Printable dividers with folding tabs
OwnerJulie Schaferinventor
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Abstract
A printable divider is formed from a stock sheet having a binder edge and a plurality of free edges. A folding tab is formed within the stock sheet proximate one of the plurality of free edges, and folds along a fold line from a first position, wherein the folding tab lies within the boundaries of the stock sheet as defined by the binder edge and plurality of free edges, to a tab position, wherein a portion of the folding tab extends beyond the boundaries of the stock sheet. In a particular embodiment, with the folding tab in the first position, the boundaries of the stock sheet are such that the stock sheet may be fed through a standard printing apparatus of the type that prints upon stock sheets having substantially straight edges.
Claims16
A printable divider comprising:
- a stock sheet having a binder edge and a plurality of free edges;
- and
- a folding tab formed within said stock sheet proximate one of said plurality of free edges and folding along a fold line from a first position, wherein said folding tab lies within the boundaries of said stock sheet as defined by said binder edge and plurality of free edges, to a tab position, wherein a portion of said folding tab extends beyond said boundaries of said stock sheet.
A method for providing a divider with an indicia-bearing tab comprising the steps of:
- providing a stock sheet having a binder edge and a plurality of free edges;
- forming a folding tab in said stock sheet proximate one of said plurality of free edges, wherein the folding tab is defined in part by a fold fine such that the folding tab folds along the fold line from a first position, wherein said folding tab lies within the boundaries of said stock sheet as defined by the binder edge and plurality of free edges, to a tab position, wherein a portion of the folding tab extends beyond the boundaries of the stock sheet;
- printing on the folding tab;
- and
- folding the folding tab along the fold line to the tab position.
A device for providing folding tabs in a stock sheet comprising:
- a backing plate;
- and
- a stamp head including a cutting blade extending between terminal ends of said cutting blade, said stamp head being offset from said backing plate and movable to bring said cutting blade into contact with said backing plate, wherein said cutting blade forms a tab border in a stock sheet placed between said cutting blade and said backing plate when said cutting blade is brought into contact with said backing plate.
A book comprising:
- a binding;
- a plurality of pages bound to said binding and having boundaries defined by edges of said pages;
- and
- at least one divider bound to said binding to identify a specific portion of the book, said at least one divider comprising:
- a stock sheet having a binder edge and a plurality of free edges;
- and
- a folding tab formed within said stock sheet proximate one of said plurality of free edges and folding along a fold line from a first position, wherein said folding tab lies within the boundaries of said stock sheet as defined by said binder edge and plurality of free edges, to a tab position, wherein a portion of said folding tab extends beyond said boundaries of said stock sheet and beyond the boundaries of said plurality of pages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.