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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406790 | Labeling system for coil binders A labeling member is disclosed which attaches to the coil used for the coil binding of documents. The member may be affixed as an aftermarket upgrade to existing coil binding products. In embodiments, the member serves at least two functions. First, the member prese... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7316517 | Binder with pull-out internal poster The present invention provides an incentive for buying a ring binder or a spiral notebook. The incentive is provided by having the binder or notebook include one or more internal folded sheets, preferably in the form of poster panels, which may be disposed within th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7252452 | Binder with front pocket A binder including a binder body including a front cover and a rear cover directly or indirectly pivotally coupled together, and a panel located on an outer surface of the binder body to thereby form a pocket between the panel and the binder body. The panel has a fr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7121587 | Wearable book A wearable book. A wearable book, comprising a plurality of pages and a loop adapted for encircling a body portion for attaching said pages to the body, is provided. The pages are preferably bound together at one edge and preferably are of substantially the same siz... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6951432 | Folder A folder includes a board with one or more folding marks provided at the central position. The folding mark can separate the board into two folding panel boards. And, a folder body is provided at the inner face of a panel board adjacent to the folding mark, where a ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6932534 | Notebook with pouch cover A notebook including a stack of papers and a pouch having generally the same size and shape in top view as the stack of papers, the pouch including an inner cavity in which loose objects can be stored. The notebook further includes a binding mechanism binding the st... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6837521 | Foam book with improved binding and method A book with improved binding includes a front cover page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough, a rear cover page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough and at least one center page having at least one binding hole extending theret... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6773195 | Notebook with portfolio cover A notebook including a plurality of sheets of paper, a binding mechanism binding the plurality of sheets together; and a cover bound to the plurality of sheets of paper by the binding mechanism. The cover includes first and second opposed panels coupled together and... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6764241 | Support surface mounted sequential first page notebook A notebook includes a support structure in the form of a plastic pad case having a support surface in the form of a pad case back wall; a number of pages each having a page binder edge and a page free edge and a page length from the page binder edge to the page free... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6739626 | Spiral coil and bookbinding device and bookbinding method using the same A spiral coil is used when stacking a plurality of sheets each having a plurality of holes punched at a constant pitch, and binding the sheets by inserting the spiral coil therethrough. The spiral coil has a different pitch from that between the holes of the sheets.... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739784 | Binder, notebook or portfolio with cover retaining mechanism A binder, notebook or portfolio including a body having a front cover and a rear cover pivotally joined together and a retaining mechanism located on an outer surface of the body. The retaining mechanism includes a pair of panels coupled to the body, the panels bein... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6672785 | Insert for a coil bound notebook An insert for being coupled to coil, the insert comprising a piece of sheet-like material having an inner edge and a plurality of wings. Each wing has a central stem extending outwardly from the inner edge and a pair of tip portions located on opposed sid... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6663331 | Ring opening and closing bar and binding apparatus using the same A rectangular opening/closing bar is formed, which is inserted in the curl ring of the ring binder to bind papers. The tip end of the opening/closing bar 28A is provided with an instruction portion 28a to raise and open ring pieces in turn while inserting... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6612771 | Loose leaf binding device A loose-leaf binding device has a first binder, a second binder, a plurality of sheets of loose-leaf paper disposed between the first binder and the second binder, and a coiled ring fastening the first binder, each sheet of loose-leaf paper, and the secon... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6406208 | File binder structure File binder structure including multiple bent hooks arranged side by side. One end of the bent hooks is integrally connected together by a connecting strip. The other end of the bent hooks is bent into short plates. A stop slat with I-shaped cross-section... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6390713 | Adapter for a coil bound notebook An adapter for coupling a piece of paper having a plurality of holes to a binding coil, the adapter comprising a strip of material having a plurality of attachment components. Each attachment component is shaped to be passed through one of the plurality o... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6210065 | Sequential first page notebook A notebook includes several pages each having a page binder edge and a page free edge, and having at least two page binder holes adjacent to the page binder edge, the pages being stacked sequentially face to face to form a pad so that corresponding page b... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6203230 | Protective notebook A notebook includes a first cover comprised of a first metallic material and having a plurality of first edges. A second cover is comprised of a second metallic material, with the second cover having a plurality of second edges and interfacing the first c... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6000895 | Device for opening a binding element The present invention is directed to a device for opening a binding element for receiving perforated sheets, the binding element comprising a spine and a plurality of relatively spaced ring elements arranged side by side, with the free ends of the ring el... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5941289 | Apparatus for making and inserting helical wire binders An apparatus for converting a length of metallic or other wire into a series of successive helical wire binders and for threading successive binders into rows of holes in the spines of successive stacks of sheets at a binding station includes an elongated... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5836711 | Ring notebook adapter An adapter for holding a spiral bound booklet in a multiple ring notebook. The adapter comprises a flat carrier with holes to receive the notebook rings and supports an elongated rod which passes through the spirals of the spiral binding. End crowns are r... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5791802 | Menu booklet A bookbinding system for use in combination with a restaurant menu. The structure allows restaurant menus to be utilized in a high-volume environment and extends the useful life of such menus... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5697646 | Document cover with hidden binding A document binder made from a single piece of cover material segmented by scores. The user folds the cover along the scores to front from and back panels hinged to a spine having an inward-folded tab. The tab is punched for page binding means such as a co... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5498090 | Apparatus for combining perforated papers into stacks An apparatus for combining a stack of perforated papers contains a pin provided with a widened head, which has a round thread along its shank. The pin is passed through the holes until it abuts with its head. A nut member is screwed onto the threaded shan... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5445467 | Binding file A binding file includes a front sheet, a rear sheet and a back. At the inside of the back, at only one edge of the back, the binding file includes a binding connection part having a free edge. This part is provided with one row of perforations which enabl... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5417508 | Reusable/refillable spiral binder A reusable/refillable binder for papers and the like having marginal perforations. The binder includes a binding element having opposite coiled ends and a multiplicity of spiral coils disposed therebetween adapted to be received within the perforations in... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417510 | Book binding with semi-concealed wire elements A book binding comprises a hard cover and a plurality of wire elements connected to the hard cover. The hard cover includes a front side, a back side, and a backbone bridging the front and back sides. The back side includes a plurality of pairs of apertur... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5407232 | Binding implement for spiral bound books This invention relates to a binding implement for securely joining a plurality of spiral bound books. The binding implement includes of an elongate member that is configured to be inserted into an overlapping region defined by intermeshing the spiral bind... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5284361 | Modular book kit and method of assembly A modular book which is uniquely adapted for a particular professor's course is formed by preassembling a plurality of different potential individually wrapped modules or chapters relating to a subject. Only selected ones of these modules are combined tog... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4907905 | Coil-bound notebook A notebook adapted for replacement of leaves has a helical binding coil disposed along a coil axis; a first cover leaf defining apertures along a binding edge; a second cover leaf defining apertures along a binding edge adjacent the binding edge of the fi... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4193704 | Fastener for wire bound media A fastener to permit the capture and release by a selected medium of the wire binder on notebooks, tablets, or the like. The fastener includes a series of tabs which are profiled so that the captured medium resists removal due to ordinary stresses, but ma... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4136981 | Loose leaf binder with flexible telescopic post assemblies and magnetically retained bar A loose leaf binder having a supporting base or lower cover member and a top cover member interconnected by post assemblies receiving a plurality of paper sheets together with a bar mounted on the post assemblies for longitudinal movement thereon with the... | 01/30/1979 |
