Book Or Pad Type Patents (Class 462/72)
  • Patent number: 7094454
    Abstract: A multi-color multi-ply note pad includes a plurality of note sheets, each of which has a perforated tear line that divides the note sheet into a stub portion and an inscribing portion, a binding member that binds the stub portions of the note sheets in a stack, and a repositionable adhesive layer provided on each of the note sheets at the inscribing portion of each of the note sheets and disposed adjacent to the tear line. The stub portions of the note sheets remain intact in the stack through the binding member when the inscribing portions of middle ones of the note sheets are removed from the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Taiwan Hopax Chems. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Tien Kuo, Jen-Rong Liu, Chin-Chung Tsai, Hsieh-Chang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 6935659
    Abstract: A pouch or holder has a friction-enhanced surface. The pouch has an opening to receive a cardboard backing of a writing pad. The sheets of paper of the writing pad overlie the upper surface of the pouch. The friction-enhanced material is located at the lower surface of the pouch. The pouch is closed at the bottom end and the side edges. The binding of the writing pad locates on the outside of the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Inventor: Richard H. Weaver
  • Patent number: 6830795
    Abstract: A linerless label is provided, that can be easily imaged, printed, or hand written upon by the end user. The label consists of a single ply, dispensed usually in a roll form, or alternatively, in a stacked form. A label roll is formed from a web of ply. The face of the web is stripe coated with an adhesive repellant release coat. The back of the web of ply is stripe coated with adhesive. Upon winding the web of ply into a roll, the adhesive on the back of the web of ply overlies the adhesive repellant stripes on the face of the web therebelow. The regions of the face of the web of ply not striped with adhesive repellant form areas for user printing and handwriting. Further, any portion of the face of the web of ply may be press printed prior to the application of the adhesive repellant stripes. Likewise, a label stack includes a plurality of label sheets superposed one on top the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Standard Register Company
    Inventor: George Downs
  • Patent number: 6794002
    Abstract: For a memo pad, many sheets 1 are bound at a back face as bound sheets using gum. The memo pad is provided with a cover paper on the top and a mounting paper on the bottom. The sheets 1 are printed from a central area of the sheet surface to over an outer peripheral area, with a decorative pattern. Outer peripheral non glued edges of the memo pad have a rugged shape modeled after the decorative pattern in a direction of the sheet surface and in a direction of the bound sheet thickness, such that even if the sheets 1 are turned up one by one or removed, a three dimensional decorative pattern reappears from the surface of the remaining sheets 1 to over the outer peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Taisei Bijutsu Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Korekiyo Shinbo
  • Patent number: 6709727
    Abstract: A bookbinding structure for binding a stack of sheets including an elongated substrate having a first surface on which a first, heat activated, adhesive matrix is disposed and a second surface on which a second, pressure activated adhesive is disposed. The first adhesive matrix will be used to binding an edge of the stack so as to form a bound book with no cover. The second adhesive matrix includes first and second spaced-apart segments which extend along the length of the substrate. First and second release liners are disposed over the first and second adhesive segments, with the release liners remaining in place until the stack of sheets have been bound with the bookbinding structure. One of the release liners is manually removed from the bound stack and the stack is positioned in a cover assembly with the edge of the stack being positioned opposite a spine section of the cover assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Powis Parker Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. Parker
  • Patent number: 6672622
    Abstract: A protective notepad cover that encloses a notepad to protect it from splashed water and other elements in one position and allows access to the notepad for writing in another position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Inventor: Jack Barron
  • Patent number: 6482487
    Abstract: A unitary stack of paper sheets have individual paper sheets which are loosely bonded together in a manner whereby an individual paper sheet is easily removed and used as a base. Each paper sheet in the unitary stack has a pressure sensitive adhesive partially covering each face thereof in approximate aligned areas of the respective faces. A back face of the individual sheet is adhered to a substrate while a front face holds an item for posting. In use, an individual paper sheet is readily removed from the unitary stack, adhered on its back face to the substrate, and then an item posted on its front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: P. R. Donahue Incorporated
    Inventor: P. Richard Donahue
  • Patent number: 6464580
    Abstract: A recording sheet package includes a stack of plural recording sheets. A packaging body contains the recording sheets. The packaging body or the recording sheets include humidity and temperature indicators which allows the degradation of the recording sheets to be compensated for in the course of thermal printing. A detection cutout is formed in the packaging body, for receiving insertion of a sheet remainder counter. The sheet remainder counter is allowed to push the recording sheets in a thickness direction thereof. The sheet remainder counter is adapted to detect a number of remaining ones of the recording sheets in the packaging body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidemi Sasaki, Yoshio Ishizuka, Takeshi Fujishiro, Fuyuki Inui
  • Patent number: 6361075
