Patent ID: 8251403

Claim:
Album ( 10 ) for collecting thin and flexible objects ( 22 ), in particular photographs or portraits, comprising a plurality of sheets ( 12 ) folded centrally on themselves along a central folding line ( 14 ) and joined together by a binding ( 16 ) positioned at said central folding lines ( 14 ), each of said sheets ( 12 ) forming a pair of pages of the album ( 10 ), characterized in that at least part of said sheets ( 12 ) is provided, on at least one of the two opposite surfaces of each sheet ( 12 ), with a frame or perimeter border ( 18 ) connected to the surface of each sheet ( 12 ), at least one of the sides of said perimeter frame ( 18 ) not being fixed to the surface of the sheet ( 12 ) so as to be able to be lifted in such a way as to define a passage slit ( 36 ) for sliding in and taking out an object ( 22 ), of substantially the same size of each sheet ( 12 ), between said perimeter frame ( 18 ) and the relative sheet ( 12 ) wherein each sheet ( 12 ) is provided with a predetermined string ( 28 ) made at the central folding line ( 14 ), and wherein on said perimeter frame ( 18 ), at said string ( 28 ), one or more weakening slits ( 30 ) are formed to facilitate the folding of each sheet ( 12 ) and, consequent simultaneous folding of the flexible object ( 22 ) of substantially the same size of each sheet ( 12 ), where the flexible object ( 22 ) is capable of sliding between said perimeter frame ( 18 ) and the sheet ( 12 ) on a surface of said sheet ( 12 ) that forms a pair of pages of said album ( 10 ).