US 12,377,676 B2Granted

Folder folder

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. Also disclosed is a folder having one or more bound edges and one or more free edges, one or more folder tabs extending from one or more free edges, and a plurality of pages bound to the folder. The pages may be bound to the folder using adhesive, string, staples or other attachment mechanisms. The folder may fit within a traditional file drawer.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A bound component comprising:

a front cover;
a back cover;
a spine connected to the back cover along a side of the back cover;
a first pocket panel connected to the spine, the first pocket panel forming a first pocket opening between the first pocket panel and the back cover;
a second pocket panel connected to the first pocket panel, wherein a second pocket opening is formed in between the first pocket panel and the second pocket panel;
and
a closure flap having a first end attached to the back cover and having a securement end configured to be removably secured to an attachment point on the front cover,
wherein a portion of the first pocket opening and a portion of the second pocket opening are oriented perpendicular to a length of the spine;
and
wherein the bound component further comprises one or more dividers within the first pocket opening and wherein the first pocket opening is expandable and two side edges of the first pocket panel are connected to the back cover by expandable gussets.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/715,370Filed 16 Dec 2019 · continuation
Priority: 22 Jun 2009
Published: US 2020/0114678 A116 Apr 2020
Granted: 5 Aug 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

B42F 7/02
Filing appliances without fastening means: filing appliances comprising only one pocket or compartment, e.g. single gussetted pockets
B42D 1/00
Books or other bound products
B42D 3/12
Book covers: combined with other articles
B42D 9/002
Devices for indicating a page in a book, e.g. bookmarkers: permanently attached to the book

Family

Application61/219,169Us provisional application · filed 22 Jun 2009
Application61/222,611Us provisional application · filed 2 Jul 2009
PCT/US2010/039512Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jun 2010
US 10,507,682 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Dec 2019
US 2020/0114678 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Apr 2020
Application13/377,063Parent of this continuation
US 2012/0099921 A1Published application
US 12,377,676 B2This patent

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