Portfolio

• US 4,832,372 A
• Filed: 03/31/1988
• Issued: 05/23/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amity Leather Products Co.
• Original Assignee: Amity Leather Products Co.
• Inventors: Young, Raymond W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yost, Frank T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Heyrana, Sr., Paul M.
• Application Number:
  US07/176,303
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 281/3, 281/4, 281/16, 281/17, 281/19, 281/31, 206/387, 206/39.7, 206/39.2, 206/492, 206/493, 206/472, 206/450, 150/52 B, 150/145, 150/151.31, 150/151.47, 150/151.49, 150/147, 150/148, 150/149, 150/152, 150/139
• US Class Current: 281/31
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 1/00 Purses; Money-bags; Wallets collapsible or extensible A45C7/00; convertible into other articles A45C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 3/02 Briefcases or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 3/04 loose
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 5/042 Diaries; Memorandum calendars

Abstract

Disclosed is a portfolio comprising a body of sheet-like material having a central hinge line dividing the body into first and second covers. A foldable panel is hingeably attached to the first cover, and has a surface carrying a serial array of card-receiving pockets which are exposed to a user when the foldable panel is folded away from the first cover. In one embodiment, the portfolio includes an interior section forming a pocket with the first cover. The foldable panel divides the pocket into two chambers when disposed on either side of the foldable panel. In a second embodiment, the interior section comprises an integral extension of the foldable panel being joined thereto by an interior hinge line.

Claims

1. A portfolio comprising:

a sheet-like body having opposed top and bottom edges and a pair of opposed side edges, a central hinge line intermediate the side edges and generally parallel thereto, dividing the sheet-like body into first and second covers foldable toward each other to a closed position so as to at least partially overlie each other and foldable away from each other to an open position, the first and second covers having interior surfaces facing each other when said portfolio is in said closed position;

a foldable panel having top and bottom edges adjacent the top and bottom edges of the first cover, said foldable panel hingeably mounted to the body so as to be foldable along an interior hinge line intermediate one side edge of said first cover and said central hinge line, and generally parallel thereto, said foldable panel having a first surface facing the first cover interior surface when folded thereagainst and a second opposed surface; and

a serial array of card-receiving pockets carried on the first surface of said foldable panel, opening toward said central hinge line when said panel is folded so that the first surface thereof faces away from said first cover inside surface.

2. The portfolio of claim 1 further comprising an interior section attached to the first cover so as to at least partially overlie the inside surface thereof, and so as to form a first pocket therewith, extending between the top and bottom edges of the body and opening toward said central hinge line, a portion of said foldable panel extending into said pocket so as to divide said pocket into two chambers, one disposed on each side of said foldable panel.

3. The portfolio of claim 2 wherein the interior section has an exposed surface facing in the same direction as said front cover interior surface, and said portfolio further comprises mounting means in said interior section having an exposed surface for releasably mounting a calculator.

4. The portfolio of claim 2 wherein said interior section and said foldable panel are secured to the side edge of said front cover with common stitching means extending therethrough.

5. The portfolio of claim 1 wherein said portfolio further comprises a backing sheet on which said card-receiving pockets are carried, said backing sheet having top and bottom edges attached to the foldable panel adjacent the top and bottom edges thereof so as to form a pocket therewith opening toward said central hinge line when said foldable panel is folded so that the first surface thereof faces away from said front cover inside surface.

6. The portfolio of claim 1 further comprising an interior section attached to the first cover so as to at least partially overlie the inside surface thereof and so as to form a first pocket therewith, extending between the top and bottom edges of the cover member and opening toward said central hinge line, said foldable panel comprising an extension of said interior section and separated therefrom by said interior hinge line, said interior section and said foldable panel together comprising a unitary sheet overlying said first cover when said foldable panel is folded thereagainst, and said second cover dimensioned to overlie said foldable panel when said portfolio is in the closed position.

7. A portfolio comprising:

a body of flexible sheet material having a central hinge line disposed intermediate pair of opposed side edges and xtending between top and bottom edges of the body, the central hinge line dividing the body into front and back covers foldable along the hinge line toward and away from each other between closed and open positions, respectively;

a foldable panel hingeably mountable to the front cover so as to be foldable along an interior hinge line intermediate a side edge of the front cover and the central hinge line, said foldable panel having a first surface facing the front cover when folded thereagainst, and a second, opposed surface;

an interior section attached to the front cover so as to at least partially overlie a major surface thereof and so as to form a first pocket therewith, the interior section extending between the top and bottom edges of the body and opening toward the central hinge line, at least a portion of said foldable panel extending into said pocket so as to divide said pocket into two chambers, one on each side of said foldable panel; and

a serial array of card-receiving pockets carried on said foldable panel, said card-receiving pockets opening toward said central hinge line when said panel is folded away from said first cover.

8. A portfolio comprising:

a body of sheet-like flexible material having opposed top and bottom edges and a pair of opposed side edges, a central hinge line intermediate the side edges dividing the body into first and second covers, the covers foldable about the central hinge line toward and away from each other between closed and open positions, respectively, the first and second covers having interior surfaces facing each other when the portfolio is in a closed position;

a foldable panel hingeably mounted to the first cover along an interior hinge line located intermediate one side edge of the body and said central hinge line, said foldable panel having a pocket-carrying surface facing the first cover when folded thereagainst;

a serial array of card-receiving pockets carried on the pocket-carrying surface of said foldable panel, said card-receiving pockets opening toward said central hinge line when said panel is folded to face away from said first cover; and

an interior section attached to the first cover so as to at least partially overlie the first cover and so as to form a first pocket therewith which opens toward said central hinge line, said interior section comprising an integral extension of said foldable panel and being separated therefrom by an interior hinge line, the interior section and the foldable panel together comprising a unitary sheet overlying the first cover when the foldable panel is folded thereagainst and said second panel dimensioned to overlie said foldable panel when said portfolio is in the closed position.