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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7293932 | Lever arch binder mechanism with complementary ring tips A ring binder mechanism has D-shaped rings formed by a straight, stationary part, and a movable mating part having an arcuate shape. A recess is formed in the tip of the movable part, and a protrusion at the tip of the stationary part seats in the recess. A lateral ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7223040 | Binder Two first binding members supported rotatably by a base, which will be fixed to a back cover, and two second binding members, which engage with the front ends of the first binding members to form closed loops, are provided. Spaces between the base sections of the fi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7134800 | Loose-leaf binder with lock A locking member for a loose-leaf binder includes a member having an integrally pivoted portion pivotally mounted in a first actuating member, an engaging projection which engages with an engaging recess of a second actuating member to prevent movement of the second... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7097378 | Accessory for a writing board, file or the like which is equipped with such an accessory An accessory for a writing board, a file or the like, characterized in that it at least consists of a holder (4) which can be provided to a file or the like (3) whereby this holder (4) works in conjunction with or can work in conjunction with a ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077595 | Spine binder The present invention provides an unitary spine binder which comprises an elongated dorsal hinge bearing pairs of opposing and complementary male and female ring elements having known male fastener and female fastener, respectively. Each pair of ring elements also c... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063477 | Variable capacity binder A variable capacity binder including an outer cover and a binding mechanism including a plurality of spaced rings, each ring being shaped to be received through a hole of a piece of paper to couple the paper to the binding mechanism. Each ring is non-symmetrical wit... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6916134 | Safety ring binder having sliding actuators A safety ring binder mechanism helps prevent finger pinching by requiring simultaneous opposite movement of sliding actuators at both ends of the mechanism in order to open and close the rings. When the actuators are outermost, dimples on the actuators press the bla... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908248 | Ring-center pivot loose-leaf binder page lifter A page lifting device for use with loose-leaf binders containing binding rings. The leaves of the page lifter are formed from one or more stiff sheets of material or loops of stiff wire, rotatably affixed at their inner edges to an attaching member that is fixedly a... | 06/21/2005 |
| RE38731 | Ring binder A ring binder adapted to be secured to an article by at least one integral rivet, the ring binder comprising a substantially rigid integral upper plate supporting a pair of pivotable lower plates to which a plurality of ring members are mounted, the rivet comprising... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6540260 | Photograph album page, spine and system A photograph album system (10) has a spine (14) with an internal lateral groove (30) at one end and a removable retainer (42) having a plurality of internal retaining fingers (44) within the groove. A plurality of pages (52) are defined by a plurality of ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6533486 | Ring binder having actuating lever with cushion member A ring binder includes a substantially rigid curved upper plate supporting a pair of hinged leaves. A plurality of ring members are secured to the hinged leaves for engaging corresponding holes in sheets of material retained by the ring binder. An actuati... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6474897 | Ring binder having actuating lever with cushion member A ring binder includes a substantially rigid curved upper plate supporting a pair of hinged leaves. A plurality of ring members are secured to the hinged leaves for engaging corresponding holes in sheets of material retained by the ring binder. An actuati... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6364558 | Ring binder having actuating lever with cushion member A ring binder includes a substantially rigid curved upper plate supporting a pair of hinged leaves. A plurality of ring members are secured to the hinged leaves for engaging corresponding holes in sheets of material retained by the ring binder. An actuati... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6345924 | Nestable binder ring assembly A binder ring assembly (10) for a ring binder comprises a plurality of spaced binder rings (12-16). A user operable mechanism (18) to which the rings are attached allows the user to open and close the rings to open and close the binder. A shield (22) cove... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6293722 | Binder Mechanism A binder mechanism is disclosed having a first ring assembly and a binding portion. The first ring assembly includes at least one first ring half. At least the first ring assembly or the binding portion are a pivotable half that is pivotable with respect ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6270279 | Ring binder mechanism An improved ring binder (28) comprises a frame (F') having a pair of leafs (L1', L2') extending lengthwise of the frame. Binder rings (R) are each formed of two binder ring halves (R1, R2) one end (E) of each of which is attached to one of the leafs. Boos... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270280 | Spine binder The invention relates to a unitary spine binder for securing a stack of sheets, which comprises a dorsal part (3, 4, 5) from which spaced fingers (1, 11) extend to form loops. The individual fingers are arranged in two sections (1, 11) lying opposite one ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6217247 | Ring binder mechanism There is disclosed a ring binder mechanism (10) including an upper structure (12) supporting two pivotable plates (14) to which three pairs of half-ring members (16) are mounted, in which the plates (14) are pivotable between a first configuration in whic... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6146042 | Sheet retaining device and method of packaging sheet retaining devices A sheet retaining device includes an upper member having a pair of hinged leaves supported thereby, with a plurality of ring members secured to the hinged leaves for engaging corresponding holes in sheets of material retained by the sheet retaining device... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6142697 | Ring lock for album or binder A lock for the rings of photo albums and other binders includes a lock and a security component to prevent opening of the album in a retail store and to prevent pilferage of the contents or the improper insertion of refill pages. Once a consumer has made ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6126353 | Curled finger hinge binder A loose leaf binder includes a first half binder section having a plurality of curled fingers spaced regularly apart and a second half binder section having a corresponding plurality of correspondingly spaced curled fingers. Each of the first and second h... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6030139 | Flanged cover with prongs for a ring binder assembly A system for rivetless attachment of a ring binder assembly to a cover wherein an attachment portion including one or more prongs adapted to imbeddingly engage a cover substrate and a surface adapted to mate in facing relation with a surface of the cover ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5957611 | Ring binder with dual angle ring metal A ring binder (10) holding sheets (S) of paper (P) has a dual angle ring metal (100). The ring metal includes a pair of leaves (102, 104) hingedly connected to each other for relative movement between them. Binder rings (114, 116, 118) each include a pair... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5827004 | Sliding loose leaf binder A sliding loose leaf binder having a fixed part and a movable part is provided. The fixed part comprises a first base member, a plurality of mounting apertures, a plurality of a first top and bottom members of mating tracks, a plurality of first ring elem... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5765956 | Device for perfected closure of the mechanism having flat rings for containers of mobile sheets The perfected closure device comprises rings (2) and screws (3) which are formed with a single presswork operation together with the strip (1) to be placed at the disposal of the user. The latter with a simple coin screws screws (3) within suitable orific... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5692848 | Ring binder In this ring binder, a pair of opposing swing base plates 3 are connected together at two locations near the center of their longitudinal swinging edges 3a by means of a joint mechanism 6 through operative engagement between the recessed joint section 61 ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5667324 | Binders A loose-leaf binder comprising, in combination, a first back strip having a plurality of split ring halves formed upright at given intervals along the outer edge thereof and a second back strip having similar ring halves formed along the outer edge thereo... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5286128 | Ring binder A shield for a ring metal is provided having arcuate band sections at the locations of the rings and intermediate sections therebetween, the intermediate sections having a straight segmental cross section having a lower overhead clearance between the shie... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5028159 | Looseleaf binder An economical lightweight looseleaf binder combines the functionality of a standard ring binder with easy-to-use characteristics of report covers. The cover is folded to define front and back panels as well as a spine portion, and additionally includes a ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5018896 | Snap ring assembly Provided is a snap ring assembly (100) for use in holding papers together such as in a two or three-ring looseleaf notebook or binder. Assembly (100) is preferably a one-piece molded construction including an elongate base portion (30) extending between s... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4904103 | Loose-leaf binder A binder for releasibly retaining pages as well as covers which include a plurality of mating pairs of semicircular rings whose peripheries essentially are all exposed so that the paper or covers can be extended therefrom essentially 360 degrees therearou... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4854763 | Device for the impaling of loose leaves A device for impaling loose leaves, such as a loose leaf binder (1) comprising two or more holding means (14) provided with for example rings or gripping fingers (10) fastened to one or more guide or guide members (5, 15). The holding means (14) of the de... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4798491 | Ring binder mechanism A ring binder mechanism has a resilient mechanism cover, to be attached in use to a book-shaped binder cover, and two oppositely articulately connected, moveable, ring-rail or ring-coil members carrying ring portions which form rings jointly in pairs, res... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4690580 | Ring binder mechanism with mating rings The ring binder mechanism comprises a resilient mechanism cover which can be connected to the spine of a binder or cover, two toggle plates or toggle rods which are articulately connected in opposite senses and which are resiliently supported in the mecha... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4678357 | Device for binding holed sheets A device for binding holed sheets or a ring book fastener includes a binding cover elastically supported by supporting elements and receiving a plurality of rings spaced from each other along the axis of the binding cover and connected thereto. Each ring ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4571108 | Locking ring binder mechanism with control slide This is a device for holding sheets of paper in a loose-leaf notebook. The mechanism comprises rings upon which the sheets are filed, a deformable surface which controls the action of the rings, a control slide which alters the shape of the surface, a cov... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4552478 | Ring mechanism A ring mechanism for mounting on a loose leaf binder has ring elements, for retaining paper, secured to carrier rails within a cover rail. The ring elements are moveable between open and closed positions. The ring elements include bottom portions extendin... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4400107 | Suspension files and binders File folders of the type having hooks to permit suspension for storage, and further including appendages to permit binding or compartmentalization of materials. The folder may contain loose-leaf binding rings, permanently or detachably mounted to the base... | 08/23/1983 |
