Bound component with adjustable elastic device
OwnerThomas Walker, Kevin Witterinventors
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Abstract
A bound component including a cover having a retaining device located thereon and a binding mechanism coupled to the cover and configured to bind a plurality of pages together. The bound component further includes an elastic strap, the elastic strap being formed in a loop or formable into a loop. The retaining device is configured to cooperate with the elastic strap to slidably couple the elastic strap to the cover and to limit the sliding motion of the elastic strap relative to the cover when the elastic strap is formed in a loop.
Claims27
A bound component comprising:
- a cover having a retaining device located thereon;
- a binding mechanism coupled to said cover and configured to bind a plurality of pages together;
- and
- an elastic strap, said elastic strap being formed in a loop or formable into a loop, wherein said retaining device is configured to cooperate with said elastic strap to slidably couple said elastic strap to said cover and to limit the sliding motion of said elastic strap relative to said cover when said elastic strap is formed in a loop.
A method for using bound component comprising:
- providing a bound component including a cover having a retaining device located thereon, a binding mechanism coupled to said cover and configured to bind a plurality of pages together, and an elastic strap, said elastic strap being formed in a loop or formable into a loop, wherein said retaining device is configured to cooperate with said elastic strap to slidably couple said elastic strap to said cover;
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- sliding said elastic strap relative to said cover such that said retaining device limits the sliding motion of said elastic strap relative to said cover.
A method for using bound component comprising:
- providing a bound component including a cover and a binding mechanism for binding a plurality of pages together, and an elastic loop slidably coupled to said cover;
- and
- manipulating said elastic loop to:
- wrap around said cover and all of said plurality of papers bound by said binding mechanism to operate as a closure mechanism;
- or
- receive loose components therein to operate as a storage mechanism when said elastic loop is not entirely wrapped around said cover;
- or
- wrap around said cover and part of said plurality of papers to act as a page marker mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.