Duane L Christensen

US Patent:

57136823, Feb 3, 1998

Filed:

May 17, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/649579

Inventors:

Dennis Gary Clark - Sacramento CA
Steven Charles Black - Hastings MN
Duane Christensen - Hastings MN
Michael Barry Lasky - Edina MN

Assignee:

Smead Manufacturing Company - Hastings MN

International Classification:

B42F 0300

US Classification:

402 7

Abstract:

A paper handling device comprises a flexible, substantially U-shaped handle portion having first and second side members, the first and second side members terminating at first and second ends respectively; first and second arms are respectively disposed at the first and second ends and each directed substantially away from the handle portion; first and second tines depend transversely from the first and second arms respectively, the first and second tines extending in a generally parallel relation and normally spaced apart from each other by a distance greater than the spacing between pre-punched holes in the paper. Compressing the handle portion reduces the distance between the tines so as to allow the tines to be inserted into the respective holes in the paper.