GB2032346A - Album - Google Patents

Abstract

Attached to a backboard 11 are a plurality of transverse, parallel strips 16 each coated at its underside with adhesive 17 and adhered to the top face of the backboard, with a section or portion inclined away from the top face of the backboard. Adhered to each inclined portion is a bent-back transverse release ribbon 20. The ribbons have extending tab portions which may be grasped by fingers of a user to pull the release ribbon off and away from the strip to uncover the adhesive-coated inclined section or portion of the strip. A photographic snapshot may be adhered at its lower end to the uncovered portion of the strip, and can be folded 180 DEG from a position exposing its picture to one in which the picture is hidden. An optional adhesive coating on the bottom face of the backboard permits it to be adhered to an album page. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Album This invention generally relates to albums for dis playing sheet-like materials and, more particularly, photographic snapshot albums.

It is known to provide a set of hinges which will permit a plurality of photographs to be mounted on any one page of an album. Each hinge has two adhesive-coated sections protected by a cover sheet.

A user must first pull the cover sheet from both coated sections, then adhere one section to a backing sheet, and thereupon, adhere a photograph to the other coated section.

However, although such hinges are generally satisfactory for their intended purposes, they have not proven to be altogether satisfactory in practice.

The hinges are provided as separate members and may thus be easily misplaced. Once the cover sheet has been removed, each hinge must be accurately positioned and aligned not only on the backing sheet, but also on the photograph. Moreover, the photograph must be attached soon after the cover sheet has been separated from the hinge.

Accordingly, it is the general object of the present invention to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art.

Another object of the present invention is to eliminate the prior art problems associated with misplacing hinges.

Still another object of the present invention is to eliminate the prior art mandatory requirement of accurately mounting and aligning photographs in preselected positions on a backing sheet.

An object of the present invention is to provide an album comprising a backing member or backboard, adhesive coated strips each adhered at one coated area of each strip to the backing member, a release ribbon having one portion coated with release material and adhered to another adhesive coated area of each of the strips, and provided with a pull tab adapted to be grasped to permit pulling off the release ribbon while permitting the strip to remain adhered to the backing member and to expose another coated area of the strip, so that a photograhic snapshot can be adhered to the exposed coated area.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an album in which the adhesive strips are parallel and each adhesive strip has one portion adhered to the backing member, and in which each ribbon has one portion adhered to the swing-away portion of the strip and comprising a pull tab to permit the ribbon to be pulled off the strip to expose the adhesive surface of the swing-away portion of the strip and allow one end portion of a photographic snapshot to be adhered to the exposed adhesive surface of the strip.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an album in which the pull tab of one release ribbon overlaps the adjacent strip in the direction towards the upper end of the backing member.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an album in which the backboard is covered partially by adhesive coated strips and release ribbons attached to the strips, an upper portion of said backboard being blank so that the photographic snapshot which is attached to the uppermost strip on the backboard will overlie the blank portion.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an album in which the attached photographic snapshots can all be folded upwardly, so that the pictures on the snapshots face forwardly, and in which the photographic snapshots can be all folded downwardly so that the pictures on the snapshots are hidden.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a durable album which will be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, and which will be practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

In keeping with these objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of the invention resides, briefly stated, in an album for displaying sheet-like articles such as photographs and the like, which comprises a backing member having opposite major surfaces, and a group of elongated strips arranged on one of the surfaces of the backing member.Each strip includes a stationary section firmly anchored in fixed position on said one backing surface against a pulling removal force of a predetermined magnitude, a movable section connected to the stationary section and having opposite surfaces, and a hinge hingedly interconnecting the sections and operative for swinging each movable section relative to its respective stationary section about a folding axis which extends lengthwise of the respective strip intermediate the respective sections between a display position in which one side of the photograph is displayed, and a flipped-over position in which the opposite side of the photograph is displayed.

The album further comprises adhesive means located on one of the surfaces of the movable section. The adhesive means is preferably a pressuresensitive adhesive coating which is adherecrto said one surface of the movable section against a pulling removal force of a given magnitude.

The album still further comprises a plurality of pull ribbons each associated with and adjacent to a different respective strip on said one backing surface.

