Opposed Sheet Retainers Involving Relative Rectilinear Travel Patents (Class 402/46)
  • Patent number: 8845224
    Abstract: A desk leaf base has a base formed of a trapezoidal tubular body in a trapezoidal shape in a side view, closed from a bottom surface to a certain height in both sides, and opened in an upper portion therefrom. An inclined front wall of the tubular body is removed from one side to the other side, in a range from the height to a higher height lower than a top surface. A binder mounted along an elongated top surface of the base has an elongated body and rings. The elongated body is mounted along the top surface of the base with an approximately same width as the top surface. The rings are mounted on the body and capable of opening and closing. Each ring includes linear portions that protrude from the body inclining upward on front and back sides when closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Calendar Kokoku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirahara
  • Patent number: 8573876
    Abstract: A ring binder mechanism for retaining loose-leaf pages securely holds closed ring members together to prevent inadvertent loss of pages retained by the mechanism. The mechanism comprises a housing supporting two hinge plates for pivoting motion to open and close paired ring members mounted on the plates. Free ends of the paired ring members have interlocking configurations that securely join together when the ring members close. The configurations prevent misalignment of the closed ring members in all directions transverse to longitudinal centerlines of the ring members. The mechanism also includes locking elements that interact with the hinge plates to block their pivoting motion when the ring members are closed. This holds the free ends of the closed paired ring members together so that the interlocking configurations of the ring members remain interengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: World Wide Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hung Yu Cheng, Ho Ping Cheng, Chun Yuen To
  • Patent number: 8128305
    Abstract: A ring binder mechanism having at least one pair of half-ring members that are movable between a first position, wherein the half-ring members are closed, and a second position, wherein the half-ring members are open, and at least one generally tubular member to facilitate alignment and securement of the at least one pair of half ring members when moved from the second, open position to the first, closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Christopher Franz Gilbert
  • Patent number: 7950866
    Abstract: A ring binder mechanism has a resilient polymeric housing. The housing has a central portion and lateral sides extending downwardly along either side of the central portion. A metal ring support is supported between the lateral sides for movement relative to the housing. Each of a plurality of rings includes a first ring member mounted on the ring support for movement therewith to open and close the rings. The housing applies a spring force biasing the ring support toward the open position when the first ring member is proximate its open position and biasing the ring support to the closed position when the first ring member is proximate its closed position. The housing spring force is the only spring force applied to the ring support that moves the ring support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Yuen To, Jin Biao Pi, Ming Hua Huang
  • Patent number: 7708487
    Abstract: A binder spine with a generally rectangular back panel that has a width and a length. The back panel is bounded by generally opposed longitudinal edges. The opposed longitudinal edges are joined through living hinges to adjacent side panels. The binder spine is foldable along the living hinges between an open generally flat configuration and a generally closed configuration. At least one post member is located on one of the side panels, and at least one socket member is located on the other side panel. The socket and post members are aligned with one another and include generally cylindrical mating walls. The post and socket members are spaced apart in the open configuration by a distance. The socket and post members are positioned to retainingly interengage one another in the closed configuration to hold the binder spine in that closed configuration. The socket in the socket member receives the post member in a snap fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Inventor: Ellis H. Leibman
  • Patent number: 7607853
    Abstract: A binding mechanism system including a first support portion including a first ring portion located thereon and a second support portion including a second ring portion located thereon. At least one of the first and second support portions is movable relative to the other between a closed position wherein the first and second ring portions contact to form a generally closed ring, and an open position wherein the first and second ring portions are spaced apart from each other. The binding mechanism further includes an indicator that is generally visible when the ring portions are in one of the open or closed position and that is generally not visible when the ring portions are in the other one of the open or closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Edward P. Busam, J. Michael Tims, Lewis Ray Dyson, Stephen D. Wehmeyer
  • Patent number: 6962457
    Abstract: A binder for receiving and retaining papers includes first and second strips slidably connected to one another. Each strip includes spaced-apart fingers extending upwardly therefrom. The fingers of the first and second strips are offset from one another when the first and second strips are in a closed position. The first and second strips include releasable locking catches to retain the strips in a closed position, and release tabs for selectively moving the second strip into the open position. A cover having living hinges is attached to a lower surface of the first strip. The cover may include pockets on an outer surface thereof for accepting inserts, such as file hangers or printed labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Xporactive Concepts
    Inventor: Earl K. Forsse
  • Patent number: 6540260
