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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Duane Christensen, Hastings, MN (US);
Michael Lasky, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Duane Christensen, Hastings, MN (US);
Michael Lasky, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Smead Manufacturing Company, Hastings, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 27/00 (2006.01); B42D 1/00 (2006.01); B42F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folder system with an accordion spine, and a method of making same is disclosed. The folder may have a plurality of insert elementseither at manufacture or by a stub system which are bound into the spine at the valleysof the web which forms the spine. The web is made of outer zig-zag web, with the inner webjoining adjacent insert elements and the outer web, to create a strong spine of web and inserts.