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: The life log or journal is directed to produce a record of the life of a child by parent and child, explicitly divided into a fetus era, newborn era, school era, grown-up era, and mature-age era, guiding a parent to write down a record when the child is too young to write for himself/herself, and guiding the child to write for himself/herself when the child grows up. In the region guiding the parent to write down a record, an instruction is printed to inspire the parent to facilitate writing down events of the child's development on occasion together with the parent's feelings at that time. As a result, a life log can be produced, leaving the affection devoted from the parent to child in a visual form so that the parent and child can share affection, joy and emotions throughout the childhood and adulthood of the child.

Abstract: An page marking device is disclosed. The marking device is part of a book. The book has a tab assembly carrier. The carrier has a plurality of removable tabs disposed on the carrier. Printed indicia is located on the tabs. The tabs are secured to the carrier by a non-aggressive adhesive allowing the tabs to be removed from the carrier relocated and/or removed again as required by the user of the device. Printed indicia may also be located on or beneath said carrier.

Abstract: A calendar comprising front and rear covers with multiple pages disposed therebetween and being saddle stitched together. A portrait mounting area formed on the inside of the front cover with aligned perforated punch outs formed in each of the pages such that a photograph mounted in the portrait mounting area is viewable through the apertures formed by removal of the perforated punch outs.

Abstract: A binder for papers, photographs, or other sheet-like materials is provided with a cover having one or more window openings defined therein. A flat, transparent protective sheet is located in contact with the inside surface of the binder cover and a backing sheet overlies the protective sheet. The backing sheet is secured to the peripheral margin of the protective sheet, and elsewhere as required, to delineate at least one, and preferably a plurality of pockets. The pockets are formed between the backing sheet and the protective sheet. An elongated slit in defined through the backing sheet behind each pocket created. The peripheral edges of the backing sheet are permanently secured to the inside surface of the binder cover. Photographs or other flat display materials may be inserted into the pockets formed between the backing sheet and the protective sheet through the elongated slits. The pockets are delineated so that they are aligned with the window opening in the cover.

Abstract: A book with improved binding includes a front cover page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough, a rear cover page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough and at least one center page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough which is positioned between the front and rear cover pages. Each of the front, rear and center pages are constructed of foam material and the invention includes at least one binding cord which extends through each of the binding holes of the front cover page, rear cover page and center pages for binding the pages to one another in book format.

Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching a cover to a text body to create bound documents with floating and attached spines are described. In some embodiments, a solid pressure sensitive adhesive film is applied between a cover and the side hinge areas of a text body, and a cover is bound to the side hinge areas of the text body with pressure. A solid pressure sensitive adhesive tape may be dispensed from an adhesive dispenser that includes a plug-in cartridge housing, a supply spool, and a take-up spool. In other embodiments, an adhesive sheet that includes a hot melt adhesive film and a backing is applied to the text body, with the hot melt adhesive film in contact with the side hinge areas and the spine of the text body. The hot melt adhesive is exposed in areas corresponding to the side hinge areas of the text body for attaching the cover to the text body.

Abstract: The INSERT OPTION EDITION concept has not been utilized for the sole purpose of updating an already published reference/collector edition. My edition, which consists of presidential inaugural addresses from 1789 to 2001, can be updated with future presidential inaugurals in the years 2005, 2009, and 2013.

Abstract: A gear-driving device that allows the user to create an interlocking moving gear display that is coordinated with the subject matter in a book or on a page.

Abstract: An album, including a cover, the cover having a front and a back hingedly joined with a binding, the cover having an overlying coating; the cover being joined to corner protectors; a first platform joined to an inner surface of the cover, the first platform having an overlying coating; and a second platform joined to the first platform, the second platform having an overlying coating.

Abstract: A device for assisting thought processes in decision making. The device is a book having a front cover bearing a title in characters and a rear cover bearing the title but wherein the characters comprising the title are inverted with respect to the front cover. Thus, the book may be opened sensibly from either the front or the back. A plurality of pages, each page bearing self-contained text, are disposed between the front and rear covers with the text inverted on alternate pages. A person contemplates a problem then opens the book either from the front or the rear to reveal a random page. The text that appears in non-inverted characters on the exposed page is read to provide guidance in solving the problem.

