Organizing and planning device for weddings

• US 5,924,736 A
• Filed: 06/05/1997
• Issued: 07/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Giacomo Russo
• Original Assignee: Giacomo Russo
• Inventors: Russo, Giacomo
• Primary Examiner(s): HAN, FRANCES CHIN
• Application Number:
  US08/870,055
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 281/22, 281/15.1, 281/16, 281/28, 281/29, 281/30, 281/31, 281/38, 281/19.2, 281/34, 281/35, 402/70, 402/79, 402/73, 402/80 R, 402/57, 283/36, 283/37, 283/38, 283/39, 283/40, 283/41, 283/42, 283/43, 283/61, 283/62, 40/641
• US Class Current: 281/38
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 5/042 Diaries; Memorandum calendars
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 13/0006 Covers for loose-leaf binders book covers B42D3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 13/40 combined or formed with other articles, e.g. punches, stands
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 13/406 with means for holding pencils

Abstract

A new Organizing and Planning Device For Weddings for providing a convenient system for organizing the multitude of information associated with planning a wedding. The inventive device includes a binder including a back cover, a front cover, and a spine portion hingedly joining the back cover and the front cover wherein the binder further includes a plurality of openable retaining rings mounted to the spine portion thereof. A plurality of pocketed dividers, a plurality of notational information sheets, a reference calendar, a plurality of monthly planning calendars, and a plurality of tabbed dividers are each removably and replacably retained in the binder by the plurality of openable retaining rings. Each of the plurality of pocketed dividers corresponds to an element of the wedding occasion.

Claims

1. An organizing and planning device comprising:

a binder including a back cover, a front cover, a spine portion hingedly joining said back cover and said front cover, and a plurality of openable retaining rings mounted to said spine portion thereof;

a plurality of pocketed dividers each removably and replacably retained in said binder by said plurality of openable retaining rings, each of said plurality of pocketed dividers having element indicia marked thereon, each element indicia corresponding to an element of a wedding occasion;

wherein each pocketed divider includes a front sheet coupled to a back sheet along the full length of two sides of the front and back sheets and along a portion of two other sides of said front and back sheets, said element indicia being located on said front sheet, said front sheet having a straight fifth side not coupled to said back sheet and extending between respective coupling points on said two other sides to form a pocket therebetween such that a substantially triangular portion of said back sheet is exposed to thereby expose a triangular portion of any sheets inserted in said pocket;

wherein each of said plurality of pocketed dividers includes a tab disposed along an outer edge thereof, each tab being vertically offset from adjacent tabs so as to avoid complete overlap thereof, each tab having indicia thereon corresponding the indicia marked on said front sheet;

wherein each front sheet of said plurality of pocketed dividers includes a business card pocket adapted for receiving and displaying a business card;

a plurality of notational information cards for removable insertion into said pocketed dividers, each of said plurality of notational information cards having notational indicia thereon identifying notational categories and including an area adjacent thereto for accepting notational information;

a plurality of notational information sheets each removably and replacably retained in said binder by said plurality of openable retaining rings, each of said plurality of notational information sheets having indicia thereon identifying notational categories and including an area adjacent thereto for accepting notational information;

a plurality of tabbed dividers each removably and replacably retained in said binder by said plurality of openable retaining rings, each of said plurality of tabbed dividers including a tab disposed along an outer edge thereof, each tab vertically offset from adjacent tabs so as to avoid complete overlap thereof, each tab having alphabet indicia thereon corresponding to a letter of the alphabet;

a reference calendar removably and replacably retained in said binder by said plurality of openable retaining rings, said planning calendar having calendar indicia thereon representing a plurality of calendar months;

a plurality of monthly planning calendars each removably and replacably retained in said binder by said plurality of openable retaining rings, each of said plurality of monthly planning calendars having month indicia thereon representing an individual calendar month and including an area for accepting notational information for each day of said individual calendar month;

a calculator, a notepad, a storage pocket, and a loop for holding a writing instrument each mounted on an inner surface of said front cover for providing immediate access to said calculator, notepad, pocket and writing instrument upon opening said front cover, said loop being mounted such that said writing instrument is held adjacent to an upper edge of said front cover in a position offset from each of said retaining rings such that said retaining rings are prevented from contacting said writing instrument when said binder is in a closed position, said loop being mounted such that said writing instrument is held in a position substantially perpendicular to said spine to permit grasping an end of said writing instrument for removal thereof while said front cover is in said closed position;

said notepad being positioned adjacent said writing instrument and between a first adjacent pair of said retaining rings such that said notepad is prevented from contacting said retaining rings when said binder is in said closed position;

said calculator being positioned adjacent an outer edge of said front cover between said notepad and said outer edge of said front cover;

said storage pocket being positioned adjacent a lower edge of said front cover and between a second adjacent pair of said retaining rings such that said storage pocket is prevented from contacting said retaining rings when said binder is in said closed position; and

a photo sleeve formed by an outer planar sheet coupled to an outer surface of said front cover on three sides thereof such that said photo sleeve includes an opening along one side thereof for allowing insertion of a photograph therein, said photo sleeve outer planar sheet having a substantially opaque border portion surrounding a transparent oval-shaped window therein for permitting viewing of a portion of said photograph when inserted in said photo sleeve, said border portion having indicia thereon.