CA2002661A1 - Loose leaf photo album - Google Patents

Loose leaf photo album

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CA2002661A1
CA2002661A1 CA 2002661 CA2002661A CA2002661A1 CA 2002661 A1 CA2002661 A1 CA 2002661A1 CA 2002661 CA2002661 CA 2002661 CA 2002661 A CA2002661 A CA 2002661A CA 2002661 A1 CA2002661 A1 CA 2002661A1
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Wu-Hsin Hong
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HONG WU HSIN
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A loose-leaf binder such as a loose-leaf photo album or a loose-leaf file binder, is disposed a plurality of hinge members having a pillar at one end and an axially concave knuckle at the other end. A slit is formed on the outer wall of the concave knuckle so that a pillar may be inserted into the concave knuckle therefrom. When the assembly is completed, a single page of the photo album or file is created. With the addition of many single pages, a complete photo album or file is formed. The hinge members of the pages of this loose-leaf binder may be easily attached and detached so as to increase or decrease the number of pages of the binder as desired.

Description

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TITLE: A LOOSE-LEAE PHOTO ALBUM
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a loose-leaf binder, and more particular to a loose-leaf binder, such as a loose-leaf photo album or a loose-leaf file binder, having a plurality of pages neatly piled together, every abutting two of which are detachably and rotatably connected to each other by a plurality of axially aligned hinge members alternately formed along a pair of corresponding edges of said pages.
In Fig. 1, a conventional loose-leaf binder which is sold in the market is shown. This conventional loose-leaf binder comprises a plurality of pages (A) neatly piled together, every abutting two of which are detachably and rotatably connected to each other by a set of hinge members (B) comprising a plurality of axially aligned hinge seats (Bl) alternately formed along a pair of corresponding edges of the abutting two pages.
However, the user of this conventional loose-leaf binder has to prepare a number of hinge wires (B2) which are apt to injure his/her fingers and are also difficult to insert into the axially aligned hinge seats as they are curved and/or the hinge seats are not precisely aligned or manufactured.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A feature of the present invention is to provide a 200Z6fi~1 .

loose-leaf binder having a plurality of pages neatly piled together, every abutting two of which are detachably and rotatably connected to each other by a plurality of axially aligned hinge members alternately formed along a pair of corresponding edges of said pages; the improvements being characterized by: every neighboring two of the axially aligned hinge members being rotatably engaged with each other by an axially concave knuckle and an axially protruded pillar which are respectively formed at said hinge members' adjacent axial ends, said axially concave knuckle also having an outer wall formed by one of said adjacent ends, said wall having a longitudinal slit extending from the end having said concave knuckle,.and said axially protruded pillar being adapted to be inserted into and received - within said concave knuckle via said longitudinal slit.
Another feature of the present invention is to - provide a loose-leaf page comprising a piece of cardboard which has an edge having a plurality o~ first hinge members and a plurality of second hinge members - alternately formed on.the two sides along said edge, so that a similar page with similar hinge members can be rotatably connected with said loose-leaf page by engaging its second hinge members with the first hinge members of said loose-leaf page; the improvements being characterized by: said first and second hinge members respectively having two end portions, one part of said 20~D26fi1 end portions respectively having an axially concave portion defined by a wall formed therearound, constituting an axially concave knuckle, said wall also having a longitudinal slit extending from said knuckle's free end, traversely passing through said wall and connecting with said axially concave portion, and the rest of said end portions respectively having a pillar axially protruded therefrom, said pillar being adapted to be inserted into a corresponding knuckle of a similar loose-leaf page via said longitudinal slit.
Therefore, in accordance with this invention, the loose-leaf pages can be easily connected with each other by insertion of the pillars into the axially concave knuckles of the adjacent hinge members.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other features and advantages of this invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of this invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig.l is an exploded perspective view of a conventional loose-leaf binder;
Fig.2 is an exploded perspective view of a loose leaf binder according to this invention;
Fig.3 is a schematic view of a single loose-leaf page which has been assembled according to Fig. 2;
Fig.4 is a schematic view of the hinge members 2010~6~.
_ 4__ which are assembled by means of insertion of the pillar into the openings through a slit;
Eig.5 is a sectional view of a pair of hinge members of Fig. 4 ;
Fig.6 is a schematic view of a plurality of loose-leaf pages which have been assembled and overlapped together;
Fig.7 is a schematic view of a hinge member of another embodiment assembled according to this invention;
Fig.8 is a sectional view of a hinge member of Fig.
7;
Fig.9 is a schematic view of the hinge members of another embodiment assembled according to this invention;
Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the hinges members of still another embodiment assembled according to this invention; and Fig. 11 is a schematic view of the hinge members of yet still another embodiment of this invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring now to Fig. 2, a loose-leaf binder is shown, which comprises loose-leaf pages 1, a pair of tapes 2, 2', a content page 3 and a photo strut 4. The loose-leaf pagés 1 are made of a plastic material which is integrally formed as a longitudinal plate. On the loose-leaf pages 1 are disposed a plurality of first ~ ~502 ~ fi~

