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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1973
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond R Young, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Jack H Michaelis, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Assignee:
Swingline, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
402 33 ; 402 76 ; 402 / ;
Abstract
A loose leaf binder comprising a backbone having two hinged halves and a flexible displaceable end portion, a flexible displaceable arm linkage mounted on said backbone so that the backbone end portion and linkage cooperate in engaging and disengaging relationship to form multiple positions of the binder including fully opened and fully closed. The binder is capable of being opened by applying opposing forces to the backbone halves and displacing forces to the arm linkage or by applying forces to the backbone halves alone.