EP0697180B1 - Dokumentenhalter - Google Patents

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EP0697180B1
EP0697180B1 EP19950305757 EP95305757A EP0697180B1 EP 0697180 B1 EP0697180 B1 EP 0697180B1 EP 19950305757 EP19950305757 EP 19950305757 EP 95305757 A EP95305757 A EP 95305757A EP 0697180 B1 EP0697180 B1 EP 0697180B1
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Christopher Dawson
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Acco Rexel Group Services Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42F—SHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F7/00—Filing appliances without fastening means
    • B42F7/14—Boxes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
    • A45C13/36—Reinforcements for edges, corners, or other parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C3/00—Flexible luggage; Handbags
    • A45C3/02—Briefcases or the like

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  • THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a document-holder according to the preamble of claim 1 (see US-A-5029709).
  • a document-holder comprising a front wall and a rear wall pivotally interconnected for movement relative to each other, the front wall and the rear wall each carrying at each side edge a protruding reinforcing element, the reinforcing elements being adapted to abut each other when the front wall has been moved pivotally to a position parallel to but spaced from the rear wall, means being provided to interconnect abutting reinforcing elements, the rear wall carrying a top wall and a front flap which are movable pivotally so that the front flap overlies the front wall.
  • a handle is provided on the top wall.
  • the document-holder is formed from a folded blank, each reinforcing element being of substantially hollow form and being comprised of a plurality of panels sequentially connected to the front wall or the back wall and folded to be re-connected to the front wall or the back wall, one reinforcing element carrying engagement means which, when the reinforcing elements lie adjacent each other, can engage the other reinforcing element to secure the reinforcing elements together.
  • said engagement means comprise a tab carried by one reinforcing element which can be inserted into the other reinforcing element.
  • each reinforcing element is of triangular form.
  • each reinforcing element comprises three panels secured to the respective front or rear wall, the three panels being folded so that the first panel extends away from the front or rear wall, the second panel extends towards the front or rear wall, and the third panel extends in parallelism with and in contact with the front or rear wall.
  • the third panel is provided with a plurality of fingers, the fingers being received through co-aligned slots formed in the front or back wall.
  • the front wall is provided with a document compressor adapted to bias documents towards the rear wall.
  • the document-holder of Figure 1 comprises a front wall 1 and a rear wall 2.
  • a top wall 3 provided with a handle 4 is hinged to the rear wall 2 and a front flap 5 is provided of substantially triangular form, hingedly connected to the top wall 3.
  • the front flap 5 carries a catch 6 which co-operates with a clip 7 provided on the front wall 1.
  • the catch 6 is disengaged from the clip 7, the front flap 5 and the top wall 3 may be hinged upwardly to the position illustrated in Figure 2 thus providing access to the interior of the document-holder.
  • the document-holder may be further opened to gain even more access to papers within the document-holder.
  • the back wall 2 is hingedly connected to a bottom wall 8
  • the front wall 1 is hingedly connected to that bottom wall 8.
  • the front wall 1 carries an inwardly directed document compressor 9 formed of a resilient material which is resiliently biassed towards the back wall 2 when the document-holder is in the condition illustrated in Figure 1 or in Figure 2.
  • the document compressor serves to retain any documents in the document-holder pressed against the rear wall 2.
  • each side of the front wall 1 and each side of the rear wall 2 is reinforced by a substantially triangular reinforcing element.
  • the structures provided at each side of the document case are identical.
  • the left-hand side of the front wall 1 carries a rearwardly directed panel 10 which in turn carries an angularly inwardly directed panel 11, that panel carrying, at the end adjacent the top of the front wall 1, a protruding rectangular tab 12.
  • the panel 11 actually carries a further panel 13 which is located directly adjacent the front wall 1 extending parallel with it and in contact with it.
  • the panel 13 comprises various fingers which pass through slots formed in the front wall to be visible as securing tabs 14 (see Figure 2).
  • the triangular structure reinforces the side edge of the front wall 1.
  • a very similar triangular structure is provided at the right-hand edge of the rear wall 2 comprising an angularly inclined panel 15 which is hingedly connected to the right-hand side of the rear wall 2, which in turn is connected to a perpendicularly extending panel 16 which carries a further panel 17 extending parallel with and in contact with the inner face of the rear wall 2.
  • This panel 17 again has fingers which form securing tabs which pass through slots in the rear wall 2, as will be described in greater detail with reference to Figure 4.
  • the document-holder may, by some people, only be used in the conditions illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the two co-operating triangular structures providing a firm reinforcement for the side edges of the document-holder.
  • the tabs 12 provided at each side of the document-holder may be released, and the document-holder may be moved to the condition illustrated in Figure 3, thus providing greater access to the interior of the document-holder.
  • the document-holder illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 is formed essentially from a single blank as illustrated in Figure 4, the blank being formed of an appropriate polypropylene material for example.
  • the front wall 1 is provided with two pairs of co-aligned slots 20,21 adjacent the side edge which is pivotally connected to the panel 10.
  • the panel 13 is really divided into a central panel portion 22, located between two fingers 23,24, the panel terminating with two terminal pieces 25,26. The fingers 23 and 24 are aligned with the pairs of slots 20,21.
  • the triangular structure provided at the left-hand side of the side wall 1 is formed by initially folding the panels 10, 11 and 13 in such a way that the fingers 23 and 24 are passed through the aligned slots 20 and 21. Part of each finger is thus visible on the exterior of the front wall 1, forming the tabs 14 visible in Figure 2.
  • a protecting tab 27 formed at the lower edge of the front wall (in the orientation shown in Figure 4) and protecting tabs 28 and 29 formed at opposed ends of the panel 10 are then folded so as to lie within the triangular structure.
  • the tab 12 is left projecting outwardly, as shown in Figure 3.
  • the rear wall 2 is also provided with pairs of adjacent slots 30,31 and the panel 17 is divided into a central region 32 which is located between projecting fingers 33,34 and which has end pieces 35,36.
  • the triangular structure on the rear wall 2 is formed in a similar way to that described above with reference to the triangular structure on Figure 1 in that the panels 15, 16 and 17 are folded so that the fingers 33 and 34 are inserted through the substantially co-aligned slots 30,31 forming securing tabs corresponding to the tabs 14 of Figure 2, these tabs being visible on the rear of the document-holder.
  • the document-holder of the present invention may be fabricated relatively cheaply by stamping a blank as described from polypropylene sheet, scoring the blank appropriate to facilitate folding of the blank, and then folding the blank in the manner described.
  • the blank is provided with the handle, the clip and the catch.
  • the document-holder may be fully opened to the position illustrated in Figure 3 to provide full access to documents within the document-holder or may be partially opened to the condition illustrated in Figure 2.

