Leaves Patents (Class 281/38)
  • Patent number: 11866235
    Abstract: A blank for producing a three-dimensional structure, from paper, cardboard, or plastic, includes at least three lateral surfaces and at least one bottom and/or top tab for forming the three-dimensional structure in a folded state of the blank. At least two of the lateral surfaces and/or at least one of the lateral surfaces having the bottom and/or cover tab being connected to one another by means of at least one mechanically produced creasing line. The creasing line is produced without ablation or other removal of material from the blank, at least one groove being produced by means of a laser within at least one of the lateral surfaces connected by means of the creasing line. The groove being configured to run at an angle to the creasing line and impinging on or intersecting the creasing line. A three-dimensional structure and a folding box produced from the blank are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAYR-MELNHOF KARTON AG
    Inventors: Uwe Theis, Harman Vorenkamp
  • Patent number: 11730242
    Abstract: A card clip configured to accommodate card includes an upper clamping plate, a lower clamping plate, and two elastic bands. The upper clamping plate includes two first portions arranged opposite to each other. The lower clamping plate is arranged opposite to the upper clamping plate. The lower clamping plate includes two second portions arranged opposite to each other. The two second portions are respectively corresponding to the two first portions. The two elastic bands are arranged on two opposite sides of the card clip. A first end of each of the elastic bands is fixedly arranged in a corresponding first portion, and a second end of each of the elastic bands is fixedly arranged in a corresponding second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Qiyong Peng
  • Patent number: 11701915
    Abstract: A pocket structure including a first panel, and a second panel coupled to the first panel to define a pocket with the first panel. The second panel has an opening intersecting an outer edge thereof. The opening has a transverse portion oriented generally parallel to the outer edge and a leg portion oriented generally perpendicular to the outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ACCO Brands Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin Witter
  • Patent number: 11648791
    Abstract: A calendar has one or more individual pages of the calendar that include portions of the pages that are omitted, removed or removable in order to enable aligned portions of other pages of the calendar to be viewed through the removed portions. The removed portions can be formed as apertures in the page and/or as removed portions of one or more edges of the page, among others to allow the stacked pages to form a coordinated, and optionally customizable, decorative appearance for the calendar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Lang Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Smith, Kathy Paider, Kelli Melzer, Michelle Kesler
  • Patent number: 11474781
    Abstract: An electronic book using electromagnetic energy to detect page numbers includes a book and a base, the book includes a plurality of book pages, each of the book pages is respectively provided with an electromagnetic energy changing member, and the base is provided with at least one antenna coil and at least one control circuit. The electromagnetic energy changing member of each of the book pages is correspondingly disposed adjacent to a position of the antenna coil, and a magnetic flux generated by the antenna coil is transmitted to the electromagnetic energy changing members. The electromagnetic energy changing members generate magnetic variable fluxes to be received by the antenna coil for generating a page number prompt output command by conversion to control generation of a prompt function of the book page correspondingly disposed adjacent to the position of the antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ASIANLINK TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Yang, Hung-Wang Hsu
  • Patent number: 10803773
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of labeling a plurality of products includes coating a pressure sensitive adhesive to a roll of face stock, the roll of face stock configured to be converted to a plurality of individual labels aligned in a single lane; singulating an individual label from the roll of face stock; and applying the individual label to a product of the plurality of products, wherein the coating, singulating and applying are conducted sequentially in a single continuous operation with a single continuous web of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MALLYA CONSULTING LLC
    Inventors: Prakash Mallya, David Nicholas Edwards
  • Patent number: 10777099
    Abstract: Embodiments of a store label booklet include a plurality of sheets stacked one on top of the other and connected to a binding that spans an entire thickness of the booklet, each sheet including a planar array of store labels. No release coating is used. In some embodiments, the label may include a printed stock side, a liner including a removable portion, and an adhesive located between the liner and the printed stock side. In other embodiments the booklet may include a cardstock with a printed stock side and an adhesive on the side opposite the printed stock side. Each store label may differ in orientation, size, or style and may contain different product information. Location information may be located on a binding of the booklet, on the label, or on both the binding and the label. The store labels may be printed in a predetermined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Elite Creative Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: John Foegelle
  • Patent number: 10573204
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of labeling a plurality of products includes coating a pressure sensitive adhesive to a roll of face stock, the roll of face stock configured to be converted to a plurality of individual labels aligned in a single lane; singulating an individual label from the roll of face stock; and applying the individual label to a product of the plurality of products, wherein the coating, singulating and applying are conducted sequentially in a single continuous operation with a single continuous web of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FLEX R&D INC.
