Abstract: Described is a bookmark having a bookmark body, on which a bookmark clip is disposed. The bookmark clip can clam the cover or inner pages of a book to prevent the bookmark body from falling off from the book. The bookmark body is bendable and includes a protection surface of mounting the bookmark clip, a bendable surface and folding sheet capable of being inserted into content pages of a book. The bookmark can be repeatedly used for many times while having the features of being simple in structure, easy to manufacture, and flexible and convenient to use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for labeling the spine or edge of a binder. In an embodiment, the device comprises a housing, a clip attached to the housing and a label encased within the housing. The housing further comprises a base portion and a cover portion, wherein the cover portion is adapted to enclose a label within the base portion of the labeling device.

Abstract: A tab for attaching to sheet material comprises a substrate, a cut and an adhesive. The substrate includes a front side and a back side opposite the front side, and the substrate further includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The cut through the upper portion of the substrate forms a flap. The adhesive is along the lower portion of the back side of the substrate, and the upper portion of the substrate is free of adhesive.

Abstract: A clippable note comprises a sheet of plastic material having a clipping portion and a writing portion. The clipping portion is semi-rigid and has an opening sized to receive a key ring on the like. The writing portion is also semi-rigid and has a textured surface which provides a matte-like finish. The textured surface permits the writing portion to be receptive to writing by a pencil.

Abstract: A marker and method of marking pages for subsequent revisit in accordance with a predetermined theme such as wedding, birthday or holiday gifts, home décor ideas and so forth, wherein the marker includes primary and a secondary icon designs to be positioned one behind the other on strips that include a tacking agent. The primary icon design is detailed and/or colorful, while the secondary is faded and/or without color, yet remaining evocative of the primary. When placed on open pages, the primary icon faces the user, but when the pages are closed the result is that the primary icon indicates right page placement while the secondary indicates left page placement. This will help the user to differentiate placement of a marker on a right page from a left page within the book, magazine, catalogue or the like and thus facilitate accurate identification of the flagged page.

Abstract: A book-marking device for marking one or more page locations in a book. The device includes a pocket having a first end, a second end, and a mid-section, the pocket being of a pocket length between the first end and the second end the pocket length being adapted to extend approximately the cover length, and an elastic strap, the elastic strap extending from the first end and terminating in a strap end, and being of a relaxed length that is approximately as long as the pocket length. The elastic strap is adapted for extending around the cover to the second end of the pocket, retaining the pocket against the cover.

Abstract: An apparatus that holds pens, pencils, highlighters, and similar objects that is both functional and decorative. The hollow, semicircular shaped body telescopes, with the opening on the inner most sleeve. Attached to the inner most sleeve is a lid. The lid has a tab that locks the contents securely within the container. The inner most sleeve has a hidden compartment that secures the elastic and a bookmark. The outer most sleeve connects to the inner most sleeve. The elastic band wraps around the outside of the container and is removably connected to the outer most sleeve using a release anchor, which hooks onto the outer most sleeve. This elastic band is how the container is attached to the book spine. The inner most sleeve has a protuberance that is designed to set within a groove which is on the outer most sleeve.

Abstract: A clip that eliminates conventional drawbacks, such as bulkiness, and that has a sufficient clipping force, made of wire material and includes, an upper clip portion shaped so that it surrounds at least a front surface of an article, a lower clip portion shaped so that it surrounds at least a back surface of the article, and one or more pair of elastic bodies connecting the ends of the upper and lower clip portions. The elastic bodies include a pair of expansible and contractible elastic members shaped to extend from one of the respective ends of the upper and lower clip portions while holding articles, and are positioned along the rear surface thereof, and vertically extending portions connecting the ends of the elastic member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique for accurately identifying advertising forms for insertion into different publications. In an implementation, the method includes providing the advertising forms with a lap area, and printing a lap identifier onto the lap area. The lap identifier includes at least one of a publication name and an issue code so that the advertising forms can be properly correlated with the publication.

