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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347640 | Loose-leaf binder A binder for releasably retaining loose-leaves. The binder has a front cover that lies flatly beneath its back cover when the binder is open 360 degrees. The rings of the binder can rotate around an edge of the flatly-folded cover to enable loose-leaves to lie flat ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7284739 | Stand for albums, scrapbooks and the like The present invention provides a stand for albums, scrapbooks and the like which is simple and compact causing no trouble to a user. Means for fixing an attaching portion of a stand capable to bend through a fold line to a back cover of an album, a scrapbook or the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226290 | Portable aesthetic component comparison system, decorator design tool, retaining stud, and method A portable aesthetic component comparison system is provided with a support base, a work surface, a post, and a plurality of carriers. The work surface is provided on the support base. The post is supported by the support base centrally of the work surface. The plur... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207540 | Portable support for laptop computer A support for supporting a laptop computer has a top tray in cooperation with but not attached to a bottom tray. The top tray is moveable from an inclined working position to a flat storage position. The top tray has a top base having a lip proximal one end. The bot... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7025381 | Report folder A report cover (10) is disclosed which can be used with a report (12) bound by a flexible comb binding (14). An insert (20) is bound with the report (12) in the flexible comb binding (14). The insert (20) is then fit ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7008134 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966721 | Wrap-around notebook A wrap-around notebook or binder includes a ring assembly with a shield and a pair of frames forming a bistable construction, and a hinge plate pivotally coupled to the shield with the outer surface of the hinge plate aligned with the outer extent of the shield/fram... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964433 | Reinforcement member for albums A photo album is disclosed having a cover, a fastener threaded through the cover, and a reinforcement member positioned between the fastener and the cover. The reinforcement member is preferably made of plastic, and more preferably made of rigid plastic. ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962457 | Binder A binder for receiving and retaining papers includes first and second strips slidably connected to one another. Each strip includes spaced-apart fingers extending upwardly therefrom. The fingers of the first and second strips are offset from one another when the fir... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6942413 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6168338 | Wrap around notebook A ring binder notebook is described which utilizes readily openable and closable snap rings and one or more covers that, unlike standard ring binder notebooks, are not restricted to either a closed (0°) or a half-open (180°) position--but may be fully o... | 01/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5607246 | Ring binder A ring binder which is easy to grasp at the spine and is capable of accommodating a great number of loose-leaf sheet. According to one embodiment, such a ring binder comprises a stiffener assembly, the stiffener assembly having an interior surface and an ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5503486 | Notebook and notebook cover assembly The improved notebook and notebook cover assembly of the present invention includes a notebook, preferably of a loose-leaf type, and a sub-assembly which includes front and rear notebook covers, an edge binder interconnecting the two covers and foldable b... | 04/02/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5407231 | Windowing leaf structure The invention provides for "windowing" leafs of various types which retain their face and perimeter orientation when repositioned with respect to their host binder, including leafs with pluralities of surfaces, leafs with arrays of stacked repositionable ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5405169 | Book cover and binding with respositionable loose leaves The invention provides for "windowing" leafs of various types which retain their face and perimeter orientation when repositioned with respect to their host binder, including leafs with pluralities of surfaces, leafs with arrays of stacked repositionable ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5273319 | Book cover hinge assembly A book cover hinge assembly is disclosed having two end connectors respectively fastened to two opposite open ends of an elongated casing to hold two opposite book covers, each end connector having two pins bilaterally disposed in the longitudinal directi... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5222825 | Round back binder A binder having a rectangular stiffener board and a sheet retaining assembly. The stiffener board is provided in its first surface with at least three spaced parallel channels medially located between the side edges of the board. Each channel defines a hi... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5213368 | Loose-leaf binder having flexible spine A binder comprises front and rear rectangular cover panels, a sheet retaining assembly, and a spine sheet. The rear cover panel has a width between its first and second opposite side margins. The retaining assembly is mounted on the rear cover panel adjac... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5158387 | Binder construction A ring-type binder having a spine comprising inner and outer laminations of sheet material fixedly secured together in face-to-face relation, a ring-type binder element secured to the inner spine lamination by at least two (2) threaded fasteners extending... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5158386 | Ring binder separator A ring separator has a pair of members disposed in a facing relationship, the members pivotable about a common axis. Each member has an arcuate channel with the channels aligned in a facing relationship to form a bearing passage. A bearing element is plac... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5108212 | Mounting seat for the paper clipping structure of a hard cover paper file A structure for the mounting seat of a paper-file hard cover. The mounting seat is substantially a narrow plates having screw hole and fastening plate being provided at the end thereof. The four corners of the plate are respectively provided with hollow t... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5048869 | Hypertext book attachment A blank book attachment having a mark and sweep leaf with a fold out feature is provided. The leaf is pivotably retained along one edge on a frame, and the frame is pivotably retained at the binding spine of the host blank book. Pulling outward on the lea... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4761091 | Binding device A binding device is disclosed, which comprises a fixture having at least two binding rods, a cover plate having means for engaging with ends of the binding rods and an elastically displaceable connection providing a plurality of divided elastic piece memb... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4666120 | Apparatus and article for pivotally connecting a binder to a support surface An apparatus for pivotally connecting a binder to a support surface, to enable the binder to be moved between stored and accessed positions relative to the support surface. The apparatus is adapted to protect a book enclosed in the binder in stored positi... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4623276 | Portable lecterns A portable lectern comprising means for releasably a plurality of sheet members of paper or the like retaining and a base member configured and dimensioned for standing in a stable manner on a relatively flat surface. The base member comprises a generally... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4484830 | Loose-leaf binder A loose-leaf binder for storing standard loose-leaf pages is described. The binder includes a cover comprising upper and lower cover members which are integrally formed by injection molding of a thermoplastic material. An inner surface of the lower cover ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4420270 | Visual display presentation box A portfolio with a ring or other type binder for securing visual display material uniformly while being carried or during visual display presentations. This box-like portfolio features a double hinged top which, when mobilized by use of its pull strap fea... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4281940 | Loose-leaf binder A loose-leaf binder makes use of a hinged back comprising parallel hinge leaves pivotally attached to each other at adjacent edges. There is an interlock at one end consisting of resilient flanges normally interlocked in overlying relationship, but releas... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4240761 | Looseleaf binder-display stand A looseleaf binder-display stand comprising a plurality of hingedly connected panels with multiple fastener means attached thereto; said binder, when closed, may be carried in the manner of a satchel by a handle, said closed binder fashioned to include a ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4170423 | System for the housing and display of plane data carriers The invention relates to a system for the housing and display of plane data carriers such as cards composed of a casing comprising a box 1 supporting, by means of an axis X-X' parallel to its base 2, a pivoting lid 4 whose inner face comprises a pivot 8 f... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4152013 | Rainshed binder An improved rainshed binder is disclosed for protecting a book from environmental weather conditions. The binder has first and second covers each of which have rainshed protecting walls connected to inside surface side edges of the covers. An integral bin... | 05/01/1979 |
| 3944374 | Loose leaf binder A loose leaf binder comprising a backbone having two hinged halves and a flexible displaceable end portion, a flexible displaceable arm linkage mounted on said backbone so that the backbone end portion and linkage cooperate in engaging and disengaging rel... | 03/16/1976 |