This invention relates to pockets for holding a single or a small batch of sheets of paper, and particularly to the construction of an enclosure which provides “direct write” storage and access for a top leaf enclosed therein, where one entry lip of the pocket is on a border of one edge of the pocket forming a “book edge” for retaining the margin side of a leaf, and dual corner tab pockets are on the opposing edge's corners for retaining one or both corners opposing the margin edge of said leaf, thereby allowing the secure entry of one or more leaves therein, allowing the encoding of the sequence position of the leaf when placed therein as to a place in either “last in first seen” or “last in last seen” position, offering secure sequential viewing along the book edge when the ends secured under the corner tabs are both free, and providing for direct writing on the surface of the top leaf when the pocket is laid face up.
Small count multi-sheet pockets have been available which are formed with “picture tab” corners. Preferably for storing single sheets, small batches of sheets may be stored within them. In these types of pockets, the leaf is tucked under the corners and retained. This technique is used for pictures in a photo album. In addition, pockets with a strip edge on either side are used with similar success for holding single or small batches of sheets as seen on the panel of a book cover used as a menu or for retaining note cards, typically in a pocket size format. These pockets do not provide a book edge in combination with two corner tab pockets, and consequentially cannot provide for both secure sequential turning and the capability for placement marking as to last in first seen or last in last seen.
The pocket according to the invention provides a secure binding edge on the margin side of the leaf that is an elongated band that spans the complete margin of the host leaf and is enclosed to provide secure storage along that edge as well as to allow the temporary attachment of multiple leaves when the opposing edges are free and the leaves are turned as a mini-book. The dual corners provide secure storage for the leaf when both corners opposing the margin are enclosed thereunder, and offers a way to mark the chronological relationship of a leaf to a batch of leaves when one corner is left untucked. The untucked “state” is a sign that the leaf has been put in the order “last in first seen” and the dual tucked position is a sign that the leaves are all in chronological order “last in last seen.” Of course, the opposite encoding can be used where one always stacks for the objective of “last in last seen” and always tucks both corners. Any of the currently known pocket styles can support this as well. If, however, one wants to always keep the stack referential in chronological order of capture, and this is the intended semi-permanent state of storage of a leaf, and uses the pocket configuration for only temporarily holding pages out of order, in a temporary state(one corner untucked) until properly placed in chronology(marked by being placed below the batch of leaves with both corners tucked) then a pocket of the kind in this invention is necessary. The advantage offered by the combination of bindings further ensures that all the leaves are secure from adhoc dislocation, whether encoded and placed in “temporary” or semi-permanent holding position. Unbinding the upper corner or lower corner leaves that corner of the leaf or leaves free to “peel”. Unbinding both tucked corners allows for mini-book turning of all of the leaves which are each held along the “book binding edge”. The top surface can sustain direct writing on the entire writing surface thereof. A small batch, secure locking pocket, with multiple sheet interrogation at a corner, and further having direct write on for the top leaf has been unavailable.
The advantage of the bookbinding pocket of this invention is the ability to construct the device on high speed folder/gluer equipment. Forming the pocket where the glue lines are parallel and where the glue on both parallel edges can be applied a the same location in the production line, at the same time, on opposing edges is an advantage in cost reduction to the production. The pattern employed in this configuration minimizes material waste while permitting the formation of the opposing pocket sets without requiring that the pocket pattern be flipped over.
The advantage of sealing the portion of the binding edge where a pattern of removable holes is positioned permits the formation of a removable hole with the added strength of the bonded material surrounding it. This lets the hole be reused many times without fatiguing.
A slice cut in the margin band permits one half page flipping forward of a stack of retained leaves while retaining the page turning property of the original book binding edge.
The use of slots to hold a refillable label strip permits relabeling of the pocket and reuse without permanently marking the pocket as would the corner tab label insert or the provision of a corner with a cut out so that the top sheet could be labeled and viewed through the cut out.
Forming the book binding pocket with a window adapter or integrally sectioning out a portion of a window adapter from the pocket itself allows the pocket to be attached to a number of different host products.
The invention therefore relates to pockets, and in particular to a pocket capable of grouping a single leaf or a small batch of leafs, where the binding edge for holding the margin is an enclosed band of a length substantially the length of the margin of the leaf to be held, and the opposing corners of the pocket provide tabs for tucking the leaf in place, thereby preventing the leaves from being dislodged in an adhoc manner.
The invention further relates to the construction of a pocket of the above kind where the margin edge of the pocket has a binding means formed with a cut pattern, typically a pattern of holes, to allow one or more of the pockets according to the invention to be combined into a set.
The invention relates to the construction of a pocket where the binding edge that holds the margin is a band of suitable length to securely hold one or more leaves in place so as to permit mini-book turning and shuffling of the leafs one with respect to the other, when the opposing corners of the leaves are all free.
In particular, the invention relates to the construction of a pocket according to the invention, formed from one sheet of flexible material such as card stock, where the cut and fold pattern of the card stock allows for the formation of the complete pocket by a sequence of folds and a sealing step.
