Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
281210100 | Binding | 86 |
20080197617 | Book Cover Core Body for Manufacturing Book Cover Member, Kit for Manufacturing Book Cover Member, and Adhesive Tape - Provided is a book cover core body and a kit, which are used for manufacturing a book cover member which allows the original book to be finished easily, accurately, and neatly when an individual prepares an original book according to his taste without having to use an auxiliary tool such as a ruler and a stabbing. In the book cover core body used for manufacturing the book cover member and the kit including the same, at least a front cover core and a back cover core are glued at a predetermined interval (L) to a reverse side of a book cover print sheet with a book cover pattern, a title or the like drawn thereon, the book cover member being equipped with a front cover part, a spine part, and a back cover part, and the book cover core body including the front cover core, the back cover core, and a holding part having the same width as the above-mentioned interval (L), in which the front cover core and the back cover core are held integrally through an intermediation of the holding part, and in which, after the front cover core and the back cover core have been glued to the reverse side of the book cover print sheet, the holding part is separable from the front cover core and the back cover core. | 08-21-2008 |
20080211220 | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH CAP - A photo album that includes a cover having a front, a back and a spine, a plurality of bound pages that are secured between the front and back of the cover, and at least a first cap having a spine portion and at least one flange portion extending at an angle from the spine portion. The spine portion is positioned between the spine and the bound pages and the flange portion includes a back edge, a front edge and first and second side edges. Neither of the side edges are attached to any portion of the cover. | 09-04-2008 |
20080252062 | DYNAMIC DOUBLE CREASE OR DOUBLE SCORE BOOKLET - A method for making a multi-page document including one or more sheets and a cover, including receiving instructions to crease or score one or more of the one or more sheets at at least two different and parallel locations on the sheets and cover, wherein the instructions provide a distance between each of the at least two creases or scores as well as a distance of each crease or score from a middle of the sheets and cover, pre-creasing or pre-scoring the sheets and a cover with the at least two or more creases or scores at the locations, and folding the sheets and cover at each crease or score location. | 10-16-2008 |
20080290646 | Document Binding System - A document binding system for efficiently securing a plurality of documents together in a professional manner. The document binding system generally includes a first support including at least one post and a second support including at least one opening. The post extends outwardly from the first support and the opening extends through the second support. The post includes a plurality of teeth ending along an outer surface of the post and the opening includes a locking member extending within, wherein the locking member selectively engages at least one of the teeth to secure the first support to the second support, wherein a plurality of documents are preferably selectively secured between the first support and the second support. | 11-27-2008 |
20090058067 | Devices and Methods for Supporting Printed Mattter - A book block is contemplated to be bound in its individual sections through various techniques. These sections will be attached to the book cover and/or additional sections by a mechanical way. The user of the book will then be allowed to select and detach individual sections of the book without destroying the integrity of the entire book block. Likewise, publishers of the book are now able to update and/or replace sections of an entire book block without needing to reprint and republish the whole book. | 03-05-2009 |
20090079179 | MODULAR FILING SYSTEM - A binder for holding documents is disclosed. The binder has a spine with a pair of cover flaps attached to each side of the spine. Attached to the spine is a latching device, also referred to as a locking device, that includes a first retaining member, a latching member, and a second retaining member. The first and second retaining members are parallel to each other and extend perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the spine. The binder is configured to hold a plurality of document modules, each of which hold a set of documents, which are flexible sheets of material, such as paper or plastic. Each module has first and second ends. The first end is contoured to mate with a portion of an external profile of the first retaining member. The second end attaches to the second retaining member. The latching member moves between a latched position where it engages the first end of the module and an unlatched position where it is not engaged to the first end of said module. | 03-26-2009 |
20090079180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINDING AND STORING ARTICLES - A system and device to facilitate binding and storage of loose articles for later viewing and use thereof is provided, including at least one attachment strip having a free edge and opposing first and second faces, a border formed along a side of the attachment strip and having a plurality of openings, adhesive applied to an adhesive area on at least one of the opposing first and second faces of each attachment strip, and a view window area formed between the adhesive area and the border that is transparent to enable viewing therethrough. Preferably a removable liner covers the entire adhesive area prior to its use, after which the liner is removed and the adhesive area is applied directly to the article to be stored in the binding device. The binding device can then be retained in a conventional binder, such as a three-ring binder. | 03-26-2009 |
20090146406 | BINDING STRUCTURE FOR BINDING SHEETS - A binding structure for binding sheets to form a book or the like, includes a pair of hard covers, at least one of which has a slide groove, and a middle sheet member connected between the hard covers and extending slidably into the slide groove. The middle sheet member has a spine portion that is exposed between the hard covers when the hard covers are in a closing position and that is concealed at least partially within the slide groove when the hard covers are in an opening position. | 06-11-2009 |
20090160172 | REVERSIBLY BOUND BOOK - A reversibly bound book is provided. A first cover strip is wrapped around the first edge of a first cover board, passes over the first side of the first cover board and along the first side of the second cover board. One end of a second cover strip is wrapped around the second edge of the second cover board, strip passes along the second side of the second cover board and over the second side of the first cover board. The cover boards are only attached to each other via the cover strips and can be rotated and turned inside-out. One book can have two different appearances simply by rotating the cover boards with respect to each other. At least one floating spine is bound to one cover board, serving as a spine in one configuration and a closure in the other. | 06-25-2009 |
