Manually operable folding guide
OwnerSamuel C. Smithinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed in the present application a folding guide including a middle panel and two outer hinged flaps designed in such a way that when the outer flaps are alternately folded and retracted, a sheet of paper nested on the folder, is folded and ready to put in an envelope.
Claims9
A folder assembly for an elongated work-piece comprising a relatively flat and rigid panel provided with at least one straight edge and at least one self-retractable flap provided with a matching straight edge located along the straight edge of the panel and elastic means hingedly connecting the flap to the panel across the matching straight edges, including an elastic sheet material secured to a back surface of the flap and panel wherein the work-piece is folded along the matching straight edges and the elastic sheet provides both a hinge and a spring action.
A folder assembly for an elongated work-piece comprising:
- a relatively flat and rigid panel provided with at least one straight edge and at least one retractable flap provided with a matching straight edge located along the straight edge of the panel and elastic means hingedly connecting the flap to the panel across the matching straight edges, including a resilient sheet material secured to a back surface of the flap and panel wherein the work-piece is folded along the matching straight edges;
- an adjustable resilient locator means including side edge contacts and an interconnecting elastic member stretched across the flap parallel to the hinged edge for positioning an end of the work-piece on the folder assembly and a series of spaced-apart notches on the flap in opposing edges perpendicular to the hinged edge of the flap, said side edge contacts comprising hook members shaped to fit the notches and having a resilient band stretched between the hook members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.