    Abstract: A photograph album system (10) has a spine (14) with an internal lateral groove (30) at one end and a removable retainer (42) having a plurality of internal retaining fingers (44) within the groove. A plurality of pages (52) are defined by a plurality of signatures (54). Each signature is defined by a plurality of page sets (56). Each page set consists of an interior support sheet (58) with a central fold (60) and a pair of exterior cover sheets (64). The exterior cover sheets are folded around an individual outer edge of an interior support sheet with each having a central fold defining an outer bend (66). The exterior cover sheets are adhered to the interior support sheet so that two pages are formed with separate pockets (72) on each side of each page. Posts (36) couple the pages to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Whang Kwee Tan
  • Patent number: 6536980
    Abstract: A ring binder is disclosed as including a curved upper plate supporting a pair of pivotable hinged leaves to which a number of half-rings are attached, and two pivotable actuating levers for moving the pair of hinged leaves between a first position in which the half-rings are closed and a second position in which the half-rings are open, in which the actuating lever.includes an aperture, and a cushion engaged with each actuating lever, in which the cushion has a first body part and a second body part, in which part of the first body part extends through the aperture of the actuating lever to engage with the second body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun Yuen To
  • Patent number: 6527465
    Abstract: A ring binder assembly is disclosed as including a ring mechanism, a connecting means secured to the ring mechanism, and at least one removable module frictionally engaging the connecting means. The connecting means is configured to receive the removable modules, wherein when the modules are removed the connecting means is maintained in a substantially tight configuration. The connecting means typically includes a rivet passing through an eyelet in the ring mechanism. In addition, the means to connect may also include the means to resilient secure the removable modules in place. The resilient means may include a compression spring housed in the eyelet biasing an upper washer downwardly towards the rivet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen R. Welch
  • Patent number: 6474897
    Abstract: A ring binder includes a substantially rigid curved upper plate supporting a pair of hinged leaves. A plurality of ring members are secured to the hinged leaves for engaging corresponding holes in sheets of material retained by the ring binder. An actuating lever is located at each end of the curved upper plate for actuating the hinged leaves to open and close the ring members. Each actuating lever includes a tab having a cushion member formed thereon, for example by molding. The tab has an aperture therein, and cushion material enters the aperture during molding to secure the cushion member onto the tab. The cushion member is engaged by the fingers of a user to pivot the actuating lever in order to move the ring members between the open position and the closed position. The cushion member is a soft pad of material such as plastic. The cushion member provides improved tactile characteristics to the actuating lever, making the actuating lever comfortable to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: World Wide Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun Yuen To
  • Patent number: 6293722
    Abstract: A binder mechanism is disclosed having a first ring assembly and a binding portion. The first ring assembly includes at least one first ring half. At least the first ring assembly or the binding portion are a pivotable half that is pivotable with respect to the other to a locked position about a first longitudinal axis. In the locked position, the first ring half is engaged with the binding portion cooperatively defining a loop that is substantially closed to retain a stack of papers or a workpiece. The first ring assembly and the binding portion are lockable with respect to each other in the locked position to prevent pivoting of the pivotable half from the locked position. At least one of the first ring assembly and the binding portion is movable with respect to the other from the locked position in an unlocking direction oriented at less than 180° from the longitudinal axis to permit the pivotable half to pivot about the longitudinal axis to an open position in which the loop is substantially open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Acco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Holbrook, Kenneth John Bargo, John James Dwyer, John Andrew Johnson, Timothy Edward McKeown, Rodney Hal Monson
  • Patent number: 6174100
    Abstract: A binding assembly includes first and second sheet retaining members which are releasably attached to a base member by first and second latching mechanisms. The sheet retaining members include a pair of side members which support a pair of pins and tubes onto which sheets of paper or other materials are placed. Each of the side members includes an engaging rod which is receivable in a channel provided in the base member to retain the sheet retaining members to the base member. Each of the latching mechanisms are independently pivotable about an axis perpendicular to the pins and tubes from a retaining position where the sheet retaining members are constrained to the base member, to a releasing position where the sheet retaining members may be detached from the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Leco Stationery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Ming Song
  • Patent number: 6155737
