JP2008068631A - Magnet bookmark - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnet bookmark which can insert an inserting piece into an arbitrary section along with being solidly fixed with respect to books by magnetically adsorption, and further which can automatically or simply perform the next insertion even if continuing to flip a page of the book from the position in which the bookmark is inserted. <P>SOLUTION: The magnet bookmark 1 comprises a bookmark body 2, which includes a fixing piece 7a of the side of surface making the inner face undergo magnetical absorption and a fixing piece 7b of the side of rear surface, and an insertion piece 3a which is made of a soft material and is installed the bookmark body 2 free to loosely move. The insertion piece 3a is formed in an insertion piece member 3 having an attachment piece 3b with respect to the bookmark body 2, but is preferably formed by a plurality of attachment pieces. In addition, the insertion piece is preferably formed by the plurality of attachment pieces using a string member and the material is preferably a transparent material. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a magnetic bookmark widely used for books such as books and magazines.

Conventionally, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, in order to be able to easily open a page of interest in a book that has been bound, the page of interest is magnetized with a pair of magnet pieces. Magnet bookmarks that are sandwiched by adsorption are known.
Specifically, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which upper portions of two magnet pieces are bonded, and Patent Document 2 discloses that one long soft piece body is folded at a substantially central foldable portion. The structure etc. which form a pair of folding surfaces and magnetically attract the inner surfaces of each folding surface are disclosed.

  These magnet bookmarks have the advantage that they can be securely fixed as compared to the general-purpose simple insertion type, so that they do not fall off easily.When compared with general-purpose metal or resin-made ones that have clamping parts, There are advantages that the sandwiched pages are not easily damaged, the sandwiching can be surely performed, and the handling is easy.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-166871 (the whole specification, FIGS. 1 to 3) Utility Model Registration No. 3094234 (9 pages, 8 lines to 10 pages, 17 lines, FIGS. 3 to 9)

  However, the conventional magnet bookmarks as shown in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have the disadvantage that they can be used only in one place, such as one or several pages, because the pages are pinched by magnetic attraction. .

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a magnet bookmark that has the feature of being firmly attached by magnetic attraction, and that can be easily inserted into another location and that does not come off even if it continues to be flipped from the inserted location. And

  In order to solve the problems, the present invention closes by magnetic attraction, and a bookmark main body comprising a pair of fixed pieces that are opened from the closed state by pivoting from a hinge portion provided at one end, and the bookmark main body. The magnetic bookmarker is composed of at least one insertion piece made of a soft material and freely attached.

  The bookmark body can be implemented by a structure in which a decorative layer is laminated and adhered to the outer surface of the magnet sheet, and a hinge groove is formed at the center of the inner surface of the magnet sheet.

  In addition, the bookmark body has a pair of fixed pieces, both of which are magnet sheets, or one of which is a magnetic sheet and the other is a ferromagnetic member. One end of the pair of fixed pieces is connected by a hinge member, and the other end can be opened and closed. You may implement by the structure to be.

  The insertion piece according to the present invention is provided on the insertion piece member so as to be freely opened and closed, and can be made to function by attaching the attachment piece of the insertion piece member to the bookmark main body.

  Further, the insertion piece is composed of a plurality of insertion pieces, and if each insertion piece is free to move, it can be inserted into a plurality of places, which is a preferable mode.

The structure can be simplified if the inserted piece is a plurality of string members.
Furthermore, when the insertion piece is made of a transparent material, the description content of the page of the book to be inserted can be understood, so that convenience is improved.

  Since the present invention is composed of a bookmark body that can be firmly attached to a predetermined page of a book that has been bound by magnetic attraction, and an insertion piece that is loosely attached with a soft material. A desired place can be inserted, and even if it continues to be turned from the inserted position, the magnet bookmark does not come off the book, so that it can be a highly convenient bookmark.

