Classifications

• • 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
  • B42F1/12—Means for attaching together sheet corners exclusively
• • 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
  • B42F1/02—Paper-clips or like fasteners
  • B42F1/04—Paper-clips or like fasteners metallic
  • B42F1/06—Paper-clips or like fasteners metallic of flat cross-section, e.g. made of a piece of metal sheet

Definitions

• the present invention refers to a device intended to temporarily hold together office or other sheets of paper, prospectuses etc. in the simplest way
• a device in accordance with the invention is characterised by a piece of stiffened paper or card in the form of a business card, post card or similar having at least one sheet with a substantially penetrating slit or cut in one section at a predetermined angle in relation to the paper sheet's long or perpendicular edge. If this cut is designed in such a way that one or more tongues or flaps are created and project from an imaginary line that runs between the ends of the cut.
• the aim of the invention is achieved if a corner of the papers that are to be held together is threaded through the paper material (of thin cardboard or similar mate ⁇ al intended for business cards) that has been provided with a stamped cut of special shape and form These paper corners are then folded together on the other side of the cut card or stiffened paper If the cut has the special shape described here, none of the papers can loosen in anv direction, at least with any reasonable forces
• the tongues or flaps that have been formed bv the special shape of the cut have a holding function towards the plane, in the first hand of the front side of the sheets of paper If at least one tongue or flap is on the same side as the sheets of paper and thereby above them, then these sheets can not be loosened in the direction against the base of the tongue as the tongue and the ends of the cut themselves form hinders Sheets can only be loosened in the opposite direction with a certain amount of difficulty, due to the forces that strive to open or widen the folded corners of paper being directed substantially parallel with and thereby fairly close to the plane of the device
• At least one tongue must be on each side of the device and thereby on the upper side of the surfaces of the sheets. This can be achieved if a tongue is freed to one side by one or more cuts approximately perpendicular to the base of the tongue or the alignment line of the cut, through which a tongue, freed in such a way, can be forced over to the device's other side once the sheets of paper have been pushed through the cut and the corners folded together
• Figure 1 shows a post card with a simple, straight cut according to the invention
• Figure 2 shows a business card with a modified, shaped cut
• Figure 3 shows how the ends of the cut are closed with a ⁇ p-stopping punch hole
• Figure 4 shows a modification of the cut in a round postcard
• Figure 5 shows a hole-punched covering letter where the cut has oeen supplemented with two cuts at an angle
• Figure 6 shows how one or more sheets of paper are locked in a device according to the invention
• Figure 7 shows how a business card folded double has been given a cut according to the mvention
• Figure 8 shows a bundle of papers that have been loined in a business card folded double in accordance with the invention
• Figure 9 shows how a number of office papers have been mounted in their upper short edge with a busmess card folded double
• Figure 1 shows a conventional postcard of stiff paper, card or foil with a straight through cut 2 of the simplest type running from the end 3 to the end 4
• Figure 2 illustrates a postcard, stiffened paper sheet or similar, made of relatively strong cardboard mate ⁇ al Close to one of the corners a substantially penetrating cut, 2, of a certain length has been punched at 45 degrees between two of the business card's edges
• the cut 2 goes from the end 3 to the end 4 and partly follows a straight alignment line, 5, between these two endpoints, and also along a parallel alignment line, 6, about 1 -3 mm from the alignment line 5
• a tongue or flap 7 is created that forms an effective holder tor office papers 12 etc, if the corners of these are threaded through and fill up the opened cut or cuts and are also folded along the cut on the reverse of the card
• the cut 2 has been made barbed which has created two flaps 7 and has also been supplemented with a soft rounding or hole, 8, at the ends 3 and 4 which leads to the cut and the paper sheet being more resistant to external ⁇ ppmg forces
• Figure 5 shows how a larger hole-punched cove ⁇ ng letter has been given two more straight or shaped cuts 9 and 10, which have been placed in two different angles to the alignment line 6 In this way a separate flap, 1 1, has been created in addition to the two flaps 7 that are formed between lines of sight 5 and 6 and the special shape of cut 2
• FIG 6 it is shown how one or more sheets. 12, or papers have been threaded through the entire opening of cut 2 to both of its ends. These papers have then been folded on the reverse of the card.
• the cut follows, in the main, the shape of a large arc except at the ends where the cut is straight and coincides with the folding of the sheet 2 in order to suppo ⁇ and shape it.
• the device is shown as a business card folded double 1.
• On the front cover there is printing for a greeting in different languages with space for a signature or name.
• On its first inside page the company ' s or person's details is printed.
• On sheet two the cut 2 is punched at 45 degrees close to one of the short edges up to the fold or crease line of the two pages.
• Figure 8 shows a card folded double 1. in accordance with the invention, where a number of sheets of paper, 12, have been mounted by being inserted through the whole slit 2 and then folded back on the reverse side of the card or stiffened paper
• Figure 9 shows another positioning of the cut 2 in a business card folded double 1 and how the office paper 12 is mounted so that the business card, 1, encloses the upper short edges of the pages 12, which can make an advantageous marker when inse ⁇ ing into a folder or file.

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• 1999
  • 1999-05-20 SE SE9901824A patent/SE514152C2/sv not_active IP Right Cessation
• 2000
  • 2000-05-19 WO PCT/SE2000/001004 patent/WO2000071364A1/en active Application Filing
  • 2000-05-19 AU AU54338/00A patent/AU5433800A/en not_active Abandoned

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