Abstract: A food/drink tab/check holder for making it easier for the customer to be able to read one's tab/check upon the receipt thereof. The food/drink tab/check holder includes a book having a front cover and a back cover being pivotally connected to the front cover and closable upon said front cover with the front cover having a side facing the back cover upon the book being closed and with the back cover having a side facing the front cover upon the book being closed; and also includes a tab/check member including a piece of paper being removably held within the book and having indicia displayed thereupon; and further includes an elongate magnifying member being movably attached to the book for enlarging the indicia for a user to easily view without having to use eyeglasses; and also includes a light-emitting assembly being attached to the book for providing light between the front and back covers upon the book being opened; and further includes a writing utensil being removably supported upon the book.

Abstract: A combination book and storage device comprising a container with at least one cover which contains locking mechanism which is simple to operate and manufacture and a book which is mounted so that when the cover of the storage device is locked the book is still accessible.

Abstract: A loop-type binder comprises tongues (4) attached on its back cover for holding document sheets, and these tongues (4) constantly increase in thickness from their base (6) to their tip (9), thus comprising a deflection resistant tip and an elastic staff at their base. The radius of the joining area (15) from the tongue to the base is by several times smaller on the side facing the back cover than the radius of the joining area (14) on the side that faces the front cover. The stopper (13) that retains the tongue when the binder is open is integrated into the tongue by a slope (12). This tongue design facilitates convenient and gentle handling and storage of documents (FIG. 2).

Abstract: A binder has a front cover and a back cover. A first page assembly for mounting in the binder includes a first magnet. A second page assembly for mounting in the binder in an overlying relationship with the first page assembly includes a second magnet for releasably attaching the second page assembly to the first page assembly in the binder. Each one of the page assemblies may include a magnet portion, a hinge portion, and a display portion, which may be all formed as one piece. The binder has a base member, made of a magnetic material, to which the magnets are attracted to mount the page assemblies in the binder.

Abstract: A wearable book. A wearable book, comprising a plurality of pages and a loop adapted for encircling a body portion for attaching said pages to the body, is provided. The pages are preferably bound together at one edge and preferably are of substantially the same size. The loop preferably has at least about 50% elasticity for stretching the loop over a second body portion such as a hand having a substantially larger circumference than a first body portion such as a wrist, and thereafter snugly circumferentially contacting the first body portion to secure the book in place.

Abstract: Method for printing pages within a booklet to improve the appearance of images on opposing pages includes sequencing images such that opposing pages are printed with the same print engine and/or fused the same number of times. Booklets include opposing pages having images fused the same number of times and/or printed with the same print engine as the image on the opposing page.

Abstract: A combination book and storage device comprising a container with at least one cover which contains locking mechanism which is simple to operate and manufacture and a book which is mounted so that when the cover of the storage device is locked the book is still accessible.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a folder index pocket structure, comprising a main body for being used in a folder having a plurality of loose-leaf pages, and such main body is a thin plastic transparent plate using a front cover sheet and a back cover sheet on one side of the main body to define an index pocket for holding an index card; a folded edge is disposed at the bottom of the index pocket to receive the index card; and a through hole is disposed on the back cover sheet for letting a user push the index card into and out of the index card pocket by finger. By means of the marked numbers on the index card corresponding to the page number, we can attain the purposes of turning the page and search the content quickly. Furthermore, the index pocket is used to protect the index card, so that the index card has the functions of resisting water and dirt, preventing damages, and saving materials.

Abstract: A process and product therefrom for making a waterproof, durable and easily printed book with a plurality of pages of synthetic paper bound by water-insoluble adhesive or glue and/or water-resistant thread. A preferred embodiment is prepared with a series of depressions or wells into which water-insoluble adhesive or glue is introduced before the insertion of the pages therein, the pages being tightly bound together and to the cover backing by a combination of adhesive or glue and water-insoluble thread.

Abstract: The cover of a binder is provided with a coating which is receptive to inks which are water based, solvent based or gel based, and which is substantially water-fast after the ink has dried. A coated transparent sheet may be provided on the front cover of the binder to form a pocket so that visual material inserted in the pocket may be traced, and so that the cover may be personalized. The coating may include porous pigment and a binder which includes as a component a water soluble polymer.

