Appeal No. 98-2034
Application No. 08/571,276
three transparent flaps formed along at least three edges
thereof and affixed along at least three edges of the board to
at least one of the substrate and opaque layer to define a
pocket intermediate the transparent and opaque layers. The
claim further requires that the transparent flaps be:
folded over onto said opaque covering layer and fixed
thereto with end portions of each said transparent flap
overlying end portions of adjacent, perpendicularly
oriented transparent flaps with a remainder of said
trans-parent flaps being fixed to at least one of said
inner surface of said substrate and said opaque covering
layer.
Claim 13, in addition to requiring a transparent outer
layer formed with at least three transparent flaps secured in
the manner quoted above, requires opaque flaps extending along
each of the four sides of the opaque layer.
Bachrach discloses a cover for a notebook binder
comprising a cardboard substrate [20], an opaque vinyl
covering layer [40] heat sealed on all sides and a clear outer
sheet [44] heat sealed on three sides, but open on the top
edge [46] to form a pocket (col. 2, line 48-65).
Federbush discloses a cover or display panel for a
catalog binder having a frame board [37] and an outer cover
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