  The magnet bookmarker of the present invention is closed by magnetic attraction, and a bookmark body consisting of a pair of fixed pieces that pivots from the closed state and opens from the hinge portion provided on one end side, and the bookmark body is made of a soft material. This is a magnetic bookmarker composed of an insertion piece that is freely mounted, and will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

  FIGS. 1 to 5 show Example 1 of the present invention. FIGS. 1A to 1C are perspective views for explaining a magnet bookmark, and FIGS. FIGS. 3A and 3B are explanatory views showing a procedure for attaching a magnet bookmark to a book, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing the bookmark body on the back page of the book. FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams when the bookmark body is attached to an intermediate page of a book.

As shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 1A, the perspective view of the completed state of FIG. 1B, and the perspective view for explaining the use of the completed state of FIG. The bookmark body 2 and the insertion piece member 3 are configured.
As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 2A and the partially enlarged perspective view of FIG. 2B, the bookmark body 2 has a configuration in which a decorative layer 5 is laminated and adhered to the outer surface 4a side of the magnet sheet 4. The outer shape has a width of about 50 mm, a length of about 80 mm, and a thickness of about 0.7 mm.

A concave hinge groove 6 is provided at the center of the inner surface 4b of the magnet sheet 4, and the front surface fixing piece 7a and the back surface fixing piece 7b are easily bent by the hinge groove. At the boundary between the front surface side fixing piece 7a and the back surface side fixing piece 7b, a knob portion 9 is formed by a notch 8 provided at a substantially central upper portion on the back surface side fixing piece 7b side. When the fixed piece 7a and the fixed piece 7b on the back side are bent, the knob 9 protrudes above the two fixed pieces 7a and 7b as shown in FIGS. 1 (a), (b) and (c). .
Note that the notch 8 may be provided in the fixed piece 7a on the front surface side, or the hinge groove 6 where the notch 8 is inserted may be omitted so that the knob 9 can easily protrude.
Of course, it is possible to omit the knob 9, and in that case, the notch 8 may not be provided, or the notch 8 may be provided but the magnet bookmark may be provided so as not to protrude in the completed state.

  Magnet sheet 4 is kneaded into organic polymer elastomer with fine magnetic material powder made of hard magnetic material such as ferrite, manganese / aluminum, samarium / cobalt, neodymium / iron / boron, samarium / iron / nitrogen. An appropriate resin magnet such as a magnetized resin magnet is used.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the N pole and the S pole are striped so that the opposing surfaces of the fixed piece 7a on the front surface side and the fixed piece 7b on the back surface side are different from each other. If the inner surfaces of the fixed piece 7a on the front surface side and the fixed piece 7b on the back surface side are overlapped, the magnetic poles are strongly attracted to each other.

  Magnetization is not limited to single-sided magnetization in which only the inner surfaces of the front-side fixed piece 7a and the rear-side fixed piece 7b are magnetically attracted, and the entire magnet bookmark may be magnetically attracted to the ferromagnetic article. Further, the type of magnet to be used and the magnetizing method can be selected and implemented as appropriate.

  The decoration layer 5 is made of paper or a thin plastic sheet, and is decorated with characters and illustrations. Of course, only white or single color may be used so that the user can easily make additional writing later.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the insertion piece member 3 has a thickness of about 0.1 mm, the same width as that of the fixed piece 7b on the back surface side of the bookmark main body 2, and a slightly lower height. And the insertion piece 3a formed in the height direction with the same width as this attachment piece 3b is formed in the bending state so that opening and closing is possible.
In addition, it is preferable to form the tip of the insertion piece 3a in an arc shape as shown in the drawing, since it is easy to insert.
The material is a soft material such as a resin sheet or cloth. In this case, since it is preferable to make it transparent, since the display content of the book can be seen through in actual use of the magnet bookmark, in this embodiment, a soft transparent resin sheet is used.

