Patent Application
20110008097
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a binder, and more particularly to a retaining assembly of the binder.
2. Description of the Related Art
A structural improvement for a conventional loose leaf binder disclosed in Taiwan (Republic of China) patent gazette publication No. 456325 mainly utilizes a single set of loose leaf binder (which is composed of a plurality of hooks) to combine with a single set of barrier to provide a device for passing through loose leaves.
However, the foregoing conventional loose leaf binder still has the following defects under the actual use application. Since the length of the barrier is identical to the length of a notebook, and since a specification of the length of the notebook is diversity, operators must develop many barriers with different lengths to satisfy the notebooks having various specifications, resulting in consuming resources and increasing cost. Moreover, the single loose leaf binder equipped with loose leaves is composed of a plurality of integrated hooks. To satisfy the notebook with different lengths and sizes, the loose leaf binder having many sizes and lengths must be developed. Actually, people who use the conventional loose leaf binder usually accept standard loose leaf binders with the same types, the same sizes or the same hole number. The conventional loose leaf binder can be automatically mounted by relying upon mechanical appliances, and the barrier and the loose leaf binder are restricted by the material specification. In fact, the side of the loose leaf binder does not need to fully deploy through holes and does need to install the barrier having the same size and length to save the resource.
The structural improvement for the conventional loose leaf binder usually takes the binder as a main issue for improvement. However, people always disregarded that the loose leaves also need to be protected. Consequently, users' demand may not be completely satisfied by the convention loose leaf binder.
In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally developed a retaining assembly of a binder so that loose leaves disposed on a lodging body is positioned by lodging the lodging body on a layering, and the loose leaves can be protected by a front cover.
Therefore, a primary object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned shortcoming and deficiency of the prior art by providing a retaining assembly of a binder.
To achieve the foregoing object, the retaining assembly of a binder comprises a layering and a lodging body. Two sides of the layering are provided with a clip notch respectively. The lodging body corresponds to the layering. The lodging body comprises a connection piece, a plurality of hooks and a plurality of hook pieces. The connection piece is connected to the plurality of hooks. The connection piece is formed by bending one end of each hook to reach an angle. The hook piece is formed by bending another end of the hook to reach the angle. An equal distance between one side of the hook and the same side of another adjoined hook is about 5 millimeter to 8.9 millimeter, about 8.9 millimeter to 9.8 millimeter, or about 9.8 millimeter to 1000 millimeter. Since the hook pieces pass through the through holes of the plurality of loose leaf binders, the through holes can be fit with the hooks. Afterward, when the connection piece and the hook pieces are lodged in the corresponding clip notches, the loose leaf binders are respectively positioned to the lodging bodies.
Further, a second objective of the present invention is to provide a retaining assembly of a binder, which comprising a layering and a plurality of lodging bodies. The layering comprises a plurality of guide rails. Two sides of each guide rail are provided with a clip notch respectively. One guide rail and another adjoined guide rail are arranged to keep abreast with each other. The plurality of lodging bodies are lodged on the layering. The lodging body comprises a connection piece, a plurality of hooks and a plurality of hook pieces. The connection piece is connected to the plurality of hooks, and the connection piece is formed by bending one end of the plurality of hooks to reach an angle. Each hook piece is formed by bending another end of each hook to reach the angle. An equal distance between one side of the hook and the same side of the adjoined hook is about 5 millimeter to 8.9 millimeter, about 8.9 millimeter to 9.8 millimeter, or about 9.8 millimeter to 1000 millimeter. Since each hook piece respectively passes through a plurality of through holes of a plurality of loose leaf binders, the plurality of through holes can be respectively fit to each hook. When the connection piece and the hook pieces are lodged in the corresponding clip notches, a plurality of loose leaf binders can be positioned to the plurality of lodging bodies respectively.
In addition, the third object of the present invention is to provide a retaining assembly of a binder, which comprising a front cover structure and at least one lodging body. The front cover structure comprises a layering and a covering portion. The layering is disposed on a surface of the covering portion. The lodging body is lodged on the layering, and the lodging body comprises a connection piece, a plurality of hooks and a plurality of hook pieces. The connection piece is connected to the plurality of hooks. The connection piece is formed by bending one end of the plurality of hooks to reach an angle. The hook piece is formed by bending another end of each hook to reach the same angle. A side of the hook and a side of another adjoined hook are spaced at an equal interval. The plurality of hook pieces and the connection piece are at the same horizontal plane. The covering portion is bent toward directions of the layering and the lodging body along two sides of the lodging body lodged to the layering.
