Sliding ring mount for a pocket binder
AssigneeDay Runner, Inc.
InventorDouglas M. Jack
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Abstract
A pocket binder with a ring mount slidably seated in a compartment between the panels of the binder cover for attachment to a ringed binder. The ring mount may be partially extended from the compartment to expose a plurality of holes for insertion in a ringed binder. Alternatively, the ring mount may be retracted into the compartment to reduce the width of the pocket binder to a size capable of being stored in a suit pocket. A second embodiment discloses a pocket binder and ringed binder combination with the pocket binder attached to the ringed binder by the insertion of the rings through the holes in the pocket binder.
Claims24
A pocket binder adapted for use with a ringed binder having rings, comprising:
- a cover having an exterior panel and an interior panel, the cover having a compartment formed between the exterior panel and the interior panel and an opening along a first longitudinal edge of the cover to provide access to the compartment;
- a ring mount slidably seated within the compartment, the ring mount having a first longitudinal portion defining a plurality of holes adapted for engagement with the rings of the ringed binder when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment;
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- means for retaining a second portion of the ring mount in the compartment when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment.
The pocket binder of claim further comprising an article mounted on the interior panel.
A pocket binder for use with a ringed binder having rings, comprising:
- a cover having an exterior panel and an interior panel, the cover having a compartment formed between the exterior panel and the interior panel and an opening along a first longitudinal edge of the cover to provide access to the compartment;
- the first longitudinal edge of the exterior panel and the first longitudinal edge of the interior panel being joined to form a first flange and a second flange at opposing ends of the longitudinal edges;
- a ring mount slidably seated within the compartment, the ring mount having a first longitudinal portion defining a plurality of holes adapted for engagement with rings of a ringed binder when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment;
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- means for retaining a second portion of the ring mount in the compartment when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment, comprising
- (a) a first shoulder formed on a first side of the ring mount and a second shoulder formed on a second side of the ring mount;
- (b) the first shoulder and the second shoulder being adapted to abut the first flange and the second flange, respectively, when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment opening.
A pocket binder, for use with a ringed binder having a cover with two sides and rings, comprising:
- a cover having
- (a) a first side, a second side and a spine positioned between the sides, each cover side having an exterior panel and an interior panel;
- (b) a width greater than the width of one side of the ringed binder;
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- (c) a compartment formed between the exterior panel and the interior panel and an opening along a first longitudinal edge of the cover to provide access to the compartment;
- a ring mount slidably seated within the compartment, the ring mount having a first longitudinal portion defining a plurality of holes adapted for engagement with the rings of the ringed binder when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment;
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- means for retaining a second portion of the ring mount in the compartment when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment.
A binder combination comprising:
- a ringed binder with openable rings;
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- a pocket binder, having
- (a) a cover having an exterior panel and an interior panel and a compartment formed between the exterior panel and the interior panel and an opening along a first longitudinal edge of the cover to provide access to the compartment;
- (b) a ring mount slidably seated within the compartment, the ring mount having a first longitudinal portion defining a plurality of holes adapted for engagement with rings of a ringed binder when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment;
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- (c) means for retaining a second portion of the ring mount in the compartment when the first portion of the ring mount is extended from the compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.