20090206590 | FOAM BOOK WITH IMPROVED BINDING AND REMOVABLY INSERTABLE INTERIOR BOOK - A book with improved binding including a front cover page and a back cover page constructed of a non-foam material, at least one center page constructed substantially of a foam material, at least one external binding sheet and at least one internal binding sheet for binding the front and rear cover pages and the at least one center page in book format. In one embodiment, the external binding sheet attaches to at least a portion of one side of the first and last center pages and wraps around both sides of the front and back cover pages. In another embodiment, the external binding sheet attaches to a portion of one side of the front and back cover pages and wraps around to the other side of the front and back cover pages. In still another embodiment, the external binding sheet attaches to at least a portion of one side of the front and back cover pages. Internal binding sheets bind the remaining pages in book format. At least one center page may include an opening or recess adapted for receiving a removably insertable interior book for enhancing the storyline or developing a sub-theme with respect to the characters or things described within the book. | 08-20-2009 |
20090236842 | NOTEBOOK COVER WITH EXTENDING HOLE-PUNCHED TABS FOR FACILITATING ATTACHMENT TO RINGED BINDER - A bound system including a plurality of pages and a cover/divider including a bound outer edge and a plurality of free outer edges. The cover/divider is bound to the plurality of pages along the bound edge. The cover/divider includes one or more discrete tabs extending generally outwardly relative to one of the free edges. Each tab is integrally formed from a single piece of material with the rest of the cover/divider. Each tab further has an opening formed therethrough and is configured to receive at least part of a binding device therethrough to thereby couple the cover/divider to the binding device. | 09-24-2009 |
20090315314 | Glue strip, bundle of glue strips and methods related thereto - The invention relates to a glue strip ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100007126 | Device for holding sheets in a binder which form a folded stack - The invention relates to a device for holding sheets in a binder which form a folded stack, comprising a holding element ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100148485 | MULTIPLE PAGE ARTICLE OR BOOKLET - A multiple page article or booklet is disclosed. As disclosed, the multiple page article or booklet includes a plurality of staggered edges providing one or more generally flat staggered edges surfaces. An adhesive band is provided along the staggered edges or staggered edge surfaces to form a seam connecting pages of the multiple page article or booklet. | 06-17-2010 |
20100176582 | Book containing model components combinable to form a model - A book includes a model assembly made from a plurality of model components attached to respective pages. The model can be a human body or anything desired. When the book is closed, the model components combine to form a completely assembled model assembly. When the book is open, and as a reader turns each page, the model components attached to the respective page separate from the model assembly revealing other components that remain combined to form a partially assembled model assembly. The components can be fixedly or hingedly attached to respective pages with connectors. If hingedly attached, the model components can be separated from the model assembly without turning a respective page. | 07-15-2010 |
20100207375 | BOOK PRODUCT AND PAGES FOR THE SAME - A book product is described comprising a plurality of sheets. Each sheet is provided with at least one binding preweakening pattern along at least one side parallel to the edge between straight lateral edges of the sheet. The binding preweakening patterns of sheets lying on top of one another are aligned with one another. An elastic binding device is arranged in the area of the binding preweakening patterns, the elastic binding device holding the sheets together. Further, a sheet for insertion into the book product is described. The sheets can be easily inserted into and removed from the book product. | 08-19-2010 |
20110037246 | Devices and Methods for Supporting Printed Matter - A book block and/or set of print matter is contemplated to be bound in individual sections through various techniques. These sections will be unbound or stitched to section covers or glued to section covers. These sections will then be augmented with attachment members to allow sections to be secured to each other or a book cover. These attachment members may be secured to the sections through a permanent or non-permanent manner, ranging including tension and/or clamping and/or crimping and/or sewing/stitching and/or gluing. The user of the book will then be allowed to select and detach individual sections of the book block or set of print matter without destroying the integrity of the entire book block or set of print matter. Likewise, publishers of the book are now able to update and/or replace sections of an entire book block and/or print matter without needing to reprint and republish the whole book or set of print matter. | 02-17-2011 |
20110115207 | HEAVY WEIGHT PAPER PAD WITH REMOVABLE AND TEARABLE SHEETS - A pad of heavy weight paper which can be inserted and removed from a wire binding. Each sheet contains a patterned edge having openings with an entrance for receiving a strand of the wire binding. Arrow shaped projections are formed between the openings. A line of perforations in each sheet allows the edge with the pattern to be torn off. The sheets maybe removed and reinserted. Also, the edges may be removed if the sheet is to be displayed. | 05-19-2011 |
20110140406 | TRACE BINDING - A method for producing a printed publication may comprise selecting an object associated with a topic of the printed publication, refining the object, and incorporating the refined object as a physical part of the printed publication. By incorporating the object as a physical part of the printed publication, a reader of the printed publication may form a stronger connection to the topic or subject matter of the printed publication, thereby strengthening retention of and interest in the subject matter of the printed publication. | 06-16-2011 |