    Abstract: A transportable note pad holder that includes a main body having a note pad well for carrying a note pad. The main body is adapted to be removably carried within a sheath. The sheath includes a means for attachment to an article, illustrated as a pair of resilient arm clips that may be used to attach the sheath to a back pack strap or the like. To remind the user that a note carried within the main body is to be reviewed, the main body is provided with an alarm. Preferably, the alarm is connected to a lamp that will draw the attention of the user to the note pad holder. The lamp may also be arranged to illuminate the interior of the main body in order to allow a user to read any notes carried thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventors: David Ritter, Mitchell Feldman
  • Patent number: 6322867
    Abstract: A bookbinding structure and method. The bookbinding structure is, used to bind pages together in existing, commercially available binding machines. The bookbinding structure has a heat activated adhesive matrix for binding the pages. To attach a wrap-around book cover once the pages have been bound with the bookbinding structure, an adhesive on the outer surface of the bookbinding structure may be exposed by removing a release liner covering the adhesive. The book cover may then be adhered to the exposed adhesive either by a heat method or by applying pressure over the adhesive, depending on the particular type of adhesive of the bookbinding structure. The book cover may be printed with information and/or graphics prior to being wrapped around the pages of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Powis Parker Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Rush, Laura H. Rush
  • Patent number: 6299119
    Abstract: A shopping organizer having a base, at least one bar support, a saddle for receiving a bar or handle and a support strap for securing the organizer to the bar or handle. The saddle may be configured into the bottom or into the bar support(s). The organizer further includes at least a pad retaining means and a pen/pencil holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: David J. Dunning
  • Patent number: 6254955
    Abstract: A stack of self-stick writing notes includes a plurality of self-stick writing sheets, each of which has a layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive. The writing sheets are disposed one above the other to form a stack. A plastic sheet is attached to a bottom of the stack. Each of a plurality of labeling tabs includes a layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive attached to the plastic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Taiwan Hopax Chems. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Tien Kuo, Jen-Rong Liu, Ho-Tsai Lin, Ho-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 6231943
    Abstract: A record pad is provided having a paper top sheet with top and bottom faces and an underlying record bottom sheet with a transfer medium between them. The top sheet has an upper margin and a pattern (such as a substantially continuous strip) of repositional adhesive is provided on each top sheet bottom face adjacent the upper margin and substantially parallel to the upper margin. This provides a record pad construction which is more user friendly particularly for left handed writers, and makes it simpler to attach a top sheet—once removed from the pad—to another sheet or object. Preferably the top sheet is segmented into three different portions by through cut lines (or perforations or other lines of weakness), and along a securing edge of the top sheet another through cut line is provided, substantially perpendicular to the upper margin. The repositional adhesive strips are spaced from the upper margin or lines of weakness about 1—5 mm (e.g. about 2 mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Nijboer, Fokke Jager, Henry Wowick Dingley
  • Patent number: 6217443
    Abstract: A carbonless paper notepad for producing multiple copies of a document created on the notepad. The carbonless paper notepad includes a tablet with a plurality of sheets each having a lower face coated with a duplicating material. A top end of the tablet is coupled to a first end of a board. The board has a spaced apart pair of median folds extending between the sides of the board which divide the board into backer and underback panels. The backer panel is positioned beneath the tablet. The underback panel is inserted between adjacent sheets of the tablet beneath the upper sheet of the tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Leonard C. Green, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6206426
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventor: Robert N. Azzato
  • Patent number: 6155469
    Abstract: A notepad and writing instrument holder, particularly adapted for mounting on a surface within the interior of an automobile, for example, includes one piece construction comprising a molded plastic structure with first and second members which are hinged together along a living hinge portion. One of the members nests within the other such that opposed side panels of each member cooperate to retain the two members in a fixed position relative to each other to provide a writing surface for a notepad which is adjustable to suit the writer's needs and position relative to the notepad holder. Ratchet teeth formed on one member cooperate with detent members formed on the other member. The notepad holder may be injection molded in a generally flat planar configuration and the two members are formed by folding circular sector shaped side panels of each member with respect to center panels of each member into their working positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Jason G. Johnson
    Inventors: Jason G. Johnson, John W. Goodin
  • Patent number: 6071584
    Abstract: A description is given of a notepad comprising a stack of notes joined along a rear edge, for example by strips of pressure-sensitive adhesive, in the stack at least one first note, in which the running direction of the paper fibers extends parallel to the edge, and at least one second note, in which the running direction extends transversely to the edge, following successively one after the other. Furthermore, a process for producing such a notepad is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Ritter & Co.
