Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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CROSS-R~FERENCES TO RE~TED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divi.sion of co-pending
application No. 307,648.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
While t~e information ~olcler o~ the present invention
has been primarily developed for use in conjunction with the
dispensing o~ drugs, as being i~printed with:information required
for use o~ the drugs, it is appreciated that the instant folder
construction is capable of many varied applications, all of which
are intended to be comprehended herein.
Prior drug information folders have generally been of
accordion pleated structure and glued to the exterior of a
container~ or otherwise~'folded and inserted into an outer
package or box.
Ho~ever, such prior folder constructions and arrange-
ments have ~een subj:ect:to certain disadvantages, for example
the'accordion pleated ~tructure to open by inadvertence during ~ '.
handling prior to being dispensed, and insert type folders
requiring extra production steps~and packaging, both the
20~ exterior folders and inserted folders adding significantly to :.
manufacturing costs and being inconvenient both'in production
and use.
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~: It:is, t~ere~oxe,' an important obj:ect:of the present ~ "'
~:~ 25 invention to provide an information folder which overcomes the '.
above-mentioned difficulties, be.ing capa~le of external ~ .
application to a container ~Lthout .tendency to unfold, ' ''
eliminating the:'need: for insertion and ~æternal packaging, which
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is extremely simple in construction and capable of quick and easy
manufacture by mass production techniques to effect substantial
savings in costs.
It is s~ill another object of the present invention to
provide an informati:on folder construction having the ad~antageous
characteristics menti:oned in the preceding paragraph, which is
extremely simple t~ use,' both in opening and reading, durable
throughout the usual ahusive handling in distribution, and '
which is adapted ~or ready association with drugs, and other
articles by existing machinery.
Other obj'ects o the present invention will become
apparent upon reading the ollo~ing specification and referring
to the accompanying dra~ings, wh'ich form a material part of
this disclosure.
The invention accordingly consists in the features of
constructionj combinations of elements., and arrangements o .
parts, which'~ill be'exemplified in the construction hereina~ter
described, and o~ which:the'scope will bé indicated by the
appended cl'aim~.
20...... BRIE~ D~SCRIPT.ION OF TH~ DR~INGS :
Figure'l is a front perspective:view showing an
nformation folder constructed in accordance with the
~:~ teachings of the pre~ent:invention. :
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Figure~2~is a rear p-erSpective.vie~ of the information
25 ~ folder. of F.i~ure'.l.
~ : Figure:3 is a ~a~tion~l view:taken generally along
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Figure 4 is a plan view showing a blank adapted to
be formed into a plurality of information :Eolders of the
present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMEMT
5 Referring now more particularly to the drawings, and
specifically to Figure 4 thereof, a multiple blank is there
generally designated 10.and may be fabricated of paper or other .
suitably flexible and ~'oldable sheet material. The blank 10 may
be yenerally rec~angular in outline con~iguration, including
` 10 generally parallel, longi.tudinal lower and upper side edges 11
and 12, and end edges 13'and 14.extending in parallelism with
: each other generally normal to and between the sid~ edges at
opposite ends thereoE. A plurality of generally parallel scores
or folds 16, 17,' 18, 19, 20, 2I, 22, 23,' and 24 are formed in the
.~ 15 material of bl'ank 10,. being substantially eq.uall~ spaced apart ~.
from each other and each extending generally normal to and
: between si~de'edges ll and 120 The'scores 16-24 combine with the ~ -
: ~ bounding edges 11-14 to. subdi~ide:the sheet 10 into a plurality ~ -
~; of generally reatangular.panels arranged in side-by-side ''-.
~:20 adjacent relation and hingedly connectad along their adjacent
side edges by the several:scores or folds 16-24.
Furtherf thb'hlank 10.is severed into a plurality of
generally rectangular, eIongate'strips by the plurality of
longitudinally extending, parallel spaced severance lines or
~25~ cuts 26, 27:and 28,~ extending in equal~ly spaced parallelism
wlth'eaah'other~longitudlnal~ly of and between the:side edges 11
and 12, generally normal to.a~d inters:ecting with'the end edges
; 13'and 14. The sheet 10'may ~e'considered a gans blank being ~ ' :
cut~ or severed into a plurality of substantially identical
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strips 30, 31, 32 and 33. Speci~ically, the elongate strip 30
is bounded within the end edges 13 and 14, side edge 12 and
lower side cut 26, while the strip 31 is bounded between the
end edges 13 and 14 and upper and lower longitudinal side cuts
26 and 27, the strip 3Z being bounded within the end edges 13
and 14 and upper and lower longitudinal side cuts 27 and 28,
and the strip 33'being bounded within the end edges 13 and 14,
upper side cut 28 and lower side edge 11.
As all o~ the strips 30-33 are essentially identical,
only a single one will be described in ~urther det~il. In
particular, strlp 30 is subdivided by the partition lines,
scores or ~olda 16-2~ into a plurality o substantially identical,
generall~ rectangular paneIs 35-44, ~hich panels are disposed in
side-by-side'relation ~ith:their adjacent edges hingedly
connected together by th~'intarmediate,fQld lines or scores 16-24.
Specifically, panel 35 is bounded ~thi'n severance line 26,
end edge 13,' side edge 12:and fold or score 1'6; panel 36 being
bounded within severance:line:or cut 26, fold 16, edge 12 and
fold or score 17;' panel 37 being bounded within cut 26, fold 17, ~'
edge'12'and fold 18; panel 38 being bbunded within cut 26,
fold 18, edye 12:and fold 19J panel 3~' being bounded within
cut 26,,foldline 19, edge 12:and :cut:20; panel 40 being
bounded within cut 26, fold 20,. edge 12 and'fold 21; panel 41
being bounded within cut 26, fold 2I, edge 12 and fold 22;
panel:42 being bounded within cut: 25, fold 22t edge 12 and
fold 23;' panel 43 being bounded within cut 26, fold 23, edge 12
and fold 24; and end panel 44 being bounded within cut 26,
: fold 24, edge 12 and edge 14.
