Information
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Patent Grant
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6340178
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Patent Number
6,340,178
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Date Filed
Friday, October 15, 199925 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, January 22, 200223 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Fridie, Jr.; Willmon
- Henderson; Marc T.
Agents
- Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 281 151
- 281 211
- 281 29
- 281 36
- 281 38
- 281 45
- 412 1
- 412 4
- 412 6
- 412 7
- 412 43
- 229 671
- 229 72
- 229 84
- 229 71
- 229 923
- 229 300
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A kit for making an original holder is disclosed. In the kit, a holder 10 of A4 size with a paper fastener 7 is divided into two and provided as two members 11 and 12. The member 11, consisting of a front panel 1 isolated from other portions of the holder cover, is a substantially flat paper sheet and generally rectangular in standardized lengthwise A4 size which is adapted to be passed through common personal printers easily. The member 12 consists of the rest of the holder cover and a paper fastener 7. The rest of the cover is made with a single paper sheet in which a back panel 2, a spine panel 3, a pleat 4 and a joint portion 5 are defined by folding the sheet, and the paper fastener 7 is secured on the pleat 4. A double-coated adhesive tape 6 is adhesively bonded on the outside surface of the joint portion 5 along a line a—a. Upon making the holder 10 with this kit, the member 11 is fed through a printer and any desired designs are printed thereon. Then, the members 11 and 12 are overlapped with the lines a—a and a′—a′ matched up and secured together with the adhesive tape 6.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to holders for flat objects such as papers and/or computer disks. More particularly, this invention is directed to kits for easily making original holders by directly printing on covers with common personal printers, such as laser or ink jet printers.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Various types of holders for holding flat objects have previously been proposed. To have a better understanding of the invention, some typical constructions of conventional holders will first be described.
One of the principal types of such holders is generally known as a “Flat-type holder”. One example thereof is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No.93-82583, which is incorporated herein by reference. A holder
100
of this type, as shown in
FIG. 16
, comprises a cover
101
and a fastener
102
. The cover
101
is made with a single paper sheet, and consists essentially of a front panel
1
, a back panel
2
, a spine panel
3
and a pleat
4
defined by folding the sheet on its folding lines b—b, c—c, d—d and e—e as shown in
FIG. 16. A
folding line a—a is a guiding line to open the front panel. The fastener
102
is secured on the pleat
4
.
In this construction, however, since the entire cover
101
is made with a single sheet, the sheet itself inevitably becomes bigger. This structure causes difficulties in direct printing on the holder cover by small and low-cost popular personal printers, such as laser and ink jet printers, without encountering limited feed size problems, jamming problems, or distorted printing problems.
Another type of such holders is generally known as a “pocket-type holder”. A holder
200
of this type as shown in
FIG. 17
, comprises a cover
201
and a pocket
202
. The cover
201
is made with a single paper sheet too, and consists essentially of a front panel
1
and a back panel
2
defined by folding the sheet on its folding line g—g located in the middle of the sheet. Typically, the pocket
202
is formed on the inside surface of the back panel
2
with pocket flaps
203
and
204
.
In this construction, however, since the entire cover
201
is made with a single sheet (usually the pocket flaps
203
and
204
are also included), the sheet itself inevitably becomes bigger. This construction makes it difficult for end-users to print directly on the cover by common personal printers because of size, shapes and other considerations. Furthermore, these holders are normally provided with their pocket flaps
203
and
204
having been firmly fixed on the back panel to form the pocket
202
, which makes it almost impossible to feed the sheet through the printers.
As a result, if end-users want to put original designs on the covers of above-mentioned holders, they usually either draw or write by hand directly on the covers, or else print the design on separate pieces of papers or labels first and then glue them on the covers. Consequently, making original design holders with a good appearance is difficult for most end-users.
Additionally, computer disks, such as Floppy Disks (FD), Magnetic Optical Disks (MO) and Compact Disks (CD) including CD-ROMs have become so popular that the demand for cost effective cases for them has increased. These disks are sometimes desired to be stored with related documents for convenience. Although some types of holders for them have been proposed, none of them was well designed to store these disks together with documents.
