POCKET-FOLDER AND BINDER

• US 3,680,969 A
• Filed: 08/04/1970
• Issued: 08/01/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph Gorman
• Original Assignee: Joseph Gorman
• Inventors: Gorman, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Schnall, Jerome
• Application Number:
  US05/060,869
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 281/31 402/18,3,75 40/359
• US Class Current: 402/3
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 21/00 Indexing means; Indexing tabs or protectors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 7/02 Filing appliances comprising only one pocket or compartment, e.g. single gussetted pockets
• CPC Class Codes: B42P 2221/00 Books or filing appliances with additional arrangements

Abstract

A folder for holding papers is made from a single sheet, and includes first and second side pockets which fold about a common center line and have their respective openings disposed on opposite lateral edges of the folder. Each pocket is provided with a flap which folds inwardly so that they seal their associated pockets when the folder is closed about its center line. A binder member may be secured along the center line of the folder for holding papers between the pockets which serve as a cover for the papers held in the binder.

Claims

1. An article comprising a folder having first and second side pockets formed from a single sheet of heavy paper, each pocket including outer and inner panels joined along two opposite edges, said pockets being further joined together along a fold line extending between said two edges of each pocket, whereby said pockets may be folded about said fold line to bring the inner panels at each pocket toward each other, each pocket defining an opening for receiving papers at the edge opposite said fold line and including a flap extending from the outer edge of the outer panel adjacent saiD opening and foldable along said edge of said outer panel to cover its associated opening and extend over its associated inner panel toward the center fold line, each flap being provided with a plurality of tabs defined by perforations extending into an associated flap from the fold line joining said flap with the outer panel of the associated pocket, each set of tabs having a different number of tabs and being spaced laterally at different spacings whereby said tabs may act as file indexes when separated from an associated flap and folded to extend in the plane of its associated outer panel so that said folder may be filed with things of similar dimension and said tab will extend laterally of said stack for filing identification;

a paper binder member having first and second elongated side tabs joined along a center fold line and defining a plurality of aligned apertures adapted to receive means for securing loose papers to said binder member and to said folder; and

staples securing said binder member to said folder with the fold line of said binder member extending along the center fold line of said folder.