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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1974
Paul E Seaborn, Los Gatos, CA (US);
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
An album or similar book-like article having a flexible one-piece spine of extruded construction which includes a series of fingers extending the length of the spine and projecting from an inner surface thereof. A three ply, laminated page formed with the center ply shorter than the outer plies to provide a slot extending along one edge of the page is attached to each finger by gluing the fingers in the slots. The spine is provided with areas of reduced thickness extending longitudinally thereof intermediate each pair of fingers to provide increased flexiblity at these points and thereby allow the pages to lie flat when the album is open. Additionally, fasteners are provided for interconnecting two or more album units to form a composite album.