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Bon S Ong

A multipocket document folder may be formed from a primary sheet of stiff, flexible flat stock by die cutting and folding so as to create front and back covers for the folder, each having a separate pocket on its inside surface. The primary sheet of flat stock is die cut to form a rectangular portion on which the front and back covers are delineated, and separate front and back cover pocket flaps projecting from the front and back covers, either from the sides or bottoms thereof. Pocket securing projections are also formed on the primary sheet of flat stock and extending in directions perpendicular to the front and back pocket cover flaps. In this way the front and back cover pocket flaps are foldable in a first direction relative to the spine of the folder into facing relationship to the front and back covers. The pocket securing projections are foldable in a second direction relative to the spine and perpendicular to the first direction and are permanently fastened into contact with adjacent areas of the primary sheet of flat stock to hold the front and back cover pocket flaps in facing relationship relative to the front and back covers, respectively. Pocket dividers can also be provided and are each secured along a single edge to one of the cover pocket flaps.

Multipocket folder

File section dividers for an expandable filing case are formed with expansive partitions having pocket panels extending from their lower edges and folded up and secured to the partitions. The pocket panels are formed with at least one linear pocket delineation seal parallel to the opposing side edges of the pocket panels. The pocket delineation seal divides the panel into a plurality of pockets which will have different sizes, depending upon the placement of the pocket delineation seal or plurality of seals. Preferably, pocket apron flaps are provided at the upper edges of the pocket panels to facilitate insertion and removal of documents and other objects into the pockets of the file section dividers. The file section dividers find their greatest utility when employed in a collapsible, portable document storage device having side panels formed into pleated accordion folds. Side edge marginal strips at the lateral, outboard extremities of the file section divider partitions are secured to corresponding surfaces in each of the pleated folds of the side panels.

Expanding file with multisize pocket dividers

One-third cut folder with expandable spine

Composition notebook cover

Curved swing lock report cover with opaque backing

A single sheet report cover is folded to create a top cover sheet, a bottom cover sheet, a narrow binding margin panel extending a short distance from a spine fold, and a return panel folded under the binding margin panel at a return fold. An elongated document binder clasp is provided with a pair of mutually facing jaws that define a gap therebetween. At least one of the jaws has a hooked lip. The document binder clasp is pressed on to the portion of the document binder covering the binding margin of a stack of papers encased therewithin. The hooked lip of one of the jaws of the clasp engages the return fold and the resilient clamping force of the jaws is sufficient to prevent either the document binder or the sheets held between the top and bottom covers formed by the binder from being pulled away from the clasp.

Single sheet report cover with slide bar

Window binder

A portable filing case is provided with a stiff back, bottom, front, top, and foldable cover flap and is delineated into a rear compartment and an expandable front compartment by an upright compartment demarcation panel. The rear compartment is provided with a pair of flexible fabric rear side panels that extend between the file case back and the compartment divider panel. A pair of front compartment side panels are folded from top to bottom with a plurality of accordion folds that extend between the compartment divider panel and the front file cover. A plurality of file section dividers are individually secured to the expandable compartment side panels at separate ones of the accordion folds. A stiff-walled rectilinear tote box may be inserted snugly into the rear compartment to accommodate bulky items, such as thick catalogs and other relatively large articles. The file section dividers divide the front compartment into a plurality of filing pockets. The front filing compartment is expandable by pulling the upper edge of the front compartment front panel forwardly to fan the front compartment divider sheets apart. Alternatively, the front filing compartment may be compressed by pushing the upper edge of the front compartment front panel back toward the compartment demarcation panel, whereupon the foldable flap may be pulled over the top of both compartments and secured to the front compartment front panel by mutually interengageable clasp elements.