Each pull ribbon includes a peel-off section mounted on said one surface of the movable section on which the adhesive means is located, and a handle section connected to and extending from the peel-off section. The peel-off section is adhered two the adhesive means against a pulling removal force which is of a magnitude less than either said predetermined magnitude or said given magnitude.The handle section is manually grippable so that a user may grasp and pull each handle section and concomitantly pull the associated peel-off section from the associated movable section, without pulling the associated strip off the backing member, and without detaching the adhesive means from said one surface of the movable section, to thereby expose the adhesive means on said one surface of the movable section and per mit a user to manually attach to the exposed adhesive means the photograph to be displayed in either of the aforementioned positions.

The above-described invention eliminates the problems previously discussed which are associated with the prior art. By firmly anchoring the strips on the backing member, the hinges will no longer be misplaced, and the requirement of the prior art to accurately position and align the hinges on the backing sheet is no longer necessary. Moreover, the provision of pull ribbons having peel-off sections and manually-grippable handle sections permits the user to manually attach a photograph in a simple, quick and reliable manner.

The novel features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. lisa top plan view of an album embodying the invention; FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 2 and showing an end release ribbon partially pulled off an adhesive strip to which it was adhered; FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 but showing a photographic snapshot adhered to the portion of the adhesive strip from which the release ribbon of FIG.

3 was pulled off; FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but with five photographic snapshots attached; FIG. 6 is a side view of the structure of FIG. 5 looking toward the right edge of the structure of FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is a top plan view of an album embodying the invention with ten snapshots attached and all folded down so that the pictures in the snapshots are hidden; FIG. 8 is a side view of the structure of FIG. 7 looking toward the left edge of the structure of FIG. 7; FIG. 9 is a top plan view of a modified form of the invention; FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating another modified form of the invention; FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view of still another modified form of the invention; FIG. 12 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating yet another modified form of the invention;; FIG. 13 is a view similar to FIG. 4 but showing the successive pairs of strips and ribbons in spaced apart non-overlapping relationship; FIG. 14 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating still another modified form of the invention; and FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of an adhesive backed backing member diagrammatically showing the removal of a protective cover sheet and the attachment of the backing member to an album. Referring now in detail to the drawings and particularly to FIGs. 1 and 2 thereof, reference numeral 10 designates a photographic snapshot album embodying the invention. The album 10 comprises a backboard or base 11, preferably of elongated rectangular shape, having longer parallel side edges 12, a shorter lower edge 13 and upper edge 14.

The backing member or backboard 11 may comprise cardboard or other suitable stiff or semi-stiff thin material, or paper or backing means.

Attached to the upper major surface 15 of the backboard 11 are a plurality of parallel strips 16 of flexible sheets of cloth or paper or plastic film such as Teflon (RTM) fluorocarbon, polyester or polypropylene. The strips 16 may be clear or colored or opaque and extend transversely of the backboard and are as long as the width of the backboard. Each strip has a lower end edge 16a, an upper end edge 16b and end edges 16c registering with the side edges 12 of the backboard. Strips 16 are of uniform width. The strips 16 may be vacuum plated or printed or may comprise foil, aluminum or lead.

The undersurface of each strip is coated with a coating 17 of pressure-sensitive adhesive such as acrylic-based adhesive or latex, or acrylate, natural rubber or synthetic resins.

Substantially the lower half or stationary section of each strip 16 is adhered by the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating 17 to the upper surface 15 of the backboard. The stationary section is firmly anchored in fixed position on the upper surface 15 against a pulling removal force of a predetermined magnitude. The stationary section need not be adhesively anchored by coating 17, but may be anchored to the backboard by mechanical stitching, heat and pressure sealing, electrical heat fusion and other joining techniques. Edge 16b of each strip may substantially coincide or register with the edge 16a of the next adjacent strip 16, in a direction toward the upper end of the backboard. The area or stationary section of each strip 16 which is adhered to the backboard is designated in the drawing by numeral 18.The movable section or portion of the strip 16 which extends from the portion 18 and designated by numeral 19 inclines away from surface 15.

Attached to each strip 16 is a release ribbon or piece of tape 20 which may be made of paper or other flexible sheet material. Ribbons 20 are of uniform width and extend transversely of the backboard and are coextensive with the strips 16, but of greater width than the strips. The ribbons may comprise plastic, polyethylene, with or without silicone coating, or parchment with Quilon release or glassine paper with or without silicone. Quilon is an inert coating derived from a chrome complex of chemicals.

