Document Retention Device with Integral Pillow Box

Abstract

A document retention device includes a first panel and a pillow box blank coupled to the first panel. The first panel is configured to retain a first document on a first medium. The pillow box blank includes a first body portion, a second body portion, at least one top flap, and at least one bottom flap. The pillow box blank is configurable into a pillow box defining an open interior.

1 . A document retention device comprising:
 a first panel configured to retain a first document on a first medium;   a pillow box blank coupled to the first panel, the pillow box blank having a first body portion, a second body portion, at least one top flap, and at least one bottom flap coupled together and configurable into a pillow box defining an open interior.   
   
   
       2 . The document retention device of  claim 1 , further comprising a second panel integral with the first panel such that the document retention device is a folder, the folder configured to retain a second document on a second medium. 
   
   
       3 . The document retention device of  claim 2 , further comprising a third panel integral with the second panel, such that the second and third panels define a folder and the first and second panels define a pocket within the folder. 
   
   
       4 . The document retention device of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of panels integral with the first panel such that the first panel and the plurality of panels form a box. 
   
   
       5 . The document retention device of  claim 1 , wherein the pillow box blank is perforatedly coupled to the first panel, such that the pillow box blank is removable from the first panel. 
   
   
       6 . The document retention device of  claim 1  wherein the first body portion is integral with the second body portion and the first body portion and the second body portion are separated by a score line. 
   
   
       7 . The document retention device of  claim 6  wherein the pillow box blank further comprises first and second top flaps and first and second bottom flaps, the first and second top flaps being configurable to form a top end of the pillow box and the first and second bottom flaps being configurable to form a bottom end of the pillow box. 
   
   
       8 . The document retention device of  claim 7  wherein the first top flap and the first bottom flap further comprises a cut-out that is usable as a grip such as to assist a user in assembling or disassembling the pillow box. 
   
   
       9 . A document retention device configured for retaining a plurality of documents on diverse media, the document retention device comprising:
 a first panel;   a second panel integral with the first panel, the first and second panels being configured to retain a first document of a first media; and   a pillow box coupled to the first panel, the pillow box having integral first and second portions separated by a score line, at least one top flap coupled to the first portion, and at least one bottom flap coupled to the first portion, the first portion, the second portion, the at least one top flap, and the at least one bottom flap defining the pillow box with an open interior configured for retaining a second document of the first media or a second media.   
   
   
       10 . The document retention device of  claim 9  further comprising a third panel hingedly coupled to the second panel to define a spine such that the second and third panels define a folder. 
   
   
       11 . The document retention device of  claim 10  wherein the first panel and the second panel are coupled together to define a pocket in the folder. 
   
   
       12 . The document retention device of  claim 9  wherein the first panel and the second panel define a folder, an interface of the first panel and the second panel defining a spine, the pillow box being coupled to the first panel at the spine. 
   
   
       13 . The document retention device of  claim 13  wherein the first panel is further configured to retain a third document of a third media. 
   
   
       14 . A document retention device configured for retaining a plurality of diverse articles, the document retention device comprising:
 a first panel configured to retain a first article;   a pillow box coupled to the first panel, the pillow box having first and second portions coupled at a score line, a first top flap coupled to the first portion and a second top flap coupled to the second portion, the first top flap engaging the second top flap to form a closed top of the pillow box, the pillow box further having a first bottom flap coupled to the first portion and a second bottom flap coupled to the second portion, the first bottom flap engaging the second bottom flap to form a closed bottom of the pillow box;   wherein the first portion, second portion, closed top, and closed bottom define an open interior of the pillow box which is configured to retain a second article.   
   
   
       15 . The document retention device of  claim 14 , further comprising a second panel coupled to the first panel, the first and second panels forming a pocket configured to retain a third article. 
   
   
       16 . The document retention device of  claim 15  further comprising a third panel coupled to the second panel at a spine, the second panel and the third panel defining a folder which contains the pocket and the pillow box. 
   
   
       17 . The document retention device of  claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of panels coupled to the first panel, the plurality of panels being configurable with the first panel to form a box. 
   
   
       18 . A document retention device die line, configurable to form a document retention device, the document retention device die line comprising:
 a first cover hingedly coupled at a lateral side to a lateral side of a second cover at a spine defined by at least one score line;   a pocket flap coupled to the second cover at a bottom edge of the second cover;   a first sealing tab coupled to the second cover at a side opposite the spine, the first sealing tab engageable with the pocket flap to retain the pocket flap in a configuration in which the pocket flap overlays the second cover to form a pocket;   a first portion coupled to the pocket flap, the first portion having a first top flap and a first bottom flap;   a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion at a score line, the second portion having a second top flap and a second bottom flap; and   a second sealing tab coupled to the second portion, the second sealing tab engageable with the first portion to retain the first portion and the second portion in a configuration in which the first portion overlays the second portion.   
   
   
       19 . The document retention device blank of  claim 18 , wherein the first cover, the second cover, the pocket flap, the first sealing tab, the second sealing tab, the first portion, and the second portion are integrally formed from a single piece of material. 
   
   
       20 . The document retention device blank of  claim 19 , wherein the first portion is perforatedly coupled to the pocket flap. 
   
   
       21 . The document retention device blank wherein the blank is configured to form the document retention device by folding the first cover and the second cover along the spine to form a folder, folding the pocket flap to overlay the second cover to form a pocket, the pocket flap being retained by the first sealing tab, and folding the second portion to overlay the first portion to form a pillow box, the first portion and second portion being retained in the pillow box configuration by the second sealing tab.