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US 4,445,710 AGranted
Multisheet binder and assembly
AssigneeJowa
InventorPierre Borel
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Abstract
A binding for documents, sheets, pouches and other members in which each member is formed with a synthetic resin profile having a web attached to the member and a bead lying along an edge of the respective assembly. The support is formed with a plurality of slots having windows at least at one end thereof through which the beads can be inserted and removed longitudinally and such that the beads are thicker than the widths of the slots but thinner than the widths of the windows.
Claims6
A binding for retaining a plurality of flat members comprising:
- an elongated support formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending throughgoing slots in a spaced-apart parallel relationship and each closed at both opposite ends, each of said slots having an enlargement at one end thereof with a width greater than the width of an adjacent portion of the respective slot and a length less than that of the slot, each of said enlargements constituting a window in said support;
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- a longitudinally extending bead formed on an edge of each of said members and insertable through a respective window whereby said bead underlies the respective slot, said bead having a thickness less than the width of said window but greater than the width of said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.