Ribbons 20 may each be coated at their undersides 20a with a release coating, not shown, but which may comprise silicone. Each ribbon 20 is folded on itself longitudinally to form a narrower or peel-off section 20b folded about a fold edge 20c, against a wider or handle section 20d. The outer edge 20e of section 20b registers with edge 16b of the strip 16.

The section 20b of ribbon 20 is adhered to movable section 19 of strip 16 by coating 17. The coating 17 adheres to the movable section against a pulling removal force of a given magnitude. The peel-off section adheres to coating 17 against a pulling removal force of a magnitude less than either said predetermined or said given magnitude. Section 20d of the ribbon 20 overlies the next adjacent strip 16.

The extending portions 20d of ribbons 20 constitute pull tabs which may be grasped between fingers of a user to pull off the ribbon and expose the adhesive 17 at the underside of portion 19 of the strip 16 to which the ribbon was adhered.

Because of the presence of the release coating at the undersurface of 20a of the ribbon, the ribbon can be pulled off the strip while the strip remains adhered and anchored to the backboard 11 by reason of the adhesive coating 17 on section 18 of the strip. If the portion of the area of the ribbon adhered to the strip is less than the area of the strip adhered to the backing member or backboard 11, the release material on the ribbon may be omitted.

It will be noted that the strips 16 and ribbons 20 do not cover the entire surface of the backboard 11. An upper and lower end portion of the backboard is left without strips and ribbons, for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lowermost strip 16 may be folded over in half with movable portion 19 thereof overlying stationary portion 18 thereof, and the ribbon 20 attached to portion 19 is substantially flattened out to produce a neat lower end to the album.

In FIG. 3, the uppermost ribbon 20 is shown being pulled off the strip to which it was adhered. After the ribbon is removed and the adhesive 17 on section 19 is exposed, the lower end portion of a photographic snapshot 25 may be adhered to the exposed adhesive by pressing the lower end portion to the exposed adhesive as shown in FIG. 4. The snapshot 25 then lies flat on the upper blank portion of surface 15 as shown in FIG. 4.

After one snapshot is attached, another snapshot can be attached by thereafter pulling off the ribbon 20 next the one that was first removed, and pressing the lower edge portion ofanothersnapshotto the exposed adhesive 17 on the section 19 of the next adjacent strip 16. This action can be repeated until all ten strips 16 have snapshots attached thereto make a full album.

In FIGs. 5 and 6, the album is shown with only five snapshots attached.

In FIGs. 7 and 8, all ten snapshots are attached, but the snapshots are folded down so that the pictures on the snapshots are hidden from view.

It will be noted that the adhesive 17 on section 18 of each strip 16 creates a stronger attachment between the strip 16 and the backboard 11 than the attachment of section or portion 20b of ribbon 20 to the adhesive 17 on section 19 of the strip.

The reason that this is so, is because the release coating on the attached surface of section 20b of the ribbon makes the attachment easier to break. Thus, the ribbon can be readily pulled off the strip 16, while the strip remains securely attached to the backboard.

The clear plastic strips 16 are readily foldable about the folds or folding axes 1 6c which extend lengthwise of the respective strip intermediate its respective sections between a display position in which one side of the photograph is displayed (see FIGs. 5 and 6), and a flipped-over position in which the other side of the photograph is displayed (see FIGs. 7 and 8). Each fold 16 constitutes a hinge means which can withstand many foldings and unfoldings without tearing or weakening, because of the nature of the material of which the strips are made.

In FIG. there is shown an article 10a embodying another form of the invention, in which the backing member of backboard 11 is replaced by a sheet of paper 11a which may be a page of a loose leaf notebook. The strips 16 and ribbons 20 may be applied the same way as in FlGs. 1-8, but only on a portion of the sheet 1 lea.

In FIG. 10, the backing member 11 or 1 1a has strips 16 adhered to the backing in the same way as they are adhered in FIGs. 1-8. Thus, each strip 16 has a portion 18 adhered to the backing member, and a portion 19 swingable away from the backing member and also coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive. However, in FIG. 10, the ribbon 40 is not folded, but has one portion 40a adhered to coated portion 19 of strip 16, and an extending portion 40b projecting beyond the strip 16 and comprising a pull tab to be grasped to pull the ribbon sideways off the strip and expose the adhesive coated portion 19 of the strip sothat a snapshot can be adhered thereto. Thus, ribbon 40 is in one plane.The strips and ribbons are repeated as in FIGs. 1-8.