    Abstract: A binder ring mechanism (16) has a plurality of binder rings (18a-18c) for holding sheets of paper. Each binder ring includes a fixed section (20) and a movable section (22). All of the movable binder ring sections are commonly mounted on a bolt (36). A lever arm (52) is attached to one end of the bolt for movement of the lever arm to move the bolt and the binder ring sections mounted on the bolt. The bolt is movably mounted on a cover piece (24) for both rotational and sliding movement of the bolt. A recess (58) is formed in an endwall (56) of the cover piece and the lever arm includes a latch member (60) received in the recess to latch the lever arm in place when the binder rings are closed so to prevent inadvertent movement of the lever arm which might cause the binder rings to open. In addition, the cover piece has flaps (82, 84) extending diagonally outwardly therefrom for storing writing instruments in a ring binder (10) in which the binder ring mechanism is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: U. S. Ring Binder Corporation
    Inventor: Paul A. Whaley
  • Patent number: 6142529
    Abstract: An improved structure of a combination file folder includes a pair of clip boards and a connection board which mounted together to form a file folder. The file folder is made from plastic materials and can be detached from one another. Thus, the packaging and transportation costs are greatly reduced, as the file folder does not occupy a large space. Based on the need of the size of the file folder, the change of the connection board can satisfy the needs of the consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Chun-Ching Liao
  • Patent number: 6142696
    Abstract: A book 90 with a spine 92. The spine has a pair of facing long walls 94, 96 including a front wall 94 and a rear wall 96, each with a top 98 and a bottom 100, in essentially parallel relationship. The spine also has a pair of facing short walls 102, 104 a top wall 102 and a bottom wall 104, in parallel relationship and at essentially right angles with respect to the front wall and rear wall. The top wall is located between the top of the front wall and the top of the rear wall. The bottom wall is located between the bottom of the front wall and the bottom of the rear wall. The long walls and short walls are in a generally rectilinear configuration with an open face 106 from which pages may extend and an opposed closed face 108 opposite from the open face. At least one elongated retainer 114 essentially spans the space between one pair of parallel walls and is adapted to receive and retain pages 124. The retainer has opposed ends 116, 118 with at least one end 116 coupled with respect to an associated wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Whang Kwee Tan
  • Patent number: 6126354
    Abstract: A system and method for binding documents wherein the binder is reusable and is easy to use, the binding system comprising interlocking pieces that combined form a secure and reusable document binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventor: Craig Ramich
  • Patent number: 6126353
    Abstract: A loose leaf binder includes a first half binder section having a plurality of curled fingers spaced regularly apart and a second half binder section having a corresponding plurality of correspondingly spaced curled fingers. Each of the first and second half binder sections include a plurality of protruding tabs and a plurality of tab openings, each of the plurality of protruding tabs of the first half binder section being capable of mating with a corresponding one of the plurality of tab openings of the second half binder section. When the first half binder section is mated with the second half binder section, the protruding tabs of both the first and second half binder sections snap-fit with corresponding tab openings of both the first and second half binder sections to form the loose leaf binder and to cause the curled fingers of the first and second half binder sections to overlap. The first half binder section may be identical to the second half binder section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignees: Howard Mullin, Klaus Honeker
    Inventors: Howard Mullin, Klaus Honeker
  • Patent number: 6086280
    Abstract: A system and method for binding documents wherein the binder is reusable and is easy to use, said binding system comprising interlocking pieces that combined form a secure and reusable document binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Craig Ramich
  • Patent number: 6045286
    Abstract: A metal ring binder is improved by adding at least one auxiliary spring for supplementing the spring action of the spine upon the blades to which the rings are attached, so as to increase the closing force of the rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Hong Kong Stationery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Vincent W. M. Tung
  • Patent number: 5997041
    Abstract: A photo album assembled with the minimum use of machinery. Making use of a special designed multipurpose plastic holder, a stack of paper or a stack of plastic pockets, a plurality of posts and two pieces of special designed cover panels. By using the multipurpose plastic holder and special designed cover panels, the photo album may appear in different structural looks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Whang Kwee Tan
  • Patent number: 5988926
    Abstract: The filing device in which a binding fastener 2 fixedly attached to a folder body 1 can be demounted from the folder body 1 with accompanying plastic deformation or destruction of the parts of the filing device, and is characterized by that the binding fastener 2 is fixedly attached to the folder body 1 by a binding mechanism 3 which fastens the binding fastener 2 to the folder body 1 and which enables the binding fastener 2 to be released from the folder body 1 with a relative movement of the binding fastener 2 to the folder body 1, and an engaging lock mechanism 4 which prohibits the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takio Kiyomi
  • Patent number: 5906449
    Abstract: A binder locking clip (100) used with a binder metal (10) having a locking member (50) with a slot (62) formed therein. The clip has a first leg (102) and a second leg (104). The legs are spaced apart from each other and one of the legs has a detent (106) formed in it. The detent fits in the slot and engages a post (56) with respect to which the slot is movable when the locking member is moved. The clip engages the post when the frame member is moved in a direction by which the binder metal can be opened to prevent movement of the locking member in that direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Ring Binder Corp.