The present invention is directed to overcoming the problems as set forth above.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a kit for making an original designed holder easily by enabling end-users to directly print on covers with common personal printers.
These and other objects of the present invention are accomplished by a kit for making a holder comprising a cover consisting of front and back panels and a means for holding flat objects such as papers and disks. At least a member including the front panel of the cover is provided as a printable single sheet in a substantially flat and generally rectangular form. The rectangular member including the front panel has a standard width and/or length.
According to the above-described construction, the holder cover is divided into at least two members provided as relatively small sheets in the kit. Thus, the provided member including the front panel of the cover can be a printable single sheet in substantially flat and generally rectangular form, and would not cause size and jamming problems even when small and low-cost printers are used to print thereon. Furthermore, since at least one of the width and the length of this member follows standard sizes, it can be easily fed into those printers essentially designed for operation on standard size papers in rectangular form. As a result, end-users can print directly at least on the front panel with common personal printers, and can make a holder of original design by assembling it after printing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects and advantages of this invention will be more readily apparent from a reading of the following description taken in conjunction with the following drawings in which:
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a kit of a first embodiment in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2
is an enlarged perspective view showing a portion around a fastener of
FIG. 1
bounded by a circle;
FIG. 3
is a perspective view of a document holder assembled with the kit of the first embodiment;
FIG. 4
is a plan view of a kit of a second embodiment in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 5
is a perspective view of a document holder assembled with the kit of the second embodiment;
FIG. 6
is a plan view of a kit of a third embodiment in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 7
is a plan view of a back cover member of the kit of the third embodiment;
FIG. 8
is a perspective view of a document holder assembled with the kit of the third embodiment;
FIG. 9
is a plan view of a kit of a forth embodiment in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 10
is an enlarged perspective view showing a disk accommodating system formed inside of a document pocket;
FIG. 11
is a perspective view of a document holder assembled with the kit of the forth embodiment;
FIG. 12
is a plan view of a kit of a fifth embodiment in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 13
is a perspective view of a document holder assembled with the kit of the fifth embodiment;
FIG. 14
is a plan view of a modified kit of the third embodiment for making a landscape type holder;
FIG. 15
is a perspective view of a document holder assembled from the modified kit of the third embodiment to display a name card in front of the document pocket;
FIG. 16
is a perspective view of a conventional holder with a paper fastener; and
FIG. 17
is a perspective view of a conventional “pocket-type” holder.
Repeat use of reference characters in the present specification and drawings is intended to represent same or analogous features for the sake of clarity.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
<First Embodiment>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIGS. 1 through 3
.
FIG. 1
schematically shows a kit for making a holder
10
of A4 size with a paper fastener
7
. The kit comprises two members
11
and
12
. The member
11
is a paper sheet that is substantially flat and consists of a front panel
1
isolated from other portions of the holder cover. Although two of the corners may be slightly rounded, the member
11
substantially follows standardized lengthwise A4 size. The member
12
comprises the rest of the holder cover made with a single paper sheet. The paper is folded on a line e—e to define a back panel
2
, lines d—d and c—c to define a pleat
4
, line b—b to define a spine panel
3
and line a—a to define a joint portion
5
. A double-coated adhesive tape
6
is adhesively bonded on its outside surface along the line a—a. The member
12
further comprises a fastener
7
consisting of two strips
13
and a bar
14
, made of polypropylene, attached thereto in the manner shown in
FIG. 2
as a holding part for holding flat objects. The strips
13
are threaded through apertures
4
a
formed on the pleat
4
from its back panel side, with expanding ends
13
e
engaging with edges of the apertures
4
a.
The strips
13
are further threaded through apertures
14
a
on the bar
14
, upon which the strips
13
are bent over and then pushed under engaging claw
14
c
on the bar
14
, to fix the fastener
7
onto the pleat
4
.