hinge members 11 and a plurality of second hinge members 12 alternately formed on the two sides and along the edge of said loose-leaf. A pair of pillars 111 are respectively formed at the two sides of the first hinge member 11. Moreover, a pair of axially concave knuckles 121 are disposed along the two sides of the second hinge member 12. In addition, a longitudinal slit 122 extends from the free end of the axially concave knuckle 121, traversely passing through the wall of said knuckle and connecting with said knuckle 121. The slit 122 is substantially tapered, and has an opening of which is gradually enlarged, radially from a first end of the longitudinal slit 122 which abuts with the axially concave knuckle 121, to a second end of the same, which is opposite to the first end, finally forming a passage way which is adapted to receive the axially protruded pillar 111. The slit 122 is adapted to be passed through the axially protruded pillar 111 so that said pillar 111 may be received within the axially concave knuckle 121. Thus, a loose-leaf binder has a plurality of neatly piled pages, every abutting two of which are detachably and rotatably connected to each other by a plurality of axially aligned hinge members 11, 12, alternately formed along a pair of corresponding edges of said pages. Every neighboring two of said axially aligned hinge members 11, 12 are detachably and rotatably Z~ai26fi~l engaged with each other by an axially concave knuckle 121 and an axially protruded pillar 111 which are respectively formed at their adjacent axial ends. The axially concave knuckle 121 has an outer wall formed by one of said adjacent ends, defining an axially concave portion, the wall having a longitudinal slit 122 e~tending from the free end of the concave knuckle 121, traversely passing through the wall and connecting with the axially concave portion of said knuckle 121, and said axially protruded pillar 111 being adapted to be inserted into the concave knuckle 121 via said longitudinal slit 122.
Referring again to Fig.2, a content page 3 is substantially a rectangular page with gold foil attached to its margins. In addition, as shown in Fig.3, two layers of a cardboard-like material 2, 2', the joining surfaces of which are coated with a glue-like substance, are separated at one edge and simultaneously and tightly attached via said glue-like substance, to both the loose-leaf pages 1 and the content page 3. Thus, the loose-leaf pages 1 and the content page 3 are integrally formed. A pair of receiving pockets are respectively provided on the upper and the lower portions of the content page 3 in order to receive photos.
Referring now to Fig.4 , assembly of a plurality of hinge members 11, 12 is provided. Every neighboring ~ 7 2q)02661.

two of the axially aligned hinge members 11, 12 are rOtatably engaged with each other by an axially concave knuckle 121 and an axially protruded pillar 111 which are respectively formed at their adjacent axial ends.
The axially concave knuckle 121 has an outer wall formed by one of the adjacent ends, the wall having a longitudinal slit 122 extending from the free end of the concave knuckle 121, and the axially protruded pillar 111 being constructed to be inserted into the concave knuckle 121 via said longitudinal slit 122.
Referring to Fig. 5, a sectional view of a pair of hinge members 11, 12 is shown. The hinge members 11, 12 are made of a flexible material and the opened space of the first end of the hinge members is smaller than every orthographically projected space of the traverse cross-section of the protruded pillar 111 so that the axially protruded pillar 111 can be snapped into and Stably received within the axially concave portion of the knuckle 121, via the longitudinal slit 122.
Referring to Fig. 6, a plurality of' loose-leaf pages are overlapped and piled together. Each loose-leaf page l comprises a piece of cardboard which has an edge with a plurality of first hinge members 11 and a plurality of second hinge members 12 alternately formed on the two sides along said edge, so that a similar page with similar hinge members can be rotatably connected with a loose-leaf page 1 and another of said ~0~2~61 similar pages can be rotatably connected with a loose-leaf page 1 by engaging its second hinge members 12 with the first hinge member 11 of one of said loose-leaf pages. Wherein the first and second hinge members 11, 12 respectively have two end portions, one part of the end portions respectively having an axially concave portion defined by a wall formed therearound, constituting an axially concave knuckle 121, the wall further having a longitudinal slit 122 extending opened from its free end, traversely passing through said wall and connecting with the axially concave portion, and the rest of the end portions respectively having a pillar 111 axially protruded therefrom, the pillar 111 being adapted to be inserted into a corresponding knuckle 121 of a similar loose-leaf page via said longitudinal slit 122. Thus, a photo album of this invention is complete when all the loose-leaf pages with hinge members are rotatably piled together.
Referring to Fig. 7, another embodiment according to this invention in which a hinge member 11 with a pillar X at one end and a concave knuckle Y, having a slit Y' at the other end, is shown. In Fig. 8, a sectional view of a hinge member is provided.
Referring to Fig.9, each hinge member can be engaged with another hinge member by the insertion of a pillar X into another concave knuckle through the slit Y'O
According to the method of the above-mentioned first Z0026~1.
. 9 embodiment, together with hinge members of the second embodimentr a complete photo album may be created.
Referring to Figs. 10 and 11, the length of the longitudinal slits Y', 122 of the hinge members 11, 12 of the second and first embodiment are adapted to be shorter than the depth of the axially concave portions of the concave knuckles Y, 121 of the hinge members 11, 12 of the second and first embodiment, so that the free ends of the pillars X, 111 of the hinge members 11, 12 can be fitted into the bottom of said axially concave portions of said hinge members 11, 12 after said pillars X, 111 of said hinge members 11, 12 are inserted into said concave knuckles Y, 121 of said hinge members 11, 12 via said shorter longitudinal slits Y', 122. In this way, the radially engaging force between the hinge members 11, 12 can be increased. Therefore, the loose-leaf binder of this invention can be used to connect with heavy loose-leaf pages.
The above embodiment is given by way of example only and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (8)