20110181032 | LAY-FLAT BOOK BLOCK HAVING LAY-FLAT PRE-CONVERTED PRINT STOCK AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A lay-flay book block having a lay-flat pre-converted print stock and a method of making a lay-flat book block are provided. The lay-flat book block includes a stack of pages, a cohesive and a graphic, text or image. Each page includes two sheets of the lay-flat pre-converted print stock that are folded along a centerline which divides the sheet into a first leaf and a second leaf. The fold along the centerline forms a spine. The spines on the plurality of sheets are disposed adjacent one another. The cohesive is configured to be dry during printing and adhere in response to pressure. The cohesive is disposed on a first cohesive face of the first leaf and a second cohesive face of the second leaf. The first cohesive face of one of the sheets is mated and adhered with the second cohesive face of another sheet. The graphic, text or image is printed on the first and second leaves and expands across the centerline. | 07-28-2011 |
20120043747 | PAGE CONSTRUCTION FOR IMPROVED MANIPULATION AND BOOK INCORPORATING THE SAME - A book having a page construction for improved page manipulation. The book includes a plurality of pages bound together at an edge margin, wherein each page includes a bound edge and a plurality of free edges. At least one of the free edges of at least one of the pages includes an edge relief. The pages may comprise cardboard or other stiff material having a thickness. The free edges include opposed top and bottom edges and a side edge. The edge relief may extend along the entire side edge or only a portion thereof. The edge relief may be in the form of, for example, a chamfer, a bevel, a radius, a notch, a step, or the like. | 02-23-2012 |
20120119480 | ELEMENT FOR MAKING A PRESENTATION MEANS - An element ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120146320 | Binding Device for Children's Books - A book binding device is provided for use with children's books consisting of a plurality of plates that can be made of a foam rubber-like material, where such plates are joined together by means of cardboard or paper sheets glued to one of the sides of such sheets that incorporate the motifs of the book, such as legends, drawings, etc. The whole book is reinforced by means of a spine consisting of two or three layers, an intermediate cloth layer, which, is the reinforcing means, and one or two outer layers, the first one of them, if any, or the cloth itself being used to fix the spine to the book, while the outer paper sheet has been silk printed with the appropriate motifs to determine the outer face of the spine on the book. | 06-14-2012 |
20120200074 | Magnetic Spine Binding - A book structure and method for constructing a spine of a book, using a magnetic field created through the adhesion of magnets to hold together the book block at the spine and to allow the book spine to be separated at any page to expand the book partially or fully like an accordion. The magnets are adhered to the pages and/or to the front and back cover boards using glue or adhesive and may be covered with thin strips of material for additional strength. The resulting book spine holds together but can easily be separated for viewing spread out for exhibition. | 08-09-2012 |
20120217734 | BOUND BLOCK OF DETACHABLE SHEETS AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREFOR - A bound block of detachable sheets is disclosed, including a plurality of individual sheets, the edges of which are aligned, where the individual sheets are bound to a binding sheet, which is furnished with an adhesive, where the butt-edges of the individual sheets are adherent to the binding sheet, forming the block, and where a bracket is introduced onto the bound block, effectively restricting the bound block from over-opening. | 08-30-2012 |
20120248753 | BINDER CLIP - A binder clip having flexible sidewalls biased to close around a rigid retainer for securing pages wrapped around the retainer or pinched by the binder clip and retainer for manually forming a book. | 10-04-2012 |
20120313362 | Binding Method - The present invention relates to a binding method for forming a book. The method includes the steps of: providing a cover ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130154249 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT BINDING - A book binding apparatus and a method of bookbinding are provided. In a first aspect, the apparatus includes a book cover with a front cover, rear cover, and a middle portion, bound through the rear cover with two parallel rows of offset cover holes, and a helix coil component configured to hold pages inside the book cover, so the book may lie flat when opened. In a second aspect, the method includes cutting two rows of offset holes into the backing or self-cover of a book, holding a coil (spiral helix) wire by the offset holes to bind pages of a book to the cover, wrapping a cover around the coil, the cover including a spine, and imprinting identifying features on the spine of the book. | 06-20-2013 |
20130221651 | LABELS, RELATED PADS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS - A pad is provided that includes a plurality of labels each including a body portion having an area, a front surface, and a back surface. Each of the plurality of labels also includes a tab portion having an area less than the area of the body portion, and a back surface that is integrally coupled to and extending from an end of the body portion. A line of weakness divides the tab portion and the body portion, and allows the tab portion to be selectively separable from the body portion along the line of weakness. A layer of adhesive is provided on the back surface of the body portion where the majority of the back surface of the tab portion is free of adhesive, and the plurality of labels are stacked such that an overlying label is releasably adhered to the front surface of an adjacent underlying label via the adhesive layer. | 08-29-2013 |
20130307257 | Paper Product with Bleed-Through Resistant and Show-Through Resistant Qualities - A sheet of material that substantially reduces or eliminates the incidence of bleed-through and show-through, thereby enabling a user to prepare artwork, sketches, designs, etc. on both sides of the sheet of material, without the incidence of bleed-through or show-through. The sheet of material comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and an adhesive material positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The adhesive material operatively joins the first and second substrates to each other. The adhesive material acts as a moisture barrier, thereby preventing ink or moisture from passing therethrough and saturating the second substrate when ink or moisture is applied to the first substrate and vice versa. The adhesive also serves as a light barrier, thereby reducing or eliminating show-through on the second substrate when ink or moisture is applied to the first substrate and vice versa. Multiple sheets of material may be bound into a sketch book or a sketch pad. | 11-21-2013 |
