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EP0100911A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Envelope for storing collection items, such as postage stamps, coins and the like

Assignee: EDIZIONI GBE Srl
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Filing: 1983-07-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-07-15
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Abstract

Abstract A containing device for collection items such as postage stamps, coins and the like, having an inner (2) and an outer (3) holder member, each comprising transparent quadrangular front covers (4, 11) and back covers (5, 12), and two linear spacer elements (6, 7; 13,14) interposed between said front (4, 11) and back (5, 12) covers along two mutually opposed sides thereof. A first cavity for locating items (C) to be stored having two open side ends (9, 10) is thus defined between the front cover (4) and the back cover (5) of the inner holder member (2). A second cavity is defined between the front cover (11) and the back cover (12) of the outer holder member (3) for slidably receiving the inner holder member (2) with the spacer element (13, 14) of the outer holder member (3) facing the open side ends (9, 10) of the first cavity (8).

Inventors

  • 👤 Alberto Bolaffi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 06:07
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45C; A45C11/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 159 words
A containing device for collection items such as postage stamps, coins and the like, characterized by an inner (2) and an outer (3) holder member, each comprising a transparent front cover (4; 11) and a back cover (5; 12), both quadrangular in shape, and two linear spacer elements (6, 7; 13, 14) interposed between said front (4, 11) and back (5, 12) cover along two mutually opposed sides thereof, whereby a first cavity (8) for locating said items (C) having two open side ends (9, 10) is defined between the front cover (4) and the back cover (5) of said inner holder member (2) and a second cavity (15) is defined between the front cover (11) and the back cover (12) of the outer holder member (3) for slidably receiving said inner holder member (2) with the spacer elements (13, 14) of the outer holder member (3) facing the open side ends (9, 10) of said first cavity (8).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 159 words
A containing device for collection items such as postage stamps, coins and the like, characterized by an inner (2) and an outer (3) holder member, each comprising a transparent front cover (4; 11) and a back cover (5; 12), both quadrangular in shape, and two linear spacer elements (6, 7; 13, 14) interposed between said front (4, 11) and back (5, 12) cover along two mutually opposed sides thereof, whereby a first cavity (8) for locating said items (C) having two open side ends (9, 10) is defined between the front cover (4) and the back cover (5) of said inner holder member (2) and a second cavity (15) is defined between the front cover (11) and the back cover (12) of the outer holder member (3) for slidably receiving said inner holder member (2) with the spacer elements (13, 14) of the outer holder member (3) facing the open side ends (9, 10) of said first cavity (8).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
A containing device according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the back covers (5, 12) of said inner (2) and outer (3) holder members are transparent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 54 words
A containing device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized by the fact that said inner holder member (2) includes a linear spacer element (6) which is bonded to the front cover (4) and the back (5) cover of said inner holder member (2) in order to define a mutual inner edge thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 59 words
A containing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by the fact that notches (16) are provided along the free sides of the front (11) and back (12) covers of the outer holder member (3) in order to facilitate grasping of the inner holder member (2) during extraction thereof from the outer holder member (3).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 58 words
A containing device according to any one of the preceding claims, particularly for locating on a filing mount such as a sheet of a collection album, characterized by further comprising an adhesive strip (17) associated to one of the edges of said outer holder member (3) for adhesively joining the containing device (1) to said filing mount (S).

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