Sheet lifter
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorsSam Sgro, Timothy Edward McKeown, Scott Harold Wilson
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Abstract
A sheet lifter for use with a ring-binder for storing loose-leaf pages having a substantially flat base portion with first and second lateral sides. The base portion further includes at least one aperture located between the first and second sides for receiving and mounting to the rings of the binder. An end portion is connected to the base portion and is configured to extend beyond the pages stored in the ring-binder when the sheet lifter is engaged by the rings of the binder. The two sides are connected to the end portion and are non-parallel with respect to each other.
Claims20
A sheet lifter for use with a ring-binder storing loose-leaf pages, comprising:
- (a) a base portion of sheet material and having:
- (i) a first lateral side,
- (ii) a second lateral side disposed opposite from the first lateral side, and
- (iii) at least one ring aperture located between the first and second sides for receiving and mounting to the rings of the binder;
- (b) an end portion connected to the base portion and configured to extend beyond the pages stored in the ring-binder in a direction opposite from the ring aperture when the sheet lifter is mounted to the rings of the binder;
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- (c) a hinge pivotably connecting the end portion to the base portion;
- wherein the two sides are connected to the end portion and are substantially non-parallel with respect to each other.
A sheet lifter for use with a ring-binder for storing loose-leaf pages, comprising:
- (a) a first leg of a sheet material;
- (b) a second leg of a sheet material and disposed opposite and spaced from the first leg;
- (c) at least one ring aperture located on each of the legs for receiving and mounting to the rings of the binder;
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- (d) an end portion connected to the legs and configured to extend beyond the pages stored in the ring-binder when the sheet lifter is engaged by the rings of the binder.
A sheet lifter for use with a ring-binder storing loose-leaf pages, comprising:
- a substantially flat base portion having:
- a first lateral side,
- a second lateral side disposed opposite from the first lateral side, and
- at least one ring aperture located between the first and second sides for receiving and mounting to the rings of the binder;
- and
- an end portion connected to the base portion and comprising a gripping aperture configured to extend beyond the pages stored in the ring-binder in a direction opposite from the ring aperture when the sheet lifter is mounted to the rings of the binder and configured and dimensioned to receive a finger to sufficiently assist with lifting and turning the sheet lifter and any adjacent pages;
- wherein the two sides are connected to the end portion and are substantially non-parallel with respect to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.