Method for providing a spine label pocket on a binding cover
AssigneeSamsill Corporation
InventorsJohn William Pigg, Jr., James Robert Schultz, Jr.
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Abstract
A binding cover having a transparent overlay cover disposed over and around the spine of the binding is configured to provide a label pocket on the spine portion of the binding cover wherein a label may be inserted easily without tools or rigid label material. In several embodiments the label pocket provides a fixed label space. In another embodiment the label pocket opens along the spine when the binding cover is opened, and returns to a closed position when closed, thereby retaining a label inserted therein. In other embodiments, methods for forming the label pocket are provided.
Claims19
A method of providing a label pocket on a spine panel of a binder cover, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a front cover, a spine panel, and a back cover boards of said binder cover between an inner covering sheet and an outer covering sheet with proximate edges of said boards separated by a predetermined hinge gap;
- placing a transparent sheet overlay over said outer covering;
- inserting, from each end of and aligned with said spine panel toward a midpoint thereof, a respective first and second spacer between said outer covering and an inner surface of said overlay;
- applying a first and second temporary seam respectively along said first and second hinge gaps, such that said temporary seams partially bond said overlay and said outer and inner coverings together along said hinge gaps;
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- retracting said first and second spacers following said applying step.
A method of forming a spine panel label pocket in a binder cover having a clear overlay covering the outer surfaces of said binder cover, comprising the steps of:
- inserting retractable first and second shuttle inserts, one each from opposite top and bottom ends of a spine panel of said binder cover, between said spine panel and said overlay;
- applying a temporary seal along first and second hinge lines disposed on either side of said spine panel, thereby tacking said overlay to said binder cover along said first and second hinges;
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- withdrawing said shuttle inserts from said binder cover.
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