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Further, on at least one surface of strip 30 there is
provided, as by imprinting or marking, suitably informative
indicia, as re~uired by the circumstances. The end panel 35
is provided with indicia or marking 45, while the end panels 36
and 37 are provided with combined indicia or marking 46.
Similarly, adjacent panels 38 and :39 are provided with combined
indicia or marking 47, and adjacenl: panels 40 and 41 are
provided with combined indicia or marking 50, and it will be
seen that the marking 50 is located spacea from the medial region
10. of the panel, so as to leave an unmarked medial region 51.
Additionally, the'panel 43,' adjacent and hingedly
connected to the end panel 44., may be considered as a title
or front panel and is provided with titling or identifying ''.
indicia 52, while the end paneI 44 may ~e devoid of indicia~
if desired.
From the strip 3~, there'is formed the information
folders 130 of Figures 1-3.' In particular, the~blank 10 is
severed alQng the ~ral cut:lines 26, 27'and 28 to provide a
plurality of strips, each of which'forms a single folder 130.
That is, a folder 130 includes an inner panel 135 connected by
~ a foldline'or hinge 116 to; a next adjacent:paneI 136, which
: latter paneI is swung about foldline:116 into acing, generally
congruent:relation with:the innermost panel 135. SuccessiveIy,
hingedly connected to;the'other edge Q~ paneI 136, as by
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~25 :~oldline or score. 117:is a next adjacent paneI 137 swu.ng
abbut said hinged connection into congruent facing relation with
:: the innermost panel 135, on the:opposite side of ~he latter as
hingedly connected paneI 136. Remote ~from the'hinged connection
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or fold 117~ the panel 137 is hingedly connecked by a foldline
or score 118 to a similar, generally rec~angular panel 138,
which is folded about hinged connection 118 into generally
congruent facing reIation with the several inner panels 135,
136 and 137. Additionally, remote from the hinged connection 118,
the panel 138 is hingedly connected by a foldline 119 to a
generally rectangular, substantial:Ly congruent panel 139, swung
by the fold 199 into facing reIation.iwith the several panels
135-138; and, a further panel 140 is connected by the hinged
foldline 120 to its adjacent panel 139 and.s~un~':in'to congruenk
facing reIation ~ith'respect to.the latter and the panels
therebetween.
The panel 140 is connected by a hinged connection or
foldline:121 to a further generally rectangular panel 141, the
~ 15 latter being swung about the folding line 121 into congruent
'. facing reIation with'the sev.eral p'reviously described inward
panels, and the panel 141 is provided with a hinged connection
: or foldline 122:remote ~rom the'foldline 121 to still another
generally rectangular panel 1~2, which is swung into generally
' 20 congruenk ~acing relation With the several inner paneIs.
: Finally, the title paneI 143 is hingedly connec*ed, as by a
score'or foldline 123'to the panel 142, remote from the hinged
~ ~ connection 122,. being swung into congruent ~acing relation with
:~ . *he inner paneIs, and the :oute'rmost panel 1~4 is swung about a
~25 hinged connection or ~oldline i24 with.respect to the title ...
or front~panel 143.'
~:~ It wil:L thus be appreciated that:the several panels 135, -::
136, 137,' 138, 1.39, 140,. 141, 142, 143 and 144 have all been : -
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spirally wound and oblately ~lattened into a generally
planar, substantially rectangular pad-like configuration,
wherein each hingedly connected acljacent pair of said panels
is on opposite sides of a center plane of the pad-like
configuration. Of course, these c;uccessive panels 135 145,
progressively outwardly, axe each necessarily wider than the
next adjacent inward panel, as required by paper thickness
of the sheet. While thls is apparent in Figure 1, 2 and
3, the dimension of paper thickness is incapable of being
shown in the drawings, and in practi~e is substantially
negligible.
Further r the generally pIanar pad like pac]cage or
! folder 130 is ef~ectiveIy secured in its closed, pad
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configuration by suita~le securement means, such as adhesive
lS 155 interposed between the endmost outer panel 144 and its
next adjacent facing panel 142. The intermediate space 51
of indicia 50 on panel 42 may permit of adhesive securement
~` without de~acing indicia. By the flat spiral configuration,
and the ~orm retention of the several folds 116-124, the
l 20 fol~er 13~ effectiveIy retains its flattened configuration.
i Further, the folder 130 may be secured to any suitable
,~ container, say a box, or other, by suitable adhesive
seCurementt or otherwise, if desired. In this manner, the
folder 130 may he deliherately removed from its associated
~ 25~ container, without inadvertent or accidental removal,and
,~ ~ the folder may subsequently be opened and thé indicia
observed without in any way being defaced by the adhesive,
or other.
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For example, the several areas of indicia, namely
46-50 will all be exposed to view on one side of the strip,
upon its being unwound.
Also, if the sheet 30 would be imprinted on its
opposite side with identical indicia to that described
hereinbe~ore, it will be understood that the several strips
may be wound in either direction, as desired.
Although the present invention has been described
in sc~me detail bv way o illustrati~n and example for purposes
of clarity of understanding/ it is understood that certain
changes and modifications may be made within the spirit of
the invention.
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