WO1996027501A1 - Assemblages d'article - Google Patents

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WO1996027501A1
WO1996027501A1 PCT/GB1996/000474 GB9600474W WO9627501A1 WO 1996027501 A1 WO1996027501 A1 WO 1996027501A1 GB 9600474 W GB9600474 W GB 9600474W WO 9627501 A1 WO9627501 A1 WO 9627501A1
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articles
loop fastening
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Frederick Clark Mole
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Garthwest Limited
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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
    • B42F1/00—Sheets temporarily attached together without perforating; Means therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B18/00—Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners

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  • This invention relates to article assemblies and, more particularly, to a method of, and apparatus for, interconnecting a plurality of articles to form an interconnected assembly.
  • a problem with making an assembly of articles resides in the fact that the articles are individually displaceable relative to other articles in the assembly and, accidentally, if one article is displaced relative to other articles in the assembly the assembly can become unsightly, or partially or wholly collapse, depending upon the position of the displaced article in the assembly.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a method for interconnecting articles for form an interconnected assembly of articles.
  • a method for interconnecting at least two articles to form an assembly of articles comprising the steps of providing each article in the assembly with an area of hook and loop fastening material and forming the assembly by assembling the articles in a manner to allow the area of hook and loop fastening of one article to engage and connect with the area of hook and loop fastening on the other article.
  • the hook and loop fastening material may be of any suitable type, including that known as VELCRO (Registered Trade Mark)
  • each article has more than one area of hook and loop fastening material secured thereto.
  • the method includes the steps of applying an area of hook and loop fastening material to opposite sides of each of said articles, whereupon a plurality of articles can be interconnected by the hook and loop fastening areas to allow the articles to be assembled in a row or stack.
  • the method preferably includes the steps of applying an area of hook and loop fastening material to the two sides, the bottom, and the top, of each article, and whereupon the articles can be assembled to form stacked rows of said articles.
  • each article is provided with an area of hook and loop fastening on all six sides.
  • the areas of hook and loop fastening may be provided at the same locations for each article and, for example, in the event that the articles to be stacked are cubic in form, an area of hook and loop fastening may be applied to the central regions of each face of the article.
  • a plurality of hook and loop fastening areas may be applied to each face, and may be applied at or adjacent each corner of each face.
  • the invention also envisages apparatus for practising the above method and wherein more than two articles are each provided with an area of hook and loop fastening, the areas of hook and loop fastening being so located that the articles can be assembled together with the areas of hook and loop fastening in contacting relationship.
  • each article preferably has an area of hook and loop fastening applied to opposite sides of the article.
  • each article includes an area of hook and loop fastening on its two sides, its top, and its bottom.
  • each article may have an area of hook and loop fastening applied to its two sides, its top, its bottom, its front panel and its rear panel.
  • the articles are substantially flat and are provided with an area of hook and loop fastening on or adjacent at least one edge.
  • the articles are in the form of panels and hook and loop fastening is provided on and about each edge thereof.
  • the panels may be of any convenient shape and may be assembled to form three dimensional shapes, such as cube or any convenient polygon. Such shapes may in turn be assembled together in accordance with the method of the present invention to provided a further assembly.
  • Figure 1 shows a front view of a file for containing papers
  • Figure 2 shows a side view of an assembly of files of the type shown in Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of an article for use in an assembly of stacked rows ;
  • Figure 4 is a front view of a plurality of stacked fixed rows of an assembly in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 5 shows perspective view of a pair of articles aligned for assembly in accordance with another embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 6 shows a perspective view of an article with an alternative arrangement of hook and loop fastening areas
  • Figure 7 shows a plan of a pair of panels assembled along abutting edges in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG 8 shows a plurality of the panels of Figure 7 assembled to form a polygon.
  • a wallet or wrapping 11 for papers is of rectangular form and is provided, at the mid-region of each of its major faces, with an area of hook and loop fastening 12.
  • the area of hook and loop fastening 12 for each major face is in the mid-regions of the wallet 1 1, that is to say mid-way between the top and bottom edges 1 1a, l ib and mid- way between the side to side edges l ie, 1 Id
  • a plurality of such wallets 1 1 can be assembled, as shown in Figure 2, and each area of hook and loop fastening 12 on each wallet 1 1 will engage with an area of hook and loop fastening 12 on an adjacent wallet 11 to form an assembly of said wallets 11.
  • This form of assembly is important in the art in that, for example, a plurality of document wallets 1 1 can be readily interconnected so as to stand vertically without any other supporting means.
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of an article 15 of cubic form having sides 16, 17, 18, 19, top 20 and bottom 21 and, the article 15 includes an area of hook and loop fastening 22 at the centre of area of each major face 17 to 21 of the article 15.
  • any assembly of such articles 15 may be constructed, from two articles upwards, by simply bringing together a major face 16 to 21 inclusive of one article 15 and a major surface 16 to 21 inclusive of a second article 15 and, when the two major faces are brought together, the hook and loop fastening strip 22 on the centre of one major face of one article will engage the hook and loop fastening 22 on the facing surface of the other article 15.
  • Figure 4 shows a front view of one form of assembly of articles 15 arranged in vertically aligned, stacked rows of articles 15. All the articles 15 have their front faces 17 lying on a single continuous plane, whereupon all their rear surfaces, 19, will automatically lie in a single continuous plane.
  • the assembly is constructed by bringing the articles 15 together to form the rows of articles 15 with the rows in stacked relationship.
  • the first row A is completed by assembling the row A with the side face 18 of each article in contacting relationship with the side face 16 of the adjacent article 15 and with the hook and loop fastening strips 22 of the faces 16 and 18 in contacting relationship.
  • the second row B of the articles is then assembled with each article 15 in the second row having its face 16 in contact with the face 18 of the adjacent article 15, and its bottom surface 21 in contact with the top 20 of the article 15 in row A directly beneath the row B article.
  • This mode of buildup is continued until the desired number of rows and stacks of rows of articles 15 have been assembled.
  • a plurality of such assemblies can be assembled and held together by contact fastening with the hook and loop fastening areas of the adjacent stacks.
  • Figure 5 a pair of articles 15a of cubic form are shown having hook and loop fastening areas 22a thereon adjacent each corner of each face 16a to 20a.
  • Figure 6 shows an article similar to that of Figure 5 but the hook and loop fastening areas are merged into corners 22b.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour interconnecter au moins deux articles afin de former un assemblage d'articles (15). Ce procédé consiste à munir chaque article (15) de l'assemblage d'une zone en un matériau de fixation du type crochets et boucles (22) et à former l'assemblage en réunissant les articles (15) de manière à permettre à une zone de la fixation (22) à crochets et à boucles d'un article (15) à s'engager et s'accrocher avec la zone de fixation à crochets et boucles (22) d'un autre article (15). Dans une forme d'exécution, les zones de fixation à crochets et à boucles (22) peuvent être réalisées aux mêmes emplacements de chaque article (15) et, par exemple, lorsque les articles à ranger sont de forme cubique, une zone de fixation à crochets et à boucles (22) peut être appliquée à la région centrale de chaque face de l'article.
PCT/GB1996/000474 1995-03-03 1996-03-04 Assemblages d'article WO1996027501A1 (fr)

