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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gustav Ray, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
402 31 ; 402 36 ; 402 75 ; 402 37 ; 402 39 ; 402 42 ;
Abstract
A system for rivetless attachment of a ring binder assembly to a cover wherein an attachment portion including one or more prongs adapted to imbeddingly engage a cover substrate and a surface adapted to mate in facing relation with a surface of the cover is formed unitary with a confining spring cover plate of the ring binder assembly, the ring binder assembly being attached to the cover by forcing the attachment portion against it with sufficient force to drive the prongs into the substrate and hold the surface of the attachment portion firmly against the cover.