The structure further comprises a plurality of loose leaves. Since each hook piece passes through a plurality of through holes of plurality of loose leaves, the plurality of through holes are respectively fit to each hook. When the connection piece and the hook pieces are lodged on the corresponding layerings, the plurality of loose leaves is positioned on the lodging body, and the covering portion covers the layerings, the lodging body and the plurality of loose leaves.
The retaining assembly of a binder in accordance with the present invention has one or more advantages as the following:
The foregoing and other technical characteristics of the present invention will become apparent with the detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the illustration of the related drawings.
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The retaining assembly of a binder 3 comprises a layering 1 and at least one lodging body 2. The layering 1 is a strip having a lath shape. An outer surface of the layering is an arc surface while an inner surface is a plane. Two sides of the layering 1 are provided with a clip notch 11 respectively, wherein the material of the layering 1 may be soft materials (e.g. water-proof cloths, non-woven fabric or papers), hardness materials (e.g. sandwich panels, woods or bamboos), leather materials (e.g. natural leathers or artificial leathers), metal materials (e.g. aluminum alloy or ferrous alloy) or plastic materials formed by sewing or adhesion. In the first embodiment, a user or an operator can cut proper lengths and sizes thereof through Do-It-Yourself on demands. The lodging body 2 corresponds to the layering 1. The lodging body 2 has a connection piece 21, a plurality of hooks 22 and a plurality of hook pieces 23. The connection piece 21 is extended from the hooks 22 and formed by bending an end of the hook 22 toward an inner side of the hook 22 to form an angle θ, and the angle θ is approximately ninety degrees. Please refer to
The hook piece 23 is formed by bending another end of each hook 22 toward the inner side of the hook 22 to form an angle θ, and the angle θ is approximately ninety degrees. A distance 51 between one side of two of the adjoined hook 22 is about 5 millimeter to 8.9 millimeter, about 8.9 millimeter to 9.8 millimeter, or about 9.8 millimeter to 1000 millimeter. The distance between one side of two of the adjoined hook 22 complys with the international standards of the ordinary loose leaf binder or the loose leaves 33 and allows the user to conveniently punch holes by themselves or easily purchase the loose leaves 33 having standard through holes 34 from vendors.
By passing the foregoing hook pieces 23 through the through holes 34 of the binder 3, the through holes 34 correspond to and are set through each hook 22. Afterward, when the connection piece 21 and the hook pieces 23 are lodged in the corresponding clip notches 11, and the loose leaf binder 3 is positioned to the lodging body 2. Additionally, in the present embodiment, the different lodging bodies 2 lodged on the layering 1 may be three lodging bodies 2 installed two hooks 22, three hooks 22 and six hooks 22 as desired so as to be positioned on the layering 1. However, the first embodiment does not limit to have the two hooks 22, the three hooks 22 and the six hooks 22 of the three lodging bodies 2 and may have a single or a plurality of lodging bodies 2 having the same number of the hooks 22 positioned on the layering 1 or may be the lodging body 2 beyond the number of the foregoing hooks 22 positioned to the layering 1 or may be different numbers of lodging bodies 2 such as a single lodging body 2, two lodging bodies 2, four lodging bodies 2 or five lodging bodies 2 that are positioned to the layering 1.
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Since the hook pieces 23 pass through the through holes 34 of a binder 3, the through holes 34 are disposed through each hook 22. Afterward, when the connection piece 21 and the hook pieces 23 are lodged in the corresponding clip notches 11, the binder 3 is positioned to the lodging body 2. Additionally, in the second embodiment, the number of the binder 3 may be more than one. Each front cover 31, each back cover 32 or the plurality of loose leaves 33 have, but does not limit to, different sizes and each front cover 31, each back cover 32 or the plurality of loose leaves 33 may also have the same sizes. The number of the hooks 22 of the lodging body 2 may be increased or decreased in accordance with the size of the binder 3. The two lodging bodies 2 lodged on the layering 1 may be installed with the two lodging bodies 2 having three hooks 22 positioned to the layering 1 on the user's demand. However, the two lodging bodies 2 does not limit to have the three hooks 2 and may also have different number of the hooks 22 positioned to the layering 1. Alternatively, it can also provide different number of lodging bodies 2, such as a single lodging body 2, three lodging bodies 2, four lodging bodies 2 or five lodging bodies 2, positioned on the layering 1.
