Book and mounted container
First Claim
1. A book and container including:
- a book having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front cover, a back cover, a spine defining a front edge, a plurality of pages bound together at the spine and openable at a back edge opposite the spine;
a formed thin-walled hollow container with one open side, having a generally planar perimeter flange, with the flange substantially attached to and closed by one of the book covers and including a generally planar panel parallel to the plane of the flange, a first side adjacent to the spine of the book, a second side adjacent to the back edge of the book, a top side at the top edge of the book and a bottom side at the bottom edge of the book,an integrally formed separation means comprising an upstanding rib in the cross-sectional shape of a narrow inverted U, wherein a first leg of the U is contiguous with the top side of the container, a second leg of the U is contiguous with the planar surface, the first side, and the second side, respectively, and the base of the inverted U is upstanding;
whereby cutting the base of the U away from the legs of the U will separate the top side of the container from the remainder of the container and permit the container to be opened.
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Abstract
A book and container includes a book and a formed thin-walled hollow shell with one open side having a flange closed by one of the book covers to form a closed container. The container has bottom side normal to and flush with the bottom edge of the book, and has a top side joined to the rest of the shell with an elongated upstanding rib in the cross-sectional shape of a narrow inverted U, wherein a first leg of the U is contiguous with the top side of the container, and a second leg of the U is contiguous with the rest of the shell; whereby cutting the base of the U away from the legs of the U will separate the top side of the shell from the rest of the shell to permit the container to be opened.
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5 Claims
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1. A book and container including:
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a book having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front cover, a back cover, a spine defining a front edge, a plurality of pages bound together at the spine and openable at a back edge opposite the spine; a formed thin-walled hollow container with one open side, having a generally planar perimeter flange, with the flange substantially attached to and closed by one of the book covers and including a generally planar panel parallel to the plane of the flange, a first side adjacent to the spine of the book, a second side adjacent to the back edge of the book, a top side at the top edge of the book and a bottom side at the bottom edge of the book, an integrally formed separation means comprising an upstanding rib in the cross-sectional shape of a narrow inverted U, wherein a first leg of the U is contiguous with the top side of the container, a second leg of the U is contiguous with the planar surface, the first side, and the second side, respectively, and the base of the inverted U is upstanding;
whereby cutting the base of the U away from the legs of the U will separate the top side of the container from the remainder of the container and permit the container to be opened. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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