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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341390 | Loose-leaf binder A loose-leaf binder has a back, a binder made of a flexible material and attached to the back and two end plugs mounted respectively in ends of the back. The back has two tracks, two side slots and a middle slot. The binder has multiple open rings having two ends. E... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7310857 | Retail display strap for securing a tie to a shirt A system and method for securing a tie to a folded shirt. The system includes a folded shirt having buttons down the front thereof; a tie; and an elongated strap defining first and second loops wherein the folded shirt is disposed in the first loop and the tie is di... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6394685 | Structure of a paper binder A paper binder includes a binding plate formed with two portions which are bent inwardly into a bottom side of the binding plate for obviating sharp edge which could injure a user, a central portion of the binding plate being pressed to form a recessed po... | 05/28/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6129475 | Filing of documents A filing arrangement includes a folder. A pair of filing prongs are fixed to the folder to be received through openings defined in sheets to be filed in the folder. A base member is fastened to an inner surface of the folder. A pair of flexible, elongate ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5785444 | Fastener A fastener for binding documents having binding holes includes a fastening band and a back cover having binding holes. A layer of adhesive on one surface of the back cover is covered with a peel-off paper. The fastening band is inserted through the bindin... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5720565 | Folder with fastener for keeping papers and documents The invention relates to a fastener for the resilent fillets or strips which are used to hold fast various kinds of papers in a folder or file. The fastener (10) has the shape of a bar (12) of plastics or sheet metal, at each end provided with a first not... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5626432 | Adjustable locking binder An improved sheet binding device for fastening together a plurality of sheets having prepunched, spaced apart openings, comprises a plurality of locking members for each pre-punched hole, either with an individual restraining element or connected with a b... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5417506 | Apparatus for removing and viewing selected documents from file folders An apparatus for viewing and removing selected documents retained in file folders having a flat metallic fastening member. An element (40) is formed comprised of a first arm (50), a second arm (52) and a connecting section (54). Each arm is a solid, cylin... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5257870 | Paper retaining means A paper retaining means is disclosed which can be used to clamp loose-leaf stationery. The invention consists of a base from which extends two fingers spaced apart a selected distance and a clamping member having two apertures spaced apart the same distan... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5096323 | Prong type stacked paper fastener A prong-type stacked paper fastener comprises a staple component having perforated prongs and a compressor component having tang means designed in the operative position of the fastener assembly to enter selected ones of the prong perforations in order to... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5028160 | Paper handling device A paper handling device for use with sheets of paper fastened together in a stack by two fastening posts to enable transfer of the sheets from the posts to the handling device. The paper handling device preferably has a U-shaped body with two finger porti... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5018895 | Film stacker clip A film stacker clip arrangement (10) for a stack (100) of sheets of film (101) or flats having aligned apertures (102) wherein the arrangement (10) includes a plurality of clip units (11) having a male member (15) and a female member (12) connected by a f... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5011318 | Paper binding fastener A paper binding fastener for use with a conventional prong type fastener includes a rectangular strip of a deformable material which has elongated tab portions at opposite sides thereof. The rectangular strip has a pair of parallel fold lines which allow ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4979841 | Member for sheet binding staple Retainer element for releasably inhibiting movement of a restraining clip along a clinched blade end of a staple used to bind one or more pieces of sheet material. The element is wedge-shaped, inexpensively formed and inserted between the clinched blade e... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4966485 | Sliding clamp for a binder having flexible binding prongs A sliding clamp for fastening the binding prongs of a binder having flexible binding prongs, which is adapted to slide in a rail-shaped member of substantially U-shaped cross-section, which is fitted with openings for the passage of the binding prongs, wh... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4887925 | Prong and tang binding system A prong or tang-type paper sheets binding system includes a cover marginal edge on which or over which the connector base and the prongs or tangs are abutted or bent with respect to the edge. An integral imperforate edge extension is provided which is fol... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4846500 | Book cover A book cover which can be adapted to fit a wide range of sizes of books comprises a cover material adapted to be placed over the front and rear covers and the binding of the book to protect the book. Connectors are provided at two opposite ends of the cov... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4786200 | Binder strip for binding loose perforated leaves A binder strip for binding loose leaves having perforations therein through which flexible wires can be inserted. The binder strip comprises a substantially U-shaped rail having holes in its bottom surface for the passage of said wires, and the rail is pr... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4685821 | Document holder A document holder for an assembly of loose leaf sheets, such as computer printouts, including a channel member provided with a slot defining a track for slidably and separably receiving at least one binder element secured to the sheet assembly, wherein th... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4681473 | Loose-leaf binder for stacks of sheets The invention refers to a loose-leaf binder for a stack of paper sheets, comprising a cord or twine adapted to be passed through a perforation in a stack of sheets and comprising a clamping means for the cord or twine formed by a plate member having a fir... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4571109 | Looseleaf notebook arrangement A low profile notebook for holding looseleaf style prepunched notebook paper of the inexpensive lined or blank type commonly used in schools of all levels by students for note taking purposes, in which the notebook comprises front and rear panels articula... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4560299 | Presentation folder A loose leaf presentation folder which has an outer cover with front and rear panels pivotable about a hinge line and an inner binder strip, which may either be a discrete component or part of the cover, includes a pair of narrow panels pivotable about a ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4483637 | Binder for business forms A looseleaf binder assembly for securing and storing business forms such as computer printout business forms wherein apertures are usually provided in the forms. The assembly includes top and bottom cover members and a pair of elongated flexible securing ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4453851 | Securing device, the formation thereof, and a binder system The invention relates to a securing device conventionally used in conjunction with a sheet material binder system for securing one or more binder strap relative to the securing device, to secure a number of sheets of material together. The securing device... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4437781 | Ring binder A ring binder comprising a pair of covers connected by a flexible back portion consisting of a flexible back strip which separates the inner edges of the cover and strip portions which overlap portions of the covers near the inner edges. The overlapping p... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4405250 | Adjustable looseleaf binder An adjustable looseleaf binder is provided for the accumulation of sheets of hole punched paper and the like. This binder has an elongated base plate to which are attached one end of a plurality of flexible binding posts. The second ends of the binding po... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4395153 | File A file, consisting of a cover and at least two securing members, each securing member consisting of an oblong, narrow lacing portion, pointed at one end and connected at its other end to a foot portion which is short and wide with respect to the lacing po... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4382708 | Paper compressor A paper compressor including an elongated plastic body portion having a pair of opposite sides and a pair of opposite ends and a longitudinal axis, a slot extending inwardly from each of the ends, a hole spaced inwardly from each of the slots, a pair of r... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4375925 | Book binding An improved book binding for heavy or bulky pages includes a binding member having a base strip and perpendicularly extending flexible fingers. The base strip and opposite finger ends are secured to the book near the flexible spine while the fingers provi... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4305675 | File fastener The file fastener of this invention consists of a presser member having an elongated cavity, opposed transverse slots at the ends of said cavity and means provided in said elongated cavity and on the opposed outer portions of the male member, which means ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4304499 | Binder system, a binder system support device, and a binder cover The invention relates to a support device conventionally used in conjunction with binder systems to support binder strap securing means for securing binder straps in such binder systems, to thereby secure a number of sheets of material together. The suppo... | 12/08/1981 |
