Sleeve with corner tabs

• US 6,913,188 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2002
• Issued: 07/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
• Inventors: Freeman, Christina, Wong, Galen C., Do, Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascua, Jes F.
• Application Number:
  US10/309,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20040069841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: 229/84, 229/68.1, 229/67.4, 229/92.5, 229/92.7, 229/621, 229/92.8, 229/71, 229/76, 229/77, 229/79, 229/87, 281/4, 281/31, 281/38, 24/671.1, 24/67.R, 402/79
• US Class Current: 229/67.1
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 7/025 made of transparent material

Abstract

A sleeve for holding papers or other material may be provided with an outer corner tab. The sleeve may be formed of a single die-cut sheet of plastic or other material, or from two or more sheets that are attached together. A first sheet may include score lines along two adjacent edges that enable an extended portion of the first sheet to be folded over a second sheet. The second sheet may include score lines that enable an outer corner tab to be formed thereon. The corner tab enables a portion of the papers or other material stored in the sleeve to be inserted into an insert space of the tab. The tab may then be used to retain papers in a secure manner, such that they will not fall out of the sleeve should the sleeve or folder be inverted.

Claims

1. A document sleeve having a corner tab comprising:

a front cover having a free upper corner;

a back cover;

a rounded corner tab having a rounded portion on an upper corner of the back cover;

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along the two adjacent edges opposite said corner tab;

said corner tab providing an insert space for said free corner of said front cover to secure said free corner of said front cover within said corner tab, with said rounded portion of maid corner tab being adapted to over said free corner when said free corner is within said corner tab, wherein the front cover and back cover comprise separate sheets of material attached together along said two adjacent edges, said back cover comprising a relatively rigid sheet material and said front cover comprising a relatively flexible sheet material as compared to said back cover.

2. A document sleeve aa described in claim 1, wherein one of said front cover and said back cover comprise foldable extended portions on two adjacent sides of the sheet for securing the front cover to the back cover.

3. A document sleeve having a corner tab comprising:

a front cover having a free upper corner;

a back cover;

a rounded corner tab on a upper corner of the back cover;

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along the two adjacent edges opposite said corner tab;

said corner tab providing an insert space for said free corner of said front cover to secure said free corner of said front cover within said corner tab, with said rounded portion of said corner tab being adapted to extend over said free corner when said free corner is within said corner tab, wherein the document sleeve is a high-capacity sleeve, with the corner tab comprising a top surface, two side walls and a bottom surface, said insert space being defined by said top and bottom surfaces and said side walls.

4. A document sleeve as described in claim 3, wherein the document sleeve is a high-capacity sleeve, said sleeve comprising a top surface, two adjacent side walls and a bottom surface.

5. A document sleeve as described in claim 4, wherein the high-capacity sleeve is formed from two separate sheets of material.

6. A document sleeve having a corner tab comprising:

a front cover having a free upper corner;

a back cover;

a corner tab on an upper corner of the back cover;

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along the two adjacent edges opposite said corner tab;

said corner tab providing an insert space for said upper corner of said front corner;

wherein the corner tab comprises a top corner tab surface and a separator, said insert space being defined by said top corner tab surface and said separator; and

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along said two adjacent edges, each with a respective side wall, said front cover, back cover and side walls defining a document-retaining space.

7. A document sleeve as described in claim 6, wherein said document-retaining space is sufficiently wide to accommodate at least 50 sheets of paper.

8. A document sleeve as described in claim 6, wherein the sleeve is formed from two separate sheets of material joined along two respective edges thereof.

9. A document sleeve as described in claim 8, wherein said two separate sheets are different materials.

10. A document sleeve as described in claim 6, wherein the corner tab is rounded with a rounded portion extending over the upper corner when the upper corner is inserted into the corner tab.

11. A document sleeve as described in claim 6, wherein the corner tab is initially separate from said front cover and back cover, and is then attached to said back cover.

12. A document sleeve as described in claim 11, wherein the corner tab is attached by at least one of heat welding, sonic welding or gluing.

13. A document sleeve having a corner tab comprising:

a front cover having an interior and an exterior;

a back cover having an interior and an exterior;

a corner tab on an upper corner of the interior of the back cover, with a corner tab insert space in between the corner tab and the back cover;

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along two adjacent sides opposite said corner tab, said front cover having a free upper corner;

a document retention space in between said front cover and said back cover, at least one side adjacent to said corner tab being open to said document retention space;

wherein the corner tab insert space is adapted to receive said free corner of the front cover, and wherein said corner tab having a portion that extends outwardly from said corner tab, said extending portion being adapted to extend over sand free upper corner of said front cover when said free upper corner is inserted into said corner tab, wherein the document sleeve is a high-capacity sleeve, with the corner tab comprising a top surface, two side walls and a bottom surface, said two adjacent side walls creating an insert space between said top and bottom surfaces.

14. A document sleeve as described in claim 13, wherein th high-capacity sleeve is formed from two separate sheets of material.

15. A document sleeve as described in claim 13, wherein said front cover, back cover, and corner tab are unitarily formed from a single sheet of material.

16. A document sleeve as described in claim 13, wherein the corner tab is initially separate from said front cover and back cover, and is then attached to said back cover.

17. A document sleeve as described in claim 16, wherein the corner tab is attached by heat welding, sonic welding or gluing.

18. A document sleeve comprising:

a front cover having a free corner;

a back cover;

said front cover and said back cover being attached along two adjacent edges to form a sleeve;

means for securing said free corner of said front cover to said back cover, wherein said means for securing said free corner of said front cover to said back cover can accommodate at least 50 sheets of paper.

19. A document sleeve having a corner tab comprising:

a front cover having a free upper corner;

a back cover;

a corner tab on an upper corner of the back cover;

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along the two adjacent edges opposite said corner tab;

said corner tab providing an insert space for said upper corner of said front cover;

wherein the corner tab comprises a top corner tab surface and a seperator;

said insert space being defined by said top corner tab surface and said seperator; and

said front cover and said back cover being interconnected along said two adjacent edges, each with a respective side wall, said front cover, back cover and side walls defining a document-retaining space, wherein the sleeve is formed from two seperate sheets of material joined along two respective edges thereof, one sheet of material being the front cover, which is relatively flexible, the other sheet being the bak cover, which is relatively stiff as compared to the front cover, said corner tab also beiing relatively stiff as compared to said front cover.