Then, as shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 1A, when the outer surface of the attachment piece 3b in the insertion piece member 3 is attached to the fixing piece 7b on the back side of the bookmarker body 2 with an adhesive or the like, FIG. The magnetic bookmark 1 is completed as shown in FIG.
FIG. 1 (c) shows the open state of the fixing pieces 7 a and 7 b of the bookmark main body 1 and the open state of the insertion piece 3 a of the insertion piece member 3 in the magnet bookmark 1.

Next, the usage method of the magnet bookmark of Example 1 is demonstrated.
3 (a) (b) and 4 (a) (b) show how to use a magnet bookmark attached to the back cover of a book. First, as shown in FIG. 3 (a). Then, the front side fixing piece 7a and the rear side fixing piece 7b of the bookmark main body 2 of the magnet bookmark 1 are opened and inserted into the back cover Ca of the book B, and are attached by being clamped by a magnetic attraction force. At this time, the insertion piece 3a is placed on each page, and when the desired page D is opened as shown in FIG. 3B, the insertion piece 3a has its own flexibility. If the book B is closed with light weight even if it hangs down naturally by its own weight, or even if the sag is bad, the desired state of the book B is shown as shown in the perspective view of FIG. 4A and the enlarged sectional view of FIG. The insertion piece 3a is stored between pages.
In addition, even when the magnet bookmark 1 is attached to the front cover Cb of the book B, the same can be done.

Then, when it is desired to view the desired page D later, the desired page D appears as shown in FIG. 3B if it is opened along the dividing line Da formed by the insertion piece 3a.
At this time, if the insertion piece 3a is a transparent member, the description on the desired page D can be seen through as shown in the figure, which is a preferable mode.
If you want to continue reading from the next page and stop and close it halfway, the magnet bookmark 1 is firmly attached to the back cover Ca of the book B. No work is required, and the insertion piece 3a also hangs down naturally due to its own flexibility and weight, so that the insertion piece 3a can be automatically replaced by simply closing the book.
At this time, even if the hanging state of the insertion piece 3a is poor, it is only necessary to lightly press the insertion piece 3a, so that the replacement work of the insertion piece 3a can be easily performed.
Moreover, the removal of the magnet bookmark 1 can be performed by a simple operation of simply picking the knob 9 and pulling it upward.

Thus, in this method of use, the fixed piece 7a on the front side and the fixed piece 7b on the back side of the magnet bookmark 1 are attached to the back cover or the front cover, which is the most robust page of the book. In addition to good performance, the insertion piece 3a is formed long, so that there is an advantage that the insertion position can be freely set.
Moreover, since the insertion work of the insertion piece 3a can be performed automatically or simply, there is also an advantage that it can be easily handled even if the act of reading and interrupting is frequently performed.

The perspective view of FIG. 5A and the enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 5B show the intermediate page of the book B by the magnetic adsorption force between the fixed piece 7a on the front side of the magnet bookmark 1 and the fixed piece 7b on the back side. The example of use when attached is shown.
The method of use is the same as the case where a magnet bookmark is attached to the back cover or front cover of the above-mentioned book, so the explanation is omitted. In this case, the page where the magnet bookmark is attached also has two desired locations. It can be used as an insertion position, that is, as shown by a dividing line Da by the insertion piece 3a indicated by Da in the drawing, a dividing line Db by the fixing piece 7b on the back surface side, and a dividing line Dc by the fixing piece 7a on the front surface side. There is an advantage that it is possible to provide the insertion position.

6 (a) and 6 (b) show the second embodiment of the present invention, which is basically the same as the configuration of the first embodiment. Therefore, only different configurations will be described, and common contents will be described. I will omit the explanation. 6 (a) and 6 (b) are shown with the lower ends of the members open for easy understanding, the actual lower ends are closed.

  As shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 6A, in the magnet bookmark 21 of the second embodiment, the front-side fixing piece 27a and the back-side fixing piece 27b of the bookmark main body 22 have a width of about 25 mm and a height of about 25 mm. It has an elongated shape with a thickness of 100 mm and a thickness of about 0.6 mm, and a decorative layer 25 is provided on the surface of the magnet sheet 24 as in the first embodiment.

