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Sleeve for a photoprint cassette
Assignee: Licinvest AG
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Filing: 1987-07-11
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Granted: 1991-04-16
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Expires: 2007-07-11
Abstract
Abstract A sleeve for a photoprint cassette having a feature for holding a paper bag which accommodates strips of photographic negatives. The sleeve, combined with the photoprint cassette and the paper bag, forms a module of a photo archive.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Ackeret
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 00:51
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/4212; B65D5/4233; B65D5/18; G; G03; G03C; G03C3/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 63
Claim 1
Independent Claim
222 words
A sleeve for a picture cassette, including a first large side wall, a second large side wall parallel to said first large side wall, a narrow top wall, a narrow bottom wall parallel to said narrow top wall, and a rear wall, said large side walls being interconnected by said top, bottom, and rear walls, front-defining edges of said large side walls and of said top and bottom walls remote from said rear wall defining an open front, one of said large side walls comprising a pocket for holding a flat object, said pocket including a first inner wall portion separating said pocket from a cassette-receiving space, a free edge of said first inner wall portion defining an access opening for free insertion and removal of said flat object into and from said pocket via said open front, said pocket and said access opening extending substantially over an inner height of said sleeve between said top and bottom walls, said first inner wall portion being connected to a flap along a folding line perpendicular to said rear wall, said flap being folded about said folding line so as to lie parallel to an adjacent one of said top, bottom, and side walls and mounted to keep said first inner wall portion in a position substantially parallel to said one large side wall.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
222 words
A sleeve for a picture cassette, including a first large side wall, a second large side wall parallel to said first large side wall, a narrow top wall, a narrow bottom wall parallel to said narrow top wall, and a rear wall, said large side walls being interconnected by said top, bottom, and rear walls, front-defining edges of said large side walls and of said top and bottom walls remote from said rear wall defining an open front, one of said large side walls comprising a pocket for holding a flat object, said pocket including a first inner wall portion separating said pocket from a cassette-receiving space, a free edge of said first inner wall portion defining an access opening for free insertion and removal of said flat object into and from said pocket via said open front, said pocket and said access opening extending substantially over an inner height of said sleeve between said top and bottom walls, said first inner wall portion being connected to a flap along a folding line perpendicular to said rear wall, said flap being folded about said folding line so as to lie parallel to an adjacent one of said top, bottom, and side walls and mounted to keep said first inner wall portion in a position substantially parallel to said one large side wall.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said free edge of said first inner wall portion is positioned between said open front and said rear wall.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 2 wherein said free edge is closer to the open front than to the rear wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said free edge extends substantially parallel to that edge of said one large side wall which defines said open front.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said pocket has at least one stop which limits the insertion depth of said flat object.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The sleeve of claim 5 wherein said stop is defined by glueing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The sleeve of claim 5 wherein said stop is defined by said rear wall.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The sleeve of claim 5 wherein at least portions of said free edge are spaced from said stop by a distance which is smaller than the insertion depth of said flat object.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said free edge extends at least in part at an angle with respect to said front-defining edge of said one large side wall.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The sleeve of claim 9 wherein said free edge is crescent shaped.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said first inner wall portion has a second free edge adjacent said rear wall.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said first inner wall portion has an additional edge coextensive with said rear wall.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said flap is folded to lie between said first inner wall portion and said one large side wall.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said flap is folded to lie parallel to said top and bottom walls.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sleeve of claim 13 or 14 wherein said flap is glued to those sleeve parts onto which it is folded.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said one large side wall is thickened between said free edge and said front-defining edge of said one large side wall.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sleeve of claim 16 wherein said one large side wall is thickened by a blank portion connected to said one large side wall.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 17 wherein said blank portion is connected to said one large side wall portion by gluing.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
35 words
The sleeve of claim 17 wherein said blank portion and said one large side wall portion form a common blank, said blank portion being folded about said front-defining edge of said one large side wall.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
29 words
The sleeve of claim 19 wherein said first inner wall portion and said blank portion form a common blank and are connected bilaterally with respect to said free edge.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
35 words
The sleeve of claim 20 wherein said free edge extends substantially over the sleeve height between top and bottom walls, and said blank portion and said first inner wall portion are connected by said flap.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sleeve of claim 17 wherein said blank portion has an inner end edge defining with said one large side wall a step.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sleeve of claim 22 wherein said inner end edge extends substantially parallel to said front-defining edge of said one large side wall.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
25 words
The sleeve of claim 23 wherein said inner end edge is spaced a predetermined distance from said free edge of said first inner wall portion.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
16 words
The sleeve of claim 24 wherein said distance varies over the extension of said free edge.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
35 words
The sleeve of claim 1 made of box-board, one face of said box-board being covered by a material having a smooth surface, outer sides of at least said large side walls presenting said smooth surface.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
58 words
The sleeve of claim 26 wherein: said one large side wall has a second inner wall portion and said second large side wall has a third inner wall portion; and said second and third inner wall portions of said large side walls are integral parts of one single blank folded upon said large side walls and glued thereto.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sleeve of claim 27 having a finger access recess extending from the front-defining edge of at least said one large side wall.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