    Inventor: Jerry B. Ostrander
  • Patent number: 5827004
    Abstract: A sliding loose leaf binder having a fixed part and a movable part is provided. The fixed part comprises a first base member, a plurality of mounting apertures, a plurality of a first top and bottom members of mating tracks, a plurality of first ring elements, and first elements of releasable locking means. The movable part comprises a second base member, a plurality of second top and bottom members of mating tracks, a plurality of second ring elements, and second elements of releasable locking means.The sliding loose-leaf binder can be open or closed by sliding the movable part in or out toward the fixed part along the mating tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventor: Dong Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 5716153
    Abstract: A two piece binder assembly with one piece adapted to be rivetted to the spine of a binder. The other piece is laterally slidable with respect to the fixed binder piece so as to engage the fixed binder piece and become, upon initial assembly, permanently secured to the fixed binder piece. The slidable piece is then movable between an open and a closed position by movement in a lateral direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of both pieces of the two piece binder assembly. The slidable piece is movable towards the fixed piece until the opposed fingers of the fixed and slidable pieces engage each other. At this point the slidable piece is secured to the fixed piece by the engagement of two hooked locking members with at least one hooked locking member becoming temporarily deformed until passing over the other hooked locking member and then snapping into place due to the resilient nature of the plastic material used so as to fixedly engage the two hooked locking members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Saf-T Ring, LLC
    Inventor: Justin Aiello
  • Patent number: 5667324
    Abstract: A loose-leaf binder comprising, in combination, a first back strip having a plurality of split ring halves formed upright at given intervals along the outer edge thereof and a second back strip having similar ring halves formed along the outer edge thereof opposite to that of the first strip and adapted to engage end to end with the halves of the first strip. The first and second back strips are formed as discrete members separable from the combined state and have first and second lock members, respectively, at the both ends thereof in such manner that the lock members can engage with each other when the two strips are put together in the closed position. The two back strips also have, respectively, a first and a second sliding surfaces slidable relative to each other, and a first and a second guides extending substantially at right angles to the longitudinal directions of the two strips and formed to shapes complementary to each other so as to guide the sliding surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Motohiro Kurauchi
    Inventor: Yasuo Aoki
  • Patent number: 5634732
    Abstract: In a binding assembly for binders for holding a number of sheets of paper detachably bound together, the clamping unit, which includes a pair of metallic clamping plates for holding the paper therebetween, is detachably latched to a holder base which is in turn permanently attached to the binding of a binder. The clamping unit is provided with a bar extending across a cutout provided in a lower edge of each clamping plate, and the bar latches onto a latching mechanism provided in the holder base. Either one of the clamping plates may be selectively latched onto or unlatched away from the holder base while the other clamping plate is kept hinged to the holder base. The latching mechanism includes a pair of latch members made of plastic material, and slidably retained by a metallic base plate of the holder base, and the load applied to the clamping unit is primarily supported by the metallic base plate for minimizing the load applied to the latch members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignees: Lion Office Products Corporation, NIFCO Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Ushirooka, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hajime Taima
  • Patent number: 5593243
    Abstract: A binder to bind papers between a paper supporting plate and a paper holding plate by inserting paper binding cylinders into punched holes of said papers, which comprises a rear plate formed in L-letter in section at an edge of said paper supporting plate, a rack forming plate formed in L-letter in section at an edge of said paper holding plate, opposing said rear plate and overlapping each other, guide portions provided on inner side of the rear plate in the areas of both side edges for guiding both side edges of the rack forming plate and allowing a vertical and parallel movement against the rear plate, rack teeth having configuration of saw teeth in section provided on the surface of said rack forming plate opposing to the inner side of the rear plate, click member rotatably mounted on the rear plate, having a click pawl for engaging with said rack teeth to prevent the rack forming plate from moving upward, and a spring means provided on said click member to bias said click pawl resiliently against the rac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Carl Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuzo Mori
  • Patent number: 5577853
    Abstract: An opening/closing device for a pipe file binder comprising a base, a pair of cover plates pivotally mounted on opposite longitudinal side portions of the base such that the cover plates can be opened and closed, the cover plates each being provided with an opening portion formed in a generally central portion thereof, a resilient member located between the cover plates on the base, a pair of levers provided on generally central portions of outer sides of the cover members and inserted in the opening portions, respectively, and by pressing the levers, a part of an outer side portion of the resilient member being disengaged from a part of an outer side portion of the base so that the cover plates are opened and disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Lion Office Products Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Ushirooka