    Inventors: Prakash Mallya, David Nicholas Edwards
  • Patent number: 10346422
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for synchronization. In response to an event that modifies a real object at a first content management system, another event is triggered to perform an action to modify a corresponding proxy object at a second content management system. In response to an event that modifies a real object at the second content management system, another event is triggered to perform an action to modify a corresponding proxy object at the first content management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan F. Babich, Mike A. Marin, Mimi P. Vo
  • Patent number: 10346850
    Abstract: A case creation event originating from an external content repository is detected by a processor executing an inbound event handler of a distributed integration framework that integrates a case management system with the external content repository. The case creation event is configured by the distributed integration framework to cause creation of a case within the case management system. The inbound event handler instructs the case management system to create the case within the case management system. An outbound event handler of the distributed integration framework instructs the external content repository to create a proxy case to remotely represent the case created within the case management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan F. Babich, Xin Feng, Mike A. Marin, Cynthia M. Roberts, Mimi P. Vo, Alan T. Yaung
  • Patent number: 9987877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for effectively indexing and using an extensive reference book, such as the Bible, by topic, so that appropriate information related to a desired topic may be conveniently and quickly accessed in a timely and useful way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan T. Dunn, Mindy L. Dunn
  • Patent number: 9969201
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventor: Kinch Robert Reindl
  • Patent number: 9656506
    Abstract: A medium of exchange that is not separated from the backing item of value, has variable value and authentication protections sufficient to retain the trust of consumers is formed as a laminate having a backing layer and a precious metal foil layer. The precious metal foil layer has a predetermined weight and the laminate is dividable into multiple portions each one of which is a determinable fraction of the predetermined weight. An authentication seal is formed in an obverse side of the instrument and each one of the multiple portions contains indicia on a rear side thereof identifying the determinable fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Pure Grains of Gold, LLC
    Inventor: Walter Reddy
  • Patent number: 9227455
    Abstract: An element (13) for making a flip-over presentation unit (1), shaped by a bundle of strips of material (2) provided with an adhesive strip (5) onto which sheets (15) can be adhered, which strips of material (2) are provided with holes (4) through which at least one binding spiral (3) is passed, wherein the element (13) is provided with a rigid support (14) in which the binding spiral (3) is fixed, wherein the width of the support (14) corresponds mainly to the width of the sheets (15), wherein the binding spiral (3) is fixed to the support (14) by detachable parts (19) provided with toothings (26) extending between the coils of the binding spiral (3), wherein the support (14) is provided with alignment members (12) to align the sheets (15) with respect to the strips of material (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: UNIBIND LIMITED
    Inventor: Guido Peleman
  • Patent number: 9067455
    Abstract: Transparent or substantially transparent sheets of paper or similar material suitable for inserting into a book or placed over a document are used to highlight or annotate a document without permanently marking or damaging the page. The inserts are thin enough so as to allow several inserts to be placed within a book without significantly increasing the book thickness or distorting the shape and size of the book when closed. Additionally, the inserts contain one or more tabs to allow a user to index and quickly find a particular insert and the corresponding page. An adhesive is present on the rear side of the insert to fix the insert to the page being annotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventor: Drevvis A. Shoffstall-Ridley
  • Publication number: 20150130178
    Abstract: A book format, and methods to create such books, where the first story page on one of the leaves of the book and a second story page on an adjacent leaf are in diametric contraposition to each other. The first set of first story pages carries an illustration of a portion of a story with each successive first story page carrying another illustration of another portion of the story, so that the set of first story pages taken together illustrate substantially the entire story. The second story pages carry mirror images of the illustrations on their corresponding first story pages. The pages are disposed so that the audience sees the first story pages and their respective illustrations while the storyteller or reader sees the second story pages, optionally with text, and the mirror images of the illustrations corresponding to the first story pages viewed by the audience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Jehan Clements
