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US 7,458,501 B1Granted
Document case with resilient expanding flap
AssigneeBetter Office Products, Inc.
InventorRoni Pelleg
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Abstract
A document case includes an expandable file module between two side panels. A flap may be coupled to a first side panel by a top panel. The top panel is resilient such that the top panel urges a second side panel toward the first side panel when the flap is secured to the second side panel to close the document case.
Claims20
A document case comprising:
- a first side panel that includes a first exterior surface and an opposing first interior surface of the document case;
- a second side panel that includes a second exterior surface and an opposing second interior surface of the document case;
- an expandable file module coupled to the first interior surface and the second interior surface;
- a flap, wherein a portion of the flap may be secured adjacent the second exterior surface to close the document case;
- and
- a top panel coupled to a first edge of the first side panel and an edge of the flap, the top panel being resilient such that the top panel urges the second side panel toward the first side panel when the flap is secured adjacent the second exterior surface to close the document case.
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A method of constructing a document case comprising:
- providing a first side panel that includes a first exterior surface and an opposing first interior surface of the document case;
- providing a second side panel that includes a second exterior surface and an opposing second interior surface of the document case;
- coupling an expandable file module to the first interior surface and the second interior surface;
- providing a flap, wherein a portion of the flap may be secured adjacent the second exterior surface to close the document case;
- and
- coupling a top panel to a first edge of the first side panel and an edge of the flap, the top panel being resilient such that the top panel urges the second side panel toward the first side panel when the flap is secured adjacent the second exterior surface to close the document case.
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A document case comprising:
- first side panel means to provide a first surface of the document case;
- second side panel means to provide a second surface of the document case;
- expandable file means to provide document storage;
- flap means to close the document case;
- and,
- resilient top panel means to couple the first side panel means and the flap means and to urge the second side panel toward the first side panel when the flap means is secured to the second side panel means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.