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US 2020/0130395 A1Published application
Binding system for retaining bound components
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorKenneth P. Richied
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Abstract
A binding apparatus including a plurality of generally coaxially arranged binding coils. Each binding coil includes a pair of generally parallel wires terminating in a tip. Each binding coil is coupled to an adjacent binding coil by a connection portion extending generally parallel to an axis of the binding apparatus. At least one binding coil is directly circumferentially attached to itself, or to a connection portion.
Claims10
-20. (canceled)
A binding apparatus system comprising:
- a binding apparatus including a plurality of generally coaxially arranged binding coils, each binding coil including a pair of generally parallel wires terminating in a tip, each binding coil being coupled to an adjacent binding coil by a connection portion extending parallel to an axis of the binding apparatus;
- and
- a locking device including a spine and a plurality of finger elements extending outwardly away from said spine, each finger element being configured to fit between the pair of wires of a binding coil to couple the locking device to the binding apparatus.
A locking apparatus for a twin-wire binding apparatus comprising:
- a twin-wire apparatus comprising:
- a continuous length of wire bent in a generally circular manner about a lengthwise axis to form opposing alternating generally u-shaped tip sections and joining sections in which the joining sections are of greater width than the tip sections;
- and
- a snap-in comb lock component comprised of:
- a spine element;
- and
- a plurality of finger elements each including a catch apparatus protruding from the spine element.
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A snap-in comb lock component for use with a twin-wire binding apparatus comprising:
- a spine element;
- and
- a plurality of finger elements each including a catch apparatus protruding from the spine element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.