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By passing the hook pieces 23 through the through holes 34 of a binder 3, the through holes 34 are disposed through each hook 22. Afterward, when the connection piece 21 and the hook pieces 23 are lodged in the corresponding clip notches 11, the binder 3 is positioned to the lodging body 2. Additionally, in the third embodiment, the four lodging bodies 2 lodged on the layering 1 may be installed by the user to have two hooks 22 positioned to the layering 1. However, the four lodging bodies 2 does not limit to have the two hooks 22 and may have different number of the hooks 22 positioned on the layering 1. Alternatively, the lodging body 2 may be different number, such as a single lodging body 2, the two lodging bodies 2, the three lodging bodies 2 or five lodging bodies 2 positioned to the layering 1.
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By passing the hook pieces 23 through the through holes 34 of a binder 3, the through holes 34 are disposed through each hook 22. Afterward, when the connection piece 21 and the hook pieces 23 are lodged in the corresponding clip notches 11, the binder 3 is positioned on the lodging body 2. Additionally, in the fourth embodiment, the single lodging body 2 lodged on the layering 1 may be installed by the user to have two hooks 22 positioned on the layering 1. However, the single lodging body 2 does not limit to have the two hooks 22 and may have different number of the hooks 22 positioned on the layering 1. Alternatively, the lodging body 2 may be different number, such as a single lodging body 2, the three lodging bodies 2, the four lodging bodies 2 or five lodging bodies 2 positioned to the layering 1.
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Additionally, in the present embodiment, six lodging bodies 2 lodged on the two layerings 1 may be installed by user himself to have six hooks 22 positioned on the layerings 1. However, the six lodging bodies 2 does not limit to have the six hooks 22 may have different numbers of the hooks 22 positioned on the layerings 1. Alternatively, the lodging body 2 may be different number, such as a single lodging body 2, the two lodging bodies 2, the three lodging bodies 2, the four lodging bodies 2 or five lodging bodies 2 positioned on the layering 1
In the first embodiment to the fifth embodiment, the distance between one side of the adjoined hooks 22 is about 5 millimeter to 8.9 millimeter, about 8.9 millimeter to 9.8 millimeter, about 9.8 millimeter to 10.8 millimeter, and about 10.8 millimeter to 1000 millimeter respectively. However, the distance is not only applied to specific embodiment, and the distance between one side of the adjoined hooks 22 depicted in each embodiment may be about 5 millimeter to 8.9 millimeter, about 8.9 millimeter to 9.8 millimeter, or about 9.8 millimeter to 1000 millimeter.
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In the seventh embodiment, the distance 51 between one side of the adjoined hooks 22 is about 5 millimeter to 8.9 millimeter, about 8.9 millimeter to 9.8 millimeter, about 9.8 millimeter to 10.8 millimeter, and about 10.8 millimeter to 1000 millimeter. The user or the operator can cut the layering to form proper lengths and sizes by themselves as desired.
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By passing the hook pieces 23 through the through holes 34, the through holes 34 are disposed through each hook 22. Afterward, when the connection piece 21 and the hook pieces 23 are lodged on the corresponding clip notches 11, the loose leaves 33 are positioned on the lodging body 2. In addition, in the eighth embodiment, the number of the loose leave 33 may be more than one. Each covering portion 6 and each layering 1 have, but do not limit to, different sizes and may have the same size. Each layering 1 is connected to each other by passing the hook pieces 23 of a lodging body 2 respectively through the through holes 34 of each loose leaf 33, thus the through holes 34 of different loose leaves are disposed through the corresponding hook 22 of the same lodging body 2. Afterward, when the connection piece 21 and the hook piece 23 are lodged to the corresponding clip notches 11, the loose leaves 33 are positioned on the lodging body 2, and each layering 1 is connected to each other. Also, the number of the hooks 22 of the lodging body 2 may be increased or reduced in accordance with the sizes of the loose leaves 33 to conveniently collocate. The two lodging bodies 2 lodged on the layering 1 may be installed by the user to have three hooks 22 and thus be positioned on the layering 1. Different sets of the loose leaves 33 are respectively disposed through the two hooks 22. In
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The present invention improves over the prior art and complies with patent application requirements, and thus is duly filed for patent application. While the invention has been described by device of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those generally skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 098212392 | Jul 2009 | TW | national |
| 098222328 | Nov 2009 | TW | national |
