Sheet item with non-circular holes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10252565-B2
Application number	US-201514969355-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2014
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A sheet system including a sheet having an edge and at least one generally triangular hole positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the edge. A side of the triangle is oriented generally parallel with the edge of the sheet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet system comprising a sheet having an edge and at least one generally triangular, closed-sided hole positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the edge, wherein said hole is generally shaped as an isosceles triangle having a base and two legs of a differing length than said base, wherein said base of said triangle is oriented generally parallel with said edge of said sheet, wherein said legs are interconnected by a rounded vertex corner, with said rounded vertex corner being positioned generally opposite of said base of said triangle, and wherein said base and respective ones of said legs are interconnected by rounded base corners, with said rounded vertex corner being positioned closer to said edge of said sheet than said rounded base corners.

2. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein, relative to a direction perpendicular to said edge of said sheet, said rounded vertex corner is an edge or portion of said hole positioned closest to said edge of said sheet.

3. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein each leg is generally positioned, relative to a direction perpendicular to said edge of said sheet, between said base and said edge of said sheet.

4. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein each of said vertex corner and said base corners has an average radius that is at least about 5% of a length of a longest side of the triangle, and less than 45% of a length of the longest side of the triangle.

5. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein said vertex corner of said triangle has a greater average radius of curvature than the average radius of curvature of said base corners of said triangle.

6. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein the hole is oriented such that its longest dimension is oriented parallel to said edge of said sheet.

7. The sheet system of claim 1 further comprising a reinforcing material coupled to said sheet and extending about at least part of said perimeter of said hole.

8. The sheet system of claim 7 wherein said reinforcing material is a polymer film.

9. The sheet system of claim 7 wherein said reinforcing material extends around an entirety of said perimeter of said hole.

10. The sheet system of claim 7 wherein the reinforcing material has a surface area less than a surface area of said sheet.

11. The sheet system of claim 7 wherein said reinforcing material extends an entire dimension of said sheet in a direction parallel to said edge of said sheet.

12. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein said hole is positioned entirely internally in said sheet such that said hole is entirely spaced away from an outer perimeter of said sheet and wherein said sheet lacks any slits, cuts, openings or other holes that extend between said edge and said hole.

13. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein the sheet has dimension extending perpendicular to the edge, and wherein the hole is entirely positioned a distance less than about 25% of the dimension from the edge of the sheet, and wherein the sheet has a plurality of said holes positioned adjacent to the edge and spaced along a length of the sheet in a direction parallel to the edge.

14. The sheet system of claim 1 further comprising a binding extending through the hole and binding the sheet to a plurality of other sheets.

15. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein each leg has a shorter length than said base.

16. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein said sheet is a single stand-alone sheet that lacks any binding extending through said hole.

17. The sheet system of claim 1 wherein said base extends continuously from one of said legs to the other one of said legs.

18. A sheet system comprising:
a sheet having an edge;
a reinforcing film positioned on said sheet and spaced away from said edge; and
at least one generally isosceles triangular hole having a base and two legs of a differing length than said base extending through both said sheet and said film, said hole being positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the edge, wherein a side of said triangle is oriented parallel with said edge of said sheet, wherein triangular hole includes a rounded vertex corner, with said rounded vertex corner being positioned closer to said edge of said sheet than said side that is oriented parallel with said edge of said sheet, and wherein said triangular hole includes two other rounded corners disposed father from said edge of said sheet than said rounded vertex corner.

19. The sheet system of claim 18 wherein said hole in said sheet and said hole in said film are the same size and shape.

20. The sheet system of claim 18 wherein said base of said triangle is oriented generally parallel with said edge of said sheet and wherein said legs are positioned between said base and said edge of said sheet.

21. The sheet system of claim 18 wherein said reinforcing material extends an entire dimension of said sheet in a direction parallel to said edge of said sheet.

22. A sheet system comprising:
a sheet having an edge;
a reinforcing film positioned on said sheet; and
at least one hole extending through both said sheet and said film, said hole being positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the edge, wherein the hole is non-circular and has a longest dimension, wherein said hole is oriented such that its longest dimension is oriented parallel to said edge of said sheet, wherein said hole is positioned internally in said sheet such that said hole is entirely spaced away from an outer perimeter of said sheet, wherein said at least one hole is separated from said edge by at least a portion of said film, and wherein both said sheet and said film lack any slits, cuts, openings or other holes that extend between said edge and said hole;
wherein the hole has a generally circular body portion and a generally arcuate portion, wherein said body portion is positioned between said arcuate portion and said edge of said sheet, and wherein said arcuate portion is defined by at least two, spaced apart parallel arcuate edges, and wherein said arcuate portion is concave relative to said edge of said sheet.

Assignees

• Acco Brands Corp

Inventors

• Busam Edward P
• James Jr Bobby G

Classifications

• B42F13/16

  with claws or rings (B42F13/30 takes precedence; for permanent binding B42B5/08) · CPC title

• B42F3/006 Primary

  with edge reinforcing means · CPC title

• B42D5/001

  perforated or punched sheets (B42D5/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B42F3/003

  Perforated or punched sheets · CPC title

• B42B5/12

  the elements being coils · CPC title