Upon making an original holder
10
with above-described kit, the member
11
is fed through a printer and any desired designs are printed thereon. After printing, the members
11
and
12
are overlapped with a side edge a′—a′ of the member
11
matching with the line a—a at the joint portion of the member
12
, and are secured by the adhesive tape
6
. The holder
10
assembled with this kit is shown in FIG.
3
. Documents such as plain papers to be held fast in this holder
10
are punched to provide apertures along their long side. Releasing the strips
13
from the engaging claw
14
c,
the bar
14
is detached from the pleat
4
. Then, the strips
13
, still fixed on the pleat
4
, are threaded through the apertures of the papers. In order to prevent the strips
13
from pointing randomly or “straggling”, and to prevent the papers from slipping out, the bar
14
is threaded onto the strips
13
again before the strips
13
are flattened. They are then pushed under the engaging claw
14
c
to hold them.
According to the first embodiment, a kit is provided in which the holder cover is divided into two members
11
and
12
. Since the member
11
consisting of the front panel
1
follows A4 size, it is much easier to directly print on it than on the front panel
1
of the conventional holder
100
. Furthermore, even a small printer whose feeding width is limited within lengthwise A4 width, which also is the most popular type of printers for personal use because of its low cost, can be used in this operation. In order to print directly on the member
11
, the thickness of the sheet used as the member
11
is limited depending on the performance of the printer. In other words, a sheet which is too thick or rigid to be fed through the printers can not be used as the member
11
. However, a thicker sheet can be used for the member
12
to provide enough strength and rigidity to the holder
10
. The holder
10
can be assembled easily just by securing the member
11
to the member
12
with the double coated adhesive tape
6
on the member
12
.
<Second Embodiment>
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIGS. 4 and 5
. In this embodiment, the holder cover is divided at the line d—d in the middle of the pleat
4
in FIG.
16
. This kit for making a holder
20
of A4 size with a paper fastener
7
comprises three members
21
,
22
and
23
as schematically shown in FIG.
4
. The member
21
is a substantially flat paper sheet consisting of a front panel
1
, a spine panel
3
and a front pleat
4
f
separated from other portions of the holder cover. Although two of the corners of the front panel
1
may be slightly rounded, the member
21
is in a generally rectangular form with its length following standardized lengthwise A4 length. On the member
21
are folding lines a—a, b—b, c—c and two apertures
4
fa
formed on the front pleat
4
f.
The member
22
is a paper sheet consisting of a back panel
2
and a back pleat
4
b
folded on its line e—e. On the member
22
, two apertures
4
ba
are formed on the back pleat
4
b
and a double-coated adhesive tape
6
is adhesively bonded on its outside surface along side edge d′—d′. The third member
23
consists of a fastener
7
as a holding part for holding flat objects. The fastener
7
has the same structure as the one used in the first embodiment, which comprises two strips
13
and a bar
14
. In this kit, the fastener
7
is provided separately from other members. The strips
13
are threaded through only apertures
14
a
on the bar
14
upon which the strips
13
are bent over and pushed under the engaging claw
14
c
on the bar
14
to attach the strips
13
to the bar
14
.
Upon making an original holder
20
using the above-described kit, the member
21
is fed through a printer, and any desired designs are printed thereon. If desired, the member
22
can also be printed in the same manner. After printing, the members
21
and
22
are overlapped with their side edges d—d and d′—d′ matching up and secured by the adhesive tape
6
. The holder
20
assembled with this kit is shown in FIG.
5
. Releasing the strips
13
from the engaging claw
14
c,
they are then separated each other. The strips
13
are fixed on the pleat
4
, being threaded through aligned apertures
4
fa
and
4
ba
of the front and back pleat
4
f
and
4
b.
Then, apertured papers are threaded on to the strips
13
before the bar
14
is threaded onto them, and the strips
13
are flattened and pushed under the engaging claw
14
c
to hold all of them together.