  • Publication number: 20150130177
    Abstract: A spiral notebook repair strip includes a substrate having a first side and second side having a latent pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) thereon. The substrate includes at least a pair of cut openings extending from an edge of the substrate inwardly and each terminate in a separate aperture for receiving a portion of a wire binder of the spiral notebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Barbara Becker
  • Patent number: 8955884
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Kinch Robert Reindl
  • Publication number: 20150014982
    Abstract: A two-sided hinged note comprises a generally planar sheet, an adhesive, and a hinge. The sheet has opposing front and back sides, both of which are suitable to be written upon at least in part. The adhesive, which may be pressure-sensitive and re-adherable, is on an adhesive area of the back side of the note and is capable of adhering to a surface of an item such that the sheet is flat against the surface thereby presenting the front side of the sheet facing outward from the surface. The hinge is proximate the adhesive area, wherein the hinge is operable to pivot approximately 180° to thereby present the back side of the sheet facing outward from the surface as a the sheet is approximately flat against the surface of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Jon Phillip Van Wagoner
  • Publication number: 20140361525
    Abstract: A book, printed or electronic, wherein one or more of the attached or detached covers or inside pages are blank or specially formatted to encourage reader(s) to be creative and incorporate new ideas, composition, drawings or any creations to the book. By adding their creations to the existing book readers produce personalized versions of existing book. Submission to book editors can be done using these pages or any other media. Inclusion of reader contribution gives the living book an assumed life, growing bigger with time. The readers are free to change the story line by addition/alteration, giving an opportunity to mutate any portion of the book. The living book format encourages children/adults, particularly sick and/or disadvantaged ones to creatively express their inner feelings and sufferings. It acts as a medical aid for improving psychological health of the patient. This application is pursuant to the provisional filings 61656481 and 61658934.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Kumud Majumder, Wanda Ivette Saez
  • Publication number: 20140265295
    Abstract: An article may include a biodata page defining a perimeter including an edge and a hinge layer attached to at least a portion of the biodata page. The hinge layer comprises a cross-linked polyurethane. In some examples, the hinge layer may include a cross-linked thermoset polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven J. Rhyner, Christopher K. Haas, Todd D. Jones, Kui Chen-Ho, Krystal K. Hunt, Ryan E. Marx
  • Patent number: 8814215
    Abstract: A response form security device is provided for use with a generally planar response form having an answer area bearing answer blanks upon which a respondent makes marks to indicate a plurality of responses. The security device includes a sleeve adapted and constructed to slidably receive and cover the response form. An access window is formed in the sleeve, and permits visual access by the respondent to a number of fewer than all of the answer areas of the response form. The length of the sleeve and the configuration of the answer window are chosen so as to prevent anyone other than the user from seeing a number of marks on the answer area sufficient to observe a repeatable pattern of marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Leonore Martin Neary
  • Publication number: 20140110928
    Abstract: A medical booklet that may be carried on a patient's person. The medical booklet may include information such as allergic reactions, medical conditions, medications, important medical information, current concerns, female history, surgeries, family history, vitamins, over the counter medications, mammograms, colonoscopies, pap tests, important contact information and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Martin Tymes, Joann Denise Tymes
  • Publication number: 20140070524
    Abstract: Methods for transferring an image to a substrate are provided. An image can be applied onto an image-receptive coating of a heat transfer sheet. The heat transfer sheet can further include a heat transfer layer overlying a base sheet such that the image-receptive coating overlies the heat transfer layer. The heat transfer sheet can be torn substantially along a perforation line to remove the heat transfer sheet from a coloring book, and then positioned adjacent to a substrate. The image, the image-receptive coating, and at least a portion of the heat transfer layer can then be transferred to the substrate, with the base sheet not transferring to the substrate. Coloring books are also provided that include a plurality of heat transfer sheets bound together along a common edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: NEENAH PAPER, INC.
