US4415183A
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Multi-pocket pad retaining folder and blank therefor
Assignee: WestRock Minnesota Corp
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Filing: 1981-10-15
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Granted: 1983-11-15
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Expires: 2001-10-15
Abstract
Abstract A multi-pocket pad (folder) is formed from a one-piece paperboard blank. The folder includes a cover panel, two body panels and two pad retention panels which are adhered in a face-to-face relationship. Flap members, connected by fold lines on the opposite ends of the body panels, form a plurality of pockets. A retention panel has a structure, such as a slit or holes, to hold a notebook. An elongated panel (spline) may be used to hold a pen and the cover panel may be removably joined to a pad retention panel to close the folder.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert A. Benham
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 21:38
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42F; B42F7/00; B42F7/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S493/00; Y10S493/916; Y10S493/917; Y10S493/92
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A one-piece paperboard blank to be erected and glued to form a multi-pocket folder having means to retain a notebook, said blank comprising: a series of substantially rectangular panels lying in tandem along an imaginary central axis and consisting of, aligned in order, a cover panel, a first body panel, a second body panel, a first pad retention panel and a second pad retention panel connected by a fold line to said first pad retention panel and having means to retain said notebook; a plurality of flap members which, when adhered, form the multi-pockets, a pair of said flap members being connected by fold lines parallel to said central axis at opposite ends of each of said body panels, each pair of flap members comprising a short flap member having a second fold line parallel to its connecting fold line and a long flap member having four fold lines parallel to its said connecting fold line; glue means to adhere portions of the inside faces of said two pad retention panels to each other; and glue means to adhere portions of said flap members to form a plurality of pockets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A one-piece paperboard blank to be erected and glued to form a multi-pocket folder having means to retain a notebook, said blank comprising: a series of substantially rectangular panels lying in tandem along an imaginary central axis and consisting of, aligned in order, a cover panel, a first body panel, a second body panel, a first pad retention panel and a second pad retention panel connected by a fold line to said first pad retention panel and having means to retain said notebook; a plurality of flap members which, when adhered, form the multi-pockets, a pair of said flap members being connected by fold lines parallel to said central axis at opposite ends of each of said body panels, each pair of flap members comprising a short flap member having a second fold line parallel to its connecting fold line and a long flap member having four fold lines parallel to its said connecting fold line; glue means to adhere portions of the inside faces of said two pad retention panels to each other; and glue means to adhere portions of said flap members to form a plurality of pockets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A blank as in claim 1 wherein said glue means to adhere said pad retention panels is a glue strip along three edges of one of said pad retention panels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A blank as in claim 1 and further including two narrow elongated fold panels connected to adjoining panels by fold lines, the first fold panel connected between said first and second body panels and the second fold panel connected between said second body panel and said first pad retention panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A blank as in claim 1 wherein, relative to said central axis, the said short flap member is at the top of the first body panel and the said long flap member is at the top of the second body panel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
157 words
A multi-pocket folder having means to retain a notebook formed from a one-piece paperboard blank, said folder comprising: a series of substantially rectangular panels consisting of a cover panel, a first body panel, a second body panel, a first pad retention panel and a second pad retention panel connected by a fold line to said first pad retention panel and having means to retain said notebook; a plurality of flap members which are adhered to form the multi-pockets, a pair of said flap members being connected by fold lines at opposite ends of each of said body panels, each pair of flap members comprising a long flap member having four fold lines parallel to its said connecting fold line and a short flap member; glue means adhering portions of the inside faces of said two pad retention panels to each other; and glue means adhering portions of said flap members to form the said plurality of pockets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
157 words
A multi-pocket folder having means to retain a notebook formed from a one-piece paperboard blank, said folder comprising: a series of substantially rectangular panels consisting of a cover panel, a first body panel, a second body panel, a first pad retention panel and a second pad retention panel connected by a fold line to said first pad retention panel and having means to retain said notebook; a plurality of flap members which are adhered to form the multi-pockets, a pair of said flap members being connected by fold lines at opposite ends of each of said body panels, each pair of flap members comprising a long flap member having four fold lines parallel to its said connecting fold line and a short flap member; glue means adhering portions of the inside faces of said two pad retention panels to each other; and glue means adhering portions of said flap members to form the said plurality of pockets.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A folder as in claim 5 wherein said glue means adhering said pad retention panels is a glue strip along three edges of one of said pad retention panels.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
A folder as in claim 5 and further including two narrow elongated fold panels connected to adjoining panels by fold lines, the first fold panel connected between said first and second body panels and the second fold panel connected between said second body panel and said first pad retention panel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A folder as in claim 5 wherein the said short flap member is at the top of the first body panel and the said long flap member is at the top of the second body panel.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A folder as in claim 5 wherein said cover panel, on its inside face, and said second pad retention panel each has removably interlocking means to removably secure said cover to said second pad retention panel.
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