Patent ID: 6345924
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B42F,B42P,Y10S

Abstract:
A binder ring assembly for a ring binder comprising:at least one binder ring; and, an elongate shield from which the binder ring protrudes, a recess being formed in the shield at the location on the shield where the binder ring is located, the recess extending on both sides of the binder ring location so that during shipment of binder ring assemblies in which one layer of assemblies is placed in a container and another layer of assemblies is inverted and placed over the first said layer with the binder ring on one assembly substantially abutting against the binder ring on the other assembly to one side of the binder ring or the other, the binder ring on each assembly is received in the recess in the shield on the other assembly with the depth of each recess being such that the distal ends of the binder rings of the interfitting assemblies fit in the recess and do not rub against the non-recessed portion of the respective shields which, if scratched or blemished renders the assembly unusable.