rounded bearing surface against which a hook can bear to flex the hook and allow the other hook to move toward engaging the other retainer. That other retainer has a ramped notch along which the second hook can ride and against which the second hook can flex to move into engagement with the retainer.

Abstract: A photograph album for holding a plurality of leaves in a laterally disposed relation to each other. The album includes an elongate generally U-shaped binder for receiving an edge portion of the leaves. The binder includes a first and second retainer hingedly secured to opposing ends of the binder, such as with an integrally molded living hinge. The retainers are movable between an opened and a closed position. In the opened position, the leaves may be inserted into or removed from the binder. In the closed position, the free end of the retainers engage respective slots in the leaves to retain the leaves in the binder. The retainers include outwardly extending tabs to engage respective openings in the binder to thereby lock the retainers in the closed position. Other aspects of the invention includes a cover for the album and a storage folder for holding a plurality of the covered albums. The album is amenable to assembly using automated technology.

Abstract: A photo album assembly has a book-like cover formed of two sheets of plastic, edge sealed to afford front and rear cover panels hinged to a spine panel. In one embodiment each cover panel includes a pocket that receives a paperboard stiffener; in another embodiment stiffer material is used for the inner cover panel sheets. A pair of rectangular retainers are mounted on one cover panel, adjacent opposite ends of the spine panel; a plurality of long, thin binder members are mounted between the retainers, each binder member having slots at both ends that engage the retainers for this purposes. For each binder member there is a flexible hinge tape, having two adhesive-coated strips separated by a non-adhesive hinge strip; one adhesive strip mounts the hinge tape along the edge of the binder member, and the other adhesive strip mounts a photo on the binder member. Alternatively, the binder members may be of unitary construction, with just one adhesive strip for photo mounting.

Abstract: A page holder for a photo album is described wherein photo pages can be conveniently entered or removed from a photo album. Hinge retainers are placed on lower and upper ends of the spine of the photo album. In the preferred embodiment, each hinge retainer is formed of a pair of spaced-apart pier segments, an end wall and an overlying bridge segment so as to form a holding space in which the hinge ends of a photo page are retained. The bridge segments have slots that are aligned and oriented generally along the spine so as to freely pass the hinge ends. A closure element laterally slides along the bridge segments so as to cover or open the slots. Several embodiments are described.

Abstract: A tab for adhesively securing and binding articles within looseleaf binders and like devices, where such articles cannot be conveniently provided with apparatus for engagement by the binder rings. The tab includes a central, apertured portion advantageously comprising bilaterally symmetric apertured sections separated by a central fold line, and wing portions, all adhesive-coated. The tab is prepared for use by folding the respective halves of the central tab portion against each other with apertures aligned. The tab may then be inserted in a binder ring, and the wings of the tab adhesively secured to the article to be bound. Advantageously a plurallity of such tabs are included in a tab stock, such tab stock including an adhesive coated tab substrate (preferably transparent) and backing sheet.

Abstract: A binder, particularly for use with paper-back books, video cassettes and other parallelepipedal objects, has a front wall and two spaced rearward side walls which, when unconstrained, are convergent but capable of being sprung further apart, each side wall having externally a recess bounded by a shoulder, the respective shoulders of the two side walls facing in opposite directions such that when a plurality of the binders are placed side by side in a row the shoulder of one such binder can abut against the shoulder of the next such binder to locate the binders in alignment.

Abstract: A hanger for books and periodicals, such as magazines and journals, has first and second elongated hanger members that extend respectively along inside and outside portions of the periodical spine to clamp the periodical spine between the hanger members. The members are fixed to one another at one end and either fixedly or detachably connected to one another at the other end. A hook or other suspension device is connected to the upper end of the hanger to enable a number of magazines to be stored and displayed by being suspended from a single point on a hook or horizontal support rod, with each periodical being held by the full length of its spine and suspended at a single one of its upper corners.

Abstract: A binder for multi-leafed devices has a pair of spaced brackets each of which has a plurality of prongs extending toward the other bracket. The prongs of one bracket are longer than those of the other bracket and are spaced so as to permit the prongs to be inserted into a multi-leafed device. A stop member is swingably mounted adjacent the bracket with the longer prongs for engaging the prongs and preventing inadvertent release of the multi-leafed device. The stop member is locked in operative position by a projection thereon snugly received in a recess formed in a portion fixed relative to the binder. A folder is provided with a notch therein permitting one of the shorter prongs to be inserted within the folder even though the folder is of greater length than conventional multi-leafed devices used with the binder. The folder defines a first pair of open-ended pockets, a pair of integral flaps on the folder overlying the open ends of the pocket.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein hardware for securing and supporting a telephone directory or the like within a protective cover. The hardware includes a support assembly to be secured to the protective cover and for supporting the directory. The assembly includes an elongated backing support having spaced first and second supports. Each support includes an upstanding flange which carries inwardly-extending, book-engaging tines. Each of the tines includes an inner shaped or curved end and has rounded edges, at least along the inner end. In one embodiment one support is integral with the backing support and the other is removably secured thereto.

Abstract: Retainers and a binder assembly including the retainers are provided for detachably mounting publications having double leaves with folds intermediate their edges and the binder having two spaced fastener members. Each retainer has an elongated rod section, a u-shaped section at each end with distal portions extending toward each other, and a loop defined on each distal end portion and spaced apart to register with the spaced fastener members, thus to detachably mount publication leaves on the retainers by introduction of respective retainers between the leaves of respective groups to retain the group of leaves on the retainer by engagement of the retainer with said folds.