The invention relates to the construction of pockets of this kind from any flexible material such as spun olefin(tyvek™/Dupont), polypropelene, vinyl, paper, plastic of other varieties or like and similar substances having a stiffness property ranging from flexible to subtly rigid and being bondable by way of adhesive tabs, electrical bonding, heat sealing, specialty gluing, stapling, and the like.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a pattern of material for forming the pocket which requires the minimum amount of material while requiring only two parallel folding steps and a single parallel sealing step without having to flip the pocket over.
An additional object of this invention is to provide a reinforced binding edge where a reusable, I.e. Reinsertable hole pattern may be placed so that the reinforced binding provides extra life to the insert pattern.
Additionally, folding patterns which hide the tabs are provided as well as a book binding edge that permits ½ page forward flipping. Ways to label the pocket without writing directly on the pocket are also provided for.
The formation of a book binding pocket as an attachable pop out pocket is also provided for. This configuration would be particularly useful for attaching a ream of loose sheets of paper to a host book. The individual top page would also be able to be pulled out, turned over, and reinserted into the pocket, thereby allowing the individual sheets to be written on both sides.
The above and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from consideration of the following drawings taken to conjunction with the detailed description following these drawings, in which like reference characters are used to refer to like parts and in which:
a Shows the front view of the pocket with the leaf removed where the pocket is shown to have alternative forms of mini-booking secondary binding structures.
b Shows an alternative corner formed from an elastic band with two clips inserted into respective holes diagonally punched at a distance substantially the length of the elastic band.
a Shows an alternative corner construction with a band formed by a strip which is folded over and adhesive attached to the edge of the base panel.
a shows the result of the first parallel fold and highlights the parallel glue and second parallel fold.
b shows the resulting pocket after the second parallel fold.
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a Shows the front view of the pocket, 1′, with the leaf removed where the pocket is shown to have alternative forms of mini-booking secondary binding structures. Hook cut pattern 8c/8d can be used with an elastic band to group pockets of this type into batches. Alternatively, one or both of holes 8a/8b could be used with one or two fasteners such as butterfly clips, to group batches of pockets. Either one or both kinds of “secondary binding structures” can be present, or any other similar kind of structure to allow grouping of pockets without a host ring binder, and still be in the scope of this invention.
b Shows an alternative corner formed from an elastic band, 3c, with two clips 3e and 3e′ affixed at each end thereof, and inserted into respective holes, 3d′ and 3d, diagonally punched at a distance substantially the length of the elastic band, away from each other. The band is stretched to latch over corners of leaves inserted below.
a Shows an alternative corner construction with a band strip 3a″, formed by a strip which is folded over edge 90′, and adhesively attached by adhesive 61″ on tab 3b′″, to the edge 55a, of the base panel, 1a′. Optional expansion hinge sections 55′″, and 55″″ allow for the band strip to accept a larger number of leaf corners.
Therefore the corners each have “enclosures” which allow the leaf corners to be held securely but temporarily. The rubber band, strip band, corner pocket die cut patterns each showing examples of corner enclosures which enclosures may be formed by similar construction and still be within the scope of this invention.
The pocket can be made from a card stock, optionally in colored form where each pocket in a set can be a different color.
The bonding step will depend on the material used. Special adhesive is needed for Tyvek for example. Cardstock can be glued with commonly known adhesives. Plastic material can be chemically bonded, heat treated to bond, or can have its molecules electrically stimulated to bond, In one instance molecules are caused to bond by heat caused from a chemical reaction, and in the others, the process of “melting” bonds the fiber or radio frequency sealing bonds the materials. The result of attaching achieves a common purpose. Instead of tabs 9 and 9′, other methods can be employed as have been detailed. The edge which those tabs close can also be “fastened” by staples, stitching, or other similar methods to close, for example.
The application of this pocket and, in particular, the set of pockets taken together, is to enable a batching of record information about a variety of categories, each pocket according to the invention holds leaves, and where the state of “order” of the leaves in each pocket, can be marked by the manner in which the corners opposing the margin edge of the leaf are positioned with respect to the pockets subpocket portions.
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Demand paging allows leaves to move through the cocoon, and in particular the book binding pocket on an as needed basis, where as records recorded on the leaves “age” they can be moved in batches retained in their respective book binding pocket, to a respective archive for referential access. This movement can be effected by either lifting out the batches of leaves from the book binding pocket, or taking the book binding pocket with its leaves enclosed, and archiving the pocket batch. In the first case, demand paging occurs by shuffling the batch out of its pocket and performing a secondary binding operation. In the later case, the pocket is detached from it's primary binding and attached in some fashion whether by piling or some other form of more secure binding, to a secondary binding.
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One skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be practiced by other than the embodiments described, which are presented for the purpose of illustration and not of limitation, and the present invention is limited only by the claims which follow.
This application is a continuation of commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/763,551 filed Dec. 10, 1996 now abandoned, which is a continuation of commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/197,217, filed Feb. 16, 1994, now abandoned.
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