According to the second embodiment, a kit is provided in which the holder cover is divided into two members
21
and
22
. Since the length of the member
21
substantially follows lengthwise A4 length, it is much easier to directly print on it than on the front panel
1
of conventional holder
100
. In this embodiment, the member
21
consists not only the front panel
1
, but also the spine panel
3
, making the member
21
wider than the standardized lengthwise A4 width. This structure prevents the holder cover from being printed by small printers in which the feeding width is limited within the lengthwise A4 width, whereas it makes it possible to print on the front panel
1
and the spine panel
3
at same time when bigger printers are used. In order to print directly on the member
21
, the thickness of the sheet used as the member
21
is limited depending on the performance of the printer. However, a thicker sheet can be used for the member
22
to provide enough strength and rigidity to the holder
20
in case printing on the back panel
2
is not desired. The holder
20
can be assembled easily just by securing the member
21
to the member
22
with the double coated adhesive tape
6
on the member
22
.
<Third Embodiment>
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIGS. 6 through 8
.
FIG. 6
schematically shows a kit for making an A4 size pocket-type holder
30
. The kit comprises two members
31
and
32
. The member
31
is a flat paper sheet consisting only of a front panel
1
isolated from other portions of the holder
30
. Although two of its corners may be slightly rounded, the member
31
is generally rectangular with exactly standardized A4 width, whereas its length is slightly longer than standardized A4 length. The member
32
comprises the rest of the holder
30
, having a pocket
8
.
FIG. 7
shows a developed plan view of the member
32
. The member
32
is made with single paper sheet. The paper includes a generally rectangular joint portion
5
, a generally trapezoidal pocket bottom flap
33
and a generally rectangular pocket side flap
34
, extending from one side edge, the bottom, and the other side edge of a rectangular back panel
2
, respectively. The joint portion
5
, the pocket bottom flap
33
and the pocket side flap
34
are connected to the back panel
2
by folding lines g—g, h—h and i—i, respectively. In the kit, the pocket bottom flap
33
and the pocket side flap
34
are folded and glued to form a pocket
8
as a holding part for holding flat objects. Both the length and the width of the back panel
3
are slightly bigger than A4 size. A double-coated adhesive tape
6
is adhesively bonded on the outside surface of the joint portion
5
along the line g—g.
Upon making an original holder
30
using above-described kit, the member
31
is fed through a printer and any desired designs are printed thereon. After printing, the members
31
and
32
are overlapped with the edge g′—g′ matching the folding line g—g, and are secured with the adhesive tape
6
. The holder
30
assembled with this kit is shown in FIG.
8
. This holder
30
can hold flat objects like documents, floppy disks etc. in its pocket
8
.
According to the third embodiment, a kit is provided in which the holder
30
is divided into two members
31
and
32
. Since the member
31
consisting of the front panel
1
has exactly the same width as that of A4 size, it is much easier to directly print on it than on the front panel
1
of the conventional holder
200
. Furthermore, even small printers whose feeding width is limited to A4 width can be used in this printing operation. On the other hand, the back panel
2
is slightly wider than standardized lengthwise A4 size, the same as ordinary holders for holding A4 size documents, which causes a gap between the widths of the front and back panels to make opening the assembled holder
30
easier. In order to print directly on the member
31
, the thickness of the sheet used as the member
31
is limited depending on the performance of the printer. However, a thicker sheet can be used for the member
32
to provide enough strength and rigidity to the holder
30
. The holder
30
can be assembled easily just by securing the member
31
to the member
32
with the double coated adhesive tape
6
on the member
32
.
