Insert for a coil bound notebook
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsKate M. O'Hara, Bobby G. James, Jr.
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Abstract
An insert for being coupled to coil, the insert comprising a piece of sheet-like material having an inner edge and a plurality of wings. Each wing has a central stem extending outwardly from the inner edge and a pair of tip portions located on opposed sides of the central stem. Each tip portion extends inwardly toward the inner edge to define a coil receiving portion located between the stem and the associated tip portion. Each coil receiving portion is shaped and located to receive a turn of the coil therein to couple the insert to the coil.
Claims7
An insert for being coupled to a coil, the insert comprising a piece of sheet-like material having an inner edge devoid of any coil-coupling cutout and having a plurality of wings extending away from said inner edge, said inner edge and each wing completely defining a pair of coil receiving openings located between said wing and said inner edge, each coil receiving opening having a throat portion extending in a direction substantially parallel to the inner edge and having an inner portion, each inner portion having a cavity including a cavity entrance in communication with an associated throat portion and including a cavity bottom, wherein a distance from said inner edge to a tip portion is greater at said cavity bottom than at said throat portion, and each throat portion being shaped and located to allow a turn of said coil to be passed therethrough to be received in an associated inner portion to couple said insert to said coil.
A notebook comprising:
- a binding coil;
- a plurality of sheets bound together by said binding coil;
- and
- an insert including a piece of sheet-like material having an inner edge devoid of any coil-coupling cutout and having a plurality of wings extending away from said inner edge, said inner edge and each wing completely defining a pair of coil receiving openings located between said wing and said inner edge, each coil receiving opening having a throat portion extending in a direction substantially parallel to the inner edge and having an inner portion, each inner portion having a cavity including a cavity entrance in communication with an associated throat portion and including a cavity bottom, wherein a distance from said inner edge to a tip portion is greater at said cavity bottom than at said throat portion, and each throat portion being shaped and located to allow a turn of said coil to be passed therethrough to be received in an associated inner portion to couple said insert to said coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.