Dual sided photographic album leaf and method of making

• US 6,004,061 A
• Filed: 03/05/1998
• Issued: 12/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Manico, Joseph Anthony, Reem, Richard Carroll
• Primary Examiner(s): Fridie, Jr., Willmon
• Application Number:
  US09/035,448
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 402/79, 402/80 R, 281/38, 281/22, 281/31, 281/51
• US Class Current: 402/79
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 1/08 Albums filing features thereof B42F
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 5/00 Sheets and objects temporarily attached together; Means therefor; Albums bookbinding aspects of albums B42D1/08; advertising or display aspects G09
• 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

Abstract

A unitary dual sided album leaf and method of making the same. The method includes the steps of: providing an image retaining media having an image forming side and a back side; printing a plurality of images on the image forming side of the image retaining media, the image retaining media being composed into first and second image retaining sections and; folding the image retaining media along a predetermined line, the first and second image retaining sections being positioned such that when the image retaining media is folded, the back side of the first and second image retaining sections will be substantially co-extensive with each other so as to form the first and second sides of the album leaf.

Claims

1. A dual sided album leaf having first and second sides, said leaf being made of a single piece of an image bearing media folded such that said first and second sides are adhered together in a substantially co-extensive manner, said first and second sides having image retaining areas thereon, said image bearing media is a photosensitive material.

3. A dual sided album leaf according to claim 1 wherein said image bearing media is photographic photosensitive paper.

4. A dual sided album leaf according to claim 1 wherein the folded image bearing media has a folded edge between said first and second sides and an inward end and an outward end, said folded edge being located on the outward end of said leaf.

5. A dual sided album leaf according to claim 4 wherein said inward end is provided with mounting means for mounting said leaf to a leaf holder.

6. A dual sided album leaf according to claim 5 wherein said means for mounting said leaf comprises at least one hole.

2. A dual sided album leaf having first and second sides, said leaf being made of a single piece of an image bearing media folded such that said first and second sides are adhered together in a substantially co-extensive manner forming a folded edge between said first and second sides, said first and second sides having image retaining areas thereon, wherein the folded image bearing media has an inward end and an outward end, said folded edge being located on the outward end of said leaf.

7. A dual sided album leaf according to claim 2 wherein said image bearing media is a photosensitive material.