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US 11,701,915 B2Granted
Pocket with stress relief
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorKevin Witter
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Abstract
A pocket structure including a first panel, and a second panel coupled to the first panel to define a pocket with the first panel. The second panel has an opening intersecting an outer edge thereof. The opening has a transverse portion oriented generally parallel to the outer edge and a leg portion oriented generally perpendicular to the outer edge.
Claims20
A pocket structure comprising:
- a first panel;
- a pocket panel coupled to the first panel along a first secured edge to define a pocket with the first panel, the pocket panel having a free edge extending perpendicular to the first secured edge, the free edge not coupled to the first panel;
- and
- an opening intersecting the free edge of the pocket panel and positioned at or adjacent an intersection of the first secured edge and the free edge of the pocket panel, the opening comprising:
- a first portion extending at an angle of greater than 60 degrees relative to the free edge;
- and
- a second portion extending from the first portion towards the first secured edge, the second portion oriented at an acute angle relative to the free edge of the pocket panel, wherein the first portion of the opening extends perpendicular relative to the free edge and parallel to the first secured edge.
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A pocket structure comprising:
- a first panel;
- a pocket panel coupled to the first panel along a first secured edge to define a pocket with the first panel, the pocket panel having a free edge extending perpendicular to the first secured edge, the free edge not coupled to the first panel;
- and
- an opening intersecting the free edge of the pocket panel and positioned at or adjacent an intersection of the first secured edge and the free edge of the pocket panel, the opening comprising:
- a first portion extending at an angle of greater than 60 degrees relative to the free edge;
- and
- a second portion extending from the first portion towards the first secured edge, the second portion oriented at an acute angle relative to the free edge of the pocket panel,
- wherein the pocket panel is additionally secured to the first panel along a second secured edge, wherein the second secured edge is parallel to the first secured edge and wherein the free edge extends between the first secured edge and the second secured edge.
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A folder including a pocket structure, the folder comprising:
- a first major panel;
- a second major panel pivotably coupled to the first major panel along a spine;
- a pocket panel coupled to the first major panel along a first secured edge to define a pocket with the first major panel, the pocket panel having a free edge extending perpendicular to the first secured edge, the free edge not coupled to the first major panel;
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- an opening intersecting the free edge of the pocket panel and positioned at or adjacent an intersection of the first secured edge and the free edge of the pocket panel, the opening comprising:
- a first portion extending at an angle of greater than 60 degrees relative to the free edge;
- and
- a second portion extending from the first portion towards the first secured edge, the second portion oriented at an acute angle relative to the free edge of the pocket panel, wherein the second portion is disposed between the free edge and the first portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.