×

Media guide

  • US 4,496,171 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1982
  • Issued: 01/29/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A self-indexing television program guide and advertising medium comprising in combination:

  • a rectangular sheet containing program areas with indexing strip areas at the base of each of the program areas and a plurality of advertising areas on a front surface and on a back surface and provided with precreased foldlines in predetermined locations interrelated to said program areas;

    a first laterally extending foldline located a small distance above the sheet center to leave exposed a laterally extending third indexing strip at the lower edge of said back surface accommodating folding of the back surface areas toward each other;

    a third program printed on said back surface above said third indexing strip providing a program for each day of the week;

    second and third laterally extending foldlines located slightly above the center of the lower edge of the sheet when folded about said first foldline and lying together when the sheet is folded about the first foldline leaving exposed a laterally extending second indexing strip at the lower edge of the folded front surface below said first foldline and a second program lying above the second indexing strip having day-time, daily and Sunday programs;

    a first program on the portion of the front surface exposed when the sheet is folded on said first, second and third foldlines containing sports, movie and special programs, said programs interrelated so that a user moves from said first to said second to said third program for progressively detailed program information; and

    advertising information adjacent each of said programs for exposing the user to said information with folding change to each of said programs.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×