    Inventor: Vanessa Sofia Ruiz de Vinaspre
  • Patent number: 8668228
    Abstract: A sheet stock having a flexible hinge area is described. The sheet stock includes a substrate having an opening and gap stiffener, and a flexible film covering the opening and defining a flexible hinge area in the region of the opening and gap stiffener covered by the film. Methods for producing sheet stock having a flexible hinge area are also described. The sheet stock may be used in printing, binding, and in other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Holmberg Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Holmberg
  • Patent number: 8616583
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to reusable notecard. In one embodiment, the reusable notecard is comprised of a trifold panel having a left panel, a center panel and a right panel and a reclosable closing mechanism, connected to the trifold panel, to releasably secure the left panel to the right panel when folded over one another. In one embodiment, the adjustable left panel is comprised of a plurality of left panel fold lines and the right panel is comprised of a plurality of right panel fold lines, the plurality of left panel fold lines and the plurality of right panel fold lines for adapting to dimensions of contents inside the notecard. In one embodiment, the trifold panel is made of a material allowing for non-permanent markings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: Milana D. Davis
  • Patent number: 8616582
    Abstract: An ultra removable booklet with label for application to media is described. The booklet with label includes a release liner, an ultra removable adhesive layer, a paper stock layer, a booklet, an adhesive layer, and a clear plastic cover layer. The clear plastic cover layer has the adhesive layer applied to a bottom surface thereof and the bottom surface is positioned over the booklet. The booklet is positioned over the paper stock. The ultra removable adhesive layer is attached to the lower surface of the paper stock. The release liner is applied to the ultra removable adhesive layer. A process for forming an ultra removable booklet with label for application to media is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Kennedy Group Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20130260091
    Abstract: A page construction for a creativity activity, or as part of a book, wherein a horizontal page is folded in half along the horizontal axis, exposing panel that designates a specific space for coloring. Once that space is colored, and the panel is flipped to the back, the drawing peeks through a die-cut on the opposite panel. In this way, drawing can appear to be part of a pre-printed illustration on that opposite panel, adding an element of surprise and magic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Sylvia Anne Stein
  • Patent number: 8534707
    Abstract: An information page (1) of a security document, includes: an information part (3), on the upper or lower surface of which part of the information recorded on the information page (1) can be seen; and a flexible connecting part (2) with good bending strength for attaching the information page (1) to a security document. To ensure that detaching the information part and the connecting part from each other leaves visible marks, the connecting part (2) has a netlike structure, and the connecting part (2) is arranged to penetrate into the information part (3) in the immediate vicinity of the upper or lower surface of the information part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Setec Oy
    Inventors: Jari Herlin, Maila Korhonen, Teemu Pohjola, Taru Syrjänen, Mika Holmberg
  • Patent number: 8523234
    Abstract: A set of sheet dividers comprises a first plurality of sheet dividers, each divider comprising a sheet with a tab extending therefrom at a different location and for a first length along the same side as all other dividers in the first plurality; and a second plurality of sheet dividers, each divider comprising a sheet with a tab extending therefrom at a different location and for a second length along the same side as all other dividers in the second plurality, the second length being shorter than the first length, the second plurality being divided into subsets of dividers having their tabs adjacent one another and overlaid by the tab of a corresponding one of the first plurality of sheet dividers when the subset and corresponding one of the first plurality of sheet dividers are stacked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.
    Inventors: Tara M. Green, Regina A. Reichert, Monica L. Brox, Ronald Ugolick
  • Publication number: 20130208006
    Abstract: A book for use in an augmented reality system includes first and second pages. The first page is on a first leaf of the book and includes a first fiduciary marker for indicating the orientation of the book to a recognition system. The second page is on a second leaf of the book and includes a second fiduciary marker for indicating the orientation of the book to the recognition system and also page marker for indicating the page number of the second page to the recognition system. The page marker orientation is ambiguous without reference to a fiduciary marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Andrew Lord, Thomas Lucas-Woodley, William Oliver Sykes, Adrien Bain
  • Patent number: 8505977
    Abstract: A book of sleeve protected pages bound together to form a sleeve bundle cradled inside a receiving channel formed by a hardcover spine and longitudinal flanges extending from the spine and a method of binding thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Magen Hasefer Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoel Duparc
  • Publication number: 20130161936
    Abstract: A photographic paper comprising an outer-most layer comprising a hydrophilic colloid binder and colloidal silica, wherein: (i) the weight ratio of colloidal silica to hydrophilic colloid binder in said layer is 0.3:1 to 3:1; and (ii) the colloidal silica has a mean particle size of 2 to 10 nm. The photographic papers have low stickiness rendering them suitable for storage before use and also after use in album-books where the photographic papers are in face-to-face contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Mattijs De Munnik, Petrus Van Kessel
  • Patent number: 8444180
    Abstract: Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various devices, such as piezoelectric transducers, RFID tags and others devices and circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Arbitron Inc.