Abstract: A binder including a front cover, a rear cover directly or indirectly coupled to the front cover, and a gusset extending generally between the front and rear covers. The pocket further includes a pocket located on an outer surface of the binder, the pocket at least partially overlapping with at least part of the gusset.

Abstract: A stationery organizer is provided having parallel, C-shaped members that are threaded through the aligned apertures of numerous stationery products. The C-shaped members have adjacent first ends joined by a connecting member, and have second ends that are curved upwardly, rearwardly and inwardly, then joined to define a hook. The C-shaped members are joined by a curvilinear spring member that has a first end spaced apart from the connecting member such that an aperture is formed. The hook is insertable through the aperture only by compressing the curvilinear spring member. Once inserted the hook catches the connecting member as the compression of the curvilinear spring member is lowered, although sufficient compression load remains in the curvilinear spring member to cause the hook to bear upon the connecting member to secure the closure. Only a subsequent compression of the curvilinear spring member will disengage the hook from the connecting member for release.

Abstract: A binder assembly and manufacturing process thereof includes a front cover, a back cover, a spine, and openings in the assembly for the purpose of placing windows inside the front cover and spine. The front cover, back cover and spine define the space for holding loose-leaf pages. The openings in the front cover and spine define the space for placing loose papers into the front cover and spine. Pockets are included on the inside of the binder assembly for securing additional loose-leaf papers. Manufacturing processes of the binder assembly include methods in which the same material is used for all components and in which different materials are used to manufacture various components in the same process.

Abstract: A high speed method for producing a booklet containing a personalized mail reply form, a set of personalized return address mail stickers, event and endorsement stickers, and a collated tablet of personalized note paper, such as stationery. The entire booklet can be inserted into a window envelope or polywrapped, revealing the mailing address for postal delivery. Alternatively, the booklet can be edge tabbed to mail without an envelope.

Abstract: In a binder such as a window binder having two opaque thermoplastic sheets sandwiching therebetween front and rear panels and a spine panel and an outer clear thermoplastic panel forming a window over at least the spine, the outer surface of the spine panel has a depression formed in it such that the spine is thicker or otherwise raised near its vertical edges, and thinner or otherwise depressed between the raised portions. The opaque sheet covering the outward face of the spine panel is sufficiently flexible so as to deflect inwardly into the depression in the spine panel. The deflection of the thermoplastic sheet into the spine depression allows a spine label to be inserted into the pocket between the thermoplastic sheet with relatively little force.

Abstract: A method of binding a book including the steps of providing a front cover page, a rear cover page and at least two center pages each constructed of a foam material and providing at least two binding sheets. A first center page is mounted on a first binding sheet with a connection portion of the first binding sheet not being covered by the first center page. Another center page is mounted on another binding sheet in the same manner. The first center page is then mounted on one of the front and rear cover pages and the connection portion of the first binding sheet is connected to an adjacent center page. The connection portion of the another binding sheet is then connected to the other of the front and rear cover pages and the front, rear and center pages are thus bound in book format.

Abstract: An indexing system with a label display configured for connection to a stack holder for placement adjacent a stack of sheets held in the stack holder. The display has a label portion disposed in a viewing position beyond the stack and is configured for displaying label indicia thereon for identifying a section of the stack. A divider is configured for dividing the section of the stack from other sections and for mounting in the stack holder within the stack. A tab connected to the divider and positionable extending beyond the stack and over the label portion is configured to permit viewing of the indicia therethrough with the divider held in the stack holder. An indexing system package and a system for displaying indexing system packages is also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods of binding sheets by activating a microencapsulated binding agent are described. Each sheet to be bound has an exposed binding surface region near a spine edge. A frontside adhesive system is disposed over the frontside binding surface region and comprises a binding agent that is encapsulated in a plurality of microcapsules. The adhesive system is non-tacky to enable the sheets to be stacked and individually processed until the binding agent is released from the microcapsules.

Abstract: An end leaf of the type which is meant to be used in combination with binding means with which a bundle of loose leaves (6) can be bound, wherein this end leaf (1) comprises at least a leaf (2) made of synthetic material and a strip-shaped part (4) firmly attached to an edge (3) of said leaf (2) which is suppler than the above-mentioned leaf (2).