In FIG. 11, the backing 11 or 11 a has folded strips 50 attached thereto. Each strip 50 is coated on one side with pressure-sensitive adhesive and is folded lengthwise about a fold 50a to form a bottom section 50b adhered to the backing member, and a top section 50c folded over said bottom section. A flat ribbon 55 has one portion 55a adhered to section 50c, and a portion 55b extending beyond the fold 50b to constitute a pull tab for pulling the ribbon 55 off the strip 50.The portions of ribbons 40 and 55 adhered to the strips 16, 50, respectively, may be coated with release material or the sections of the ribbons adhered to the strips may be of smaller area than the portions of the strips adhered to the backing member, thereby to permitthe ribbons to be peeled sideways off the backing member readily and without pulling the strips off the backing member.

Turning now to FIG. 12, a single flexible strip 60 includes a stationary section 62 firmly anchored on backing member 64 by adhesive coated portion 66 which is located at the underside of section 62, a movable section 68 connected to stationary section 62, and hinge 70 operative for swinging section 68 relative to section 62 as described above. Adhesive coating portion 74 is located at the underside of section 68 and is retained thereon with an adhesive bond sufficient to resist a pulling removal force of a given magnitude. Pull ribbon 72 includes a peel-off section 76 which is adhered to the adhesive portion 74 at the underside of movable section 68 against a pulling removal force of a magnitude less than said given magnitude, and a manually grippable handle portion 78 which is connected to and folded under section 76 at fold 80.Handle section 78 extends away from fold 80 for a distance which is less than the distance which movable section 68 extends away from hinge 70. This latter feature is in contrast to the embodiment of FIG. 4, for example, wherein handle section 20d extends beyond the respectively associated movable section 19.

Turning now to FIG. 13, two pairs of strip and ribbon combinations are mounted on a backing member 11 in spaced apart relationship. Each strip and ribbon pair combination is identical in structure and function to the strip and ribbon combinations shown in the embodiment of FIGs. 1-4. However, it will be noted that no portion of any one strip and ribbon pair combination of FIG. 13 overlaps any portion of the next successive strip and ribbon pair combination. Put another way, the successive pairs of strip and ribbon combinations are widely spaced apart of each other so that no overlap exists whetherthe movable section of any selected pair is swung to either its display position or its flippedover position.It will be further understood that the aforementioned feature of widely spacing the strip and ribbon pair combinations apart of each other may be utilized not only for the strip and ribbon pair combinations of FIGs. 1-4, but may equally well be employed for any strip and ribbon pair combination disclosed herein.

Turning now to FIG. 14, a flexible strip 82 includes a stationary section 84 firmly anchored on backing member 86 by adhesive coating portion 88 which is located on the underside of section 84, a movable section 90 hingedly connected to section 84, and hinge 92 operative for swinging section 90 relative to section 84 as described above. Adhesive coating portion 94 is located at the upper side of section 90 in contrast to the earlier mentioned embodiments, and is retained thereon with an adhesive bond sufficient to resist a pulling removal force of a given magnitude.Pull ribbon 96 includes a peel-off section 98 which is adhered to the adhesive portion 94 at the upper side of section 90 with an adhesive bond sufficientto resist a pulling removal force of a magnitude less than said given magnitude, and a manually grippable handle section 100 which is connected to and is in planar registry with section 98. In operation, a user will grasp and pull the handle section 100 in a sideways manner, i.e., in a twisting direction generally lengthwise of the hinge 92, to thereby expose the adhesive portion 94 at the upper side of section 90.

A photograph or analogous sheet-like article may now be manually pressed against and thereby adhere to the exposed adhesive portion 94. It will be evident that the border region of either the rear or the front side of the photograph may be mounted on adhesive portion 94. Of course, the same option is also available for all of the earlier mentioned embod iments.

Referring lastly to FIG. 15, the backing member 102 has a lower major surface on which an adhesive coating 104, such as a pressure-sensitive adhesive is located. The protective cover or strip sheet 106 is normally in adhesive contact with the adhesive coat ing 104. Once a user decides to mount the backing member on to an album page 108, the cover sheet 106 is separated from backing member 102 by pulling the cover sheet 106 off the adhesive layer 104. It will be understood that the adhesive bond between the adhesive coating 104 and the cover sheet 106 is less than the adhesion bond between the adhesive layer 104 and the backing member 102. FIG. 15 diagrammatically shows the cover sheet partially stripped off the backing member 102, and an album page partially attached to the adhesive coating 104.Any one of the aforementioned embodiments of the strip and ribbon pair combinations may be provided on the upper major surface of the backing member 102.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the types described above.

