Organizer cover with external concealment flaps

• US 7,137,752 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2004
• Issued: 11/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Meadwestvaco (WestRock Company)
• Original Assignee: Meadwestvaco (WestRock Company)
• Inventors: Hendee, Benton E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Carter, Monica
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, JAMILA O
• Application Number:
  US10/776,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20040218967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: 281/21.1, 281/29, 281/31, 281/34, 281/51, 281/DIG.1, 402/503, 402/73, 150/112, 150/103, 150/118, 150/114, 150/108, 206214-215, 206/224, 206/371, 206/472, D19 26- 34
• US Class Current: 402/73
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 3/04 loose

Abstract

An organizer cover, comprising first and second cover panels and a spine, an external surface, at least one organizer element, and at least one concealment flap. The spine is operatively coupled between the first and second cover panels. The first and second cover panels and the spine each have an exterior. The external surface includes the exteriors of the first and second cover panels and of the spine. The organizer element is located on the external surface of the cover. The concealment flap is connected to the external surface and manually positionable between a closed position against the external surface and an open position. The concealment flap is located and configured to conceal, at least in part, the organizer element when the flap is in the closed position. Neither the external surface nor the organizer element includes thereon any means for securing the concealment flap in the closed position.

Claims

1. An organizer cover comprising:

first and second cover panels and a spine operatively coupled between said first and said second cover panels, said first cover panel having an exterior;

an organizer element located on the exterior of said first cover panel;

a first concealment flap extending from said second cover panel, around said spine, and over a first portion of said first cover panel, said first flap being manually positionable between a closed position against the exterior of said first cover panel and an open position, said first flap concealing at least a portion of said organizer element when said first flap is in the closed position; and

a second concealment flap extending over a second portion of said first cover panel, said second flap being manually positionable between a closed position against the exterior of said first cover panel and an open position.

2. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein said second concealment flap contains a mirror.

3. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein the first and second portions constitute substantially the entire area of said first cover panel, and wherein said first and said second concealment flaps are complementarily shaped and fit close together when they are in their respective closed positions, such that said first cover panel and said organizer element are substantially concealed.

4. The organizer cover of claim 3, wherein said first concealment flap includes a proximal edge and a generally opposing distal edge, the proximal edge being affixed to said second cover panel to form a hinge for said first flap, the distal edge being free to allow said first flap to be positioned between the open and the closed positions, and wherein said second concealment flap includes a proximal edge and a generally opposing distal edge, the proximal edge being affixed to said first cover panel to form a hinge for said second flap, the distal edge being free to allow said second flap to be positioned between the open and the closed positions, the distal edge of said first flap fitting closely together in an opposing and complementary manner with the distal edge of said second flap when said first and said second flaps are in their respective closed positions.

5. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein an annular space is defined between said spine and said first concealment flap when said first flap is in the closed position.

6. The organizer cover of claim 5, wherein said first concealment flap includes a pen loop located adjacent said spine, said pen loop being positioned within the annular space when said first flap is in the closed position.

7. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein said first concealment flap contains a plurality of slots.

8. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein said first concealment flap contains a pen loop.

9. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein said first concealment flap contains a storage pouch.

10. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein said organizer element is a pouch.

11. The organizer cover of claim 1, wherein said organizer element is at least one slot contained in said first cover panel.