<Fourth Embodiment>
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIGS. 9 through 11
. The kit shown in
FIG. 9
is intended to make a pocket-type holder
40
of A4 size especially designed to hold FD/MO together with documents. This kit comprises two members
41
and
42
. The member
41
consists of a front panel
1
, and the member
42
consists of a back panel
2
, a joint portion
5
with a double-coated adhesive tape
6
, a pocket bottom flap
33
and a pocket side flap
34
. Both of these two members
41
and
42
have almost same structures as the members
31
and
32
described in the third embodiment, respectively. Distinctive features of this kit are in the pocket bottom flap
33
. The pocket bottom flap
33
has a covering flap
44
and two disk holding claws
46
which together form a disk accommodating system
43
for FD/MO of a predetermined size inside of a pocket
8
for documents. The trapezoidal covering flap
44
extends from the pocket bottom flap
33
. A folding line j—j is formed along the top edge of the pocket bottom flap
33
from which the covering flap
44
is extended. On the pocket bottom flap
33
below the folding line j—j is a generally rectangular through hole
45
. The two disk holding claws
46
are located below the through hole
45
. The disk holding claws
46
can be formed by cutting generally U-shaped notches
47
on the pocket bottom flap
33
oppositely to each other to face their respective curved portions. The distance between sidelines
47
s of the two notches
47
are slightly longer than the width of the FD/MO.
Upon making an original holder
40
using above-described kit, the member
41
is fed through a printer and any desired designs are printed thereon. After printing, the members
41
and
42
are overlapped with the edge g′—g′ matching the holding line g—g and secured by the adhesive tape
6
. The holder
40
assembled with this kit is shown in FIG.
11
. This holder
40
can hold relatively big flat objects like documents in its pocket
8
and an FD/MO of a predetermined size in the disk accommodating system
43
. To hold the FD/MO in the disk accommodating system
43
, the two notches
47
on the pocket bottom flap
33
are cut and two disk holding claws
46
are pushed inside the pocket
8
. Then, the FD/MO is inserted between two disk holding claws
46
and the inside surface of the pocket bottom flap
33
. After that, the covering flap
44
is folded on the folding line j—j to bend inside the pocket
8
. The FD/MO is held in the disk accommodating system
43
formed inside of the pocket
8
as shown in FIG.
10
.
According to the fourth embodiment, a kit is provided in which the holder
40
is divided into two members
41
and
42
. Since the member
41
consisting of the front panel
1
has exactly the same width as that of A4 size, it is much easier to directly print on it than on the front panel
1
of the conventional holder
200
. Furthermore, even a small printer whose feeding width is limited to A4 width can be used in this printing operation. On the other hand, the back panel
2
is slightly wider than standardized A4 size, the same as ordinary holders for holding A4 size documents, which causes a gap between the widths of the front and back panels to make opening the assembled holder
40
easier. In order to print directly on the member
41
, the thickness of the sheet used as the member
41
is limited depending on the performance of the printer. However, a thicker sheet can be used for the member
42
to provide enough strength and rigidity to the holder
40
. The holder
40
can be assembled easily just by securing the member
41
to the member
42
with the double coated adhesive tape
6
on the member
42
.
Additionally, according to the fourth embodiment, documents and an FD/MO, which have different sizes and shapes, can be organized and held together in one holder
40
. The disk accommodating system
43
in this embodiment can be simply formed with the extending portion and notches on the pocket bottom flap
33
. Therefore, the disk accommodating system
43
can be formed only when it is desired and would not cause much increase in the cost. The FD/MO can be well fitted and held in the disk accommodating system
43
without any possibility of slipping off from the holder
40
. The label of the FD/MO can be seen from the through hole
45
.
<Fifth Embodiment>
A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIGS. 12 and 13
. A kit shown in
FIG. 12
is intended to make a pocket-type holder
50
of A4 size especially designed to hold a CD together with documents. This kit comprises two members
51
and
52
. The member
51
consists of a front panel
1
, and the member
52
consists of a back panel
2
, a joint portion
5
with a double-coated adhesive tape
6
, a pocket bottom flap
33
and a pocket side flap
34
. Both of these two members
31
and
32
described in the third embodiment, respectively. Distinctive features of this kit are also in the pocket bottom flap
33
. The pocket bottom flap
33
has a covering flap
44
and an inside pocket
54
which together form a disk accommodating system
53
for a CD of predetermined size. The trapezoidal covering flap
44
extends from the pocket bottom flap
33
. A folding line j—j is formed along the top edge of the pocket bottom flap
33
from which the covering flap
44
is extended. The inside pocket
54
is attached to the inside surface of the pocket bottom flap
33
below the folding line j—j is a through hole
45
drawing an arc.