  • Patent number: 5338125
    Abstract: A modular binder is provided for quickly and easily binding a sheaf of papers to form a book. The modular binder comprises a pair of cover modules each including a cover leaf hinged to a spine segment, wherein the spine segments are identical and are adapted to interfit in face-to-face relation to retain the sheaf of papers. A spine lock clip is provided to interconnect the spine segments with a variable spacing according to the thickness of the paper sheaf. Auxiliary communication and/or entertainment modules such as an audio cassette player, one or more audio cassettes, etc., can be mounted onto one or both cover leaves of the two cover modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Inventors: Earl K. Forsse, Janis R. Forsse
  • Patent number: 5281040
    Abstract: A ring binder mechanism comprises a fixed part (10) for mounting on a folder, and a movable part (13) connected to the fixed part by a four-bar-chain linkage (15) allowing translational movement of the movable part relatively to the fixed part between an open position and a closed position. The movable part (13) is also connected to the fixed part (10) by a pair of resiliently deformable links (17) which provide a spring-loaded over-center device. Two pairs of paper-holding elements (18, 21) are provided, the elements of each pair being separated in the open position of the movable part (13) but being brought into engagement with one another in the closed position, so as to prevent removal of sheets of paper threaded thereon. The fixed part (10), the movable part (13), the paper-holding elements (18, 21), the four-bar-chain (15), and the over-center device (17) are integrally formed with one another as parts of a single plastics moulding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Inventors: Richard K. Hodkin, Nigel Eagers
  • Patent number: 5015115
    Abstract: This album with interchangeable sheets has coupling elements for the sheets which are preferably made of plastics, are fixed on the inner side of the rear cover and can be opened after extracting closure profiled elements which are mutually aligned and are parallel to the spine of the binder. The sheets may easily be turned since they have slots which are particularly enlarged with respect to the cross section of the coupling elements. Furthermore a perfect alignment of the sheets is obtained in a very simple and original manner, by virtue of raised portions which also protrude from the inner side of the rear cover and act against an appropriately shaped inner edge of the sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Linea BM di Mandolesi Benito & C. S.n.c.
    Inventor: Benito Mandolesi
  • Patent number: 4781485
    Abstract: Loose leaf retention mechanism, having a ring position shift mechanism, an elongated housing for containing the shift mechanism, coupling means for coupling first terminal portions of one or more continuous unitary (non-split) rings to the shift mechanism, and actuation means, coupled to the shift mechanism, for causing the shift mechanism to selectively assume a first position wherein second terminal portions of the continuous rings, widely separated from the first terminal portions, are positioned within the housing, or a second position wherein second terminal portions of the rings are separated from the housing to enable punched loose leaf sheets to be coupled to the rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Warren R. Pitts
  • Patent number: 4730950
    Abstract: A binding device is disclosed, which comprises an elongated fixture having at least one pipe fitting in the vicinity of one longitudinal side end thereof and a cover plate having in the vicinity of its longitudinal one end at least one coupling rod adapted to be inserted into said pipe fitting, wherein the fixture is provided with support members along its longitudinal opposite side end at a predetermined distance, each of said support members being provided with a vertically extended slit and an external recess in communication with the slit and the fixture is further provided with elastic arm members at its opposite cross ends, each of said elastic arm members at its one end being secured to the fixture and at its opposite free end being confronted with the recess of the support member, while the cover plate is provided in the vicinity of its longitudinal opposite end with insertion members each comprising a vertical guide piece member and a flexible piece member with an outward protrusion and arranged symm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Ominato
  • Patent number: 4682792
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Inventor: Graham Simmons
  • Patent number: 4486032
    Abstract: Cover folders having binders that securely retain the cover and inserted sheets, without the use of external fasteners. The binder is an elongated bar with an interior channel for receiving and holding a folded cover. The bar includes within the channel slanted ribs which engage the folded edge of the cover sheet along an overlapping flap. The overlapping flap of the cover sheet may be made more rigid by heat treatment and/or by a reinforcing coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: David J. Leahy
  • Patent number: 4486112
    Abstract: A loose leaf binder is formed from three parts assembled in a manner providing a binder of minimum thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: R. D. Cummins, Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard D. Cummins
