Folder insert

• US 5,598,969 A
• Filed: 04/11/1995
• Issued: 02/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ong, Bon S.
• Original Assignee: Ong, Bon S.
• Inventors: Ong, Bon S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascua, Jes F.
• Application Number:
  US08/419,900
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 229/67.1, 229/72, 462/12, 462/67, 462/68, 281/38, 281/40
• US Class Current: 229/67.1
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 13/06 with strips or bands
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 15/0047 with two ore more of suspension means
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 7/06 Filing appliances comprising a plurality of pockets or compartments, e.g. portfolios or cases with a plurality of compartments indexing features B42F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: B42P 2221/02 with indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: B42P 2241/02 Fasteners; Closures

Abstract

A folder insert is provided for a bifolding folder or ring binder to expand the capacity thereof. The folder insert is formed of a single sheet of flat stock folded to form at least one rectangular support panel with opposing faces and at least one pair of separate pocket panels extending from the support panel. The pocket panels are folded across portions of the support panel against both of the opposing faces thereof and are anchored to the support panel along the bottom edge and at least one of the lateral edges of the support panel. The same sheet of flat stock includes an attachment flap extending along one of the lateral edges of the support panel. The attachment flap allows the folder insert to be attached inside a folder. In an alternative embodiment the sheet of flat stock forms a rectangular support panel and a single pocket panel folded across a portion of the support panel and is anchored thereto along the bottom edge and both of the lateral edges. The support panel and pocket panel form a pocket therebetween which may be provided with accordion folds to permit expansion.

Claims

1. In a folder including a folio folded to form front and back covers wherein said folio is formed with at least one folio pocket on the inside of at least one of said front and back covers, the improvement comprising a folder insert formed of a single sheet of flat material folded to delineate at least one rectangular support panel having opposing flat surfaces and bounded by mutually parallel top and bottom edges and mutually parallel lateral edges aligned perpendicular to said top and bottom edges, and further folded to delineate at least one pair of pocket panels extending across both said opposing flat surfaces and held thereto at said bottom edge and along at least one of said lateral edges of said at least one support panel, wherein said at least one support panel is interposed between said pocket panels in said at least one pair of pocket panels, which together with said at least one support panel form separate pockets with both said flat surfaces of said at least one support panel, and wherein said single sheet of flat material also forms a folio attachment flap as an extension from one of said lateral edges of said support panel, and said folio attachment flap is formed as an expansive lateral extension from said support panel and is received within said folio pocket.

2. A folder insert comprised of a single sheet of flat stock bifurcated by a longitudinal fold and said single sheet is further folded to form a pair of support panels each having opposing faces and each having mutually parallel top and bottom edges and mutually parallel lateral edges oriented perpendicular to said top and bottom edges, and to form two pairs of pocket panels, a separate pair of said pocket panels being folded across portions of each of said support panels, whereby a separate pocket panel is disposed against each of said opposing faces of said support panels and is anchored thereto along said bottom edge thereof and along at least one of said lateral edges thereof.

3. A folder insert comprised of a single sheet of flat stock which has a linear, transverse fold thereacross to delineate support and pocket sections above and below said transverse fold, respectively, and a linear longitudinal bifurcating fold oriented perpendicular to said transverse fold which together bifurcate said support section into two laterally adjacent support panels and also bifurcate said pocket section, wherein each of said support panels is rectangular with opposing faces and has mutually parallel top and bottom edges and mutually parallel lateral edges oriented perpendicular to said top and bottom edges, and said pocket section is folded to form a two pairs of pocket panels and is further folded so that said pocket panels are folded across portions of said support panels such that each of said pocket panels is folded to reside against a different face of said support panels, and each of said pocket panels is anchored to the face against which it is folded along said bottom edge thereof and along at least one of said lateral edges thereof.

4. In a folder including a folio folded to form front and back covers the improvement comprising a folder insert formed of a single sheet of flat material bifurcated by a longitudinal fold and further folded to form a pair of support panels each having opposing flat surfaces and bounded by mutually parallel top and bottom edges and mutually parallel lateral edges aligned perpendicular to said top and bottom edges, and to form two pairs of pocket panels each pair extending across both said opposing flat surfaces of a different one of said support panels and held thereto at said bottom edge thereof and at at least one of said lateral edges thereof, wherein a separate one of said support panels is interposed between said pocket panels in each of said pairs of pocket panels, which together with said pair of support panels form separate pockets with both said flat surfaces of each of said support panels, and said folder is secured to said folio at a demarcation between said front and back covers by attachment thereto along said longitudinal fold.