Patent ID: 7823927
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: B42B,B42C,B42D,B42F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A media binder system, comprising: a cover comprising an outwardly facing side and an inwardly facing side, wherein the inwardly facing side of the cover comprises a spine part that extends along a spine axis; a binding system comprising an inwardly facing side and an outwardly facing side, wherein the outwardly facing side of the binding system is attached to the spine part of the inwardly facing side of the cover, the inwardly facing side of the binding system defines a trough that includes opposing side portions and a spinal portion that extends along the spine axis, the opposing side portions extend parallel to the spine axis from a first end of the trough to a second end of the trough opposite the first end, and the binding system is inelastically deformable such that opposing side portions of the trough are crimpable toward each other to define a crimp zone where the opposing side portions are operable to physically engage a spine end of a collection of physical media sheets and mechanically bind the collection of physical media sheets to the cover; and a datum stop integrated with the binding system, protruding orthogonally away from the spine part of the inwardly facing side of the cover, and comprising a datum stop surface in a plane that is displaced from the first end of the trough and extends higher above the inwardly facing side of the cover than the inwardly facing side of the spinal portion of the trough such that a head end or a tail end of the collection is registerable against the datum stop surface prior to binding the collection to the cover.