Abstract: The present invention relates to hanger devices to secure a tablet to a post-like support member on an upright support surface. The hanger device includes an elongated header portion, a flap panel portion extending therefrom, and an attachment element to secure the tablet. The header portion includes an opening such as an elongate slot or a plurality of bores. The support member is selectively positionable along the length of the slot or in the bores such that the tablet is suspended under the force of gravity in a skewed orientation relative to the support surface. A pouch may be securable to the panel portion so as to be interposed between it and the tablet. The present invention also relates to a calendar assembly that incorporates the hanger device as well as a calendar having a header portion allowing it to be supported in a skewed orientation.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying procedural information cards on a computer video monitor includes a central shaft having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end capped by an upper cross member having an upper planar arm extending in one direction from the shaft, and an upper arcuate arm extending the opposite direction. The lower end is terminated by a lower cross member having a lower planar arm and a lower arcuate arm. The apparatus includes means for affixing the apparatus to a surface on a computer video monitor. The arcuate arms of the apparatus extend outwardly from the monitor to facilitate installation and flipping of the cards. Each of the arcuate arms comprises a generally semi-circular ring, and means for preventing inadvertent removal of the cards from the arcuate arms.

Abstract: A privacy tablet whereby an individual may make a written of other printed input information on a writing surface and thereafter immediately cover the portion of the writing surface so as to protect the confidentiality, security or privacy of the information from the view of subsequent users of the tablet. The covering operation may be manual or may be motorized and automated. Moreover, the motion of the cover may be restricted from unauthorized reversal and resultant observation of the information by a locking means. Lastly, any of the numerous generally planar surfaces of the tablet are well suited for and may be utilized for the imprinting of graphical or advertising material for the purposes of advertising or promotion.

Abstract: A device for displaying and exchanging a plurality of documents of various shapes and sizes and for organizing the same. The device of the present invention comprises at least two layers of pliable sheet material. If multiple sheets are used, the sheets may be nested together. The sheets may then be inserted into a binder mechanism where the binder mechanism compressibly engages the layers to create a pressure region adjacent thereto. The frictional force between the sheet material and the inserted document retains a document inserted into the pressure region formed between two adjacent layers.

Abstract: A promotional form is provided which includes a detachable element received within the surrounding margin of a base sheet, the base sheet being folded and sealed around one side of the detachable element to initially conceal a message, question or other indicia hidden until the detachable element is at least partially removed. The promotional form may include a plurality of detachable elements having correlated indicia printed on an exposed side and either on the concealed side of the element or in a portion of the opposing form section in registry with the detachable element. A game or educational piece may be inexpensively provided by correlating different indicia messages corresponding to respective detachable elements, so that in response to an initial query or instruction, a plurality of possible results may be revealed, leading in turn to an outcome revealed by removal of a further detachable element.

Abstract: A subfolder insert, or otherwise short-termed a “subfolder” for depicting its sub-file contents, for holding related papers of its conventional file folder, and as such, the subfolder is inserted within the file folder, for separation of designated papers from other papers within the file folder. To avoid the subfolder causing the file folder from being bulky and obscuring the “sub-held” papers, its surface area is effectively less than the surface area of the sub-held papers of a respectively standard size, such as a U.S. letter size and legal size; this, too, allows visual, physical exposure of the sub-held papers for easy reference and manual retrieval from within the subfolder. The front and back panels of the subfolder are integrated along multiple adjacent edges, as ideally a vertical edge and the bottom horizontal edge.

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 about an axis 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 marking device is optionally detachably-attached to a top portion of the apparatus. A stand is described upon which the apparatus may be placed for hands-free use.

Abstract: A document holder is provided which can be mounted to a vertical or horizontal surface. The document holder, which is substantially smaller than a regular 8½″×11″ sheet of paper frictionally holds the paper in place for reading.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel fastening method with multiple applications, and different stationery products derived therefrom. The method offers practical and economical solution to different problems and needs associated with many different fastening functions. This method is particularly useful and advantageous in the paper, cardboard and film products industries. The method eliminates the need to moisten coatings of adhesive, or the need to use removable release liners to protect the adhesive coatings on the articles that need to be fastened. The method further enables the creation of new products, to solve existing needs, as for instance, self sealing and self contained forms suitable for desktop and any other type of printers.

