Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – File folder or file envelope – Expandable
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-14
2001-02-27
Pascua, Jes F. (Department: 3727)
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
File folder or file envelope
Expandable
C229S067400, C229S072000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06193147
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to improvements in so-called presentation folders in the use of which, as the name implies, commercial documents, typically 8½ by 11 inches, are “presented” by the opening of a front cover of the folder for inspection by an individual having a business interest in the documents, and wherein, more particularly, the improvements impart a neat appearance to the folder even before being opened and likewise during the contents presentation, to contribute to invoking a favorable response on the inspecting individual.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
It is known from common experience that an envelope and/or a folder, the latter item being specifically involved, should have a neat appearance in order to make a good impression, and that this appearance is mainly the manner in which it maintains, or conversely, does not maintain its shape, or the parallelism of its front cover and rear panel. Maintaining a neat appearance is a more demanding requirement when the contents of the envelope/folder varies in number, so that the thickness or bulk is variable and to be accommodated there must be a front cover and rear panel separation.
This problem is addressed in the prior art by the use of gussets. More particularly, the use of unfolding gussets in envelopes to increase the size thereof is well known as exemplified by U.S. Pat. 3,063,618 issued to E. B. Berkowitz for “Expanding Envelope” on Nov. 13, 1962 and U.S. Pat. No. 768,340 issued to W. W. Ormsbee, Jr. for “Envelope” on Aug. 23, 1904. The gussets in the aforesaid are positioned initially inwardly of the envelope and, in such position, interfere with the insertion of commercial literature into the envelope.
Gussets that initially are projected outwardly of the body of the envelope and unfold inwardly towards the body solve the problem noted in connection with the '618 and '340 patented envelopes, and are embodied in U.S. Pat. No. 4,549,688 issued to Ozmon et al. for “Expandable File Folder” on Oct. 29, 1985. But if the two halves of the V shape which define the gusset in the '688 patent do not fully unfold, i.e., only partially unfold, there is absent an edge, which would be the fully unfolded gusset, to hold the contents in place and to prevent slippage of some documents from the stack of documents from a medial location to a position adjacent the outboard edge of the gusset.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Broadly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gusseted presentation folder overcoming the foregoing and other shortcomings of the prior art.
More particularly, it is an object to embody isosceles triangle-shaped gussets in the folder which effectively grip a side and bottom edge of the document assemblage in the folder, to thus hold the assemblage in place which correspondingly maintains its rectangular shape, its front cover and rear panel in parallel relation with each other and other appearance-enhancing attributes.
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Myron Amer PC
Pascua Jes F.
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