Pocket for ring binders

Sept. 24, 1957

2,807,265

M. D. OLIVA ET AL

POCKET FOR RING BINDERS Filed July 26, 1955

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United States Patent Office 2,807,265

--------- ' ' Patented Sept 24, 1957

2,807,265

POCKET FOR RING BINDERS Michael D. Oliva, Oradell, and Janies V. Oliva, Palisade, N. J.

Application July 26,1955, Serial No. 524,431 1 Claim. (CI. 129__1)

The present invention relates primarily to pockets for loose leaf ring binders and the method of making the same, and more particularly to a closable pocket of new and novel design that is easily manufactured.

Some loose leaf ring binders such as notebooks and the like have shallow pockets formed on the inside faces of the covers thereof in which loose papers and the like may oe carried. Since there is no positive means provided or associated with the pockets to retain papers and articles placed therein, they sometimes spill out of the pockets and may become lost unless the binder or notebook is carried and handled with considerable care.

It is therefore one of the objects of the present invention to provide a pocket for loose leaf notebooks or socalled ring binders that may be readily and positively closed to form a tight pocket for articles and papers placed therein, and which can be readily and easily opened when desired.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a closable pocket of the above type that is removable from the rings of the binder so that articles and ραμ„_οcontained therein may be readily transferred from one ring binder to another.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a hght weight and thin pocket that through the novel man- _ίθΓβ preve ner of manufacturing the same is reinforced at the areas 40 the bindin' of greatest strain, and which prevents articles placed in the pocket before it is associated with the binder rings from interfering with the rings.

The above and further objects and novel features of the invention will be more apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof, wherein reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in the latter of which:

Fig. 1 is a face view of a pocket for a ring binder constructed m accordance with and by the method of the present invention; and , ^F'^g;. ²*^{s an} enlarged sectional view taken substantially on hue 2—2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, the pocket of the present invention is constructed primarily of thin flexible sheets of a thermoplastic material, such as Vinylite, for example, and while the sheets may be of any color or shade they are preferably somewhat transparent so that articles contained therein may be seen through the walls of the pocket.

The. pocket comprises primarily two thin sheets of a plasticized thermoplastic resin, such as Vinylite, the sheets oeing referred to as a bottom sheet and a top sheet and identified by reference numerals 11 and 12 respectively in the drawings. Preferably the size of the sheets 11 and 12 should be substantially the same as the pages normally contained in the ring binder. However, the sheets may be somewhat smaller or larger than the normal pages of the ring binder, but for convenience should not be larger than the covers of the ring binder or loose leaf notebook. The top sheet 12 has formed adjacent the right hand edge thereof as shown in Fig. 1 a rectangular opening 13. The opening 13 terminates somewhat short of the top and bottom of the sheet 12 and directly below the opening 13 is a closing element of the zipper type indicated generally by adflnSu ^e+ Z⁴’ ^ΖίρΡ®^{Γ 14 has a slider ϊ6}&gt; adapted to interlock and disengage the teeth 17 secured to opposite edges of the two fabric strips 18 from which tion^th ^1Si ^{Thefabric strips} 18 at the terminaor sfanlw 1o^etVl ^J°^{lned together b}Y suitable links or staples 19 which prevent the slider 16 from moving pnu f^{pwatlve relatlon} With the teeth, and the extreme ₊^ΠΡ? J⁸· ^{are j}°^{ined to}gether ^by sewing, as πηΛ; T^.^febnc strips 18 extend a slight distance under the sheet 12 at the sides and ends of the opening and are joined thereto by heat sealing as at 22. As will be noted the ends 23 of the heat seals 22 adjacent the ends of the zipper continue inwardly toward each other and thus tend to reinforce the sheet 12 at the corners of the opening 13 while the joined ends of the fabric strips reinforce the ends of the opening.

. -Tb® t°P sheet 12 overlies the lower sheet 11 and a re“torcmg strip 24 is located between the two sheets at the left hand side or binding edge of the pocket. The reintorcing strip 24 is preferably of slightly greater thickness o,- ^{an tbe} Mn sheets 11 and 12 so as to reinforce the same thereat and to add somewhat to the stiffness thereof.

he strip 24 is heat sealed to the top and bottom sheets “ ¹¹_J’ respectively, around the edges of the strip as a , and the edges of the top and bottom sheets are also heat sealed together.

A series of holes such as 27 to correspond to the location of the rings in a binder are formed through the left hand edge of the pocket wherein the reinforcing strip 24 is located, and the edges of the holes are heat naners 35 · ^{t0 J0}J^{n the} ,^{three Iayers of} material together. This m one ^rem^f°rces the pocket and prevents tearing of the pocket m one when mounted on the rings of the binder. As will be noted, the right hand edge of the reinforcing strip 24 is heat sealed to the sheets 11 and 12 at 26α and therefore prevents articles placed in the pocket from entering ”·®ί~^1!r:^{!ng space or} hindering the placing of the pocket on the binder rings.

. From the above it will be evident that a convenient π ng binder pocket of novel and improved design is provided that can readily be inserted in or removed from a ring binder, and one that will contain small articles and/ or papers placed therein without spilling regardless of how the ring binder is handled.

In the manufacture of the pocket of the present invention the top sheet 12 has the opening 13 formed therein and then the zipper 14 is attached thereto by heat sealing. The top sheet 12 is then placed over the bottom sheet 11 with the reinforcing strip 24 along the left hand edge of the bottom sheet and the two sheets and the reinforcing strip heat sealed together. The top and bottom sheets may be somewhat oversize and the edges “““mitantly with the heat sealing thereof.

While the invention has been described in but a single embodiment it will be evident that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it is desired therefore that only such limitations be placed thereon as are imposed by the appended claim.