Media binder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9994064-B2
Application number	US-201214009060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2012
Priority date	May 31, 2011
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A media binder, comprising: a front surface board, at least one spine board, and a back surface board, wherein each board comprises an inwardly facing surface and an outwardly facing surface; a cover sheet wrapped around the outwardly facing surface of the spine board and a portion of a surface cover sheet, the surface cover sheet wrapped around the outwardly facing surface of at least one surface board and comprises a first marginal edge attached to the inwardly facing surface of the at least one surface board and a second marginal edge unattached to the inwardly facing surface of the at least one surface board; at least one spring clamp to secure physical media inserted between clamp edges of the at least one spring clamp; and a tension sheet attached to the at least one spring clamp and the inwardly facing surface of the at least one surface board.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A media binder, comprising:
a front surface board, at least one spine board, and a back surface board, wherein each of the front surface board, the at least one spine board, and the back surface board comprises an inwardly facing surface and an outwardly facing surface;
a binding sheet comprising an inwardly facing surface and an outwardly facing surface, wherein the inwardly facing surface of the binding sheet is attached to the outwardly facing surfaces of the front surface board, the at least one spine board, and the back surface board;
a cover sheet wrapped around the outwardly facing surface of the binding sheet, wherein the binding sheet is positioned between the cover sheet and the front surface board, the at least one spine board, and the back surface board, and wherein the cover sheet comprises engaged edges that are folded over at least a bottom edge of the front surface board and top and side edges of the back surface board, the engaged edges being attached to the inwardly facing surface of at least one surface board, and wherein the cover sheet also comprises at least one unengaged edge that is folded over a side edge of the front surface board and is unattached to the inwardly facing surface of the front surface board and is unattached to the inwardly facing surface of the back surface board;
at least one spring clamp to secure physical media inserted between clamp edges of the at least one spring clamp; and
a tension sheet attached to the at least one spring clamp and the inwardly facing surface of the at least one surface board.

2. The media binder of claim 1 , wherein the engaged edges comprise adhesive strips.

3. The media binder of claim 2 , further comprising a sheet of release liner attached to the adhesive strip.

4. The media binder of claim 1 , further comprising at least one paste down, wherein each paste down is attached to an inwardly facing surface of the tension sheet over at least one of the clamp edges and the inwardly facing surface of the at least one surface board.

5. The media binder of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the cover sheet comprises a layer of hot melt adhesive, and the outwardly facing surface of the at least one surface board comprises a layer of hot melt adhesive.

6. The media binder of claim 1 , wherein the cover sheet comprises a borderline approximate to a marginal edge of the at least one surface board, wherein at least one marginal edge of the cover sheet is longer than the marginal edge of the at least one surface board.

7. The media binder of claim 1 , wherein the outwardly facing surface of the binding sheet comprises a layer of hot melt adhesive.

8. The media binder of claim 7 , further comprising a removable slip-sheet placed between the binding sheet and the cover sheet.

9. The media binder of claim 1 , wherein the at least one surface board is aligned with the clamp edges of the at least one spring clamp.

10. The media binder of claim 1 , further comprising at least one paste down, wherein a layer of adhesive strip is placed on the at least one paste down to attach the at least one paste down to the at least one surface board.

11. The media binder of claim 10 , further comprising a sheet of release liner attached to the adhesive strip.

12. The media binder of claim 11 , wherein the sheet of release liner is removed to attach the at least one paste down to the at least one surface board.

13. The media binder of claim 1 , further comprising a printed cover in between the cover sheet and the front surface board.

14. The media binder of claim 13 , wherein the front surface board, the at least one spine board, the back surface board, the binding sheet, the cover sheet and the printed cover are passed through a laminating device.

15. The media binder of claim 1 , wherein the cover sheet further comprises an unengaged edge that is folded over a top edge of the front surface board and a top edge of the back surface board and is unattached to the inwardly facing surface of the front surface board and is unattached to the inwardly facing surface of the back surface board.

Assignees

• Hoarau Eric
• Zahrobsky Peter C
• Delouri Udayan
• Pirayesh Francois K
• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Hoarau Eric
• Zahrobsky Peter C
• Delouri Udayan
• Pirayesh Francois K

Classifications

• B42P2201/02

  for photographic documents, e.g. prints, negatives · CPC title

• B42F9/00 Primary

  Filing appliances with devices clamping file edges; Covers with clamping backs (B42F13/00, B42F17/00 take precedence) · CPC title