Binder

Claim 1

A BINDER FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING BOOKS, DIRECTORIES AND THE LIKE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR SUPPORTING PLATE, A PAIR OF U-SHAPED BRACKETS FIXED TO ONE FACE OF THE PLATE ONE AT EACH END THEREOF AND HAVING ARMS UPSTANDING THEREFROM, A PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED APERTURES LOCATED IN THE ARMS OF EACH OF THE BRACKETS, A PIN SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON EACH OF THE BRACKETS IN SAID APERTURES, SAID PINS BEING POSITIONED TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE PLATE AND PARALLEL THERETO, A PAIR OF LOCATING MEMBERS COMPRISING UPSTANDING FLANGES SECURED TO RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID BRACKETS AND POSITIONED ADJACENT EACH OF SAID PINS, EACH OF THE UPSTANDING FLANGES HAVING A FREE EDGE LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE COMMON AXIAL PLANE OF THE PINS, AND AT LEAST ONE RETAINING ROD LOOPED AT EACH END TO ENGAGE SLIDABLY WITH SAID PINS, SAID FREE EDGES OF THE UPSTANDING MEANS BEING CRENELATED TO RECEIVE THE ROD WHEN ENGAGED WITH THE PINS, AT LEAST ONE OF THE PINS BEING REMOVABLE FROM ITS SUPPORTING BRACKET WHEREBY THE ROD MAY BE PIVOTED ABOUT THE OTHER OF SAID PINS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE SUPPORTING PLATE AND THE UPSTANDING FLANGES.