19 words
The sleeve of claim 28 wherein both said large side walls have said recess, and said recesses being congruent.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sleeve of claim 28 or 29 wherein each recess is located offset with respect to the center of the side wall.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
15 words
The sleeve of claim 28 wherein said recess terminates in front of said free edge.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sleeve of claim 31 wherein said lining portion and said one large side wall portions are glued together adjacent said recess.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
39 words
The sleeve of claim 28 wherein: a blank portion is provided between said free edge and said front-defining edge of said one large side wall; and said recess terminates in front of an inner edge of said blank portion.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
171 words
The sleeve of claim 1 made from a folded blank which includes: said large side wall; top and bottom flaps connected to said one large side wall by parallel first folding lines; and a pocket-defining wall portion connected by second folding lines to first and second flaps, said first and second folding lines being coextensive; said outer wall portion and said pocket-defining wall portion being connected by a third folding line extending orthogonal to said first and second folding lines; a first aperture being cut from the inner wall portion, said first aperture being defined by a first edge extending parallel to said third folding line between said second folding lines, and by a second substantially crescent-shaped edge extending between said second folding lines at a location more remote from said third folding line than said first edge; and a second aperture being cut symmetrically with respect to said third folding line, wherein a blank portion area between said crescent-shaped edge and an outer edge forms said first inner wall portion.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
27 words
The sleeve of claim 34 wherein said first and second edges are spaced from one another by a predetermined distance where they join said second folding lines.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
39 words
The sleeve of claim 34 wherein said pocket-defining wall portion is folded about said third folding line onto said one large side wall and is glued thereto in the area between said third folding line and said first edge.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
29 words
The sleeve of claim 36 wherein said first and second flaps are folded away from said outer wall portion by an angle of 90° about said second folding lines.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
33 words
The sleeve of claim 37 wherein said top and bottom wall flaps are folded by an angle of 90° about said first folding lines and glued respectively to said first and second flaps.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
49 words
The sleeve of claim 36 wherein said first and second flaps are folded onto said pocket-defining wall portion prior to said pocket-defining wall portion being folded onto said one large side wall so that said flaps are positioned between said pocket-defining wall portion and said one large side wall.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
19 words
The sleeve of claim 39 wherein said first and second flaps are glued to said large outer wall portion.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
70 words
The sleeve of claim 34 wherein said blank further includes a second large side wall portion connected via a fourth folding line to a rear wall portion, said fourth folding line extending parallel to said third folding line, said rear wall portion in turn being connected via a fifth parallel folding line to said one large side wall at the end of the latter remote from said third folding line.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
25 words
The sleeve of claim 41 wherein said rear wall portion is connected via sixth folding lines coextensive with the first folding lines to end flaps.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 41 wherein said second large side wall is connected to additional top and bottom wall flaps.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
40 words
The sleeve of claim 41 wherein said second large side wall is connected to a third inner wall portion by a seventh folding line extending parallel to said third folding line at its end opposite to said rear wall portion.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 44 wherein said third inner wall portion and said second large side wall have equal dimensions.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
17 words
The sleeve of claim 44 including third and fourth flaps connected to said third inner wall portion.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 44 wherein said third inner wall portion and said second large side wall are glued together.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
31 words
The sleeve of claim 41 including a third aperture intersecting said seventh folding line said third aperture being congruent with the second aperture after erection of the sleeve from said blank.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
42 words
The sleeve of claim 41 wherein each of said large side walls has top end flaps and bottom end flaps, and the top end flaps of both side walls and the bottom end flaps of both side walls are respectively glued together.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sleeve of claim 49 wherein: said end flaps are folded about said sixth folding lines by about 90° inwards.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
36 words
The sleeve of claim 50 wherein at least one of the two top wall flaps and at least one of the two bottom wall flaps has a recess which is complementary to an opposite end flap.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
18 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein at least one of said walls is at least in part transparent.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
19 words
The sleeve of claim 52 wherein said large side wall opposite said pocket is at least in part transparent.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
15 words
The sleeve of claim 52 wherein said rear wall is at least in part transparent.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
22 words
The sleeve of claim 26 wherein said box-board has a predetermined fiber orientation extending substantially parallel to said front-defining side wall edge.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
13 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said sleeve is for a photoprint cassette.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said pocket is for holding one of (a) negative strips and (b) a bag containing negative strips.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
27 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said first inner wall portion has a first flap adjacent said top wall and a second flap adjacent said bottom wall.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
15 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said flap is glued to said adjacent one wall.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sleeve of claim 1 wherein said first inner wall portion and said one large side wall are folded from a common blank.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
37 words
The sleeve of claim 60 wherein said common blank includes a second inner wall portion joined by a folding line to said one large side wall, and joined by said flap to said first inner wall portion.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sleeve of claim 61 wherein said second inner wall portion and said first inner wall portion are joined additionally by a second flap.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1994-04-15 | 1994-10-15 | 1995-04-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1998-04-15 | 1998-10-15 | 1999-04-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2002-04-15 | 2002-10-15 | 2003-04-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |