Patent ID: 7487871

Claim:
A padfolio having an exterior pocket along an exterior cover comprising: a pair of opposing covers joined together by a spine on an edge of each of the opposing covers; the exterior pocket being located on an exterior surface of one of the opposing covers, wherein the pocket is formed by a flap joined along a base edge, the base edge being joined the exterior surface adjacent to the spine; the flap including a front edge unjoined to the exterior surface and thereby constructed and arranged to receive documents through the front edge, the flap further including two side edges, each side edge having a recess taper to partially reveal whether at least a single document is held within the pocket while the flap is tensioned against the exterior surface; and a pair of elastic strips connected between each side edge, respectively, and the exterior surface, the elastic strips generating tension and being constructed and arranged to maintain a holding friction against the documents, and the front edge and the two side edges being unattached to the cover except by the pair of elastic strips while a region in which documents may be viewed is visible along the side edges remote from the straps.