Looseleaf notebooks
OwnerDominic R. Errichielloinventor
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Abstract
Looseleaf notebooks having an integrally molded spine and front and rear cover panels with living hinge connections to the spine, the inside faces of said covers having a shallow, rectangular cavity for holding instructions, labels, decals, cards, etc., one or more snap-on pockets for holding a variety of articles, and pairs of snap-in ribs to hold pencils, rulers, etc.; the spine-remote edges of said panels optionally having integrally molded handles for carrying the notebooks, and page marker strips hingedly mounted on the rear cover panel.
Claims9
A book having a spine and front and rear cover panels made of molded plastic, means hingedly mounting said cover panels on said spine, and a corresponding edge of each panel having integrally molded thereon a handle, which handles are substantially aligned when the book is closed, means on respective handles for releasably interlocking said handles when they are brought close to each other and are substantially aligned, said handles being joined with their respective cover panels by flexible means allowing said handles to be pivoted and laid substantially flat against the inner face of their respective panel, and interlocking means on the respective inner faces of said panels positioned to releasably interlock with mating means on the respective handles when the respective handles are laid substantially flat against the respective inner faces of the respective front and rear cover panels, whereby said handles either can project outwardly beyond their respective panel or can be laid flat against the inner face of their respective panel.
A book having interlocking handle parts comprising a first cover panel and a second cover panel respectively hingedly connected to opposite longitudinal sides of a spine, a first half of a U-shaped handle on an edge of said first panel and a second half of said U-shaped handle on a corresponding edge of said second panel, said halves being mounted on their respective panel edge by hinge means between the panel edge and ,he ends of the U-arms of each U-shaped handle half to allow said halves to pivot 180.degree. between an extended position with the handle half lying in the plane of each panel and a retracted position in which each half lies substantially flat against the inner face of its panel, and means on each inner face for releasably holding its half of said handle in the retracted position.
A book comprising a front cover panel and a rear cover panel respectively hingedly connected to opposite longitudinal sides of a spine, a U-shaped handle member having the ends of its U-arms hingedly mounted on an edge of a cover panel to allow said handle member to pivot 180.degree. between an extended position with the handle member lying in the plane of the panel and a retracted position in which the handle member lies substantially flat against the inner face of the panel, and means on said inner face for releasably holding said handle member in the retracted position.
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