Personal memo device

• US 5,311,689 A
• Filed: 08/02/1991
• Issued: 05/17/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ellen H. Lindsey
• Original Assignee: Ellen H. Lindsey
• Inventors: Lindsey, Ellen H.
• Primary Examiner(s): SILBERMANN, JOANNE
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bonifanti, J.
• Application Number:
  US07/739,412
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 40/633, 40/665, 40/310, 63/1.1, 281/106, 283/42, 283/45, 283/81
• US Class Current: 40/633
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 5/0046 with means for attaching a writing instrument or a memo pad A44C5/0015 and A44C5/003 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person

Abstract

A personal memo device adapted to be worn around the wrist. The device is made from a flexible sheet-like material and has a message-receiving portion upon which a message can be written and wrist straps extending from opposite sides of the message receiving portion. The free ends of the wrist straps can be secured together with adhesive or with interlocking hooks formed in the straps to secure the device around the user'"'"'s wrist. The device may also be provided with a confidentiality flap that can be folded over the message-receiving portion to conceal a message written thereon. The devices are preferably provided in a pad.

Claims

1. A personal memo device adapted to be worn around the wrist, the memo device being made from a single sheet of a flexible sheet-like material and comprising a message-receiving portion upon which a message can be written, a flap adapted to be folded over the message-receiving portion to conceal a message written thereon, means for releasably securing the flap in its folded over configuration comprising adhesive on at least one of the flap and the message-receiving portion, wrist straps extending from opposite sides of the message-receiving portion, and means for securing the free ends of the wrist straps together to secure the device around the use'"'"'s wrist.

2. A personal memo device adapted to be worn around the wrist, the memo device being made from a single sheet of a flexible sheet-like material and comprising a message-receiving portion upon which a message can be written, a flap adapted to be folded over the message-receiving portion to conceal a message written thereon, means for releasably securing the flap in its folded over configuration comprising a tab on one of the flap and the message-receiving portion, and a slot for receiving the tab on the other of the flap and message-receiving portion, wrist straps extending from opposite sides of the message-receiving portion, and means for securing the free ends of the wrist straps together to secure the device around the use'"'"'s wrist.

3. A pad of personal memo devices, the pad comprising a plurality of personal memo devices stacked one on top of the other and releasably secured together at one of their respective ends, each personal memo device being made from a flexible sheet-like material and comprising a message-receiving portion upon which a message can be written, a flap adapted to be folded over the message-receiving portion to conceal a message written thereon, means for releasably securing the flap in its folded-over configuration, wrist straps, extending from opposite sides of the message receiving portion, and means for securing the free ends of the wrist straps together to secure the device around the user'"'"'s wrist.

4. The pad according to claim 3 wherein the means for releasably securing the flap comprises adhesive on at least one of the flap and the message-receiving portion.

5. The pad according to claim 4 wherein the means for releasably securing the flap comprises a tab on one of the flap and the message-receiving portion, and a slot for receiving the tab on the other of the flap and the message-receiving portion.

6. A pad of a plurality of personal memo devices, each device including a message-receiving portion with wrist straps extending from opposite sides thereof, means for securing the ends of the wrist straps, a flap which may be folded over the message-receiving portion, and a means for releasably securing the flap in a folded-over position, each personal memo device being releasably secured to the other personal memo devices to form the pad.