Upon making an original holder
50
using above-described kit, the member
51
is fed through a printer and any desired designs are printed thereon. Since the member
51
has exactly the same width as A4 size, it can be printed very easily. After printing, the members
51
and
52
are overlapped with the edge g′—g′ matching the holding line g—g and are secured with the adhesive tape
6
. The holder
50
assembled with this kit is shown in FIG.
13
. This holder
50
can hold relatively big flat objects like documents in its pocket
8
and the CD of predetermined size in the disk accommodating system
53
. To hold the CD in the disk accommodating system
53
, the CD is inserted into the inside pocket
54
and the covering flap
44
is folded along the folding line j—j and bent inwardly of the pocket
8
to prevent the CD from slipping out.
According to the fifth embodiment, a kit is provided in which the holder
50
is divided into two members
51
and
52
. Since the member
51
consisting of the front panel
1
has exactly the same width as A4 size, it is much easier to directly print on it than on the front panel
1
of the conventional holder
200
. Furthermore, even a small printer whose feeding width is limited to A4 width can be used in this printing operation. On the other hand, the back panel
2
is slightly wider than standardized lengthwise A4 size, the same as ordinary holders for holding A4 size documents, which causes a gap between the widths of the front and back panels to make opening the assembled holder
50
easier. In order to print directly on the member
51
, the thickness of the sheet used as the member
51
is limited, depending on the performance of the printer. However, a thicker sheet can be used for the member
52
to provide enough strength and rigidity to the holder
50
. The holder
50
can be assembled easily just by securing the member
51
to the member
52
with the double coated adhesive tape
6
on the member
52
.
Additionally, according to the fifth embodiment, documents and CDs, which have different sizes and shapes, can be organized and held together in one holder
50
. According to this embodiment, the CD can be well fitted and held in the disk accommodating system
53
with the covering flap
44
without any possibility of slipping out from the holder
50
. One face of the inside pocket
54
which holds the CD is preferably made with a sheet of nonwoven web which can protect the CD's recorded surface from being scuffed and scratched. The other face of the inside pocket
54
can be made with a transparent plastic film so that the label of the CD can be seen from the through hole
55
.
It should be noted that the present invention is in no way limited to the details of the illustrated structures. It should be understood that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. For example, modifications described below can be made within the scope of this invention.
It is obvious that the size and direction of the holder assembled with the kit according to the present invention is not limited. For instance, in a modification of the third embodiment, two pocket side flaps
34
′ on the shorter edges of a back panel
2
and a pocket bottom flap
33
′ on one of the longer edge of a back panel
2
can be formed to provide an expansive holder as shown in FIG.
14
.
The holder for holding flat objects is not limited to paper fasteners and pockets. Rings, tubes and clips, etc., with various structures, can be used. For instance, in the third embodiment, the pocket can further have clips or covering flaps to prevent the held documents from slipping out.
The holder cover can be divided into three or more members depending on the sizes of the holder and the printer, depending on desired assembly and use and the printing operation. For instance, the cover of a flat-type holder can be divided into three members including a front, a spine, and a back panel.
The joint for securing the members that together comprise the holder cover is not limited to the double-coated adhesive tape. Plastic and/or metal fasteners can be used as a joint. For example, in the second embodiment, the members
21
and
22
can be secured with the fastener
7
without the double-coated adhesive tape
6
. Notches can be formed on one of the members to accept other members.
Sheets comprising the holder cover are not limited to paper. For example, the sheets intended to be printed thereon can be flexible plastic sheets, as long as they are printable. The sheets not intended to be printed thereon can be selected from a variety of materials such as hard plastic sheets, thick pasteboards covered with a face fabric, etc.