1. A loose-leaf binder having a plurality of pages neatly piled together, every abutting two of which are detachably and rotatably connected with each other by a plurality of axially aligned hinge members alternately formed along a pair of corresponding edges of said pages; wherein the improvements are characterized in that every neighboring two of the axially aligned hinge members are detachably and rotatably engaged with each other by an axially concave knuckle and an axially protruded pillar which are respectively formed at the adjacent axial ends, said axially concave knuckle having an outer wall formed by one of said adjacent ends and defining an axially concave portion, said wall having a longitudinal slit extending from the free end of said concave knuckle, traversely passing through said wall and connecting with said knuckles' axially concave portion, and said axially protruded pillar being formed to be inserted into said concave knuckle via said longitudinal slit.
2. A loose-leaf binder as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said longitudinal slit is tapered, the opening of which is gradually enlarged radially from a first end of said longitudinal slit, which abuts with said axially concave knuckle, to a second end of the same, which is opposite to said first end, finally forming a passageway which is configured to receive said axially protruded pillar.
3. A loose-leaf binder as claimed in Claim 2, wherein said hinge members are made of a flexible material and the opened width of their first end is smaller than every orthographically projected width of the traverse cross-section of said protruded pillar, so that the axially protruded pillar@ can be snapped into and stably received within said axially concave knuckle via said longitudinal slit.
4. A loose-leaf binder as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the depth of said axially concave portion of said concave knuckle is longer than the length of said longitudinal slit.
5. A loose-leaf page comprising a piece of cardboard which has an edge having a plurality of first hinge members and a plurality of second hinge members alternately formed on the two sides along said edge, so that a similar page with similar hinge members can be rotatably connected with said loose-leaf page by engaging its first hinge members with the second hinge members of said loose-leaf page and another of said similar pages can be rotatably connected with said loose-leaf page by engaging its second hinge members with the first hinge members of said loose-leaf page, wherein the improvements are characterized in that said first and second hinge members respectively have two end portions, one part of said end portions respectively having an axially concave portion defined by a wall formed therearound, constituting an axially concave knuckle, said wall further having a longitudinal slit extending from the knuckles' free end, traversely passing through said wall and connecting with said axially concave portion, and the rest of said end portions respectively having a pillar axially protruded therefrom, said pillar being constructed to be inserted into a corresponding knuckle of a similar loose-leaf page via said longitudinal slit.
6. A loose-leaf page as claimed in Claim 5, wherein said longitudinal slit is tapered, the opening of which is gradually enlarged radially from a first end of said longitudinal slit which abuts with said axially concave knuckle, to a second end of the same, which is opposite to said first end, finally forming a passageway adapted to receive a corresponding axially protruded pillar of a similar loose-leaf page.
7. A loose-leaf page as claimed in Claim 6, wherein said hinge members are made of a flexible material and the opened width of said first end of said hinge members is smaller than every orthographically projected width of the traverse cross-section of said protruded pillar, so that the axially protruded pillar can be snapped into and stably received within a corresponding axially concave knuckle's of a similar loose-leaf page via said knuckle's axially concave portion.
8. A loose-leaf page as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the depth of said axially concave portion of said concave knuckle is longer than the length of said longitudinal slit.
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