Loose leaf binder with flexible telescopic post assemblies and magnetically retained bar

A loose leaf binder for loose leaf sheets or brochures and enabling individual sheets or brochures to be removed or added without taking the binder apart and without removing additional sheets or brochures, said binder comprising a base member, a top member spaced from the base member and adapted to receive a plurality of loose sheets of material therebetween, a plurality of post assemblies extending between the base member and top member and receiving and mounting the loose leaves, each post assembly including a pair of tubular members with one of the tubular members extending from the base member and the other of the tubular members extending from the top member, the inner ends of the tubular members forming a telescopic relation with each other to enable variation in the length of each post assembly, wherein at least the tubular member forming the outer portion of said telescopic relationship has a rigid portion as a part thereof and at least one of said tubular members has a flexible portion as a part thereof, and a retaining bar longitudinally movably mounted on the post assemblies, said retaining bar including magnets thereon, each post assembly being constructed of materials subject to magnetic attraction whereby the retaining bar will be magnetically retained in adjusted position but movable along the post assemblies when manual pressure is exerted thereon.

A loose leaf binder comprising a supporting base, a top member spaced from the base, a plurality of loose sheets of material therebetween, a plurality of post assemblies extending between the supporting base and top member and receiving and mounting the loose leaves, each post assembly including a pair of telescopic members, the inner ends of the telescopic members being disposed in overlapping relation to enable variation in the length of the post assembly without separation of the telescopic members, a retaining bar movably supported on the post assemblies in engagement with a stack of loose leaves, said retaining bar including magnetic means thereon, at least certain of said post assemblies being constructed of material subject to magnetic attraction whereby the retaining bar will be magnetically retained adjusted position but movable along the post assemblies when manual pressure is exerted thereon, said telescopic members being tubular with one of the tubular members being rigid and the other being in the form of a resilient flexible member having its free end telescoped into the rigid tubular member and being of a length to remain telescoped during movement of the binder to an open position and permitting flexing thereof into curved relation to the rigid tubular member.