Bookmark

• US 5,249,546 A
• Filed: 05/22/1992
• Issued: 10/05/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joseph F. Pennelle
• Original Assignee: Joseph F. Pennelle
• Inventors: Pennelle, Joseph F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WORTH, WILLIE M
• Application Number:
  US07/887,097
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 116/234, 116/235, 116/236, 116/237, 116/238, 116/239, 116/240, 40/302, 40/357, 40/359, 40/360, 281/3.1, 281/15.1, 281/29, 281/38, 281/42, 281/45, 283/36, 283/37, 283/38, 283/39, 283/40, 283/41, 283/42, 283/43
• US Class Current: 116/234
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 9/005 clamped on the sheet

Abstract

A printers convenience item may be added to a volume such as a book, magazine, folder containing a stack of papers or the like. The convenience item provides a bookmark which projects away from a side page in the volume so that it may fold over edges of the pages to act as a bookmark. In some embodiments the base of the bookmark is wide enough to function as a thumb tab. Preferably, the book mark is made of a durable material such as a heavy duty paper or a plastic paper substitute.

Claims

1. A publisher'"'"'s convenience item comprising a die cut generally T-shaped finger member made of a plastic paper substitute for attachment to a volume of pages;

said generally T-shaped finger member having a cross member and a stem;

said cross member of said T-shaped finger member having an adhesive on at least a part thereof for enabling the cross member of said finger member to be affixed to a page with said stem of said T-shaped finger member being non-affixed;

wherein said cross member of said T-shaped finger member has two sections parallel to said cross member;

one of said sections at a top of said cross member having said adhesive for attachment to said page;

the other of said sections at the bottom of said cross member having no adhesive;

said bottom section projection from one edge of said page when the top section is adhesively secured adjacent said edge of said page to form an index tab; and

said stem of said T-shaped finger member, when folded over said projecting bottom section forming said index tab, defining a bookmark placeable between the pages of said volume of pages.

2. The item of claim 1 wherein the stem is in the form of a graphic outline.

3. The item of claim 1 wherein said adhesive is a pressure sensitive self-adhesive.

4. A publisher'"'"'s convenience item comprising at least one page to be bound in with pages of a volume of pages, said one page having a die cut finger member projecting from an edge thereof, said finger having two widths, one of said widths being relatively wide to form an index tab projecting from said page, the other of said widths being relatively narrow to form a bookmark projecting from said index tab, said narrow width folding at a line where it joins said wide width in order to form a hinge thereat.

5. The item of claim 4 wherein a dimension of said one page extending in a direction of said finger member is slightly larger than a final dimensions in said direction of said one page with said finger member folded down to recess the hinge from a edge of said large dimension so that said finger is not cut off when said one page is trimmed.

6. A pad of convenience items comprising a plurality of die-cut T-shaped members assembled into a pad of peel off sheets, said T-shaped member having a configuration of cross member with an adhesive on one side and covering at least a part thereof for making attachment to an associated volume of pages, an elongate elongated stem projecting from said cross member, and a release surface on the opposite side of said cross member;

wherein the T-shaped members are made of a plastic paper substitute, the cross member is tall enough to provide an index tab marker when said part is adhesively affixed adjacent an edge of one of said volume of pages, and said stem of said T-shaped member is long enough to fold over said one of said pages to form a bookmark.

7. The pad of claim 6 wherein the stem is in the form of a graphic outline.

8. The pad of claim 6 wherein said cross member has said adhesive covering approximately one half thereof so that a portion of said cross member extends outwardly to from a thumb tab when said part is adhesively affixed to said edge of sad one of said pages.