Abstract: A photo album is disclosed, made from a unitary strip of image bearing media having images printed in a pre-determined sequence. A plurality of pages is formed by folding the image media strip between the images into accordion folds and adhering the folds together so that each pair of the images forms two sides of a page. The photo album may have reinforced front and rear photo album covers. A binding holds the pages together.

Abstract: An editorial and stationery article, such as a diary, exercise-book, book, magazine, newspaper, file-holder, etc., having particular ergonomic features, characterized in that it has a structure that can be opened as a book, with sheets or pages of quadrilateral shape, with the back or spine side oblique to the upper and lower sides, so that in the open position at least the lower sides converge towards the opening central axis, with convergence according to the obliquity angle of the spine side with respect to said upper and lower sides, so as to have a substantially user-enveloping configuration.

Abstract: A spiral coil is used when stacking a plurality of sheets each having a plurality of holes punched at a constant pitch, and binding the sheets by inserting the spiral coil therethrough. The spiral coil has a different pitch from that between the holes of the sheets. The spiral coil may be densely wound or have a different pitch from that of the sheets. A bookbinding device is prepared for inserting the spiral coil through the holes in the sheets. The bookbinding device has the same pitch as that between the holes, and has an engaging portion at an end thereof for engagement with the spiral coil. The bookbinding device is inserted through the holes such that the spiral coil follows it and is plastically deformed, thereby binding the sheet. The spiral coil after the plastic deformation is held at a pitch after the deformation.

Abstract: A binder, notebook or portfolio including a body having a front cover and a rear cover pivotally joined together and a retaining mechanism located on an outer surface of the body. The retaining mechanism includes a pair of panels coupled to the body, the panels being releasably attachable together. In another embodiment, the invention is a binder, notebook or portfolio including a body having a front cover and a rear cover pivotally joined together and a retaining mechanism located on an outer surface the body. The retaining mechanism includes a pair of panels pivotally coupled to the body such that loose components can be located between the panels and the outer surface.

Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching a cover to a text body to create bound documents with floating and attached spines are described. In some embodiments, a solid pressure sensitive adhesive film is applied between a cover and the side hinge areas of a text body, and a cover is bound to the side hinge areas of the text body with pressure. A solid pressure sensitive adhesive tape may be dispensed from an adhesive dispenser that includes a plug-in cartridge housing, a supply spool, and a take-up spool. In other embodiments, an adhesive sheet that includes a hot melt adhesive film and a backing is applied to the text body, with the hot melt adhesive film in contact with the side hinge areas and the spine of the text body. The hot melt adhesive is exposed in areas corresponding to the side hinge areas of the text body for attaching the cover to the text body.

Abstract: A booklet having a base, a plurality of pages having at least one mounting portion and a plurality of display portions. The mounting portions are hinged with respect to the display portions. The mounting portions have page engaging members, and the base has base engaging members. The base engaging members are configured to engage the page engaging members to attach the mounting portions to the base and to provide for the mounting portions to move with respect to the base to allow the display portions to move to a greater extent than the display portions would move without such movement of the mounting portions, to allow the display portions to lie more flat against one another when the pages are turned. The base engaging members may include pins mounted on the base, and the page engaging members include holes formed through the mounting portions, the pins extending through the holes. The holes may be elongated.

Abstract: A file paper adhesive fastening assembly has an engaging element for engaging an upper edge section of a support panel, and has a plurality of relatively small superposed flexible fastening pieces held together in a flap-like manner along their upper edges, and each fastening piece has an adhesive element at approximately the midsection of its undersurface for engaging and supporting the top edge section of a paper sheet to be mounted on the support panel.

Abstract: A substrate such as a promotional brochure or product container is provided with an insert holder. A preferably transparent an oversheet is attached to the substrate over an insert such as a folded product information sheet. The oversheet is affixed directly to the substrate by adhesive around a peripherally surrounding the insert, at lest on two opposite margins or edges straddling the insert. A zone is defined on the oversheet over the insert where the oversheet is nonadhesive. The oversheet can capture an inserted item, such as a folded product information sheet, which is intended to be extracted by a consumer by tearing away a portion of the oversheet or by laterally extracting the insert. The oversheet preferably is substantially clear and the edge strips are perforated. A process is disclosed wherein the oversheet provided on a label roll with a killed adhesive zone, and is applied on a production line using a label applicator and series of rollers.