While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in an Album, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.

If desired, the extensions 20d, 40b and 55b of ribbons 20,40,55, respectively, could be omitted and the ribbons in such case could be peeled off.

Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalence of the following claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended.

Claims (32)

1. An album for displaying sheet-like articles such as photographs and the like, comprising: (a) a backing member having opposite major surfaces; (b) a group of elongated strips arranged on one of said surfaces of said backing member, each strip including (i) a stationary section firmly anchored in fixed position on said one backing surface against a pulling removal force of a predetermined magnitude, (ii) a movable section connected to said stationary section and having opposite surfaces, and (iii) hinge means hingedly interconnecting said sections and operative for swinging each movable section relative to its respective stationary section about a folding axis which extends lengthwise of the respective strip intermediate said respective sections between a display position in which one side of the sheet-like article is displayed, and a flipped-over position in which the opposite side of the sheet-like article is displayed; (c) adhesive means on one of said surfaces of said movable section, said adhesive means being adhered to said one surface of said movable section against a pulling removal force of a given mag nitude; and (d) a plurality of pull ribbons each associated with and adjacent to a different respective strip on said one backing surface, each pull ribbon including (i) a peel-off section mounted on said one surface of said movable section on which said adhesive means is present, said peel-off section being adhered to said adhesive means against a pulling removal which is of a magnitude less than said predetermined and said given magnitudes, respectively, and (ii) a handle section connected to and extending from said peel-off section, said handle section being manually grippable so that a user may grasp and pull each handle section and concomitantly peel the associated peel-off section from the associated movable section, without pulling the associated strip off said backing member, and without detaching said adhesive means from said one surface of said movable section, to thereby expose said adhesive means on said one surface of said movable section and permit a user to manually attach to said exposed adhesive means the sheet-like article to be displayed in either of said positions.

2. The album as defined in claim 1, wherein said group of strips are arranged in mutually parallel relationship with one another on said one backing surface.

3. The album as defined in claim 1, wherein said movable section of each strip extends away from its associated stationary section for a predetermined distance, and wherein said handle section of the ribbon associated with the respective strip extends away from its associated peel-off section for a distance which is less than said predetermined distance.

4. The album as defined in claim 1, wherein said movable section of each strip extends away from its associated stationary section for a predetermined distance, and wherein said handle section of the ribbon associated with the respective strip extends away from its associated peel-off section for a distance which is greater than said predetermined distance.

5. The album as defined in claim 1, wherein said backing member is elongated and has opposite end regions spaced apart of each other on said one backing surface, and wherein said movable section of each strip and said handle section of the ribbon associated with the respective strip both extend in direction towards one and the other of said end regions when said movable section is swung between said display and said flipped-over positions, respectively.

6. The album as defined in claim 5, wherein each strip and ribbon associated with the latter are spaced at a distance remote from the next successive strip and its associated ribbon such that each respective strip and ribbon do not overlap the next successive strip and ribbon in either of said positions.

7. The album as defined in claim 5, wherein each strip and ribbon associated with the latter are spaced at a distance remote from the next successive strip and its associated ribbon such that each respective strip and ribbon overlap the next successive strip and ribbon in at least one of said positions.

8. The album as defined in claim 1, wherein each movable section has an upper surface and a lower surface, and wherein said adhesive means is located on said upper surface, and wherein said peel-off section of the associated ribbon is mounted on said upper surface of said strip.

9. The album as defined in claim 1, wherein each movable section has an upper surface and a lower surface, and wherein said adhesive means is located on said lower surface, and wherein said peel-off section of the associated ribbon is mounted on said lower surface of said strip.

10. The album as defined in claim 1, and further comprising an adhesive coating on the other of said surfaces of said backing member, and being adhered thereto against a pulling removal force of a first magnitude; and also comprising a peelable cover sheet adhered to said adhesive coating against a pulling removal force of a second magnitude less than said first magnitude to thereby expose said adhesive coating left behind on said backing member after peeling said cover sheet from the latter; and still further comprising an album sheet on which said exposed adhesive coating is adherable.