Expanding file with removable tote box

Swing lock report cover with opaque backing

A portable, expandable file section case is equipped with file section dividers, at least some of which are provided with pockets. The file section dividers of the invention are formed of a laterally expansive partition with a pocket attached thereto. The pocket may be formed either from the same sheet of material as the file section divider partition, or from a second sheet of material. For example, the pocket may be formed by an extension of the same sheet of material that projects from the lower edge of the partition and is folded back up into contact with the divider partition. The opposing pocket panel side edges may be secured to the file section divider partition by sonic welding or some other means. Alternatively, the pocket may be formed from a second sheet of material having a generally rectilinear configuration and formed in the manner of a patch on the divider partition. The pocket is secured along its bottom edge and its opposing side edges to the divider partition. Alternatively, the second sheet of material forming the pocket may be folded in half along a pocket bottom fold that divides the second sheet into a backing panel and an apron panel. The apron panel is folded up against the backing panel and may be secured thereto or to the file section divider partition behind the backing panel. In either case the upper margin of the backing panel is suspended from the divider partition near the upper edge of the divider partition.

Expanding file with pocket divider

A binder for papers, photographs, or other sheet-like materials is provided with a cover having one or more window openings defined therein. A flat, transparent protective sheet is located in contact with the inside surface of the binder cover and a backing sheet overlies the protective sheet. The backing sheet is secured to the peripheral margin of the protective sheet, and elsewhere as required, to delineate at least one, and preferably a plurality of pockets. The pockets are formed between the backing sheet and the protective sheet. An elongated slit in defined through the backing sheet behind each pocket created. The peripheral edges of the backing sheet are permanently secured to the inside surface of the binder cover. Photographs or other flat display materials may be inserted into the pockets formed between the backing sheet and the protective sheet through the elongated slits. The pockets are delineated so that they are aligned with the window opening in the cover. The photographs or other display materials may thereby be viewed through the window openings from the outside through the transparent protective sheet. Selected display materials may be inserted and withdrawn from the pockets through the elongated slits in the backing cover.

Window view binder cover

An expanding, portable envelope for use in transporting papers compartmentalized into organized sections is formed of a base sheet and a divider sheet. The two sheets are secured by a pair of transverse lines of sealing across the bottom of the envelope. A pair of divider panels is thereby created from a single divider sheet. Moreover, the bottoms of the pockets created between the divider sheets and the front and rear panels formed from the base sheet are closed, so that papers cannot slip down underneath the divider panels. The base sheet defines side panels that extend from one of the front and rear panels, and are heat sealed to the other. Bottom attachment tongues formed as extensions from the side panels are directed inwardly toward each other at the bottom of the envelope and are also permanently attached to the divider sheet so as to close and reinforce the bottom corners of the expanding envelope.

Expanding envelope with built-in divider

A portable document storage device is formed of a filing pouch having a collapsible pocket and a foldable flap extending from its back cover, and an expandable filing case. The filing case is partitioned by a plurality of indexed section dividers that divide the filing case into a plurality of pockets to receive papers in an orderly manner. Mutually engageable releaseable fasteners are located on the back cover of the filing case and on the front cover of the filing pouch. When the releaseable fasteners are engaged the filing case can be carried with the filing pouch and is enveloped by the foldable cover of the filing pouch. Alternatively, the fasteners may be released from each other so that the filing case may be completely or partially detached from the filing pouch.

Combined file pocket and expanding file

A document formed of a stack of papers bound at the spine is equipped with a slide bar that achieves locking engagement with a document cover formed of a plurality of sheets of material. The sheets of document cover material are joined to each other at a binding margin. The sheet of cover material that passes around the spine of the cover forms a back cover beneath the stack of papers and a narrow, margin panel or strip that overlies the adjacent edge of the other sheet of binding material, which forms a front cover. The slide bar has a pair of jaws that terminate in distal tips that face each other at an angle of least forty-five degrees across a gap defined between the distal tips of the jaws. The slide bar is inserted onto the binding edge of the stack of papers and the cover encompassing them in a direction parallel to the binding edge from either the top or bottom end of the stack. The narrow margin panel atop the binding edge margin or the stack of papers fits within and is captured by the distal tip of one of the clasp jaws adjacent thereto throughout its length and throughout the length of the binding edge of the stack of papers. The capture of the narrow binding margin panel by the distal tip of the clasp jaw engaged at the junction between the sheets of the material forming the binder prevents the slide bar from being pulled laterally off of the binding edge of the stack.

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Bon S Ong