With Resilient Gripper Patents (Class 116/236)
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Patent number: 8397410Abstract: A tabbed note includes a note sheet having an opening and at least two slits and a binder clip. Both slits extend to touch the opening. One slit extends to touch an edge of the note. A binder clip is inserted into one of the slits and positioned to block the opening from a front view of the tabbed note.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Inventor: Janet K. Lau
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Publication number: 20110239929Abstract: A bookmark can include a ribbon attached to a rigid body. The bookmark can include a resilient biasing member that assists in achieving a desired orientation of the rigid body relative to a book when the bookmark is coupled with the book.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: BOOKAMAJIGS, LLCInventor: Lynn G. Robbins
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Publication number: 20090107392Abstract: A position-identifying bookmark for identifying a reader's position on a page comprises at least one string, and first and second sheets. The first sheet has first and second planar sides, re-adherable adhesive on at least a portion of one of the first and second planar sides, and an aperture passing through the first sheet for connecting to the at least one string. The second sheet has first and second planar sides, re-adherable adhesive on at least a portion of one of the first and second planar sides, and an aperture passing through the second sheet for connecting to the at least one string.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventor: Andre L. Brooks
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Patent number: 7441512Abstract: An improved bookmark for indicating to a user the location where the user was previously reading in a piece of literature having a plurality of pages and a plurality of lines. The bookmark has a position indicator for indicating to the user where to position the bookmark on the page and a line indicator slidably mounted on the bookmark for marking the line where the user was previously reading by sliding the line indicator along the bookmark.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Inventors: Brandt S. Swallow, Joseph Bruce Swallow, Cinda E. Swallow
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Patent number: 7125049Abstract: A bookmark includes a seamless elastic band which is stretchable to loop around a group of pages in a book and around a cover of the book in order to identify a page place in the book. The band includes a slider thereon which has a front surface are that receives an image which is on one side of a sticker. When a bookmark is placed on a book, the slide is moveable along the elastic band while the elastic band is stationary, so that the slider can be placed at different locations on the cover of the book.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Grand Band, Inc.Inventors: Seth Goldberg, Bennell Kaye
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Patent number: 7052045Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Inventor: Andy Park
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Publication number: 20040099204Abstract: A clasp comprised of an indicator and memo space to be securely placed on a sheet of a printed document at a specific location desired by the user, as a in a book between pages on a specific line. Said sheet of paper can range from tissue paper to 20 pound bond to 80 pound text. The material comprising said clasp is durable and flexible. It is engineered to protect the paper from damage, and designed for ease of use, and safe handling.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventor: John J. Nestor
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Patent number: 6254136Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Quality Improvements LimitedInventor: Vijay Jayanti Patel
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Patent number: 6170877Abstract: A page holder adapted to hold opposing pages of a book in an open position while reading. The page holder includes first and second wings meeting at a junction point and disposed at an angle of about 150° with respect to each other. A thumb opening is spaced back from the leading surface of the first and second wings and offset slightly from the junction point toward the first wing. In use, the reader's thumb is inserted into the thumb opening and the junction point is placed between two adjoining pages of an open book near the bottom of the pages. One wing extends over and holds down the page on the right while the other wing holds down the page on the left. One embodiment of the invention is formed of clear plastic material using injection molding, while another embodiment is made of metal wire using wireform manufacturing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2000Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Inventor: Jack H. Zurn
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Patent number: 6089609Abstract: A clip that is attached to a checkbook and that will hold the checkbook in an open condition to enable a person to enter information from the checkbook into, for example a computer, without having to hold the checkbook open with one hand. The clip has a first arm that slips onto an open checkbook and a second bar that is parallel with the first bar, with a third bar holding the first and second bars in spaced relation. The second bar has a fourth bar that is perpendicular to the second bar. The fourth bar pivots with respect to the second bar for storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1997Date of Patent: July 18, 2000Inventor: Michael E. Denley
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Patent number: 6042291Abstract: A document holder includes upper and lower plastic sheets superimposed on each other to define a document holding space therebetween. A saddle member of a flexible and heat sealable material is heat sealed on two corresponding edges of the upper and lower sheets to form a stiffened ridge, and first and second straddle portions that extend along an entire length of the stiffened ridge. A rider has a riding portion slidably disposed on the straddle portions and a tab index holding portion exposed outwardly of the stiffened ridge into which a tab index can be inserted to classify the documents held in the document holding space.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Inventor: Chin-Lien Ho
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Patent number: 5022342Abstract: A bookmark includes a plurality of strings; two moveable place markers on each string; at least one moveable reference marker bead on each string; and anchor means interconnected with the strings for securing the strings to the book. The anchor means may comprise either a spring clamp for grasping the spine of a book or VELCRO-type hook and loop fastener material for adhering to the book spine.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1990Date of Patent: June 11, 1991Inventor: Alton B. Davis
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Patent number: 4898115Abstract: A bookmark device is disclosed which is adapted to mark a particular line on a particular page of a book. The device includes a generally rectangular member having a plurality of portions and segments which fit about the page to be identified and which are further adapted to underline and thereby identify a particular line on a book page. Portions of a tying member are connected to one end of the rectangular member and may be wrapped around the outside of the book and tied near the book spine to releasably retain the book in its closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1989Date of Patent: February 6, 1990Inventor: Iris E. Bowlay-Williams
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Patent number: 4608772Abstract: A marker for separately indicating a plurality of related materials comprising a base plate including a first section having at least one numeral row circularly arranged thereon and a second section having an area on which a plurality of predetermined items are printed. A plurality of pointers are rotationally situated in the center of a first section of the base plate, and an indicator is situated in a second section of the base plate. The indicator includes a guide groove extending through the area where the printed items are indicated, and a plurality of sliding pins slidably situated in the guide groove to immovably point the items when required. The pointers are independently moved relative to each other without influencing the other pointers and are marked to be distinguished from each other. The sliding pins of the indicator are marked to correspond to the pointers respectively for recording necessary information by mutual cooperation.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1983Date of Patent: September 2, 1986Inventor: Carlton Gill