Folder with a side hinge

Abstract

The folder has only one side substantially connected using a side hinge. Prior art style folder front and back panels ( 40 and 41 ) are hingedly attached along a horizontal bottom edge ( 47 ). The front and back panels each have a left-hand side edge ( 43 and 45 ). These LHS edges are substantially vertical and perpendicular to the panels' bottom edge. The proximal edges ( 53 and 55 ) of side hinge ( 50 ) are hingedly attached to respective LHS edges of the panels. The hinge portions' distal edges ( 56 and 54 ) are hingedly attached together (along vertical line 60 ). The hinge substantially connects the LHS front panel edge to the LHS back panel edge. The lower edge of the hinge ( 23 ) is at least 1.5″ up from the folder's bottom edge ( 47 ). The hinge is short (like ¾″). The hinge folds inside/between the folder panels (like 1″ in and 1″ out).

1 . A folder wherein: said folder having a front panel, said folder having a back panel, each said panel having an opposite-side top and bottom edge, each said panel having opposite-side right-hand side and left-hand side edges, said left hand side edges being substantially perpendicular to said bottom edges, said bottom edges being substantially horizontal, said left hand side edges being substantially vertical, said panels hingedly attached at said bottom edges; a side hinge, said side hinge having a front portion, said side hinge having a back portion, each said portion having a vertical proximal edge, each said portion having a vertical distal edge, each said proximal edge being hingedly attached to a respective left hand side edge of said panels, said distal edges being hingedly attached; said side hinge substantially connecting said left hand side front panel edge to said left hand side back panel edge; only one hand side of both said panels substantially connected, said side hinge having a lower edge, said lower edge being at least 1.5″ above said panels' bottom edge.  
   
   
       2 . The folder of  claim 1  wherein: said distal edges being hingedly attached by an attachment means.  
   
   
       3 . The folder of  claim 2  wherein: said means being adhesive taping or a staple.  
   
   
       4 . The folder of  claim 1  wherein: the distance between each said vertical proximal edge and said distal edge being at least ½″.  
   
   
       5 . The folder of  claim 1  wherein: said back portion proximal edge being substantially hingedly attached to said back panel left-hand side edge by a rear attachment means, and said front portion proximal edge being substantially hingedly attached to said front panel left-hand side edge by a frontal attachment means.  
   
   
       6 . The folder of  claim 5  wherein: said rear attachment means being a staple and said frontal attachment means being a staple.  
   
   
       7 . The folder of  claim 5  wherein: said rear attachment means and said frontal attachment means each being adhesive taping.  
   
   
       8 . The folder of  claim 1  wherein: the horizontal distance between each said portion's said proximal edge and said distal edge being at least ½″.  
   
   
       9 . The folder of  claim 1  wherein each said portion having an upper edge and a lower edge, and the distance between said portion's upper and said lower edge being at least ½″.  
   
   
       10 . The folder of  claim 9  wherein said distance between said portion's upper and said lower edge being less than 3″.  
   
   
       11 . A folder wherein: said folder having a front panel, said folder having a back panel, each said panel having an opposite-side top and bottom edge, each said panel having opposite-side right-hand side and left-hand side edges, said left hand side edges being substantially perpendicular to said bottom edges, said bottom edges being substantially horizontal, said left hand side edges being substantially vertical, said panels hingedly attached at said bottom edges; a side hinge, said side hinge having a front portion, said side hinge having a back portion, each said portion having a vertical proximal edge, each said portion having a vertical distal edge, each said proximal edge being hingedly attached to a respective left hand side edge of said panels, said distal edges being hingedly attached; said side hinge substantially connecting said left hand side front panel edge to said left hand side back panel edge; only one hand side of both said panels substantially connected, and the distance between each said vertical proximal edge and said distal edge being at least ½″.  
   
   
       12 . The folder of  claim 11  wherein: said side hinge having a lower edge, said lower edge being at least 1.5″ above said panels' bottom edge.  
   
   
       13 . The folder of  claim 11  wherein: said distal edges being hingedly attached by an attachment means.  
   
   
       14 . The folder of  claim 13  wherein: said means being adhesive taping or a staple.  
   
   
       15 . The folder of  claim 1  wherein: said back portion proximal edge being substantially hingedly attached to said back panel left-hand side edge by a rear attachment means, and said front portion proximal edge being substantially hingedly attached to said front panel left-hand side edge by a frontal attachment means.  
   
   
       16 . The folder of  claim 15  wherein: said rear attachment means being a staple and said frontal attachment means being a staple.  
   
   
       17 . The folder of  claim 15  wherein: said rear attachment means and said frontal attachment means each being adhesive taping.  
   
   
       18 . The folder of  claim 11  wherein each said portion having an upper edge and a lower edge, and the distance between said portion's upper and said lower edge being at least ½″.  
   
   
       19 . The folder of  claim 9  wherein said distance between said portion's upper and said lower edge being less than 3″.