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Printed sheet protector system and method

US6851718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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139Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 14, 2003
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 14, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB42F21/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In addition to a set of dividers having staggered tabs and binder holes, the retail packaging includes a sheet protector pocket having a front sheet and a back sheet and binder holes. The user removes the dividers and pocket from the packaging and custom designs and prints sheet indicia on a paper sheet. He/she then inserts the printed sheet into the pocket whereby the front sheet allows the sheet indicia to be viewed therethrough. The front sheet has pre-printed indicia thereon. With the printed sheet in the pocket and the pocket and dividers assembled in a ringed notebook or other binding system, the sheet indicia and the pre-printed indicia line up with respective ones of the tabs. The indicia thereby form an attractive custom-designed table of contents, which can be easily corrected or changed by the user by simply printing and inserting into the pocket a new sheet. The front sheet can either be transparent or have a window to allow the sheet indicia to be viewed therethrough. An alternative provides the pre-printed or custom-printed indicia on a separate transparent sheet which is inserted in the pocket in front of the printed sheet. Another invention is a pocket assembly havi…

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