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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7575388 | Binder for filing tool A binder for filing tools which binds sheets having a plurality of sheet hole parts aligned in the center includes a locking bar which corresponds to a front cover wherein two front cover parts formed from flat boards of which one side of each is respectively connec... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7300222 | Rotatable locking mechanism for ring systems A rotatable locking mechanism used with ring systems that open similarly to the rings of a binder. A ring system has rings each having two ring halves and hinged leaves connected to each other and attached to each ring half respectively. The locking mechanism on the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6536981 | Adjustable binder apparatus A adjustable binder apparatus for holding papers or other sheet materials together in a manner that does not concentrate pressure on small areas of the paper. The adjustable binder apparatus includes a main member defining a gap for receiving a portion of... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6514000 | Storage device A storage device for retaining one or more sheet items for access by a user. In one embodiment, the storage device includes a storage device cover having at least front and rear panels. One or more first binding members are associated with the storage dev... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6361235 | Device for binding together a stack of document sheets A device for binding together a stack of document sheets and optionally for depositing such a bound stack in a file with a filing mechanism, comprising a base plate to be disposed below the document stack, a cover plate to be disposed on the document stac... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6200057 | Storage device A storage device for retaining one or more sheet items for access by a user. The storage device has a storage device cover including front and rear panels, and contains one or more first binding members which receive apertures formed in the sheet items to... | 03/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6099187 | Storage device A storage device for retaining one or more sheet items for access by a user. The storage device has a storage device cover including front and rear panels, and contains one or more first binding members which receive apertures formed in the sheet items to... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6076990 | Binder for holed paper A binder for sheets of paper comprises a bendable cover and a binding system secured centrally of the cover. The binding system has a one piece plastic construction comprising a base portion with first and second bosses formed from and located to either s... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5257859 | Drawer for catalogue card An apparatus for keeping a stack of catalogue cards in neat order to be used, for example, in a library. If necessary, a librarian can replace a damaged catalogue card with a new one by just pressing a button at the bottom of the drawer to enable a compre... | 11/02/1993 |
| 4984925 | Structure of binding clip An improvement in binding clip, which includes two symmetric clamping elements pivoted with two positioning plates mounted with two dove-tail slide blocks mounted thereon, and sheets of paper retained therein between the two symmetric clamping elements, w... | 01/15/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4657422 | Binder A manually filled and operated binder for stacks of similarly apertured sheets, having a sidewall pierced at mutually spaced points. The outer aspect of the apertured wall is countersunk at the pierce hole. The opposite wall is provided with recesses alig... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4579472 | Devices for holding sheets This invention relates to a device or clip 10 for holding sheets of paper comprising a main body 11 and a flexible element 12. The element 12 consists of a strip of flexible material having pointed arms 13, which can be threaded through holes in the paper... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4340316 | Binding system A binding arrangement according to the present invention comprises a post projecting from one side of the arrangement and an opening having a blind ended mouth surrounded by a mouth wall for releasably securing the head of the post at the other side of th... | 07/20/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4165193 | Loose-leaf folder This specification discloses a folder suitable, for example, as a bank passbook for the retention or protection of sheets of paper or other like material comprising a pair of spaced post portions of snap fasteners near a fold line in the folder and attach... | 08/21/1979 |