Gail D Bradley, 571705 Smith St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

6390714, May 21, 2002

Apr 25, 2000

09/558026

Gail S. Bradley - Long Beach CA, 90814
Norman Yamamoto - Yorba Linda CA, 92887
Earl A. Vito - Yorba Linda CA, 92886

B42F 1300

402 79, 4012406, 40700, 281 38, 402 70, 402 80 P, 402 80 R, D19 26, D19 33

A customizable leaf for retaining visual material includes a first assembly and a second assembly. Each of the assemblies includes a front sheet and a back sheet attached together to form a margin and an accessible pocket. The sheets are made from an optically transparent material such as polypropylene. The sleeve is adapted to receive a background that may include graphics. The background is visible in the margins when received within the sleeve. One or more backgrounds may be provided, each with graphics, so that a user may select one of the backgrounds and then insert the selected background into the sleeve. When visual material such as a photograph is then inserted into one of the pockets, the background, particularly the graphics, is visible at the margins. The leaf is particularly suitable for albums, such photo albums, scrap books, card-collecting albums, and so on. The leaf may include a binding portion to enable easy binding in, for example, a standard three-ring, strap-bound, or post-bound binder to form such albums.