Multi-pocket Folder with Nested Panels for Edge Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-pocket folders lack edge-integrity, leading to items falling out and require additional materials and manufacturing steps, increasing costs.
Innovation Solution
A pocket folder design with foldable and affixed pocket panels that create closed inner and outer edges, using a method of cutting and scoring a blank sheet to form multiple pocket spaces with insert panels, reducing material usage and manufacturing steps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If additional pockets are added to increase folder capacity, then the utility of the folder is improved, but edge-integrity deteriorates causing items to fall out
Solution Approach 1:
The folder is divided into multiple independent pocket sections, each with its own panel and closure mechanism. The first pocket panel creates a first pocket space, while the second pocket panel creates a second pocket space, allowing each pocket to function independently with proper edge containment.
Solution Approach 2:
The second pocket panel is positioned within the first pocket space, creating a nested structure where the second panel subdivides the first pocket space into two separate pocket spaces. This nested arrangement allows multiple pockets to be formed within the overall folder structure while maintaining edge integrity through proper panel attachment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If complex structures are used to achieve multi-pocket functionality, then pocket capacity is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases requiring additional materials and steps
Solution Approach 1:
The manufacturing process is segmented into distinct steps: forming the first pocket panel to create the first pocket space, then forming the second pocket panel to create the second pocket space. Each panel is attached to specific edges of the cover panel, allowing for systematic and efficient production.
Solution Approach 2:
The first pocket panel is formed and attached to the cover panel edges before the second pocket panel is introduced. This preliminary action establishes the first pocket space and provides a structured framework for adding the second pocket panel, simplifying the overall manufacturing sequence.
Data Source
AI summary
A file folder with multiple pockets and a method of making is disclosed. Cover panels (16,18) are joined along a central axis (11), at least one primary pocket is formed with a pocket panel (18a), a second pocket panel (40) is located in a primary pocket space (24) thereby subdividing the pocket space into a first pocket space between the first pocket panel and the second pocket panel and a second pocket space between the second pocket panel and one of the cover panels, the second pocket panel (40) includes an extension (50) which is folded over and affixed to the first pocket panel thereby forming a closed inner edge on the front pocket.