Sortable notepad
AssigneeR.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
InventorsLauren Cenzano, Denise Ceron, Bryan Helton, Juliet Kenney, Meryl Altuch
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Abstract
An adjustable binding system with a binding portion that can bind together papers, dividers, a backing, and other material. The binding portion can open and close to facilitate organizing, adding, removing, etc. The binding portion can have hinged parts that connect mating pairs of binding elements, such as protrusions inserted into hole-punched paper, and connected to another element to form a binding within the binding portion. The binder can have a minimal profile to provide a customizable binder with the feel of a disposable notepad.
Claims17
An adjustable binding system, comprising:
- a first portion;
- and
- a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion, wherein the second portion includes protrusions to align with punched holes of punched paper and to be inserted through the punched holes to retain the punched paper, wherein the protrusions are to extend through and past the first portion, and wherein the first portion includes retaining features in alignment with the protrusions to releasably secure the protrusions,
- wherein at least one of the protrusions includes two sets of teeth on two sides of a dividing wall and at least one of the retaining features include two lock elements on either side of a gap aligned with the two sets of teeth and dividing wall to be releasably held by the teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.