    Inventor: Johannes Andreas Ritter
  • Patent number: 6040026
    Abstract: There are disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which comprises a substrate sheet, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate sheet and a release layer comprising a cured product from an ionizing radiation-curing type releasable resin formed on the other side of the substrate sheet; and a laminate which comprises a plurality of these pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets that are superimposed on one another so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the release layer directly face each other and the whole surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are covered with the release layers. The above pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets and the laminate formed therefrom can be produced with good workability with a simplified apparatus without the generation of curls, and thus are well suited for use as display labels etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwabuchi, Yoichi Sone, Tetsuyuki Utagawa
  • Patent number: 5948494
    Abstract: Composite sheet used as a component of a pad including a stack of like composite sheets and a pad comprising a plurality of like composite sheets. The sheets include at least one perforation line permitting separation of the sheet into at least two separate sheets, and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the bottom surface of the sheet and covering at least a portion of the bottom surface of each separate sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Herbert L. Levin
  • Patent number: 5863629
    Abstract: The copying system comprises a plurality of units in a stacked configuration, where each unit comprises two or several sheets of carbonless, repositionable self-adhesive paper. Image transfer upon writing pressure results in copies of the message made in a single unit but not on subsequent units in the stack. Image transfer is controlled by regulating the microcapsule size of the carbonless copying component on the first sheet in each unit and the basis weight of the last sheet of paper in each unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Mfg., Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Tien Kuo, Hsieh-Chang Hsieh, Hsien-Min Kuo
  • Patent number: 5792535
    Abstract: A pad of wrapping material made up of a plurality of sheets, wherein each alternating sheet is staggered in relation to an adjacent sheet for improving the ease with which the sheet is removed from the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 5788085
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for retrieving and then later refiling one or more sheets of single or multi-part architectural plans, blueprints, and/or any document from a flat storage file drawer comprising a sheet separator, a first clamping element, and a second clamping element, said sheet separator having a tapered front portion and means for being mounted on at least one transverse member for slidingly coupling to runners of the storage drawer. The portable arrangement allows the removal of a single sheet from a tightly packed stack of sheets without losing the place of the single sheet in the file and to replace the single sheet in the stack of sheets without disturbing the order in which the sheets are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Ralph M. Pidcock
  • Patent number: 5672105
    Abstract: A computer video monitor mask for removable attachment to a computer video monitor having a computer video monitor screen and a front face, comprises a generally planar substantially rigid panel portion having a generally planar front surface, a back surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second opposed side edges. The computer video monitor mask is attached to the front face of the computer video monitor by way of a hook and loop fastener system such as VELCRO.TM.. A first generally centrally disposed cut-away portion in the back panel is shaped and dimensioned to permit viewing of the computer video monitor screen therethrough when the computer video monitor mask is in place on the computer video monitor. There is optionally provided a removable paper writing surface generally surrounding the computer video monitor screen, wherein a plurality of sheets of paper are secured together in overlying separable relation one over another so as to form at least one pad of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventor: Chris Curic
  • Patent number: 5641550
    Abstract: An article of manufacture, such as a note pad, contains a plurality of sheets including an upper sheet and a lower sheet. The sheets are releasably bonded together by a first adhesive applied over least a portion of the adjacent surfaces of the sheets. A second adhesive is applied over at least a portion of the surface of the bottom sheet opposite the surface to which the first adhesive is applied. The second adhesive has a peel strength greater than the first adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Inventors: Rod S. Berman, Michael M. Gerardi
