Binding system using two binding pieces
OwnerEric Peschan Hochreiterinventor
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Abstract
A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including top and bottom binding pieces. Each binding piece includes a base plate, together with alignment features adapted to align the top and bottom binding pieces with each other, and locking features adapted to connect the top and bottom binding pieces together, thereby clamping the media sheets between the top and bottom binding pieces. The locking features include resilient tabs having a plurality of teeth such that at least some of the teeth on a particular tab on the top binding piece engage with at least some of the teeth on a corresponding tab on the bottom binding piece to connect the top and bottom binding pieces together.
Claims14
A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, comprising:
- a top binding piece and a bottom binding piece, each including:
- a base plate;
- alignment features adapted to align the top and bottom binding pieces with each other;
- and
- locking features adapted to connect the top and bottom binding pieces together around one edge of the set of media sheets, thereby clamping the media sheets between the top and bottom binding pieces, the locking features including at least one resilient tab having a plurality of teeth;
- wherein when the top and bottom binding pieces are pushed together to bind the set of media sheets, at least some of the teeth on a particular tab on the top binding piece engage with at least some of the teeth on a corresponding tab on the bottom binding piece to connect the top and bottom binding pieces together;
- and
- wherein when the top and bottom binding pieces are connected together to bind the set of media sheets, the locking features are contained between external surfaces of the base plates of the top and bottom binding pieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.