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AU48400/96A AU4840096A (en) 1995-03-03 1996-03-04 Article assemblies

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GBGB9504266.9A GB9504266D0 (en) 1995-03-03 1995-03-03 Article assemblies
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Cited By (2)

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EP1109044A1 (fr) * 1999-12-16 2001-06-20 Tyco Electronics Raychem NV Unité de rangement pour des fibres optiques
EP1462024A1 (fr) * 2003-02-04 2004-09-29 L'oreal Boítier comportant une articulation ayant un élément à boucles et un élément à crochets

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US3370818A (en) * 1966-06-28 1968-02-27 Herbert M. Perr Fabric type fastening means
US3455589A (en) * 1965-12-17 1969-07-15 Stanley J Valiulis Door catches
US3785013A (en) * 1972-05-02 1974-01-15 W Nugent Fastener
FR2214058A1 (fr) * 1973-01-17 1974-08-09 Formfac International Ab
US3863412A (en) * 1972-06-26 1975-02-04 Domtar Ltd Easily dismantled partition structure
DE3101794A1 (de) * 1980-01-22 1981-12-03 Tokuzo Osaka Hirose Klebeband
US4554710A (en) * 1984-06-25 1985-11-26 Grant Charles R Tie tack
FR2567033A1 (fr) * 1984-07-03 1986-01-10 Gutierrez Fuentealba Guido Jeu de construction a panneaux
US5202169A (en) * 1991-01-23 1993-04-13 Spendlove Max J Releasable fastener, method of releasably fastening, and releasable fastener dispenser
EP0681107A1 (fr) * 1994-04-05 1995-11-08 Ykk Corporation Dispositif de fixation pour éléments en plaques

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3455589A (en) * 1965-12-17 1969-07-15 Stanley J Valiulis Door catches
US3370818A (en) * 1966-06-28 1968-02-27 Herbert M. Perr Fabric type fastening means
US3785013A (en) * 1972-05-02 1974-01-15 W Nugent Fastener
US3863412A (en) * 1972-06-26 1975-02-04 Domtar Ltd Easily dismantled partition structure
FR2214058A1 (fr) * 1973-01-17 1974-08-09 Formfac International Ab
DE3101794A1 (de) * 1980-01-22 1981-12-03 Tokuzo Osaka Hirose Klebeband
US4554710A (en) * 1984-06-25 1985-11-26 Grant Charles R Tie tack
FR2567033A1 (fr) * 1984-07-03 1986-01-10 Gutierrez Fuentealba Guido Jeu de construction a panneaux
US5202169A (en) * 1991-01-23 1993-04-13 Spendlove Max J Releasable fastener, method of releasably fastening, and releasable fastener dispenser
EP0681107A1 (fr) * 1994-04-05 1995-11-08 Ykk Corporation Dispositif de fixation pour éléments en plaques

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1109044A1 (fr) * 1999-12-16 2001-06-20 Tyco Electronics Raychem NV Unité de rangement pour des fibres optiques
EP1462024A1 (fr) * 2003-02-04 2004-09-29 L'oreal Boítier comportant une articulation ayant un élément à boucles et un élément à crochets
CN100403959C (zh) * 2003-02-04 2008-07-23 奥里尔股份有限公司 包括具有环件和钩件的铰接件的盒子

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