  • Patent number: 4349290
    Abstract: A loose leaf binder is formed from two main parts, which have cooperating half-rings and are interconnected by wire links. The cooperating half-rings of the binder have a mating locking mechanism at their free ends.The binder's opening is achieved through relative displacement, in longitudinal and transverse directions, of its main parts. A movable clip, placed at an end of the binder, prevents the relative displacement of the main parts when the binder is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Inventor: Claudio B. Cardellini
  • Patent number: 4193705
    Abstract: A suspension device for vertical suspension of sheets, such as drawing sheets, which includes two substantially parallel bars; a number of pins on each bar, each pin being connected at one end to its bar with its free end directed to the other bar, the pins being adapted to be inserted through holes provided along edges of sheets so that the sheets can suspend from the pins; locating means provided on each bar for locating the free ends of the pins relative to the other bar; and locking means for releasably holding the two bars in a locked position in which the free ends of the pins are located in the associated locating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Inventor: Geoffrey D. Field
  • Patent number: 4168920
    Abstract: Binder construction suited for filing papers, publications, letters and catalogues having a base member to be fixed to the inside back of a file cover and holders and their related parts intended to hold such papers and detachably mounted to the base member in such an arrangement as to be opened to desired cover side or sides of the binder construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1979
    Assignee: King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Ohminato
  • Patent number: 4136981
    Abstract: A loose leaf binder having a supporting base or lower cover member and a top cover member interconnected by post assemblies receiving a plurality of paper sheets together with a bar mounted on the post assemblies for longitudinal movement thereon with the bar being retained in adjusted position by magnetic attraction between the bar and post assemblies. Each of the post assemblies are constructed of a rigid member and a flexible member which are telescopically arranged and constructed to enable angular orientation of the telescoping components of the post assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Inventor: James P. Stecklow
  • Patent number: 4129396
    Abstract: A loose leaf binder having a supporting base or lower cover member and a top cover member interconnected by post assemblies receiving a plurality of paper sheets together with a bar mounted on the post assemblies for longitudinal movement thereon with the bar being retained in adjusted position by magnetic attraction between the bar and post assemblies. Each of the post assemblies are constructed of rigid telescopic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Inventor: James P. Stecklow
  • Patent number: 4113394
    Abstract: An inexpensive polymeric device for releasably retaining a stack of perforated paper, including a pair of rake-like members each comprising a rail supporting projecting studs. The rake-like members are assemblable by inserting studs on each through the paper perforations from opposite sides of the stack and into sockets formed on the other rail to form a ladder-like assembly engaged with the paper. The rails on the ladder-like assembly are slid into close fitting channels defined on a backing strip which extends around the spine edge of the stack to keep the rake-like members in engagement, and are retained therein by end portions of the rails adapted to engage over the ends of the channels. Subsequently a user can squeeze together on cam surfaces on the end portions of the strips to simultaneously disengage them from the ends of the channels and move them into the channels so that the ladder-like assembly can be slid out of the backing strip and disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Joe D. Giulie
  • Patent number: 4056326
    Abstract: A stiff plastic sheet is heat-scored on spaced parallel lines to form front and rear binder covers hinged at the score lines to a wide backbone. Two post-mounting units formed of similar plastic sheet material have a base strip along one edge and a post-supporting strip along the other edge, connected by a web which is heat-scored so as to flex at two-spaced flex lines and which is cut away at spaced areas to leave a series of straps between the strips so that together they are more flexible than the cover hinges. The base strips are ultrasonically welded to the covers along the inner edges of the covers so as to hold the post-supporting strips for swinging movement about the flex lines which are spaced outward from the hinge lines between the covers and the backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Crawford Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Z. Crawford
  • Patent number: 3972632
    Abstract: An expandable cover for books is provided for storing, protecting and labeling data processing sheets, accounting records, and the like, comprising a pair of cover boards hinged to corner members which carry openings for receiving sheet attaching means, spine elements for the back of the book cover which have at least one opening for receiving a back or spine protecting element therein, or alternatively, an expandable element such as a foldable material, stretchable material, or further alternatively, a slot in one of the spine elements which slidably engages the second spine element by means of a rivet like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: Book Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Leewood C. Carter