20140084574 | BOUND DOCUMENT HAVING BINDING STRIP WITH SPACER - A bound document has front, back, and interior sheets with spine edges. The document has a binding strip and fasteners binding the sheets and the binding strip together. The strip has a flexible substrate with a face-attachment portion through which the fasteners are driven, and a wraparound portion that is bent so adhesive on the wraparound portion contacts the back sheet farther from the spine edge of the book than the feet of the fasteners. The strip also has a first spacer affixed to the interior surface opposite the face-attachment portion so that a fastener area is defined, the spacer at least as thick as the protrusion of the heads of the fasteners above the face-attachment portion. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084575 | ARRANGEMENTS AND CUSTOMIZATION METHODS FOR A CASE ASSEMBLY - A media binder has an inner assembly and a case assembly. The inner assembly includes inside boards pre-attached to a binding mechanism. Adhesive is placed on outward surfaces of the inside boards. The case assembly includes a cover sheet with at least one marginal edge attached to surface boards and at least one loose edge. To customize cover, a printed cover is inserted in-between the cover sheet and the surface board through an opening formed by the loose edge. The case assembly is then laminated. The laminated case assembly is combined with the inner assembly using the adhesive on the inside boards. A one-piece media binder has cover sheets wrapping around surface boards forming pockets. The surface boards are partially attached to paste downs. To customize cover, printed covers are inserted into the pockets, and the paste downs are then attached to the surface boards to seal loose edges. | 03-27-2014 |
20140097606 | BINDING COVER FOR BINDING A BUNDLE OF LEAVES - A binding cover for binding a pre-bound bundle ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140183851 | Bound Component with Selectively Deployable Tabs - A bound system including a plurality of pages and a cover/divider bound to the plurality of pages and having at least one free edge. The cover/divider includes a tab secured to a body of the cover/divider such that the tab is movable between an extended position wherein at least part of the tab protrudes beyond the free edge and a refracted position wherein the at least part of the tab does not protrude beyond the free edge. The cover/divider has a slit/opening formed or pre-formed therein and positioned adjacent to the tab and spaced away from the free edge. The slit/opening is positioned such that at least part of the tab is receivable through the slit/opening when the tab is in the extended position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140232096 | BINDING SYSTEM USING CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS - A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including a cylinder having an outer diameter and a length, and a retainer fabricated from a flexible material. The retainer has an arc-shaped cross-section having an inner diameter and an associated arc angle thereby providing an opening slot that extends along a length of the retainer. The binding system is adapted to bind the set of media sheets by wrapping the media sheets around the cylinder and inserting the wrapped cylinder into the retainer with the wrapped media sheets extending out of the opening slot in the retainer. The inner diameter of the retainer is less than the sum of the outer diameter of the cylinder and a total thickness of the wrapped media sheets so that the retainer flexes to provide a clamping force to bind the media sheets. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232097 | BINDING SYSTEM USING BINDER PIECES WITH CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS - A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including first and second binder pieces, each including an end cap, a retainer, a cylinder and a connection mechanism. The retainer has an arc-shaped cross-section having an associated arc angle thereby providing an opening slot that extends along a length of the retainer. The retainer and the cylinder are connected to the end cap such that the cylinder is positioned within the retainer. The binder pieces are adapted to bind the set of sheets of media by inserting the set of media sheets into the first and second binder pieces such that the media sheets are wrapped around the cylinders and extend out of the opening slots in the retainers, and engaging the connection mechanisms to connect the first and second binder pieces together. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232098 | BINDING SYSTEM USING ARC-SHAPED RETAINER - A binding system for binding a set of media sheets including a retainer and two end plugs. The retainer has an arc-shaped cross-section having an associated arc angle thereby providing an opening slot that extends along a length of the retainer. The binding system is adapted to bind the media sheets by inserting the media sheets into the retainer such that ends of each media sheet extends out of the opening slot and such that the portion of the media sheets inside the retainer form a loop, and inserting the end plugs into the ends of the retainer and into the media sheet loops. The inner diameter of the retainer is less than the sum of the outer diameter of the cylinder and a total thickness of the wrapped media sheets so that the retainer flexes to provide a clamping force to bind the media sheets. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232099 | BINDING SYSTEM USING TWO BINDING PIECES - A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including top and bottom binding pieces. Each binding piece includes a base plate, together with alignment features adapted to align the top and bottom binding pieces with each other, and locking features adapted to connect the top and bottom binding pieces together, thereby clamping the media sheets between the top and bottom binding pieces. The locking features include resilient tabs having a plurality of teeth such that at least some of the teeth on a particular tab on the top binding piece engage with at least some of the teeth on a corresponding tab on the bottom binding piece to connect the top and bottom binding pieces together. | 08-21-2014 |
20140306439 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS CONSISTING OF AT LEAST THREE SUB-PRODUCTS - In a first step, in a printed material web moved in a feed direction, a first material web part formed by a material web section is folded against the rest of the material web that is formed from two material web portions. In the region of a connecting line extending between neighbouring material web sections the two material web parts are connected by a bonding adhesive. In a subsequent step the material web is folded again along a line extending between two neighbouring material web sections. All material web sections lie above one another. Subsequently, multi-page sub-products, the pages of which are connected to one another in the region of the spine of the sub-product, are separated from the twice-folded material web. The sub-products are placed on top of one another to form a stack and connected to one another in the region of the spine by a bonding adhesive. | 10-16-2014 |
