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US 2019/0001730 A1Published application
Device with quick-attach feature
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorsRichard H. Harris, Noah E. Dingler, Patrick B. Nolan, Michael A. Dotsey, Andrew J. Miller
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Abstract
A system including a panel having a panel opening and a coupling device coupled to the panel. The coupling device includes a coupling device opening and a flange positioned adjacent to the coupling device opening. The coupling device opening at least partially overlaps with the panel opening, and the flange is elastically deflectable to allow a binding mechanism to pass the flange and into or out of the coupling device opening.
Claims23
A system comprising:
- a first panel having a first panel opening;
- second panel having a second panel opening;
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- a coupling device positioned between the first panel and the second panel, the coupling device including a coupling device opening and a flange positioned adjacent to the coupling device opening, wherein the flange extends into the first panel opening and the second panel opening, and wherein the flange is elastically deflectable to allow a binding mechanism to pass the flange and into or out of the coupling device opening.
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A system comprising:
- a body including a first panel having a first panel opening and a second panel having a second panel opening and being coupled to the first panel along a fold line, wherein the second panel has a width, extending in a direction perpendicular to the fold line, that is less than a width of the first panel;
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- a coupling device positioned between the first and second panels, the coupling device including a coupling device opening and a pair of flanges positioned on opposite sides thereof, wherein at least one of the flanges is elastically deflectable away from the other one of the flanges to allow a binding mechanism to pass between the flanges and into or out of the coupling device opening, wherein at least one of the flanges overlaps with the first panel opening and the second panel opening.
A system comprising:
- a panel including a panel opening;
- and
- a coupling device coupled to the panel, the coupling device including a coupling device opening and a flange positioned adjacent to the coupling device opening, wherein the coupling device opening at least partially overlaps with the panel opening, wherein the flange is elastically deflectable to allow a binding mechanism to pass the flange and into or out of the coupling device opening, and wherein the coupling device is not pivotally coupled to the panel.
A system comprising:
- a panel including a panel opening intersecting an outer edge of the panel;
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- a coupling device coupled to the panel, the coupling device including a coupling device opening, a cut-out extending from an outer edge of the coupling device to the coupling device opening, and a flange positioned adjacent to the cut-out, wherein the coupling device opening and the flange both at least partially overlap with the panel opening, wherein the flange is elastically deflectable to allow a binding mechanism to pass through the cutout and pass by the flange and into or out of the coupling device opening, and wherein no portion of the panel overlaps with the cut-out in a path extending from the coupling device opening to the outer edge of the coupling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.