With Resilient Gripper Patents (Class 116/236)
  • Patent number: 8397410
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventor: Janet K. Lau
  • Publication number: 20110239929
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: BOOKAMAJIGS, LLC
    Inventor: Lynn G. Robbins
  • Publication number: 20090107392
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Andre L. Brooks
  • Patent number: 7441512
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventors: Brandt S. Swallow, Joseph Bruce Swallow, Cinda E. Swallow
  • Patent number: 7125049
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Grand Band, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Goldberg, Bennell Kaye
  • Patent number: 7052045
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: Andy Park
  • Publication number: 20040099204
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: John J. Nestor
  • Patent number: 6254136
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Quality Improvements Limited
    Inventor: Vijay Jayanti Patel
  • Patent number: 6170877
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Jack H. Zurn
  • Patent number: 6089609
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Michael E. Denley
  • Patent number: 6042291
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventor: Chin-Lien Ho
  • Patent number: 5022342
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Inventor: Alton B. Davis
  • Patent number: 4898115
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Inventor: Iris E. Bowlay-Williams
  • Patent number: 4608772
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Inventor: Carlton Gill