Abstract: A book page holder device for holding open the pages of a book, the book page holder device having a substantially flat and rigid support member that is sized wider than either a standard sized hard cover book in an open state or a standard sized paperback book in an open state. The support member is formed with two passages spaced apart across its width at a distance that is approximately a width of the open hard cover or paperback book. The book page holder also has an elongated resilient elastic retainer having first and second anchors provided adjacent to respective first and second opposite ends thereof. The elastic retainer is structured to pass through the two spaced-apart passages in the support member, while the anchors are structured to be unable to pass through the same two passages.

Abstract: A bookstand made up of a thin material that when in its folded out position receives a book so that the back of the book is tilted up to make its pages more easily viewed by the reader, and that can be folded flat enough to be placed inside the pages of the book so that it can be used as a bookmark.

Abstract: A book holder including an elongated, flexible formed piece of material, the material having an elastic deformation characteristic so as to permit bending while remaining biased to an original position, a base formed from the material, the base having a first member substantially transverse to a second member and a third member substantially transverse to the second member, the first, second, and third members lying in a plane, a first arm, having a first and second portion and a tip, formed from the material, the first portion extending from the first member generally perpendicular to the plane and the second portion extending obliquely from the first portion, the tip being on an end of the second portion opposite the first portion, a second arm, having a first and second portion and a tip, formed from the material, the first portion extending from the first member generally perpendicular to the plane and the second portion extending obliquely from the first portion, the tip being on an end of the second por

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bookmark for finding a desired page of a multi-page readable item such as a book or magazine having a plurality of pages bound along inner edges thereof, and disposed between opposed covers, said bookmark having a planar elongated section terminating at an upper curved hook-like extremity configured to extend, when said bookmark is in use, from said bound inner edges over the back of said readable item, an inner edge of an outer leg extension connected to said curved section said inner edge is substantially parallel to said inner edge of said elongated section. The present invention also relates to a second use of a bookmark as a coupon and/or a greeting card, to an advertising device comprising such a bookmark, and to a method for advertising such a bookmark.

Abstract: A book-marking device for marking a page location in a book. The device includes a pocket having a first end, a second end, and a mid-section, the pocket being of a pocket length between the first end and the second end the pocket length being adapted to extend approximately the cover length, and an elastic strap, the elastic strap extending from the first end and terminating in a strap end, and being of a relaxed length that is approximately as long as the pocket length. The elastic strap is adapted for extending around the cover to the second end of the pocket, retaining the pocket against the cover.

Abstract: A bookmark includes a rectangular solid base portion and an elastic member coupled to the base portion at only one end. The elastic member is an endless loop has a ball at one end and is fed through an opening at the end of the base portion. In use, the base portion is inserted into the inside of a book and the elastic member is extended around an outside of the book.

Abstract: A single card having a pair of icons on each side thereof, distributed longitudinally. Each icon includes a representation of an open book showing facing pages and a dot indicating upper or lower locations on a page of the book. A letter R or L indicates whether the location is on the right or left page. A modified form includes a double arrangement for use in the case when the pages of the book have two columns on each page.

Abstract: A photograph album system (10) has a spine (14) with an internal lateral groove (30) at one end and a removable retainer (42) having a plurality of internal retaining fingers (44) within the groove. A plurality of pages (52) are defined by a plurality of signatures (54). Each signature is defined by a plurality of page sets (56). Each page set consists of an interior support sheet (58) with a central fold (60) and a pair of exterior cover sheets (64). The exterior cover sheets are folded around an individual outer edge of an interior support sheet with each having a central fold defining an outer bend (66). The exterior cover sheets are adhered to the interior support sheet so that two pages are formed with separate pockets (72) on each side of each page. Posts (36) couple the pages to the spine.

