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US 11,331,941 B2Granted
Edge tabs for notebook
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorsEdward P. Busam, Kenneth P. Richied
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Abstract
A tab is provided for notebooks and binders. The tab is placed within the space otherwise occupied by a binding, and thus is protected from wear and does not appreciably increase the overall size of the notebook or binder. The tab may be located at a corner of the binding or at an intermediate point along the binding.
Claims19
A dividing apparatus comprising:
- a removable tab being removable from a wire binding, the removable tab including:
- a body portion;
- an attachment portion extending from a first side of the body portion and including plurality of notches to facilitate attachment of the removable tab with the wire binding;
- a flag portion extending from a second side of the body portion;
- and
- a spine tab portion disposed adjacent the attachment portion, wherein the spine tab portion is configured to display information within a cylindrical space defined by the wire binding to which the dividing apparatus is configured to attach.
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A set of divider tabs comprising:
- a first removable divider tab being removable from a wire binding, the first removable divider tab having:
- a first body portion;
- a first attachment portion extending from a first side of the first body portion to facilitate the first removable divider tab being securely attached to the wire binding;
- a first flag portion extending from a second side of the first body portion;
- and
- a first spine tab disposed adjacent the attachment portion, wherein the spine tab portion is configured to display information within a cylindrical space defined by the wire binding to which the first removable divider tab is configured to attach;
- and
- a second removable divider tab being removable from the wire binding, the second removable divider tab having:
- a second body portion;
- a second attachment portion extending from a first side of the second body portion to facilitate the second removable divider tab being securely attached to the wire binding;
- a second flag portion extending from a second side of the second body portion;
- and
- a second spine tab disposed adjacent the second attachment portion, wherein the second spine tab portion is configured to display information within the cylindrical space defined by the wire binding to which the second removable divider tab is attached;
- and
- wherein the first spine portion and the second spine portion are disposed along different lengths of the cylindrical space defined by the wire binding.
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A set of divider tabs comprising:
- a first removable divider tab being removable from a wire binding, the first removable divider tab having:
- a first body portion;
- a first attachment portion extending from a first side of the first body portion to facilitate the first removable divider tab being securely attached to the wire binding;
- and
- a first flag portion extending from a second side of the first body portion;
- a second removable divider tab being removable from the wire binding, the second removable divider tab having:
- a second body portion;
- a second attachment portion extending from a first side of the second body portion to facilitate the second removable divider tab being securely attached to the wire binding;
- and
- a second flag portion extending from a second side of the second body portion;
- and wherein the first and second flag portions are disposed an unequal distance from the wire binding when attached to the wire binding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.