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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972076 | Refillable notebook A binding mechanism assembly for binding a sheet item, the binding mechanism assembly including a backing member having an upper surface, and a binding member directly or indirectly coupled to the backing member. The binding member includes a protrusion shaped and l... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7837405 | Disposable clip for coupling binding elements and combination of binding elements with disposable coupling clip The invention includes a combination of coupling clip structure and a plurality of binding elements for binding stacks of perforated sheets for delivery to an automated machine. The combination comprises at least two binding elements, and at least one coupling clip ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7670075 | Binder unit A binder unit, for binding a sheet stack having a mounting hole, includes an elongated binding body and two fastening arms. The binding body has a first binding portion biasing against a top side of the sheet stack at an edge portion thereof, a second binding portio... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7413364 | Fasteners for albums A releasable fastener for an album to permit insertion and removal of pages between the covers. The fastener has a pair of strap anchors each attached to one of the two covers and a strap passing between the anchors via aligned apertures in the covers and album page... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7360962 | Ring binder mechanism The present invention relates to a ring binder mechanism for binding the sheets of loose leaves. The mechanism comprises an elongated spring plate that extends longitudinally and, in profile, has a shallow U-shaped configuration and opposite edges which extend subst... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7305785 | Shadow box page A shadow box scrapbook page adapted to hold and secure three-dimensional objects for storage and display. The page includes a binder portion having openings to receive standard rings or posts common to binders, and a frame device, having a front, back and side, top ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7234886 | Fastening arrangement for detachably interconnecting punched documents The present invention provides improvements in paper fastening to enable a user to remove a desired portion of papers from a fastened stack of papers without having to unnecessarily detach unwanted papers in the stack from the prongs of the fastener. The improved pa... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225975 | Check carrier The check carrier consists of an envelope of translucent material that is dimensioned to closely conform to the dimensions of a standard check. The back of the check carrier includes an endorsement window through which a bank or other financial institution can apply... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207740 | Stacked paper fastener A paper fastener has a base piece with a pair of prongs which may be passed through a pair of keyed slots in a top piece and latched to the top piece to hold stacked papers together. Two latching covers hingedly extend from ends of the top piece. The prongs are fold... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198422 | Flexible strap ring binder A ring binder having flexible straps for lacing through holes in loose-leaf items having being bound, each strap having a clasp for clasping the strap to form it into rings of different size. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7096544 | Wrap-it An organizational device devised for the wrapping of articles. The device includes an elongate continuous elastic loop fabric strap. A hook fastener is imported at one end of the strap. The hook fastener is attachable to the strap at any location therealong. Once at... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7021852 | Article holder An open ring-like device for holding articles such as plastic cards and keys is formed so that its ends are opposed to one another and includes tips at the ends. The distance between the tips is less than the thickness of an article. Articles can be inserted into th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018125 | Notebook having integral binder members A notebook device includes an intermediate connection member integrally coupled between a top and a bottom cover sheet members with folding lines. The intermediate connection member includes one or more bars and one or more straps coupled between the top and the bot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971815 | Binder ring clamp assembly A binder ring clamp assembly for use with a loose leaf binders having binder rings. The assembly has a pair of clamps, each clamp having a flat panel with at least two holes for allowing the binder rings to extend therethrough. Tensioned springs are secured around t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970846 | Automated banking machine configuration method A method for visual programming an automated transaction machine (12). The method includes the creation of terminal directors (225) that generally correspond to transactions performed by the automated transaction machine. The terminal directors are pro... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955493 | Flexibind books A system for binding books includes a flexible binding material in the form of a stud having top and bottom caps. The stud is inserted into signature staples that protrude from the body of the signature to form stud holes. The binding material can be any material th... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6899504 | Fastener A binder 10 includes a base 15 formed with through passages 14 that allow binding legs 13 to pass through respectively, movable members 16 which are mounted on this base 15 and located at positions corresponding to the through pass... | 05/31/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6796738 | Loop-type binder for documents A loop-type binder comprises tongues (4) attached on its back cover for holding document sheets, and these tongues (4) constantly increase in thickness from their base (6) to their tip (9), thus comprising a deflection resistant tip and a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793435 | Binder A binder (10) has a base (14) having passages (14A, 14A) through which binding legs (13,13) can be inserted. The base (14) has a plurality of base-forming members (17,17) that can move relative to each other along the... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6764100 | Stationery organizer A stationery organizer is provided having parallel, C-shaped members that are threaded through the aligned apertures of numerous stationery products. The C-shaped members have adjacent first ends joined by a connecting member, and have second ends that are curved up... | 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 |