20140361523 | Photo Album - An album includes an album retainer and at least one sliding arrangement. The album retainer has a front cover, a rear cover, and a plurality of album pages overlapping between the front cover and the rear cover, wherein inner edges of the album pages are bound with each other. The sliding arrangements are arranged for coupling with at least one of the front cover and the rear cover in such a manner that at least one of the front cover and the rear cover is retained in a slidably movable manner so as to provide a planar backing for the plurality of album pages when the album is at an opened position. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361524 | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - A photograph album ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140367956 | Methods And Systems For Organizing, Handling, And Installing Shelf Labels, Signs And Strips In A Retail Environment - Various methods and systems for manufacturing and using shelf labels, signs, and strips in a retail establishment are disclosed that employ self-adherent stacks of shelf display materials. Some display materials include an ordered set of a plurality of individual display materials. Each of the individual display materials is releasably adhered to an adjacent individual display material in the ordered set, whereby forming a pad. The ordered set is arranged in a predetermined sequence of installation for each of the individual display materials in a retail environment. In another embodiment, a pad of shelf labels includes a plurality of sheets and releasable adhesive. Each sheet includes a single shelf label having a unique combination of product-identifying indicia and price information, and the releasable adhesive adheres each sheet to an adjacent sheet in a stacked configuration. The sheets are ordered in a predetermined sequence of installation in a retail environment. | 12-18-2014 |
20150115590 | Product marketing magazine rider - A publication and product delivery package is disclosed which permits a variety of products to be packaged and displayed along the binding (or “spine”) of a publication, such as a magazine, or an object of similar size, and delivered to a purchaser of that publication in an attractive, efficient, cost effective way, utilizing standard delivery services such as the United States Postal Service. The publication package allows delivery of products which are otherwise loose, liquid, or fragile to survive in their original form, and arrive at the location of the purchaser intact, despite the stresses and impacts of such packaging, display, and delivery. The publication package also allows a product manufacturer or distributor to include other additional attractive marketing text and images alongside product containers, which text and images providing additional exposures of product names and graphics, which may be coordinated with similar text, images impressed on the delivered products, to achieve high-impact and memorable promotion of the products so delivered, with minimal additional delivery costs over those costs of delivering the publication alone. | 04-30-2015 |
20150130176 | Two-sided string-bound book - A reversible notebook combines the features of accordion-folded pages and unique string binding. The accordion-folded pages allow for the continuous presentation of text or images with no area lost to bound margins. This is ideal for small presentations such as a portfolio of business cards. As another advantage, the notebook has uniform thickness rather than being thicker at one spine than the other. The string binding allows the notebook to be opened at either spine while the other spine remains secured closed. In conjunction with the accordion fold, this allows for presentation of two different sequences of content. The notebook may be large enough to use as a journal or album. For larger implementations, magnets or locks may be used to further secure one or both spines. | 05-14-2015 |
20150375556 | FILE BINDER, PRINTED MATTER SET, AND PRINTED MATTER - A file binder | 12-31-2015 |
20160009117 | Page Construction For Improved Manipulation And Book Incorporating The Same | 01-14-2016 |
20160107470 | LAMINATING DEVICE AND USE OF THIS LAMINATING DEVICE - Binding element ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160114611 | Product Marketing Magazine Rider - A publication and product delivery package is disclosed which permits a variety of products to be packaged and displayed along the binding (or “spine”) of a publication, such as a magazine, or an object of similar size, and delivered to a purchaser of that publication in an attractive, efficient, cost effective way, utilizing standard delivery services such as the United States Postal Service. The publication package allows delivery of products which are otherwise loose, liquid, or fragile to survive in their original form, and arrive at the location of the purchaser intact, despite the stresses and impacts of such packaging, display, and delivery. The publication package also allows a product manufacturer or distributor to include other additional attractive marketing text and images alongside product containers, which text and images providing additional exposures of product names and graphics, which may be coordinated with similar text, images impressed on the delivered products, to achieve high-impact and memorable promotion of the products so delivered, with minimal additional delivery costs over those costs of delivering the publication alone. | 04-28-2016 |
20160167424 | SHEET ITEM WITH NON-CIRCULAR HOLES | 06-16-2016 |
20170232777 | METHOD FOR BINDING A BUNDLE OF SHEETS OF PAPER, BOOK OR FOLDER THEREBY OBTAINED, BUNDLE OF SHEETS | 08-17-2017 |
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20080265558 | Memorial album " Grief Work " Journal Day Planner - This is a new and unique way of working through the process of grieving. The unique features are: a record of the family tree can be reserved, and the Album can assist loved ones left behind to moan the loss of all of their loved ones. | 10-30-2008 |
20080284154 | System and Method of Baby Organization - A log directed to the organization of a baby's schedule is disclosed. The log includes a writeable platform for entering at least one information item, an output entry portion of the writeable platform, an input entry portion of the writeable platform and at least one guideline related to at least one of the input entry, output entry and the at least one information item. Further, the output entry is related to the at least one information item and designated to correspond to various output characteristics, the input entry is related to the at least one information item and designated to correspond to various input characteristics. Further, the log of the present invention is designed to enable feedback related to the at least one information item and the at least one guideline. | 11-20-2008 |
20090179413 | Photo booklet kit and a method and a manufacturing device related thereto - The invention relates to a photo booklet kit. The kit includes at least one booklet cover and at least one bundle of papers. The papers are adapted for printing photos thereon and have a resolution of more than 100 DPI. The cover has a front sheet, a rear sheet and a spine therebetween that is separated from the front and rear sheets by a respective folding line. The spine has a meltable adhesive attached to its inside. The bundle of papers has papers of size that matches the booklet cover. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a bundle of papers adapted for use in the kit and to a knife adapted for cutting such a bundle. | 07-16-2009 |