Abstract: A staple fastener comprises an elongate wire having a generally uniform cross section, and is bent to form a U-shape having a pair of linear spaced apart parallel leg portions depending from a common linear backbone portion. The staple fastener has an outer surface colored using a chemical surface treatment such as a chromate conversion coating. The staple fastener binds a document of the same color for hiding the fastener, or of a contrasting color for coding the document for improved filing efficiency and the color may carry significance in other respects, such as blue for the Engineering Department, green for the Marketing Department, red for the Manufacturing Department, and white for Management. The fastener may be multicolor when such would have significance, i.e., red, white and blue. The fastener may also carry an indicia which may be a code, such as a name or number or the like for improved disposition of the document and for filing.

Abstract: A refined, simplified, cost-effective, and convenient method for stabilizing books, and bound materials at an angular displacement from a generally horizontal supporting surface, particularly to assist students, and those performing intense study—so as to synergistically optimize the visual image thereof on the appropriate visual receptors; and also to help relieve physical tension therefrom. The method involves manipulation of appropriate portions of the bookcover, or cover assembly, and/or interfacing other appropriate reclining support means of various sorts, which can closely, or smoothly mimic the structural, and usage profile of the bound items, and which interface with, and/or attach thereto.

Abstract: The methods and devices of the present invention comprise and result generally in sturdy foldable, performed protective comers of sturdy construction, preferably acid-free, non-yellowing polymeric film, and preferably having a preformed comer pocket for a convenient, snug fit on a comer, and include a self-sticking adhesive for permanent adhesion to a comer. The methods provide convenient steps to creating such products economically.

Abstract: A single card having a pair of icons on each side thereof, distributed longitudinally. Each icon includes a representation of an open book showing facing pages and a dot indicating upper or lower locations on a page of the book. A letter R or L indicates whether the location in on the right or left page. A modified form includes a double arrangement for use in the case when the pages of the book have two columns on each page.

Abstract: A reference bookmark, which by shape and proportion clenches a page of a book and which identifies the page and the text last read using a display window with a fully adhesive label. The invention is a rigid-planar device comprising a display window 1, a marker 2 and a stabilizer 3.The display window 1 is an extension of the marker 2. The reader places a fully adhesive label within the perimeter of the display window 1 and inscribes a personal note pertinent to the text of the marked page, for future referral. The display window 1 clears the page margin, enabling the reader to view and consult his notes, whether the book remains open or shut, thereby relocating the desired text or subject matter of the marked page. An opening between the marker 2 and the stabilizer 3 elements allows the bookmark to admit the clenched pages.

Abstract: A bookmarker adapted to be removably secured to a book comprising first and second tab portions separated by a fold line, bookmarking portion adapted to overlie said tab portion in the region adjacent said fold line, said tab portions including a releasable adhesive for securing said tab portions together, securing said bookmarking portions between said tab portions and releasably securing said bookmarker to said book

Abstract: A book support apparatus for supporting pages in a vertically positioned book. The book support apparatus includes a support body attached to a locating arm and optionally includes hinges and adhesive strips with peel off backings. A body addition may also be used with the support body to increase the thickness of the body for books needing increased support distances. The body addition may also include an adhesive strip with a peel off backing to allow for optional fixation to the body. A zigzag type of folding construction is also described.

Abstract: A multipurpose transparent bookmark with a “clip” that clips onto a page with the help of an inset flap 14, the “clip.” This clip 14 prevents a bookmark from slipping off a page. With this transparency property, nothing on a page will be obstructed. Hence a reader can mark on this bookmark exactly where he/she has left off by using a marker, sticker note/arrow, etc. The protruding blank space 20 available on the top of the flap acts like a tab, which provides an added space for notation. Thus, it has a myriad of applications, including being used as a bookmark, place marker, reference tab, categorizing device, sequencing or numbering device for any books, documents, paperwork, etc.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a book or magazine for reading includes a bottom member and a top member. The top member is elevated at one end above the bottom member and is adapted to pivot from a first closed position for reading into a second open position for turning the pages. At least a portion of the top member is transparent to permit viewing of printed matter through the top member, which is adapted to press upon the book or magazine when it is disposed in the first position. A lip is attached to the bottom member and is used to further retain the book or magazine in position. A receiving member is optionally attached to a back of the bottom member and is used to attach either a leg or a handle thereto.