Abstract: A system and method for the publication of a fully personalized and completely customized story is provided. The system and method include providing a blank label, a blank board book, and a base software program or module using a general purpose computer for accepting completely variable creative content and controlling the printing of the content to the blank labels.

Abstract: A binder for receiving and retaining loose leaf papers comprising a cover, a binding mechanism coupled to the cover, and a hole punch coupled to the cover. The hole punch is configured to punch a set of holes in a sheet of paper such that the binding mechanism can be received through the set of holes to receive and retain the paper in the binder.

Abstract: A concertina-bound foam-based book is presented, comprising a plurality of foam pages, each having a first edge and a second edge. The first edge is opposite the second edge on each page, and the pages are bound along their first edges and second edges in a concertina fashion with a water-resistant binding means. When fully opened, the concertina-bound foam-based book opens as a string of pages and such that when closed, the pages of the concertina-bound foam-based book form a stack of pages. A variety of specific binding means and binding materials may be used in conjunction with the present invention. A method for making the concertina-bound foam-based book of the present invention is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to bindings for books, wherein the spine is hidden behind an extension of the cover. Specifically, a piping element is inserted into a recess formed by a doubled-over center section of a cover of the book. Because of the structure of the piping element, the book is capable of laying flat when opened, while hiding the spine and concurrently protecting both the spine and other objects from damage.

Abstract: This is to provide a cover suitable to hollow-backed binding and provide a binding method for an album and the like for obtaining a well-bound appearance using the cover at low cost and easy to turn over. A cover is composed of a decoration cloth, a pair of substratum paper and a spine affiche adhered on required positions on the back of the decoration cloth, an interconnected reinforcement paper adhered to substratum paper to create a space between a spine affiche and a reverse paper.

Abstract: A portfolio assembly including a first portfolio including a pair of opposed panels with a hinge line extending therebetween and a second portfolio including a pair of opposed panels with a hinge line extending therebetween. The first and second portfolios are directly coupled together at or adjacent to the hinge line of each portfolio.

Abstract: An assembly of a carrier and an information storage unit for attachment to a publication. The assembly includes a support panel and a cover secured thereto and forming a pouch for receipt of a storage unit therein. The assembly is adapted for securement in a publication.

Abstract: An assembly of a carrier and an information storage unit for attachment to a publication. The assembly includes a support panel and a cover secured thereto and forming a pouch for receipt of a storage unit therein. The assembly is adapted for securement in a publication.

Abstract: The cover of a binder or album is provided with a coating which is receptive to inks which are water based, solvent based or gel based, and which is substantially water-fast after the ink has dried. A coated transparent or translucent sheet may be provided on the front cover of the binder to form a pocket so that visual material inserted in the pocket may be traced, and so that the cover may be personalized. The coating may include finely divided porous particulates and a binder which includes as a component a water soluble polymer. The coating may be applied to backpacks, zippered binders, and pencil pouches, and to the transparent sheet material overlying photographs mounted in a photo album. Personalized writing or designs may be written or drawn onto the coated products using ink pens of virtually any type.

Abstract: A booklet having a plurality of interior pages containing hinging structures. The hinging structures permit portions of consecutive pages to be viewed simultaneously or to permit viewing of different portions of an interior page while viewing two charts attached to the booklet covers. The hinging structures allow multiple time periods or plural charts to be viewed simultaneously without the need of repeatedly turning between pages.

Abstract: A device that aids in the holding of a book or binder is fully adjustable to the hand size of the holder by parting and remating of hook and loop fastening strips attached to U-shaped clips, the U-shaped clips being placed at the top and bottom of the outside surface of the backbone or spine of a book or binder.

Abstract: A loose-leaf file folder includes two covers, a spine made integrally with the covers, and a plurality of paper-holding sets, each set being formed of a shaft, a paper-holding stem, and a crossbar. The shaft and the stem are integrally made with one of the two covers such that the shaft and the stem are uprightly projected from a margin of the one of the two covers. The shaft and the stem are provided in a top end with a retaining hole. The crossbar is provided at two longitudinal ends with a retaining arm and is detachably joined with the shaft and the stem such that the two retaining arms of the crossbar are retained respectively and removably in the retaining holes of the shaft and the stem.