Claims
- 1. A folio comprising:
- (a) a first cover having inner and outer surfaces;
- (b) a second cover pivotably connected to the first cover and having an inner surface;
- (c) a pad holder pivotably connected to the folio and configured and dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a pad of paper; and
- (d) an extension member connecting the pad holder to the second cover and having a width sufficient to allow the pad holder to lay substantially flat against the outer surface of the first cover,
- wherein the pad holder is pivotable with respect to the folio between:
- (i) a first position between the first and second covers when the folio is in a closed position in which the inner surfaces of the first and second covers face each other, and
- (ii) a second position when the folio is in the closed position with the pad holder laying substantially flat against the outer surface of the first cover with at least a part of the pad of paper visible, and
- wherein the pad holder comprises at least two sheets, each of the sheets having:
- (i) a first edge attached to the extension; and
- (ii) a second edge parallel to the first edge, the second edges of each sheet being affixed to each other to define a first opening between the sheets alone a third edge of the pad holder for receiving at least a portion of the pad of paper.
- 2. The folio of claim 1 wherein at least one of the sheets is made of a transparent or translucent material.
- 3. The folio of claim 1 wherein the pad holder has a second opening along a fourth edge of the pad holder configured and dimensioned to receive the at least a portion of a pad of paper.
- 4. The folio of claim 3 wherein the fourth edge is disposed on an opposite side of the pad holder from the third edge.
- 5. The folio of claim 1 wherein the pad holder is attached to the inside surface of the second cover.
- 6. The folio of claim 1 wherein at least one of the covers has at least one storage pocket.
- 7. The folio of claim 1 further comprising a spine disposed between the first and second covers and pivotably connected at a first end to the first cover and pivotably connected at a second end to the second cover.
- 8. The folio of claim 7 further comprising a rubber boot attached to an outside surface of the spine to protect the spine.
- 9. The folio of claim 7 wherein the spine comprises a rigid material.
- 10. The folio of claim 1 further comprising a binder attachment for attaching a binder assembly thereto for removably securing paper between the covers.
- 11. The folio of claim 1 wherein the first and second covers are at least semi-rigid material.
- 12. The folio of claim 1 wherein the pad holder is flexible.
- 13. The folio of claim 1 wherein:
- (a) the second cover has an outside surface; and
- (b) the pad holder is pivotable to a third position substantially against the outside surface of the second cover when the folio is in the closed position.
- 14. A folio comprising:
- (a) a first cover;
- (b) a second cover;
- (c) a spine pivotably connected at a first end to the first cover and pivotably connected to a second end to the second cover;
- (d) a pad holder having an opening along a top edge to receive at least a portion of at least one pad of paper; and
- (e) an extension member pivotably connected to the second cover at a first end, pivotably connected to the pad holder at a second end, and configured and dimensioned to extend around a front edge of the first cover so that the pad holder lays substantially flat on the first cover when a pad is inserted into the pad holder and the folio is in a closed position with interior surfaces of the first and second covers facing each other.
- 15. The folio of claim 14 wherein:
- (a) the spine has a spine width between the first and second covers; and
- (b) the extension member has an extension width that is wider than the spine width.
- 16. The folio of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the pad holder lies between the first cover and the part of the pad of paper when the pad holder is in the second position.
- 17. A folio comprising:
- (a) a first cover having inner and outer surfaces;
- (b) a second cover pivotably connected to the first cover and having an inner surface; and
- (c) a pad holder pivotably connected to the folio at a spaced distance from the first cover and configured and dimensioned to receive at least a portion of a pad of paper,
- wherein the pad holder is pivotable with respect to the folio between:
- (i) a first position between the first and second covers when the folio is in a closed position in which the inner surfaces of the first and second covers face each other and a front side of pad of paper and the inner surface of the second cover both face in a first direction, and
- (ii) a second position when the folio is in the closed position with the pad holder laying substantially flat against the outer surface of the first cover and a front side of the pad of paper facing in the first direction.
Parent Case Info
Priority of Provisional Application No. 60/056,265, filed on Aug. 29, 1997 is claimed under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e).
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