Abstract: A bookmark with flipping page holder includes a base member, a retention projection, a flipping page holder, and a linkage member. The base member includes a side leg and a top leg. The retention projection extends downward from the top leg. Preferably, a linkage slot is formed along a width of the top leg at one end thereof. One end of the linkage member is attached to the flipping page holder and the other end of the linkage member is preferably slidably attached to the linkage slot.

Abstract: A device for communicating with a voice-disabled patient includes, generally, a housing having a display surface, indicia on the display surface that may be utilized by the patient to indicate the status and needs of the patient, and a marker that the patient may use to convey his or her status and needs to a third party. One embodiment includes a clipboard having two eraser-board surfaces and an erasable marker connectable to the clipboard. Another embodiment includes a lap-sized housing for a computer and a touch pad-activated screen. In both embodiments, the indicia includes a series of descriptive words and phrases indicating the status and needs of the patient, and graphical representations of anterior and posterior views of a human body with descriptive words correlating to common symptoms of specific parts of the body.

Abstract: A bookmark/placesaver in combination with a holder for writing implements is disclosed. The holder portion includes a strip of material with complementary mating elements. The strip of material is wrapped around the front cover of a book and the mating elements are attached. An optional lengthening element allows the device to be used on large books. A bookmark with a placesaver allows the reader to mark a page and passage of a book. An optional magnifier can be included on the placesaver.

Abstract: A foldable paper sheet is formed having a sheet body portion, a sheet lower side flap extending out from a lower side edge of the sheet body portion, a pocket panel extending out from a bottom edge of the sheet body portion, and a pocket side flap extending out from a side edge of the pocket panel. The pocket side flap is folded in towards the pocket panel, the pocket panel is folded up and the pocket side flap is glued to the back face of the sheet body portion. The sheet lower side flap is folded and glued to the pocket panel. The pocket panel is thereby secured along both side edges to the sheet body portion, has an open top and thus defines a pocket on the back of the sheet body portion. The pocket panel can have a finger notch at the center of its top edge. A tab is cut out of the edge portion of the sheet body portion to form a tabbed divider sheet. The tab advantageously can be formed at any location along the edge portion including at a lower location directly adjacent to the pocket.

Abstract: A magnetic placemarker that remains in place regardless of the orientation of the document, where multiple pages are to be marked, where a place on the page is to be marked, or where the adhesive properties of the marker are to remain stable, among other things. The invention resides specifically in the means to attach the marker via opposing magnets on flaps to be folded over or surrounding a page or pages in a document.

Abstract: A plush toy having an upper torso and head portion of an animal character firmly attached to one end of a ribbon, a lower torso and leg portion of the animal character attached at the ribbon's other end to provide, with the ribbon in the uncoiled position, a bookmark with the ribbon stretching along the spine of the book with the torso portions functioning as anchors, and, in the rolled, or coiled position, to provide a small, plush toy animal in a sitting position.

Abstract: A combination bookmark and trivia game having sliding arrow indicators which point to numerical indicia on the front panel of the bookmark, which can indicate the appropriate chapter and verse for a book of the Bible to show the location on the page where the reader stopped reading. Additionally, the bookmark includes a transparent pocket for receiving a trivia game card having a visible printed Bible verse, and a concealed book, chapter, and verse. Players use the sliding arrow indicators to show their choice as to the correct location of the printed verse in the Bible. The transparent pocket can alternatively be used for a prayer list or a prayer pal photo.