| 6719475 | Adhesive fastener assembly for file folder papers A file paper adhesive fastening assembly has an engaging element for engaging an upper edge section of a support panel, and has a plurality of relatively small superposed flexible fastening pieces held together in a flap-like manner along their upper edges, and each... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6669392 | Device for binding sheets and bound sheets A device for binding sheets in a pack, the device having a flat rectangular sheet element (3) in turn having, along one major side (3a), a number of flexible tongues (7) arranged combfashion; and a closing strip (10) extending along the major side (3a). T... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6663311 | Report cover with clamping slide bar A document formed of a stack of papers bound at the spine is equipped with a slide bar that achieves locking engagement with a document cover formed of a plurality of sheets of material. The sheets of document cover material are joined to each other at a ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6663310 | Button binder The primary object of the present of invention is to provide a button binder in which paper or sheets can be easily retained and moved out, which exclude the above-mentioned disadvantages. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the button binder ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6655868 | Binding device for holding sheet materials or sleeves for compact discs A binding mechanism (2) is provided for securing compact disc sleeves and other sheet material in a notebook binder and which preferably can be quickly and selectively opened and closed.... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6565278 | Leaf retaining means Leaf retaining means for loosely retaining a multiplicity of leaves of material, such as sheets of paper. The leaf retaining means comprise a base portion, which is provided with at least one formation to enable it to be secured to a folder cover, and loo... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6565277 | Paper fastener having folded and shielded side edges A paper fastener includes a base having two end legs for engaging through sheet materials to be clamped and having two side panels bent relative to the base and two outer flanges folded relative to the side panels and shielded by the side panels. A bar in... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6510985 | Automatic teller machines An automatic teller machine has not only a main store comprising a number of cassettes (38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48) holding stacks of banknotes but also faster operating auxiliary stores (4 and 5) which hold limited numbers of the most popular denomination... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6499766 | Media folder improvements A media folder or book binder provided with a rotor having elastic bands stretched between pins on its opposite ends has mounting brackets which are mechanically fastened to the spine of the folder. The brackets have trunnions facing inwardly toward the o... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6447196 | Adhesive fastener assembly A fastening sheet assembly for attaching flat sheets to a backing panel has a releasable contact adhesive on its under-surface, and an integral disengaging member which is used to lift the low tack contact adhesive clear of the surface to which it is enga... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6409447 | Bookbinding signature comb and spine device A method of binding folded signature sections together into a book comprised of a signature comb element having teeth which are inserted through perforations in the fold of the signatures and the teeth having tabs which secure the signature comb in slots ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6394684 | Fastener for a folder A binder, with a first panel and at least one fastener. The fastener has a base attached to the panel and a binding member positionable in a closed position defining a closed loop, and in an open position in which the loop is open for mounting and dismoun... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6371520 | Slide lock and report cover The present invention is directed to a report cover combination that includes a slide lock. The slide lock includes a wall defining a channel. Two edges define a slit extending through the wall of the slide lock along its length, and the longitudinal ends... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6270120 | Locking slide bar A document formed of a stack of papers bound at the spine is equipped with a slide bar that achieves locking engagement with a document binder without requiring an extra die cutting step in its manufacture. The document binder is formed of articulated pan... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6241087 | Compact disc storage device with locating projections A storage device for a plurality of storage members each adapted to accommodate at least one compact disc comprises a base member formed from synthetic plastics material and incorporating integral locating prongs formed by cutting and deforming a portion ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6217246 | Two-piece paper fastener having rounded sides A two-piece paper fastener includes a prong base with two prongs extending from two ends of a top surface of the prong base. Each of two sides of the prong base has a first flange folded toward a bottom surface so as to define a rounded side. A compressor... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6196748 | Folder binder What is provided is a folio having at least one set of interleaved attachment tabs hingedly formed at the folio spine, comprising a first tab and a second nested tab, where both tabs share the same spine axis, and where each tab provides a means for attac... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6186690 | Strap connection system An improved strap connection system for releasably binding pages together within covers in a lay flat condition including a pair of cover pieces and a strap having one end anchored to one cover piece, the other end extending away from the cover piece and ... | 02/13/2001 |