The insertion piece member 23 is a transparent and flexible resin sheet having a thickness of about 0.4 mm and a width equivalent to the fixing piece 27a on the front side and the fixing piece 27b on the back side of the main body 22, The insertion piece 23a is slightly shorter in height, and the attachment piece 23b is formed in a minimum size that satisfies the attachment strength.
And the thick weight part 23c is provided in the front-end | tip of the insertion piece 23a.
The thick-walled weight portion 23c is intended to improve the sagability of the insertion piece 23a during actual use and to improve the ease of opening at the insertion position of the book during actual use. Then, the specification is that the tip is folded and bonded. However, the structure of the thick-walled weight part 23 is not limited to this and may be implemented with an appropriate configuration.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the inner surface of the attachment piece 23b of the insertion piece member 23 is adhered to the upper side of the fixing piece 27a on the surface side of the bookmark main body 22 with an adhesive or the like, the magnet bookmark 21 Is completed.
As shown in the figure, it is preferable to provide a gap 23d of about 2 mm between the upper surface of the bookmark main body 22 and the upper end of the insertion piece member 23 because the insertion piece 23a has better sag.
As indicated by the arrows, the front-side fixing piece 27a and the back-side fixing piece 27b of the bookmark main body 22 can be inserted into the book by being released from the closed state by normal magnetic attraction, and the insertion piece member. The 23 insertion pieces 23a are also used by being opened from the normally closed state.

FIG. 7 shows a modification of the second embodiment. A magnet bookmark 21 ′ of this modification is provided with a knob 29, and a fixed piece 27a ′ on the front surface side of the bookmark main body 22 ′ and the back surface side. The second embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that it is formed by inclined surfaces 27c and 27d intersecting the lower end shape with the fixed piece 27b ′.
Note that FIG. 7 showing this modified example is also shown with the lower ends of the members open for easy understanding, but the actual lower ends are closed.
As described above, the bookmark main body and the insertion piece member in the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be implemented with various modifications.

  In the first and second embodiments described so far, the number of insertion pieces is one. However, since the present invention can be implemented with a plurality of insertion pieces, a typical implementation will be described below. An example will be described. Note that the description of the bookmark main body is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

FIGS. 8A to 8E show Example 3 of the present invention.
The insertion piece member 33 of the magnet bookmark 31 in the third embodiment is made of a transparent soft resin sheet as in the previous embodiments, and the mounting piece 33b is also fixed on the surface side 37a as in the first embodiment. And the fixed piece 37b on the back surface side, and has substantially the same shape as the fixed piece 37b on the back surface side of the bookmark main body 32, and is adhered thereto by adhesion or the like.
However, there are a plurality (four in this embodiment) of insertion pieces 33a. . . The insertion piece 33a ′ can be freely moved together, and can be used by being folded back to the opposite side as indicated by an arrow in FIG. 8B.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8D, when the bookmark body 32 is attached to the back cover Ca or the front cover Cb of the book B, the dividing lines Dd, Dd. . . As shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to insert four places in front of it, and when the bookmark body 32 is attached to the intermediate page of the book B as shown in FIG. 8E, the dividing lines Dd, Dd. . . As shown in FIG. 6, a total of six insertions are possible before and after that.
In addition, as shown in the partial enlarged perspective view of FIG. 8 (c), when the pushing groove 33c is provided on the outer surface of the folded portion and the pushing groove 33d is provided on the inner surface at the upper portion of each insertion piece 33a ', the front and rear folding is performed. It becomes easier to do.

