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US 5,407,230 AGranted
Print folder
AssigneeWaldorf Corporation
InventorsThomas J. Brink, Jack B. Keable
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Abstract
The present invention is a folder, particularly adapted for containing and viewing photographic prints or the like. The folder includes a front cover and a rear cover foldably connected to the front cover at a spine or binding area. The folder includes an integral interior pocket and selectively releaseable closure. The binding area includes adhesive securing means for removably securing the contents in the folder. The invention also encompasses a flat blank for forming the folder.
Claims10
A folder for containing contents such as photographs and the like comprising:
- a binding defined by two parallel side edges and two, spaced free edges generally perpendicular to said side edges;
- a front cover foldably connected to one of the side edges and a rear cover foldably connected to the other of the side edges, each cover having a pair of free edges and an outer edge generally parallel to said side edges, each said pair of free edges of the covers including a first free edge generally collinear with one of the free edges of the binding and a second free edge generally collinear with the other free edge of the binding;
- an adhesive means in said binder region for selectively securing, removing and resecuring the contents of said folder, said adhesive means including an adhesive portion and a release liner, said adhesive retaining sufficient adhesive strength throughout the life of the folder to facilitate said selective securing, removing and resecuring;
- a selectively resealable closure including a closure tab foldably connected to one of the front and rear covers along a tab fold line adjacent to the outer edge of one of the front and rear covers and a closure tab receiving slit adjacent to the outer edge of the other of the front and rear covers;
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- an interior pocket foldably connected to the one of the front and rear covers with said closure tab receiving slit along a fold line generally co-extensive with the outer edge thereof.
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A folder for containing contents such as photographs and the like comprising:
- a binding defined by two parallel side edges and two, spaced free edges generally perpendicular to said side edges;
- a front cover foldably connected to one of the side edges and a rear cover foldably connected to the other of the side edges, each cover having a pair of free edges and an outer edge generally parallel to said side edges;
- a selectively reclosable closure including a closure tab foldably connected to one of the front and rear covers along a tab fold line adjacent to the outer edge of one of the front and rear covers and a closure tab receiving slit adjacent to the free edge of the other of the front and rear covers;
- adhesive securing means carried by said binding for removably securing contents in the folder, said adhesive securing means including an adhesive portion and a removable release layer overlying the adhesive portion;
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- an interior pocket connected to one of the front and rear covers, said interior pocket being integral with the folder and foldably connected to the one of the front and rear covers with the closure tab receiving slit along a fold line generally collinear with the tab receiving slit, wherein a first free edge of the pair of free edges of the first and second covers defines at least a portion of the bottom of the folder, and wherein said pocket has an end edge generally parallel to the outer edge of the cover to which said pocket is connected, a bottom edge generally collinear with said first free edge of the cover to which said pocket is connected, and a curved edge extending between said end edge and a second free edge of the pair of edges of the cover to which said pocket is connected.
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A blank for forming a folder for containing photographs or the like comprising:
- a binding forming panel defined by two parallel fold lines and two spaced free edges generally perpendicular to the fold lines;
- a first wall forming panel foldably connected to the binding forming panel along one of said two parallel fold lines and a second wall forming panel foldably connected to the binding forming panel along the other of said two parallel fold lines, each of said first and second wall forming panels having a pair of free edges and an outer edge generally parallel to the two parallel fold lines, each said pair of free edges of the first and second wall forming panels including a first free edge generally collinear with one of the free edges of the binding forming panel and a second free edge generally collinear with the other free edge of the binding forming panel;
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- a closure tab foldably connected to one of the first and second wall forming panels adjacent to the outer edge thereof, and a pocket forming panel foldably connected to the other one of the first and second wall forming panels along a fold line generally co-extensive with the outer edge thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.