The kit according to the present invention can also be designed to make holders that can hold various flat objects, including cassette tapes, slides etc. Furthermore, the holder can be made to display a name card on its pocket bottom flap
33
as shown in FIG.
15
. In the kit to make the holder of this type, notches
35
are formed in the pocket bottom flap
33
. This type of holder is very useful since the name and contact number of the person who is in charge of the held documents can be known quickly when utilizing them.
In the kit according to the present invention, instructions for their use, etc. may be printed on any surface of the members.
The kit according to the present invention can be designed to make holders used as a pocket page of a ring binder. For example, in the third embodiment, the members
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may be perforated with holes along the lines g—g and g′—g′ to receive the rings of a ring binder.
It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, however, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.
Claims
- 1. A kit for making a holder, comprising:a plurality of members for forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; a holding part for holding flat objects; a connector part for connecting said plurality of members together, and thus for connecting said front panel and said back panel together; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein said holding part comprises a fastener, said holding part being fixed on one of said plurality of members not including said first member; and wherein said first member defines both said front panel and a spine panel.
- 2. A kit for making a holder, comprising:a plurality of members for forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; and a holding part for holding flat objects; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; and wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein said first member defines said front panel and a spine panel; and wherein said first member further comprises a front pleat having two holes therein, said plurality of members includes a second member defining said back panel, said second member having a back pleat having two holes therein, and said holding part comprises a bar and two strips for insertion into said holes of said front pleat and said back pleat.
- 3. A kit for making a holder, comprising:a plurality of members for forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; and a holding part for holding flat objects; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; and wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein at least one of said plurality of members comprises a single sheet having a plurality of flaps for forming a pocket thereon; and wherein one of said plurality of flaps of said at least one of said plurality of members comprises a covering flap extending from a free side thereof, a hole extending there through and disk holding claws formed by notches therein for forming a disk holder.
- 4. A kit for making a holder, comprising:a plurality of members for forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; and a holding part for holding flat objects; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; and wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein at least one of said plurality of members comprises a single sheet having a plurality of flaps for forming a pocket thereon; and wherein one of said plurality of flaps of said at least one of said plurality of members comprises a covering flap extending from a free side thereof, a hole extending there through and an inside pocket for forming a disk holder.
- 5. A holder, comprising:a plurality of members forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; a holding part for holding flat objects; and a connector part connecting said plurality of members together, and thus connecting said front panel and said back panel together; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein said holding part comprises a fastener, said holding part being fixed on one of said plurality of members not including said first member; and wherein said first member defines both said front panel and a spine panel.
- 6. A holder, comprising:a plurality of members forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; and a holding part for holding flat objects; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; and wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein said first member defines said front panel and a spine panel; and wherein said first member further comprises a front pleat having two holes therein, said plurality of members includes a second member defining said back panel, said second member having a back pleat having two holes therein, and said holding part comprises a bar and two strips inserted into said holes of said front pleat and said back pleat.
- 7. A holder, comprising:a plurality of members forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; and a holding part for holding flat objects; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; and wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein at least one of said plurality of members comprises a single sheet having a plurality of flaps forming a pocket thereon; and wherein one of said plurality of flaps of said at least one of said plurality of members comprises a covering flap extending from a free side thereof, a hole extending there through and disk holding claws formed by notches therein, said covering flap and disk holding claws forming a disk holder.
- 8. A holder, comprising:a plurality of members forming a cover having a front panel and a back panel, said plurality of members including a first member defining said front panel; and a holding part for holding flat objects; wherein said first member comprises a substantially flat printable single sheet of generally rectangular form; and wherein at least one of length and width of said single sheet is the same as a standard paper size; wherein at least one of said plurality of members comprises a single sheet having a plurality of flaps forming a pocket thereon; and wherein one of said plurality of flaps of said at least one of said plurality of members comprises a covering flap extending from a free side thereof, a hole extending there through and an inside pocket forming a disk holder.
Priority Claims (2)
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11-033301 |
Feb 1999 |
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11-155645 |
Jun 1999 |
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