Portfolio with reversible article retaining board and method of making article retaining pockets therefor

A portfolio comprising:

• a plurality of panels with one of the panels being movable relative to the other one of the panels;
• a plurality of article carrying boards that each have a front surface and a rear surface each carrying at least one article holding pocket;
• a plurality of spaced apart strips of hook and loop fastening material carried by each one of the surfaces of each board with one of the hook and loop strips disposed adjacent one side edge of the board and the other one of the hook and loop strips disposed adjacent the opposite side edge of the board;
• and a plurality of spaced apart strips of hook and loop fastening material carried by each one of the panels with one of the hook and loop fastening strips of one panel releasably engageable with one of the hook and loop fastening strips of one of the boards and the other one of the hook and loop fastening strips of the one panel releasably engageable with the other one of the hook and loop fastening strips of one of the boards and with one of the hook and loop fastening strips of other panel releasably engageable with one of the hook and loop fastening strips of the other one of the boards and the other one of the hook and loop fastening strips of the other panel releasably engageable with the other one of the hook and loop fastening strips of the other one of the boards permitting each board to releasably attached to one of the panels such that each board can be reversed to change which of its front and rear surfaces is disposed toward the panel and away from the panel to which it is releasably attached, wherein at least one of the article holding pockets is comprised of an outer pocket wall spaced outwardly from the board that is comprised of a pair of layers of plastic material that are bonded to each other without stitching and bonded without stitching to (a) a bottom pocket wall comprised of elastic that has one end attached to the board, (b) a first pocket sidewall disposed along one side of the article holding pocket that has one end attached to the board, and (c) a second pocket sidewall disposed along the other side of the article holding pocket that has one end attached to the board.

An article holding pocket assembly for a portfolio comprising:

• a pair of layers of plastic material that define an outer pocket wall when bonded to each other;
• a first elastic band having a portion of it, including one end, disposed between the layers of plastic material and bonded thereto without stitching, the first elastic band defining a pocket bottom;
• a second elastic band having a portion of it, including one end, disposed between the layers of plastic material and bonded thereto without stitching, the second elastic band defining one pocket side;
• and a third elastic band having a portion of it, including one end, disposed between the layers of plastic material and bonded thereto without stitching, the third elastic band defining the other pocket side.

A method of making an article holding pocket assembly comprising:

• (a) providing first and second layers of material, a first elastic band and a second elastic band;
• (b) arranging the first elastic band so part of it overlaps part of one of the first and second layers of material adjacent a bottom of the material layer and another part of it extends outwardly beyond the material layer;
• (c) arranging the second elastic band so part of it overlaps part of one of the first and second layers of material adjacent one side of the material layer with the second elastic band oriented generally perpendicular to the first elastic band and having another part of it extending outwardly beyond the material layer;
• (d) placing the other one of the first and second layers of material so it overlies the part of each one of the elastic bands that overlap the one of the first and second layers of material and so it overlies the one of the first and second layers of material;
• and (e) applying heat and pressure to bond the first and second layers of material to each other and to the part of each elastic band disposed between the first and second layers of material.

A method of making an article holding pocket assembly comprising:

• (a) providing a plurality of layers of plastic material, a first elastic band and a second elastic band;
• (b) arranging the first elastic band so one end overlies at least a portion of one layer of plastic material and so part of it extends outwardly beyond the plastic material layer;
• (c) arranging the second elastic band so one end overlies at least a portion of the one layer of plastic material with the second elastic band oriented generally perpendicular to the first elastic band and having part of it extending outwardly beyond the plastic material layer;
• (d) arranging the third elastic band so one end overlies at least a portion of the one layer of plastic material with the third elastic band oriented generally perpendicular to the first elastic band and having part of it extending outwardly beyond the plastic material layer in a direction opposite the second elastic band;
• (e) arranging the other layer of plastic material so it overlies the end of each one of the elastic bands that overlie the one layer of plastic material and so it overlies the one layer of plastic material;
• and (f) applying heat and pressure to heat seal the layers of plastic material to each other and to the end of each elastic band disposed between the layers of plastic material.