Patent ID: 6994377

Claim:
In a retaining system for securing sheets ( 7 b – 7 j ) in a cover having a spine, each sheet having a sheet side edge having a length, the system comprising a carrier rail ( 13 , 13 c – 13 j ), which is arranged on the spine of the cover and extends continuously over a length of the sheet side edge directed towards the spine, and having a retaining and connecting device which is provided for securing at least one sheet at the sheet side edge and has a retaining bar ( 4 b – 4 j ) which extends along the sheet side edge and the carrier rail via which the sheet can be connected indirectly to the carrier rail, the improvement comprising that the retaining bar ( 4 b – 4 j ) extends continuously ( 4 b , 4 c , 4 h ) or in retaining-bar sections ( 4 c , 4 e – 4 g , 4 i , 4 j ), spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the bar, only over part of the length of the sheet side edge ( 13 , 13 c – 13 j ), wherein, for the purpose of filling that length of the retaining bar ( 4 b – 4 j ) which is absent in relation to the sheet side 13 edge, at least one supplementary segment ( 14 , 14 c , 14 h ; 15 , 15 c , 15 h : 19 , 19 c – 19 g , 19 i , 19 j ), which is parallel to the carrier rail, projects from the carrier rail, in a direction of the spine, into the cover, and wherein the retaining bar and the supplementary segment are lined up in a row one beside the other in a hinge-like manner and pinned to one another, wherein the retaining bar ( 4 b , 4 c , 4 e , 4 f , 4 g ) can be released from the carrier rail by overcoming a spring force.