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US 10,507,682 B2Granted
Folder notebooks
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorsDenise E. Sada, Kevin W. Witter
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Abstract
A bound component has a front cover attached to a spine attached to a rear cover, a binding mechanism, and a binder extension attached to either cover. The binder extension folds inwardly in its closed position and has pockets. Also disclosed is a bound component having a front cover attached to a spine attached to a rear cover, a binding mechanism and one or more pockets attached to either cover. The pocket may have one or more closure flaps and may be expandable.
Claims14
A component comprising:
- a front cover;
- a rear cover;
- a spine positioned between and connecting the front cover and the rear cover;
- a binder extension directly attached to either the front cover or the rear cover by a hinge, the binder extension having a size that is greater than ¾ of a size of the front cover or rear cover to which it is directly attached by the hinge, wherein the front cover is pivotally coupled to the spine along a supplemental hinge that is parallel to the hinge, wherein the binder extension is manually movable via the hinge between a closed configuration wherein the binder extension is parallel with and overlies or underlies the respective cover with which the binder extension is attached via the hinge and an open configuration wherein the binder extension is parallel with and does not overlie or underlie either the front cover or the rear cover;
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- a binding mechanism directly and irremovably attached to the binder extension such that the irremovably attached binding mechanism is manually movable with the binder extension from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
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