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US 7,018,125 B2Granted
Notebook having integral binder members
OwnerKen Jui Suinventor
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Abstract
A notebook device includes an intermediate connection member integrally coupled between a top and a bottom cover sheet members with folding lines. The intermediate connection member includes one or more bars and one or more straps coupled between the top and the bottom cover sheet members. The straps include a length greater than that of the bars, to form one or more curved or convex binder members between the top and the bottom cover sheet members. One or more sheet members may be attached to the intermediate connection member and retained between the top and the bottom cover sheet members with the binder member.
Claims10
A notebook device comprising:
- a top cover sheet member,
- a bottom cover sheet member, and
- an intermediate connection member integrally coupled between said top and said bottom cover sheet members with folding lines respectively, for allowing said top and said bottom cover sheet members to be folded relative to said intermediate connection member and to be folded toward each other,
- said intermediate connection member including at least one bar coupled between said top and said bottom cover sheet members with said folding lines respectively, and including at least one strap integrally coupled between said top and said bottom cover sheet members with said folding lines respectively and having a length greater than that of said at least one bar, to form a binder member between said top and said bottom cover sheet members, and
- said intermediate connection member including at least one lateral cutting line formed therein to form said at least one strap and at least one second strap between said top and said bottom cover sheet members, and including a longitudinal cutting line formed in said at least one second strap, to form said at least one bar and a second bar in said at least one second strap.
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