    Inventors: Alan R. Neuhauser, James M. Jensen, Jack C. Crystal, Jack K. Zhang, Daniel W. Pugh, Douglas J. Visnius, Eugene L. Flanagan, III
  • Patent number: 8376408
    Abstract: The book consists, in a conventional way, of a series of pages, each one of them being formed by two plates of hard cardboard and an intermediate layer made of rubber foam. The cardboard plate (1) of the front side and the cardboard plate (1?) of the reverse side respectively incorporate slots (3, 3?), that describe a trajectory with the shape of an “L”, or any other appropriate trajectory. The slots (3, 3?) are intended to allow the children to introduce their fingers and move a cursor (4) that slips through a slot (5) in the rubber foam layer (2), thus making an itinerary or path for the cursor (4), that can be followed with the finger of the child through the path created by such slot (5) of the rubber foam layer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Christian Noel Guy Legrand
  • Publication number: 20120319394
    Abstract: The booklet comprises a number of sheets between a cover, and each sheet has a front side and a rear side. At least one data page is provided that is joined to the cover in a fixed manner. The data page comprises a flexible layer and this flexible layer projects with an area out of a data carrier. On this area, the data page is joined to the cover and to the remaining sheets. The flexible layer is flatly joined to at least one other layer, for example, by welding or bonding and is thus inseparably bound without a mechanical joining part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Trüb AG
    Inventors: Paul Christen, Stefan Egli, Christof Stutz, Oliver Fankhauser, Stephan Hofstetter
  • Patent number: 8308195
    Abstract: The first step is fabricating a sheet with a front face divided into 4 quadrants; a rear face divided into 4 quadrants; upper and lower edges separated by a height; first and second side edges separated by a width; a central vertical fold line; and a central horizontal fold line. The next step is forming an image on each quadrant. The next step is creating a first fold along the vertical fold line and a second fold along the horizontal fold line. The next step is coupling the quadrants adjacent to the vertical fold line using a tape. The final step is cutting along the horizontal fold line to crop and remove the horizontal fold line creating a first signature having pages 1 through 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Charles E. Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8308194
    Abstract: A folding booklet is disclosed having a booklet cover and one or more of booklet pages in which are formed a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal fold lines defining a plurality of longitudinal panels and a plurality of transverse fold lines defining a plurality of transverse panels. The longitudinal panels can be folded along the longitudinal fold lines to overlay one another and the transverse panels can be folded along the transverse fold lines to overlay one another. The cover can then be folded along a booklet cover fold line to completely contain the folded booklet pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Richard Wilen
  • Patent number: 8302998
    Abstract: A binding system (1) comprising a stack of sheet (2), each with a binding side (3) with attachment means for the connection of the sheets. The binding side of a sheet possesses an alternating sequence of tabs and notches. One sheet can be attached to an adjacent sheet by interlocking its tab (4) into the notches between the corresponding tabs of the adjacent sheet. The tabs fit exactly into these notches to provide a seamless connection between these sheets. Thus this binding system provides for a quick, user-friendly binding system without requiring separate and cumbersome attachment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Innobind Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Paul Gokkel
  • Publication number: 20120217735
    Abstract: An indexed book of information bits has a hierarchal structure of primary headings and secondary headings within each primary heading. Each secondary heading includes a group of information bits associated therewith. The pages of the book are bound at first edges in a spine, include primary markings representing primary headings along second edges, and include secondary markings representing secondary headings along third edges. Indicating portions are provided along each of the second and third edges to associate each page with a respective primary heading and a respective secondary heading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventor: Kelly Patrick Stephens
  • Patent number: 8251403
    Abstract: An album (10) is described for collecting thin and flexible objects (22), in particular photos or portraits, comprising a multitude of sheets (12) folded in half along a central folding line (14) and joined together with a binding (16) positioned at such central folding lines (14). Each sheet (12) therefore creates a pair of pages of the album (10). At least part of the sheets (12) is provided, on at least one of the two facing surfaces of each sheet (12), with a frame or perimeter border (18) fastened to the surface of each sheet (12). At least one of the sides of the perimeter frame (18) is not joined to the surface of the sheet (12), so as to be able to be lifted in such a way as to define a passage slit (36) to slide in or take out a photograph (22) or another document of substantially the same size as each sheet (12) between the perimeter frame (18) and the corresponding sheet (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Acerboni Mario
    Inventor: Mario Acerboni
  • Publication number: 20120187672
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite hinge sheet including thermoplastic resin layers 5 made of a thermoplastic resin formed on both surfaces of a woven-fabric like sheet 3 having multiple openings therein. The woven-fabric like sheet 3 includes woven fabric or non-woven fabric made of at least one type selected from polyester, polyamide and polypropylene. The thermoplastic resin layers 5 include, as a raw material, resin having Shore A surface hardness flexibility of 85 or greater and Shore D surface hardness flexibility of less than 70. A part of the thermoplastic resin enters the openings in the woven-fabric like sheet 5, thus blocking all the openings, so that the thermoplastic resin layers 5 are integrated with the woven-fabric like sheet 3. The composite hinge sheet has excellent tearing and tensile strength, is resistant to light and heat in the binding part thereof, and has excellent resistance to repeated bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Japan Coloring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Sakagami, Takashi Watanabe, Yuuki Sueishi, Akira Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120175864
    Abstract: An ultra removable booklet with label for application to media is described. The booklet with label includes a release liner, an ultra removable adhesive layer, a paper stock layer, a booklet, an adhesive layer, and a clear plastic cover layer. The clear plastic cover layer has the adhesive layer applied to a bottom surface thereof and the bottom surface is positioned over the booklet. The booklet is positioned over the paper stock. The ultra removable adhesive layer is attached to the lower surface of the paper stock. The release liner is applied to the ultra removable adhesive layer. A process for forming an ultra removable booklet with label for application to media is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: THE KENNEDY GROUP INC.