Abstract: Divider means for dividing a set of pages, especially but not exclusively in a binder, into groups of pages. The divider means comprise a single sheet of material which is cut into a plurality of divider portions of the sheet, each extending from a common connecting portion of the sheet.

Abstract: A cover apparatus for a book is provided. The cover apparatus includes a body portion that defines a substantially plainer protecting surface which attaches to an inner page of a book. The cover apparatus also includes a folding piece portion extending laterally to the body portion. The folding piece portion is formed with a plurality of laterally extending folding piece strips which are separably disposed one relative to the other in substantially parallel manner. The folding piece portion has formed thereon a plurality of longitudinally extending folding lines such that each folding piece strip may be bent along at least a portion of one folding line.

Abstract: A book clip formed of flexible elongated material such as wire that rebounds readily to its formed shape. The clip has two legs for slipping behind pages of a book on the right and left sides of the book. The legs are slightly further apart at the bottom for easy insertion between pages. A front crosspiece holds the pages of the book across the of the open pages so that the pages are pressed between the crosspiece and the right and left legs. The legs and crosspiece are joined by approximately parallel left and right arch pieces. The legs extend beyond the lower part of the crosspiece sufficiently so that they easily remain between the pages of the book when the book clip is slipped up for the pages to be turned. The book can then be stood up on its own, laid down, or propped against another object, thus leaving the hands free to write, eat or do other activities while a person has access to the open pages.

Abstract: A bookmark in the shape of a doll or animal includes: a) a rounded head portion; (b) a longitudinally extending body portion attached at an upper end to the head portion, the body portion including at least two generally rigid, matching leg portions extending downwardly at a lower end; and (c) at least one strand of hair-like material attached to the head portion. The leg portions are spaced apart and adapted for placement over the edge of a cover of a book or other text. The strands are of a length and thickness adapted for placement between two pages of the book to mark one or more pages for future reference. A head swivel mechanism is also described.

Abstract: A printed publication having integrated labels or bookmarks, as well as a method for manufacturing same are disclosed. The printed publication includes a plurality of pages and a cover, at least one of which includes a plurality of bookmarks releasably adhered thereto. The bookmarks can be individually removed by the user, and repositioned elsewhere within the publication for marking and later reference purposes. The method includes the steps of applying an adhesive coating along a moving web of material, applying a release coating to the moving web, folding the web such that the adhesive coating is adhered to the release coating, and cutting the web into individual labels.

Abstract: A publication having a separation line indicated on at least one of the pages of the publication. The separation line has a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The first endpoint is located on or adjacent to a first edge of the page and a distance away from a second edge of the page; the first edge forms an angle with the second edge. The second endpoint is located a distance away from the first edge and a distance away from the second edge. The distance from the first endpoint to the second edge is greater than the distance from the second endpoint to the second edge. A page marker integral with the page is formed when the page is separated along the separation line. When the page marker is folded towards the second edge of the page, a portion of the page marker extends beyond the second edge. The page marker thus functions as a bookmark.

Abstract: A page protection system according to the present invention includes a band of material encircling the pages and a cover of an album, the band being snug enough to prevent removal of the pages without cutting or removing the band. In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the page protection system includes album ring elements secured to the back cover, rather than the spline of the album and a band made of transparent, synthetic, and heat sealable and/or heat shrinkable plastic material. The band should not be easily torn and not easily removable. It is preferably located near the rings, for example within about 1.5 inches from the ring elements if the elements are mounted to the spline of the album and adjacent the ring elements if they are mounted to an album cover.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus and method of fixing relatively loose multipage articles such as magazines to a back board. A band (16) is passed between pages of the article (10) and the ends (26) are secured to the front or back of a back board (12) or to themselves so as to sandwich one or more pages of the article (10) to the back board (12). The band (16) is preferably transparent so as to be unobtrusive.