Abstract: A top piece is adapted to rest along a top surface of a monitor, and two side pieces extend downwardly from opposite ends of the top piece, and are adapted to rest along opposite side surfaces of the monitor. The top piece and the side pieces each include slots disposed longitudinally therein, through which sheets of paper may be inserted. Each of the side pieces has a support arm pivotally attached thereto, which swings outwardly from the side piece to support the sheet of paper. The top piece is telescopingly adjustable, to fit various size monitors. The side pieces each include a threaded extension at one end thereof, for attaching the side piece to the top piece. An internally threaded knob is rotatably mounted at each end of the top piece, and is configured to receive the threaded extension by manually rotating the knob. Each of the side pieces has a first bearing track and a second bearing track which is opposite the first bearing track.

Abstract: A display easel for placement on a desk or table functions as an erasable writing board, an easel to hold display placards, and a loose paper clipboard. The loose papers are held to the display easel by a self-adjusting clamp mechanism which automatically adjusts itself to the thickness of the paper pad and grips the papers to be held. The clamp mechanism comprises a cylindrical rod that slides up and down in a slot within a housing that receives the pad of loose papers. The pad is held fast to the display board by the cylindrical rod. The cylindrical rod slides up and down the housing, as needed, to accommodate the thickness of the pad.

Abstract: A copy viewer having a support stand for holding material to be copied in a viewing position and a "see-through" display device for displaying copied material directly over the material to be copied.

Abstract: A convertible copy holder has tracks on its rear surface that allow it to be attached to a swing arm on a desk top brace as desired. Further, the holder is made hollow to provide a storage compartment. A rib is located along one edge of the copy holder to receive a line guide, which is structured so that it may be pivoted from the copy surface. Also, there is a channel along the top of the copy holder which receives, and slidably retains, a large paper clip.

Abstract: A reading stand includes a page turning mechanism which has two turning arms extending radially from a rotary shaft located adjacent to an intermediate part of a back plate member. The arms are turned from one side of the shaft to the other side so as to turn a paper sheet of a book held by the reading stand. One of the arms has a paper sheet taking member such as a suction cup and the other arm has a paper sheet pressing member. A motor with a control mechanism operates the arms.

Abstract: Disclosed is a document stand, wherein guide lines with varying colors or patterns for facilitating the reading of rows of letters or characters are provided on a transparent plate disposed in front of a main plate, so as to prevent misreading or omission of a portion of a document, without the need to use a guide rod or the like as a ruler.

Abstract: An improved reading assistance device is provided for use within the video display terminal of a word processing system. The reading device subtends the video display terminal, receives paper with written subject matter, and displays selected portions of the paper to a user. It includes a housing with an inlet for receiving the paper, a display screen and light source for displaying the paper, a drive for moving the paper through the housing, and an outlet through which the device discharges the paper.

Abstract: A base which is adapted to hold a pile of similarly dimensioned sheets includes a substantially flat and rectangular holder, which defines two parallel and normally horizontally positioned sides, and a frame which may be attached to, and surround the holder. The holder is formed with normally upright rim strips, and the frame covers the rim strips. Each rim strip is formed with a guide slot; a bar of transparent material is disposed in parallel with the horizontally positioned sides, and is slidable along the holder in a direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontally positioned sides. The frame is formed with recesses in the region of the guide slots, so as to accommodate the slidable bar, and each recess in the frame, and each guide slot corresponding thereto is located in a center region of a corresponding rim strip, and extends along about one third along a length thereof.

Abstract: Magnetic devices are described which include a sheet of magnetic material having a relieved groove/ridge configuration, all the grooves and ridges being straight and parallel, and evenly spaced apart. Such devices can form part of apparatus for use in connection with a dry transfer sheet in assisting setting out a correctly spaced and aligned legend on a desired receptor surface. The apparatus can comprise a base member which, e.g. may be attachable to a designed receptor surface and a sheet-holder member. The sheet-holder member can consist of a bar to which a sheet of dry transfer material may be attached. One side of the bar of the sheet-holder member has a rib which may engage in the base member in one of the parallel grooves therein. The lateral spacing of the parallel grooves and the vertical spacing of lines of letters on the dry transfer sheet correspond to ensure accurate horizontal alignment of letters transferred from different rows on the transfer sheet to the final receptor.

