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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7708487 | Binder spine A binder spine with a generally rectangular back panel that has a width and a length. The back panel is bounded by generally opposed longitudinal edges. The opposed longitudinal edges are joined through living hinges to adjacent side panels. The binder spine is fold... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7607853 | Slidable binding mechanism A binding mechanism system including a first support portion including a first ring portion located thereon and a second support portion including a second ring portion located thereon. At least one of the first and second support portions is movable relative to the... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7331732 | Loose-leaf binding tool A binding tool includes an elongated substrate, a pair of rotatable shafts, and engageable binding rings on the shafts. The shafts are rotatably supported on the substrate. An operation plate on the substrate is slidable along the shafts. The shafts have cam protrus... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6942095 | Toolbox A toolbox includes a first shell, a second shell, a holder and a binder. The second shell is connected with the first shell. The holder holds tools. The binder retains the holder in the shells in a releasable manner. The binder includes a first claw and a second cla... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6536980 | Ring binder having actuating lever with cushion member A ring binder is disclosed as including a curved upper plate supporting a pair of pivotable hinged leaves to which a number of half-rings are attached, and two pivotable actuating levers for moving the pair of hinged leaves between a first position in whi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527465 | Ring binder assembly A ring binder assembly is disclosed as including a ring mechanism, a connecting means secured to the ring mechanism, and at least one removable module frictionally engaging the connecting means. The connecting means is configured to receive the removable ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6174100 | Pin binding assembly A binding assembly includes first and second sheet retaining members which are releasably attached to a base member by first and second latching mechanisms. The sheet retaining members include a pair of side members which support a pair of pins and tubes ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6155737 | Bolt action ring binder A binder ring mechanism (16) has a plurality of binder rings (18a-18c) for holding sheets of paper. Each binder ring includes a fixed section (20) and a movable section (22). All of the movable binder ring sections are commonly mounted on a bolt (36). A l... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6142529 | Structure of a combination file folder An improved structure of a combination file folder includes a pair of clip boards and a connection board which mounted together to form a file folder. The file folder is made from plastic materials and can be detached from one another. Thus, the packaging... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6142696 | Book A book 90 with a spine 92. The spine has a pair of facing long walls 94, 96 including a front wall 94 and a rear wall 96, each with a top 98 and a bottom 100, in essentially parallel relationship. The spine also has a pair of facing short walls 102, 104 a... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6126354 | Reusable binding system and method A system and method for binding documents wherein the binder is reusable and is easy to use, the binding system comprising interlocking pieces that combined form a secure and reusable document binder.... | 10/03/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6086280 | Reusable binding system and method A system and method for binding documents wherein the binder is reusable and is easy to use, said binding system comprising interlocking pieces that combined form a secure and reusable document binder.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6045286 | Metal ring binder with auxiliary springs A metal ring binder is improved by adding at least one auxiliary spring for supplementing the spring action of the spine upon the blades to which the rings are attached, so as to increase the closing force of the rings.... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5997041 | Book A photo album assembled with the minimum use of machinery. Making use of a special designed multipurpose plastic holder, a stack of paper or a stack of plastic pockets, a plurality of posts and two pieces of special designed cover panels. By using the mul... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5988926 | Filing device The filing device in which a binding fastener 2 fixedly attached to a folder body 1 can be demounted from the folder body 1 with accompanying plastic deformation or destruction of the parts of the filing device, and is characterized by that the binding fa... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5906449 | Binder locking clip A binder locking clip (100) used with a binder metal (10) having a locking member (50) with a slot (62) formed therein. The clip has a first leg (102) and a second leg (104). The legs are spaced apart from each other and one of the legs has a detent (106)... | 05/25/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5716153 | Safety ring binder A two piece binder assembly with one piece adapted to be rivetted to the spine of a binder. The other piece is laterally slidable with respect to the fixed binder piece so as to engage the fixed binder piece and become, upon initial assembly, permanently ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5634732 | Binding assembly for binders In a binding assembly for binders for holding a number of sheets of paper detachably bound together, the clamping unit, which includes a pair of metallic clamping plates for holding the paper therebetween, is detachably latched to a holder base which is i... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5593243 | Binder A binder to bind papers between a paper supporting plate and a paper holding plate by inserting paper binding cylinders into punched holes of said papers, which comprises a rear plate formed in L-letter in section at an edge of said paper supporting plate... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5577853 | Opening/closing device for pipe file binder An opening/closing device for a pipe file binder comprising a base, a pair of cover plates pivotally mounted on opposite longitudinal side portions of the base such that the cover plates can be opened and closed, the cover plates each being provided with ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5338125 | Modular book binder A modular binder is provided for quickly and easily binding a sheaf of papers to form a book. The modular binder comprises a pair of cover modules each including a cover leaf hinged to a spine segment, wherein the spine segments are identical and are adap... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5281040 | Ring binder mechanisms A ring binder mechanism comprises a fixed part (10) for mounting on a folder, and a movable part (13) connected to the fixed part by a four-bar-chain linkage (15) allowing translational movement of the movable part relatively to the fixed part between an ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5015115 | Interchangeable sheet album for photographs and cards This album with interchangeable sheets has coupling elements for the sheets which are preferably made of plastics, are fixed on the inner side of the rear cover and can be opened after extracting closure profiled elements which are mutually aligned and ar... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4781485 | Continuous ring loose leaf notebook Loose leaf retention mechanism, having a ring position shift mechanism, an elongated housing for containing the shift mechanism, coupling means for coupling first terminal portions of one or more continuous unitary (non-split) rings to the shift mechanism... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4730950 | Binding device A binding device is disclosed, which comprises an elongated fixture having at least one pipe fitting in the vicinity of one longitudinal side end thereof and a cover plate having in the vicinity of its longitudinal one end at least one coupling rod adapte... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4682792 | Binder for articles such as books and cassettes A binder, particularly for use with paper-back books, video cassettes and other parallelepipedal objects, has a front wall and two spaced rearward side walls which, when unconstrained, are convergent but capable of being sprung further apart, each side wa... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4486032 | Cover folders Cover folders having binders that securely retain the cover and inserted sheets, without the use of external fasteners. The binder is an elongated bar with an interior channel for receiving and holding a folded cover. The bar includes within the channel s... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4486112 | Loose leaf binder A loose leaf binder is formed from three parts assembled in a manner providing a binder of minimum thickness.... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4349290 | Loose leaf binder A loose leaf binder is formed from two main parts, which have cooperating half-rings and are interconnected by wire links. The cooperating half-rings of the binder have a mating locking mechanism at their free ends. The binder's opening is achieved throug... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4193705 | Suspension device A suspension device for vertical suspension of sheets, such as drawing sheets, which includes two substantially parallel bars; a number of pins on each bar, each pin being connected at one end to its bar with its free end directed to the other bar, the pi... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4168920 | Binder Binder construction suited for filing papers, publications, letters and catalogues having a base member to be fixed to the inside back of a file cover and holders and their related parts intended to hold such papers and detachably mounted to the base memb... | 09/25/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4129396 | Loose leaf binder with rigid 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... | 12/12/1978 |