20090218804 | Photo album - An album includes a front cover panel, a back cover panel, and a spine panel extending between the front and the back cover panels edge-to-edge. A folding arrangement, which couples between a last album page and the back cover panel, includes a flexible sheet having two longitudinal edges coupling at an outer side of last album page and an inner side of the back cover panel to retain the last album page being overlapped on the back cover panel in a slidably movable manner. When the album is folded at an opened position, the front cover panel, the spine panel, and the back cover panel are aligned to form a planer backing for providing a completely plane on the surface of the album. | 09-03-2009 |
20090284002 | Board book photo album - A board book album having stiff pages with “hidden pockets,” each pocket holding two photographs, back-to-back, that are framed in die cutout openings in each page. Spacers inside the bound and unbound edges of each page allow the page to accommodate the thickness of the photographs without damaging the binding. Each photograph is protected by a piece of clear plastic. Each page can have a small concave notch along its unbound edge in order to allow a user to turn the pages more easily. The cover can have a frame attached thereto for holding a photograph. The album is sturdy enough to be handled by a small child without the photographs being damaged. | 11-19-2009 |
20100007127 | BUILD A BOOK - A method for assembling a scrapbook by selecting a set of non-traditional shaped components and assembling same into a final product is provided. The component for assembling may be displayed in either a paper media, or an electronic media. | 01-14-2010 |
20100187802 | LOOSE LEAF PAGES SUITABLE FOR BINDING - The invention provides a loose leaf page for use in a binder such as an album, scrap book, and the like. The loose leaf page of the invention has a display panel and a binding panel. The binding panel is spaced apart from the display panel. The display panel and the binding panel are coated with a substantially transparent sheet that maintains the integrity of the page despite the space between the display and binding panels, and protects graphical content on the page from being scratched and other types of damage. The invention also provides a method for making the loose leaf page of the invention as well as an album, scrapbook and the like comprising the loose leaf pages of the invention. | 07-29-2010 |
20130313815 | Scrapbook Having Transparent Photo Sleeves - A scrapbook for use in removing holding photographs and other personal artifacts includes a plurality of pages arranged in a stacked configuration, each page having opposed upper and lower surfaces and a side edge. The scrapbook includes a binding member coupled to respective side edges of the plurality of pages. A plurality of insert sleeves are coupled to selected surfaces of the plurality of pages, each insert sleeve having an open side configured to receive a photograph into an interior area. | 11-28-2013 |
20140110926 | Photo Album Having Cascading Pages - A cascading photo album includes a plurality of pages arranged in a stacked configuration, each page having opposed inner and outer edges. A binding member is coupled to respective inner edges such that the pages are movable between closed and open configurations. A plurality of insert sleeves is coupled to respective pages. The sleeves may be positioned in various configurations and intermingled with standard photo album contents. Each page includes a length between respective inner and outer edges that is different than a length between inner and outer edges of any other page. The length of each successively rearwardly adjacent page extends longer than a preceding page. The outer edge of each page is configured in the form of an alphabetic character. Together, the outer edges are arranged to form a word, mascot, personal name, or company name. | 04-24-2014 |
281027000 | Sewed | 4 |
20110089675 | COMPOSITION BOOK - A composition book having a front and back cover and a plurality of pages stitched together wherein the plurality of pages may have hole punches and the front and back cover may have hole punches such as to allow the composition book to fit within a binder and wherein the plurality of pages are perforated such that they may be removed from the composition book. | 04-21-2011 |
20120018992 | PRINTED SECURITY FEATURE FOR SECURE BOOKLETS - A security feature for use with secure booklets, especially those having a spine, for example passports, identification booklets and other types of ID3-sized documents. In one example, the security feature is printed across the spine of the booklet onto two adjacent pages. Most conventional, commercially available printers are unable to print across the spine, and therefore would be unable to reproduce the security feature. In addition, in the case of a booklet, for example a passport, that uses a stitching thread to secure the pages together, ink from the printed image bleeds into the thread. The presence or absence of ink in the thread can then act as an indicator as to whether or not the booklet is genuine or a counterfeit. Another security feature includes registration of a pre-print portion and a variable print portion that is applied during booklet personalization to form a combined image. | 01-26-2012 |
20120139227 | BOUND EDGE TABS FOR NOTEBOOK - A tab is provided for notebooks and binders. The tab is placed within the space otherwise occupied by a binding, and thus is protected from wear and does not appreciably increase the overall size of the notebook or binder. The tab may be located at a corner of the binding or at an intermediate point along the binding. | 06-07-2012 |
20130313816 | ENHANCED ORGANIZER NOTEBOOK - A notebook includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a spine that bonds both covers and that has a bonding means, and sheets bonded by said bonding means. The notebook has three borders comprised by the edge or thickness of each of the sheets. The notebook has a first base bonded to the sheets, wherein a cover is bonded by three of its sides to the first side, thus leaving an unbonded side. The notebook has a second base bonded to the sheets, which has a tabs zone housing at least one tab. The notebook may include a coating resulting from a dye spraying procedure over the borders. The dye has a desired viscosity that when it contacts the border, only an amount of dye that covers the edge or thickness of each sheet is absorbed, thus preventing the dye from smearing towards the inner part of the sheet. | 11-28-2013 |
281270100 | Ring or arch | 14 |
