Ring binder mechanism
OwnerChun Yuen TOinventor
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Abstract
A ring binder mechanism (10) to be secured with a cover (30) is disclosed as including an upper housing (12) with two through holes (20) and two side skirts (28) depending from the housing (12), a pair of hinged plates (14) supported by the housing (12), and a number of pairs of half-rings (16) mounted to the plates (14), and the plates (14) are pivotable between an open configuration in which the half-rings (16) are open and a closed configuration in which the half-rings (16) are closed to form a number of closed rings, and each through hole (20) is to be secured with the cover (30) via a rivet (38) only, and that the side skirts (28) abut the cover (30) when the ring binder mechanism (10) is secured with the cover (30).
Claims8
A ring binder mechanism adapted to be secured with a substrate, said ring binder mechanism including:
- a housing with at least one through hole and two side skirts depending from said housing, a pivotable structure supported by said housing, and a plurality of pairs of half-ring members mounted to said pivotable structure,
- wherein said pivotable structure is pivotable between an open configuration in which said pairs of half-ring members are open and a closed configuration in which said pairs of half-ring members are closed to form a plurality of closed rings,
- wherein said through hole is adapted to be secured with said substrate via one securing member only, and that said side skirts are adapted to abut said substrate when said ring binder mechanism is secured with said substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.