  • Patent number: 5639123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a note pad holder used in bed, darkness, or the like. The integrated features include a padded outer frame and center webbing for support of a note pad of the removable, self-stick variety. The note pad is held in place by ridges molded into the padded frame and protruding from the inner surfaces of said frame. This allows for the note pad to be securely held in place while still providing access to the full top surface of the note. A notch in the padded frame is used to secure an illuminated writing device or other type of writing utensil. The padded nature of the holder and the access to an illuminated writing device provides the user with a safe, easy, and potentially lighted means of utilizing a note pad while in bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Medley, Leroy D. Medley
  • Patent number: 5543190
    Abstract: An album comprising more than two pages, said album having a stack of sheets attached thereto, at least some of said sheets being removable from said stack and having repositionable adhesive on both sides of said sheets which are removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Dee L. Johnson, Kenneth F. Knoll, John R. David
  • Patent number: 5341940
    Abstract: A portable arrangement to allow a user to retrieve and then later refile a single sheet of single or multi-part architectural plans, blueprints, and/or any document from a flat storage file drawer. The portable arrangement allows the removal of a single sheet from a tightly packed stack of sheets without losing the place of the single sheet in the file and to replace the single sheet in the stack of sheets without disturbing the order in which the sheets are arranged. A first embodiment comprises an upright rack having opposite feet that are interconnected by a crossbar, a sheet separator, first clamping device, and second clamping device, said sheet separator having a tapered front portion and a device for being mounted on at least one transverse member which in turn has a device for slidingly coupling to runners of the storage drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Inventor: Ralph M. Pidcock
  • Patent number: 5232247
    Abstract: A writing assistance assembly for use by disabled people comprising a planar base with a smooth writing surface. A smooth adhesive layer overlies the smooth writing surface for holding writing paper sheets against lateral sliding movement across the smooth writing surface during the writing on the sheets of paper. A means for restraining the planar base against lateral movement across an underlying supporting surface is also provided. This assembly can also be utilized by a disabled person to place his disabled hand onto the writing assembly and apply weight there upon as therapy without slipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Inventor: James F. Shields
  • Patent number: 5188562
    Abstract: An accounting device for simplified bookkeeping. The device comprises a spiral binder, a check ledger insertable in the divider and divided into a plurality of rows and columns for recording data thereon, as well as a plurality of snap-fit checks which overlie the ledger in shingled fashion. Each check contains a strip of transfer material so that information recorded on each check is successively transferred to a line of the check ledger. A plurality of spreadsheet forms including matchup boxes are also insertable into the binder. Sums recorded in the matchup boxes are transferable to correspondingly labeled matchup boxes provided on a profit/loss summary form so that profit or loss may be easily calculated, and bank account figures easily reconciled. All of the bookkeeping operations associated with a small or micro business may be performed using the self-contained accounting device of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Big E-Z Bookkeeping Company
    Inventor: Michelle Carley
  • Patent number: RE38748
    Abstract: A transportable note pad holder that includes a main body having a note pad well for carrying a note pad. The main body is adapted to be removably carried within a sheath. The sheath includes a means for attachment to an article, illustrated as a pair of resilient arm clips that may be used to attach the sheath to a back pack strap or the like. To remind the user that a note carried within the main body is to be reviewed, the main body is provided with an alarm. Preferably, the alarm is connected to a lamp that will draw the attention of the user to the note pad holder. The lamp may also be arranged to illuminate the interior of the main body in order to allow a user to read any notes carried thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Inventors: David Ritter, Mitchell Feldman