Abstract: An elastic bookmark includes a retention member and an elastic member. The retention member includes a base member, a first attachment arm, and a second attachment arm. Preferably, the first attachment arm is formed over a first end of the base member and the second attachment arm is formed over a second end of the base member. One end of the elastic member is attached to the first attachment arm and the other end of the elastic member is attached to the second attachment arm. A second embodiment of the elastic member includes a plate retainer attached to an elastic strap. A third embodiment of the elastic bookmark includes an elastic strap inserted through a tube retainer.

Abstract: A sheet lifter for use with a ring-binder for storing loose-leaf pages having a substantially flat base portion with first and second lateral sides. The base portion further includes at least one aperture located between the first and second sides for receiving and mounting to the rings of the binder. An end portion is connected to the base portion and is configured to extend beyond the pages stored in the ring-binder when the sheet lifter is engaged by the rings of the binder. The two sides are connected to the end portion and are non-parallel with respect to each other.

Abstract: A book holder comprising a book receiving base, a pair of left and right page presser mounting portions arranged at left and right side peripheral portions of the book receiving base, each page presser mounting portion having a support member insertion hole extending in the vertical direction formed therein, a bottom stopper for supporting a bottom of a book, a pair of left and right page pressers mounted on the book receiving base in a substantially left-and-right symmetry, each page presser comprising a support member which is inserted into the support member insertion hole slidably and rotatably and a page pressing member which presses an opened page of the book, and fixing means for fixing the support members of the left and right page pressers at arbitrary positions.

Abstract: A printed publication having integrated labels or bookmarks, as well as a method for manufacturing same are disclosed. The printed publication includes a plurality of pages and a cover, at least one of which includes a plurality of bookmarks releasably adhered thereto. The bookmarks can be individually removed by the user, and repositioned elsewhere within the publication for marking and later reference purposes. The method includes the steps of applying an adhesive coating along a moving web of material, applying a release coating to the moving web, folding the web such that the adhesive coating is adhered to the release coating, and cutting the web into individual labels.

Abstract: A printed publication having integrated labels or bookmarks, as well as a method for manufacturing same are disclosed. The printed publication includes a plurality of pages and a cover, at least one of which includes a plurality of bookmarks releasably adhered thereto. The bookmarks can be individually removed by the user, and repositioned elsewhere within the publication for marking and later reference purposes. The method includes the steps of applying an adhesive coating along a moving web of material, applying a release coating to the moving web, folding the web such that the adhesive coating is adhered to the release coating, and cutting the web into individual labels.

Abstract: A page holder for holding the pages of a book in an open arrangement having an attachment means such as a spring clip for attaching the page holder to the cover or to one or more pages of the book, a holding means adapted to hold, to the cover of the open book, one or more pages on each side of the spine of the open book, and a support member connecting the attachment means to the holding means, the support member being adapted to allow movement of the holding means from a page holding position to a page releasing position, without detaching the page holder from the book, so that one or more pages of the book can be turned.

Abstract: A book-toy combination, comprising a front cover, a back cover, and a plurality of pages therebetween, the front cover, back cover and plurality of pages being bound along one side thereof; an elongated member coupled to at least one of the front cover, the back cover, and at least one of the plurality of pages, the elongated member extending away from a periphery of the front cover, the back cover, and the at least one of the plurality of pages; and at least one element sliding along the elongated member.

Abstract: A clipboard of integral one piece design having a clip head which is joined to the sheet of the clipboard by a living hinge and having resilient elements formed integrally with the sheet and clip head for urging the clip head and sheet toward each other.

Abstract: A security hardware device used to hold multi-leafed materials, for example, telephone books, which device has an inner box within an outer sleeve, wherein the inner box has a first end with a toothed grip and a second end with a means for receiving a screw; and the outer sleeve has a first open end for receiving the inner box and second closed end, and wherein the second closed end is provided with a toothed grip and further provided with a hole for passing a screw through the outer sleeve and into the means for receiving a screw so that, as the screw is turned into engagement, the inner box is drawn into the outer sleeve, and a means for attaching the device to a surface.