(19)
(11) EP 1 072 439 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05

(21) Application number: 00400128.5

(22) Date of filing: 19.01.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B42F 3/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 22.07.1999 JP 20694399
07.09.1999 JP 25236899

(71) Applicant: Tomoda Giken Industry Co., Ltd.
Osaka 547-0004 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tomoda, Hideyuki, Tomoda Giken Industry Co., Ltd.
    Osaka 547-0004 (JP)

(74) Representative: Lemoine, Robert et al
Cabinet Malémont 42, Avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
75116 Paris (FR)

   


(54) Folder


(57) It is an object of the present invention to provide a document folder which ensures that a document can easily be inserted into and taken out of a document holding portion thereof. The present invention provides a document folder 1 for holding a document 10 or the like, which comprises: a document holding portion 4 having a rectangular plan shape and defined by a pair of sheet portions 2, 3 of a synthetic resin material which are separate from each other along one of opposite side edges of the document folder and continuous with each other along the other side edge of the document folder; reinforcement portions 6, 7 of a plural-layer structure respectively provided in separate one-edge portions of the sheet portions along the one side edge of the document folder, and each reinforced by a multiplicity of fusion-bonded spots 5 formed therein; and binder engagement means including a plurality of engagement portions 8 formed in a properly spaced relation in the respective reinforcement portions along the one side edge of the document folder for engagement with binding hooks of a document binder.






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