Telephone directory cover

Claim 1

A binder for telephone directories comprising: a. An elongated backer plate having a pair of C-shaped recesses, remotely spaced from one another, said recesses extending longitudinally along the elongated marginal edges of said backer plate; b. a pair of brackets mounted remote one from another in substantially parallel relationship on an inner face of said backer plate, said brackets extending longitudinally along said inner face of said backer plate, each bracket extending outwardly from said inner face and including an outwardly extending flange and an inwardly extending flange, said inwardly extending flange being spaced from said inner face of said backer plate and parallel thereto forming a recess therebetween to receive a top bracket and a bottom bracket; c. front and back covers each having a substantially cylindrical edge, said cylindrical edge of said front cover extending in one of said C-shaped recesses of said backer plate and said cylindrical edge of said back cover extending in a second Cshaped recess of said backer plate, said cylindrical edges and said C-shaped recesses forming, therebetween, a hinge mounting on said backer plate for said front and back covers, respectively; and d. a bottom bracket and a top bracket both including a keeper portion slidably mounted on said backer plate in the receiving recesses defined between said inner face of said backer plate and said inwardly extending flanges mounted thereon, an outwardly extending portion perpendicularly aligned with said keeper portion, a pair of ears fixed to said outwardly extending portion extending laterally and rearwardly thereof over the ends of said C-shaped recesses forming closures therefor and an angularly disposed inwardly formed edge integral with said outwardly extending portion and extending inwardly toward said keeper portion.