11. The album as defined in claim 10, wherein said adhesive means and said adhesive layer are both pressure-sensitive adhesives.

12. An album comprising a backing member, a plurality of similar, parallel flexible elongated strips, said strips each having a first longitudinal section attached to a surface of said backing member by means of an adhesive coating on said first section of said strip, each strip having a second adhesive coated section extending from the first adhesive coated section of said strip and swingable away from said backing member, and a plurality of elongated ribbons of sheet material,-adjacent said strips, there being one ribbon associated with each strip, respectively, each strip extending to one side bf said ribbon associated therewith, each ribbon having a first section adhered only to the second adhesive coated section of the strip associated with said ribbon, and a second section extending from the first section of said ribbon, said second section of each of said ribbons being uncoated with adhesive and providing a pull tab which may be grasped by the user to facilitate pulling the ribbon off the second adhesive coated section of said strip, to which it is adhered, the attachment of said ribbons to said strips being less resistant to detachment of said ribbons from the strips than to detachment of said strips from the backing member, whereby said ribbons can be pulled off said strips without pulling the strip off the backing member, and to uncover the adhesive coated second section of the strip associated therewith, so that a photographic snapshot can be attached to said uncovered coated second section of said strip, by pressing a portion of the snapshot against said uncovered adhesive coating of the second section of said strip.

13. The album as defined in claim 12, wherein said second section of each ribbon extends from the first section associated therewith beyond the strip to which the ribbon is adhered.

14. The album as defined in claim 12, wherein said backing member has an upper end and an opposite lower end, and wherein each strip extends to said one side of said ribbon associated therewith in a direction towards said upper end of said backing member.

15. The album as defined in claim 14, wherein said second section of each ribbon overlaps the strip next adjacent to the strip associated with the ribbon but located on the other side of said ribbon in a direction towards said lower end of said backing member, but not extending therebeyond.

16. The album as defined in claim 12, wherein said adhesive coating is a pressure-sensitive coating.

17. The album as defined in claim 12, the surface of the portion of the ribbon adhered to said second section of said strip being coated with a release coating to facilitate pulling the ribbon off the strip without detaching the strip from the backing member.

18. The album as defined in claim 12, said strips and ribbons each being of uniform width throughout their lengths.

19. The album as defined in claim 12, the opposite longitudinal edges of said strips substantially registering with adjacent edges of adjacent ribbons, respectively.

20. The album as defined in claim 12, said first and second coated sections of said strips being of uniform, substnaitally similar width throughout.

21. The album as defined in claim 12, the first and second sections of said ribbons being of uniform width throughout, the second section of each ribbon being wider than the first section of the ribbon and extending beyond the first section of said ribbon and beyond the second section of said strip.

22. The album as defined in claim 12, said second section of each of said ribbons extending transversely beyond the first section of said ribbon, and beyond said strip.

23. The album as defined in claim 12, said strips being of uniform width throughout their length and said ribbons each being of uniform width throughout their lengths.

24. The album as defined in claim 23, the opposite longitudinal edges of said strips substantially registering with adjacent edges of adjacent ribbons, respectively.

25. The album as defined in claim 24, said first coated sections of said strips being of uniform, substantially similar width throughout and said second coated sections of said strips being of uniform, sub stantially similar width throughout, each of the first sections of said ribbons being of substantially similar width throughout and each of said second sections of said ribbons being of uniform width throughout, the second section of each ribbon being wider than the first section of said ribbon and extending transversely beyond the second section of said strip.

26. The album as defined in claim 12, said second sections of said ribbons extending transversely beyond said strips, said strips and ribbons covering less than the entire length of the backing member, leaving a portion of the backing member to be covered by a snapshot attached to the uppermost strip on said backing member.

27. The album as defined in claim 12,said ribbons being wider than said strips.

28. The album as defined in claim 12, said second section of said ribbon being folded against the first section of said ribbon.

29. The album as defined in claim 12, said second section of each strip being folded over the first section of said strip.

30. The album as defined in claim 12, said second section of said strip extending longitudinally of the first longitudinal section of said strip.

31. The album as defined in claim 30, said second section of said strip being coextensive with said first section of said strip.

32. An album, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, or as shown in, the accompanying drawings.