    Inventor: Michael R. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20120169036
    Abstract: A method for preparing sheet material (10, 80) to be used for a page of a book comprises forming—in essentially an even sheet material (10, 80) adapted for use in a modern printing method in which the sheet material (10, 80) runs through a set of cylinders and/or rolls—at least one hinge area (18), extending for a distance (L, K+L) from the edge (14) of the sheet material (10, 80) that is intended as the binding edge of a book, towards the center of the sheet material (10, 80), by making, in the hinge area (18) of the sheet material (10, 80), several weakenings (11) that are parallel to the edge (14), are adjacent to each other and are located at increasing distances with respect to each other from the edge of the sheet material (10, 80) intended as the binding edge of a book, by making the weakenings (11): a) without piercing the sheet material (10, 80) and without essentially removing fibers from the sheet material (10, 80) in the hinge area (18), and b) in such a way that at least some of the weakenings (1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Maoing Kommandiittiyhtio L. Huotari
    Inventors: Henri Huotari, Markuu Siikamäki, Iisakki Huotari
  • Publication number: 20120139227
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward P. Busam, Kenneth P. Richied, Bhavpreeta Garg, Chad Haas, Ross Worden, Donald G. Bauer
  • Publication number: 20120126524
    Abstract: The invention provides a publication insert that comprises a sheet that is formed of four panels, two outer panels and two inner panels, the two outer panels having the same height and width, and the two inner panels having the same height and width, the panels being connected together via score lines, each of the two outer panels being extended by a joint strip along its edge remote from the score line connection with the inner panel, and the width of an inner panel being smaller than the width of an outer panel. The invention also provides a publication presenting such an insert, and having joint strips that are held captive in the binding joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventor: Sylvie Georgette Legastelois
  • Patent number: 8123254
    Abstract: A non-cellulose based deformable substrate having at least one fold line is configured to be able to be directly mounted on a frame or included in a publication. The substrate is configured to reduce the propagation of stress along the at least one fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: G.B.D. Corp.
    Inventors: Helmut Horst Gerhard Conrad, Ron Hills, Wayne Ernest Conrad, Nina Kanevsky Conrad
  • Publication number: 20120032432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a book page provided with a mandatory layout to print words and numbers, adapted to favor reading of individuals affected by specific learning disorders, such as dyslexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Rosalba Mercanti
  • Publication number: 20110316266
    Abstract: A board book album having stiff pages constructed from layers of white board material and having “hidden pockets,” each pocket holding two photographs, back-to-back, that are framed in die cutout openings in each page. Spacers to which the backs of the spreads forming the pages are glued allow each page to accommodate the thickness of the photographs without damaging the outer 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Laura J. Miranti
  • Patent number: 8046940
    Abstract: A file with a card-receiving recess is disclosed. The file comprises a first panel comprising a first layer and a backing layer, that contains an opening extending from the first layer to the backing layer, and a second panel hingedly associated with the first panel. The backing layer is configured to support a displayed sheet element in a position such that it is visible through the opening of the first layer, and the displayed sheet element is at least partially received within the thickness of the first surface and the backing layer. The backing layer contains an adhesive disposed thereon within the opening for securing the displayed sheet element to the backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Esselte Corporation
    Inventors: Braden Jones, Juliet Kenney, Lauren Grassia