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US 2012/0251269 A1Published application
Binder clip
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorRobert Fredric Mindler
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Abstract
Placing sheets around a retainer or between a retainer and clamp and securing a clamp against the sheets and retainer for compressively fixing the pages against the retainer.
Claims17
Method comprising:
- providing an elongated clamp having a first bottom surface and a pair of sidewalls substantially coextensive with the first bottom surface, wherein the pair of sidewalls are each integrally formed with the first bottom surface, the pair of sidewalls converging toward each other at a top opening of the binder clip and each including an elongated top edge, wherein the two elongated top edges are flexibly biased toward each other;
- providing an elongated retainer having a substantially flat surface along a lengthwise direction of the retainer;
- and
- disposing the elongated retainer in a space between the sidewalls the bottom surface, the substantially flat surface facing the first bottom surface.
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A method of forming a booklet comprising:
- providing an elongated retainer having a substantially planar surface along a lengthwise dimension of the retainer;
- wrapping a plurality pages around the elongated retainer;
- and
- securing a clamp around the pages and the elongated retainer for compressively securing the pages around the elongated retainer, wherein the clamp comprises a substantially planar bottom surface facing the planar surface of the elongated retainer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.