20080231038 | CUSTOMIZED SCHOOL SPIRAL NOTEBOOK AND NOTEBOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION METHOD - Customized school spiral notebooks are designed using school content information received from schools who are co-branding partners with the production coordinator and advertising content received from advertisers. The notebooks include front and back covers, a plurality of sheets including the school content information and at least some of the advertising content, and a plurality of divider sheets separating sets of writing paper, such as ruled, graph and/or blank paper. The divider sheets and/or the covers can also include at least some of the advertising content thereon. A plastic spiral binder holds the notebook together. The school content information can include a school phone directory, a campus map and an academic calendar; and a class planner can be provided on one of the content sheets. The respective customized notebooks are provided to each of the partner schools by the production coordinator at no charge, or a very minimal charge. Advertising profits can be shared with the partner schools. | 09-25-2008 |
20090058068 | METHOD FOR BINDING A BOOK WITH A HELICAL PLASTIC COIL - A helical plastic coil is used for binding a collated book having a stack of pages with aligned holes along one edge of the book where a leading end of the filament is fed into a first hole at a first end of the book and the coil is rotated about its axis such that the leading end is threaded through the holes by entering each of the holes until the coil is threaded through all of the holes. The leading end of the coil is sheared by an anvil and blade so as to define a leading apex and a leading surface inclined rearwardly from the leading apex along the filament and across the filament. The leading apex is arranged such that, as the leading end enters each of the holes in turn, the leading apex is located on the leading end of the filament at a position thereon facing away from the trailing end of the coil and spaced from the end of the hole facing the first end of the book. | 03-05-2009 |
20090058069 | FILE - The file includes a binding body which is superimposed with a plurality of binding sheets, a curved retaining portion which is curved toward the direction of the pocket sheets as the binding body extending when opened the cover, a curved subsidiary portion which fixes its back into an optional form; the binding body is adjacently provided to the curved retaining portion by forming an arch-shape toward the direction of a front cover portion and back cover portion extending from the inner side of the spine portion and the curved retaining portion is connected with the width shorter than the width of the spine portion to the inner side of the curved subsidiary portion at the outer side of the curved retaining portion to enable the end edge adjacently provided on the binding body to curve. | 03-05-2009 |
20100109313 | BINDING OF STACKED FLAT PARTS - Method and apparatus for binding stacked flat parts provided with perforations. The method includes applying an adhesive to a predetermined area of fingers of an outer sheet, and inserting the fingers into the perforations by bending the fingers in a spiral manner. | 05-06-2010 |
20100171299 | ADDRESS BOOK - Disclosed is an address book for storing and retrieving information related to one or more websites. The address book includes a plurality of address book leaves and a binding mechanism to removably secure the plurality of address book leaves together. Each of the plurality of address book leaves includes at least one information template configured thereon for storing the information related to the one or more websites. | 07-08-2010 |
20110101668 | WIRE-BOUND PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wire-bound product using a double type laminated paper board and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The wire-bound product employs a structure in which inner paper sheets are turned over in the rightward and leftward directions on front plates of a frame, instead a structure in which a plurality of inner paper sheets is turned over toward the rear surface of a frame, thereby allowing a user to see both surfaces of the inner paper sheets. Further, rear plates of the frame are inserted into various positions of a spring to support the front plates, thereby allowing a standing angle of the front plates of the frame to be adjustable. | 05-05-2011 |
20130181432 | BINDING SYSTEM FOR RETAINING BOUND COMPONENTS - A binding apparatus including a plurality of generally coaxially arranged binding coils. Each binding coil includes a pair of generally parallel wires terminating in a tip. Each binding coil is coupled to an adjacent binding coil by a connection portion extending generally parallel to an axis of the binding apparatus. At least one binding coil is directly circumferentially attached to itself, or to a connection portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20140306440 | Left Handed Checks - A left-handed checkbook device is disclosed that makes it possible for left-handed users to write checks from a ringed binder without discomfort. The left-handed checkbook device comprises a plurality of check blanks and check receipts which comprise a plurality of binder holes which are positioned on the right end of each check receipt. The plurality of check blanks can also comprise a plurality of perforations positioned on the right end of each check blank, between the check blank and the check receipt, for removing the check blanks from the binder. The plurality of check blanks are secured within a binder via a plurality of binder rings. The plurality of check blanks are positioned on a left side of the binder with a front surface of the plurality of check blanks exposed, such that a left-handed person can easily utilize the check blanks without contacting the binder rings of the binder. | 10-16-2014 |
20190143734 | SELF-SUPPORTING BOOK | 05-16-2019 |
281270200 | Metallic | 5 |
20090236843 | NOTEBOOK COVER WITH EXTENDING HOLE-PUNCHED TABS FOR FACILITATING ATTACHMENT TO RINGED BINDER - A bound system including a plurality of pages and a cover/divider including a bound outer edge and a plurality of free outer edges. The cover/divider is bound to the plurality of pages along the bound edge. The cover/divider includes one or more discreet tabs extending generally outwardly relative to one of the free edges. Each tab is integrally formed from a single piece of material with the rest of the cover/divider. Each tab further has an opening formed therethrough and is configured to receive at least part of a binding device therethrough to thereby couple the cover/divider to the binding device. | 09-24-2009 |
20110057433 | NOTEBOOK APPARATUS AND METHOD - A notebook and/or a sheet of material therefor according to which an opening is formed through the sheet, and the shape of the opening defines a generally rounded edge of the sheet, and generally straight edges of the sheet. In an exemplary embodiment, the notebook is a wirebound or ring-bound notebook. | 03-10-2011 |