Abstract: The transcribing work of a typist is facilitated by a reading aid in the form of a copyholder which has a holder cylinder of transparent material into which a copy to be transcribed is insertable. A support provides for rotatably locating the copyholder substantially in the typist's line of vision toward the keyboard and the typed line. The hollow cylinder is rotatable either by hand or by a motor driven gear mechanism for stepping the cylinder from line to line of the copy. The copy is insertable either at one open end of the cylinder or through a slot in the cylinder jacket.

Abstract: A copy holder adapted to foster the efficient comparison of two sets of data, one of which is visible on a display associated with a computer, and the other being visible on a sheet of flexible material, e.g., a sheet of paper. The comparison is fostered by reducing the necessary eye travel as an operator switches his attention back and forth between the data on the flexible sheet and the data on the display. A structural housing having a thin profile supports the display device in front of a computer operator, such that an operator may still see the data that appears on the display screen. The housing has a frontal opening through which the sheet of flexible material may be manipulated by the operator; and it has a rear opening through which a surplus quantity of the flexible sheet may be pushed.

Abstract: A needlework booklet holder comprising front and rear panels that are comparable to those of looseleaf notebook binders, and with the front and rear panels being associated with a magnetic material containing mounting panel, that overlies the inside surfacing of the rear panel, and a rigid brace plate in the form of an angle member having its sections at approximately 120 degrees, with the mounting panel and one of the brace plate sections being anchored to the holder rear panel along its inner edge, and the holder front and rear panels being hinged about a swing axis that is positioned adjacent the front panel inner edge, whereby when the front and rear panels of the holder are swung about the swing axis from an essentially flat, closed relation to open the holder for use, the holder rear panel and the mounting panel itself are disposed in easel forming, upwardly inclined relation relative to the front panel to receive and mount the pattern booklet in three possible positions for appropriately disposing the

Abstract: This sequentially highlighting copy holder employs fields of light as the frame of reference for an operator of a keyboard machine in keeping the place in the text of a document page. The page is affixed upon the copy holder for processing and is illuminated, portion by portion, as the place in the text advances. In one place keeping function the perceived effect of this highlighting delivered in sequence is that of a slender field of light slowly descending the document page. In another, the field of light disappears as a second field appears lower on the page, overlapping the position of the first field of light and disappearing in turn as a third field appears, overlapping the position of the second, so that as the place in the text moves downward the field of light moves with it in salient changes of position, holding to the moving place of attention in the text. In yet another function, ongoing input entered into the keyboard machine sets the downward pace of the field of light.

Abstract: A device for holding different sized, flexible information carriers such as paper; soft and solid backed yieldable information carriers such as books, magazines and tablets in a correct straight forward reading position; comprising a retaining device for the flexible, yielding information carriers for at least partially rigidizing the same, and comprising a rear angled movable holding and pressure retaining device for the soft and hard backed yieldable information carriers so they are held firmly and can be adjusted to proper reading position; comprising angle bent legs for firm stabilization and proper reading angle alignment of the holding device, eliminating light glare on yieldable information carriers when holding device is placed under most business machines from the rear.

Abstract: Page turner apparatus that includes a book support having a transverse ledge and a top flange, a slide plate on the support for transverse movement, the slide plate having a plurality of parallel slots for the pages to be turned extended therethrough, and operable mechanism for mounting the slide plate and selectively moving the slide plate to turn a page. The operable mechanism of each of the first and third embodiments includes a toothed rack slidably mounted on a slide rod and attached to the slide plate, and a foot pedal operated cable for selectively moving the rack in a page turning direction. In the second embodiment the operable mechanism includes a motor for driving a rod having a threaded portion cooperating with the threaded portion of a slide plate mounting block for transversely moving said block.