This invention provides a padfolio, portfolio, case, bag or other business accessory that carries, on an exterior surface, a pocket flap that is typically open at the top edge and joined at a bottom edge. It has a size sufficient to completely cover a predetermined range of conventional documents (
This invention provides a padfolio, portfolio, case, bag or other business accessory that carries, on an exterior surface, a pocket flap that is typically open at the top edge and joined at a bottom edge. It has a size sufficient to completely cover a predetermined range of conventional documents (or other items), and in one embodiment, has side walls that taper from a wider bottom that may be longer than the predetermined documents to a narrower top that is typically shorter than the predetermined documents so that the side edges of the predetermined documents are at least partially visible to evidence their presence in the pocket. A narrow elastic strip joins each of the opposing side edges to the exterior surface at a location along the exterior surface that is outboard of opposing edges of the predetermined documents so that they may slide into the pocket free of interference for the joint between the elastic strips and the exterior surface. The tension generated by the strips is, however, sufficient to maintain holding friction, via the pocket flap on the documents, but enables expansion of the flap to admit thicker items when desired, including machinery for providing decoration to the flap. In an illustrative embodiment, the strips may be less than one half the total length of the side edges.
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What is claimed is: 1. 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
What is claimed is: 1. 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. 2. A padfolio with an exterior pocket along an exterior cover comprising: a flap attached adjacent to a spine of the padfolio, where the flap creates a base edge adjacent to the spine, two side edges, and a front edge; the front edge unattached to the exterior cover, and the front edge being adapted to allow documents to slide into the pocket through the front edge; an outer perimeter edge stitched on the exterior cover in an approximately rectangular shape with one side adjacent to the base edge and the approximately rectangular shape being slightly larger then the flap; and the two side edges being unattached except by a pair of elastic strips attached between plies of the flap and the outer perimeter edge, and the two side edges including a taper defined as a gap between the outer perimeter edge and the side edge being narrower at the base edge and wider at the front edge, the taper partially revealing at least a single document within the pocket when the flap is tensioned against the exterior cover by the elastic straps. 3. The padfolio of claim 2, wherein the elastic strips being configured with a width less than half a length of the side edge. 4. The padfolio of claim 2, wherein the gap being configured by a width of the base edge being greater then a width of the front edge. 5. The padfolio of claim 4, wherein the gap being generated by an angle between approximately 2 and 5 degrees.
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