Display binder with removable stabilized pages

An album for displaying aligned planar pages, comprising:

• an elongated rigid spine;
• a first retainer mounted on the spine and defining a first slot;
• a second retainer mounted on the spine and defining a second slot, the first and second slots being substantially coplanar;
• a hinge comprising first and second flexible hooks projecting from an edge of a page toward the spine, each hook comprising a first arm and a second arm, the second arm on the first hook fitting into the first slot and the second arm on the second hook fitting into the second slot;
• wherein the first and second retainers each comprises a frontal lip in opposed relationship to the spine and which at least partially defines the slot, and wherein the first hook is flexible and the first retainer includes a notch in the lip of the first retainer that locally reduces the height of the lip and provides a bearing surface.

An album for displaying aligned planar pages, comprising:

• an elongated rigid spine;
• a first retainer mounted on the spine and defining a first slot;
• a second retainer mounted on the spine and defining a second slot, the first and second slots being substantially coplanar;
• a hinge comprising first and second flexible hooks projecting from an edge of a page toward the spine, each hook comprising a first arm and a second arm, the second arm on the first hook fitting into the first slot and the second arm on the second hook fitting into the second slot, wherein the first arm of each hook is substantially perpendicular to the edge, and the second arm is substantially parallel to the edge.

An album for displaying aligned planar pages, comprising:

• a planar page including a flexible binding margin and a display portion;
• a rigid elongated spine that defines a mounting surface;
• a first rigid retainer mounted on the mounting surface of the spine, the first retainer comprising opposing sidewalls, a frontal lip substantially parallel to the mounting surface, and a support surface spaced inwardly from an outer edge of the lip, wherein the sidewalls, lip, and support surface of the first retainer define a first slot;
• a second rigid retainer mounted on the mounting surface of the spine, the second retainer comprising opposing sidewalls, a frontal lip substantially parallel to the mounting surface, and a support surface spaced inwardly from an outer edge of the lip, wherein the sidewalls, lip, and support surface of the second retainer define a second slot, the first and second slots opening in opposite directions in a plane parallel to the mounting surface;
• an elongate, flat hinge mounted in the flexible margin and lying the plane of the page, the hinge having free ends projecting perpendicularly from an edge of the flexible margin toward the mounting surface and forming first and second flexible hooks, each hook comprising a transverse arm substantially perpendicular to the edge of the page, and a longitudinal arm substantially parallel to the edge of the page, the longitudinal arm on the first hook fitting into the first slot and the longitudinal arm on the second hook fitting into the second slot, wherein the longitudinal arms extend toward each other a sufficient distance that a tip of the longitudinal arm of the first hook abuts against the support surface of the first retainer, and a tip of the longitudinal arm of the second hook abuts against the support surface of the second retainer;
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• a first notch through the lip of the first retainer and a second notch through the lip of the second retainer, the first and second notches being longitudinally aligned relative to the elongated spine, the notch in the second retainer locally reducing the height of the lip and providing a curved bearing surface against which the first hook can flex, the notch in the second retainer including a sloped bearing surface that guides the second hook into the lip of the second retainer as the first hook flexes.

A device for displaying pages, comprising;

• a rigid spine;
• a planar page for insertion in the device, each page having a flexible margin and flexible hook means for retaining the page in the device;
• first and second spaced retainers on the rigid spine that engage the hook means to retain the page;
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• first hook flexing means on the first retainer and second hook flexing means on the second retainer for flexing the hooks over a surface of the retainer to insert them into the retainer, wherein the first retainer defines a first slot and the second retainer defines a second slot, and the hook flexing means comprises a notch in the first retainer along a front edge of the first slot, and a notch in the second retainer along a front edge of the second slot.

A method of arranging pages in a display, comprising:

• providing a rigid spine and planar pages for insertion in the display, each page having a binding edge and first and second flexible hooks for retaining the pages in the display;
• providing first and second spaced retainers that are engageable with the hooks, the first retainer having a notch;
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• inserting a first hook in the notch of the first retainer and flexing the first hook to move the second hook into engagement with the second retainer.

A page display, comprising:

• first and second spaced retainers;
• a page for insertion in the display, the page having first and second flexible hooks that have tips which point towards each other, the hooks being engageable with the retainers for retaining the page in the display;
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• a notch in the first retainer that engages the first hook and flexes it when the hook is impinged against the notch to move the second hook toward engagement with the second retainer.