Patent ID: 8702127
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: B42B,B42C,B42D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of binding a plurality of sheets to form a bound document, the plurality of sheets including a front sheet, a back sheet, and one or more interior sheet(s), each sheet having a respective spine edge, the method comprising: using a plurality of fasteners, fastening together the plurality of sheets and a binding strip having a spine-alignment edge, the spine edges of the sheets and the spine-alignment edge substantially aligned, the binding strip including: wherein the sheets and the binding strip are fastened together by passing fasteners through the sheets and through the fastener area of the binding strip, the fasteners are driven through the fastener area and extend a head thickness above the front sheet and a foot thickness below the back sheet, so that a fastener-foot area is defined on the back sheet; applying a back-side spacer to the back sheet adjacent to the fastener-foot area; folding the wraparound portion of the binding strip around the spine edges of the sheets, so that the wraparound portion is bent so that the adhesive layer is in contact with the back-side spacer or the adhesive layer is in contact with the back sheet farther from the spine edge of the back sheet than the fastener-foot area; and affixing the adhesive layer to the sheet edges of at least some of the sheets, and to the back sheet.