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Claims (9)

  1. Ein Dokumentenhalter mit einer vorderen Wand (1) und einer hinteren Wand (2), die für eine Relativbewegung zueinander drehbar miteinander verbunden sind, wobei die vordere Wand und die hintere Wand jeweils an jeder Seitenkante ein vorragendes Verstärkungselement (10, 11, 13) tragen, wobei die Verstärkungselemente gestaltet sind, um aneinanderzustoßen, wenn die vordere Wand zu einer zur hinteren Wand parallelen, aber davon beabstandeten Position drehend bewegt worden ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Mittel (12) zum Miteinanderverbinden der aneinanderstoßenden Verstärkungselemente vorgesehen sind, wobei die hintere Wand eine obere Wand (3) und eine vordere Klappe trägt, die drehbeweglich sind, so daß die vordere Klappe (5) über der vorderen Wand liegt.
  2. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß Mittel (6, 7) zum Sichern der vorderen Klappe an der vorderen Wand vorgesehen sind.
  3. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach Anspruch oder Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Griff an der oberen Wand vorgesehen ist.
  4. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach irgendeinem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Dokumentenhalter aus einem gefalteten Rohteil gebildet ist, wobei jedes Verstärkungselement (10, 11, 13) eine im wesentlichen hohle Form aufweist und aus mehreren Platten (10, 11, 13) besteht, die aufeinanderfolgend mit der vorderen Wand oder der hinteren Wand verbunden und gefaltet sind, um wieder an die vordere Wand oder die hintere Wand angeschlossen zu werden, wobei ein Verstärkungselement Eingreifmittel trägt, die, wenn die Verstärkungselemente benachbart zueinander liegen, das andere Verstärkungselement zum Aneinandersichern der Verstärkungselemente eingreifen können.
  5. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Eingreifmittel eine von einem Verstärkungselement getragene Lasche (12) umfassen, die in das andere Verstärkungselement einsetzbar ist.
  6. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jedes Verstärkungselement eine dreieckige Form aufweist.
  7. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jedes Verstärkungselement drei an der jeweiligen vorderen oder hinteren Wand gesicherte Platten umfaßt, wobei die drei Platten gefaltet sind, so daß die erste Platte (10) sich von der vorderen oder hinteren Wand weg erstreckt, die zweite Platte (11) sich zur vorderen oder hinteren Wand erstreckt und die dritte Platte (13) sich parallel zu und in Kontakt mit der vorderen oder hinteren Wand erstreckt.
  8. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die dritte Platte (13) mit mehreren Fingern (23, 24) versehen ist, wobei die Finger durch in der vorderen oder hinteren Wand ausgebildete, dazu ausgerichtete Schlitze (20, 21) aufgenommen werden.
  9. Ein Dokumentenhalter nach irgendeinem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die vordere Wand (1) mit einem Dokumentenpresser (9) versehen ist, der gestaltet ist, um Dokumente in Richtung der hinteren Wand (2) zu verschieben.
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GB9416718A GB9416718D0 (en) 1994-08-18 1994-08-18 Imporovements in or relating to a document-holder
GB9416718 1994-08-18

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GB2313342B (en) * 1996-05-23 2000-10-25 Duraweld Ltd Document holders
FR2755396B1 (fr) * 1996-11-04 1998-12-24 Commercialisation Et Represent Chemise pour le classement de documents

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DE8528779U1 (de) * 1985-10-09 1985-12-19 Simon Danzer GmbH & Co Fabrik für Organisationsmittel, 8201 Halfing Transportbehälter, insbesondere Faltkoffer
US4717023A (en) * 1986-08-22 1988-01-05 George Oprean Convention box
GB8728510D0 (en) * 1987-12-05 1988-01-13 Corruplast Ltd Document holder
US5029709A (en) * 1990-10-30 1991-07-09 Eastman Kodak Company Package for securely containing a generally rectanguloid article
FR2673599A1 (fr) * 1991-03-05 1992-09-11 Socar Conditionnement en une matiere semi-rigide pour le rangement de dossiers dits suspendus.

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