20110233913 | Spiral bound notebook with removable sheets - A spiral bound notebook includes a plurality of sheets of paper each having a plurality of equally spaced holes adjacent one side, each hole having a slit with one open end extending to the edge of one side of the sheet of paper; and a binding mechanism comprising a plurality of flexible C-shaped rings connected together. A removed sheet of paper can be intact without damage. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233914 | Spiral bound notebook with removable sheets - A spiral bound notebook includes a plurality of sheets of paper each having a plurality of equally spaced holes adjacent one side, each hole having a slit with one open end extending to the edge of one side of the sheet of paper; and a binding mechanism having a plurality of flexible C-shaped rings connected together, each C-shaped ring including a recess on an intermediate portion prior to binding the sheets of paper. A removed sheet of paper can be intact without damage. | 09-29-2011 |
20140339805 | Reinforced Pocket Device - A bound device including a binding device, a plurality of papers bound to the binding device, and a pocket bound to the binding device. The pocket includes a first major panel and a second major panel coupled together along a major fold line and configured such that the first and second major panels are generally parallel and overlap in a thickness direction of the pocket. The pocket further includes a first pocket panel coupled to the first major panel and defining a first pocket with the first major panel. The first pocket panel has an edge positioned adjacent to a mouth of the first pocket. The pocket further has a second pocket panel coupled to the second major panel and defining a second pocket with the second major panel. The second pocket panel has an edge positioned adjacent to a mouth of the second pocket. The pocket includes a first reinforcing material positioned on the first pocket panel adjacent to the mouth of the first pocket, wherein the first reinforcing material extends along the edge of the first pocket panel. The pocket also includes a second reinforcing material positioned on the second pocket panel adjacent to the mouth of the second pocket, wherein the second reinforcing material extends along the edge of the second pocket panel. | 11-20-2014 |
281270300 | Metallic | 3 |
20110049859 | SELF-SUPPORTING BOOK - A book has a front cover having a first edge which is unconnected, and an opposing second edge which is connected to a spine. A back cover has a first edge which is connected to the spine and an opposing second edge which is connected to flexible joint or fold-line. The book has a third cover having a first edge which is connected to flexible joint and an opposing second edge which is connected to binding which contains pages and a stabilizing sheet. | 03-03-2011 |
20140125047 | Refill for Stationery Item, and Stationery Item Comprising Such a Refill - The invention relates to a stationery item comprising a cover ( | 05-08-2014 |
20160200131 | BINDING ELEMENT FOR BINDING LEAVES IN A BINDING FOLDER WITH A COVER AND METHOD APPLIED THEREWITH | 07-14-2016 |
281028000 | Elements | 6 |
20090121468 | SPINE ELEMENTS FOR USE WITH ALBUMS - Spine elements for use with albums are described. An example album includes a first spine element and a second spine element that is substantially similar to the first spine element. The first spine element is adjacent and removably coupled to the second spine element to form an album spine. Additionally, the first spine element and the second spine element each include a binding gap positioned toward the interior of the album to receive and couple an edge of at least one album sheet to the respective spine element. | 05-14-2009 |
20100225101 | DOCUMENT FASTENER AND FILE OR FOLDER - In order to newly provide a folder that facilitates insertion of a document fastener into a narrow slit and that is improved in durability by making use of a property of a document fastener whose folded state can be kept due to resin, the document fastener is so arranged to comprise a plate material (a) made of resin having a body part ( | 09-09-2010 |
20110278832 | ALBUMS HAVING VARIABLE WIDTH SPINES AND THE COMPONENTS THEREOF - Albums having variable width spines and the components thereof are described. An example spine element for use in a variable width album, the spine element includes a first side comprising a plurality of extensions extending therefrom, each of the plurality of extensions comprising an end and an elongated portion, the end having a larger width than the elongated portion. The spine element also includes a second side comprising a plurality of openings positioned substantially opposite the plurality of extensions, each of the openings comprising a first portion sized to receive an end of respective extensions of an adjacent spine element and a second portion sized to receive an elongated portion of the respective extensions of the adjacent spine element when the extensions of the adjacent spine element are received by the openings of the spine element and the adjacent spine element is longitudinally moved relative to the spine element to couple the spine elements together. | 11-17-2011 |
20130270809 | ALBUMS HAVING VARIABLE WIDTH SPINES AND THE COMPONENTS THEREOF - Albums having variable width spines and the components thereof are described. An example album includes a first cover, a second cover, a first spine element includes a first side and a second side. The first side includes a plurality of first extensions, a first rib, and a first groove. The second side is coupled to the first cover. A second spine element includes a third side and a fourth side. The third side includes a plurality of third openings, a third rib, and a third groove. The fourth side is coupled to the second cover. To couple the first spine element to the second spine element, the first rib is received by the third groove, the third rib is received by the first groove and, as the spine elements are longitudinally moved relative to one another, the first extensions are received within a portion of the respective third openings. | 10-17-2013 |
20130334806 | FLEXIBLE BOOK BINDING WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PAGES - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a flexible book binding with interchangeable pages are presented. A plurality of elongate rods include tips disposed on ends of the elongate rods. A plurality of flexible, elongate link members includes one or more openings disposed in the elongate link members. The one or more openings are formed to receive the tips of the elongate rods. A plurality of pages includes rod couplers disposed along edges of the plurality of pages. The rod couplers are formed to receive the elongate rods. | 12-19-2013 |
20140084576 | BINDING STRIP INCLUDING SPACER - A binding strip includes a substrate having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a spine-alignment edge, a free edge opposite the spine-alignment edge and substantially non-perpendicular thereto, a face-attachment portion of the exterior surface adjacent to the spine-alignment edge, and a wraparound portion of the interior surface adjacent to the free edge. A border is defined laterally between the face-attachment portion and the wraparound portion and substantially parallel to the spine-alignment edge. An adhesive layer is arranged over the wraparound portion. A first spacer is affixed to the interior surface opposite the face-attachment portion so that a fastener area is defined. The spacer has a selected thickness. | 03-27-2014 |