9A to 9D and FIG. 10 show Example 4 of the present invention.
This embodiment is different in that the insertion piece in the third embodiment is performed by a string member.
That is, the insertion piece according to the fourth embodiment is formed by using general-purpose cloths and resin-made string members 43, 43 as shown in FIG. 9B.
Then, as shown in FIG. 9 (a), by removing the hinge portion 46 and making a cut 48 at the boundary portion between the fixed piece 47a on the front surface side and the fixed piece 47b on the back surface side of the bookmark main body 42, A portion 49 is formed, and the knob portion 49 is provided with a hole portion 49a.
From this state, as shown in FIG. 9 (c), the string members 43, 43 are folded in two and the folded portion is passed through the hole 49 a of the knob 49 of the bookmark main body 42, and further the string member When the tip portions of 43 and 43 are pulled from above the knob 49 through the half-folded portion, a magnet bookmark 41 having four insertion pieces 43a is completed as shown in FIG. 9D. And what is necessary is just to fix a knot part with an adhesive agent as needed.
In this case, an insertion piece that is twice the number of string members used can be formed. However, this is only an example, and the attachment structure of the string member may be appropriately selected and implemented.
FIG. 10 shows an example of use when the bookmark body 42 of the magnet bookmark 41 is attached to the back cover Ca of the book B. Each embodiment described so far is also applied to the cover cover Cb or the middle of each page. The same can be done.

Each example so far has been a form in which the fixed piece on the front surface side and the fixed piece on the back surface side of the bookmark main body are formed by an integral member of a magnet sheet and a decorative layer laminated and adhered to the outer surface thereof. Of course, it is also possible to construct the members by joining them.
FIG. 11 shows an embodiment in that case. The bookmark main body 52 has a front-side fixing piece 57a and a rear-side fixing piece 57b, which are independent members, as a decorative layer 55 that also serves as a hinge member. It is configured by sticking.
In this case, the material of the front-side fixing piece 57a and the back-side fixing piece 57b may be made of the same magnetic sheet as described above, or one of them may be made of a magnetic sheet and the other may be a ferromagnetic member such as a steel plate. You may make it the structure which uses.
The insertion piece may be the same as the configuration in each of the embodiments described so far, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments and modifications described so far, and can be implemented with various modifications. For example, the present invention may be implemented as a deformed shape such as a character mounted pursuing fun to use in terms of shape. It may be.

  The magnet bookmark according to the present invention can be widely used for bound books such as books, magazines and catalogs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It represents Example 1 of this invention, (a) is a disassembled perspective view, (b) is a perspective view of a completion state, (c) shows the perspective view for use explanation of a completion state. 1 shows a bookmark main body used in Example 1 of the present invention, where (a) is a perspective view and (b) is a partially enlarged perspective view. FIG. The perspective view which shows the usage method of Example 1 of this invention is represented, (a) is before insertion piece insertion, (b) shows the state after insertion piece insertion. FIG. 2 shows an insertion state of an insertion piece when Example 1 of the present invention is attached to the back cover of a book, (a) is a perspective view, and (b) is an enlarged sectional view. The Example 1 of this invention represents the insertion state of the insertion piece at the time of attaching to the intermediate page of a book, (a) is a perspective view, (b) shows an expanded sectional view. Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is an exploded perspective view and (b) is a perspective view in a completed state. The perspective view of the modification of Example 2 of this invention is shown. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of Example 3 of the present invention, where (a) is a completed state, (b) is an explanatory diagram of a method for using an insertion piece, (c) is a partially enlarged state, and (d) is a back cover of a book. The attached state, (e) shows the attached state on the middle page of the book. The perspective view of Example 4 of this invention is represented, (a) is a bookmark main body, (b) is a string member, (c) is the attachment method of a string member, (d) shows a completed state. The perspective view of the use condition in Example 4 of this invention is shown. The perspective view of Example 5 of this invention is shown.

Explanation of symbols

B Book Ca Back cover Cb Front cover D Desired page Da, Db, Dc, Dd Dividing lines 1, 2, 21, 21 ', 31, 41 Magnet bookmark 2, 22, 22', 32, 42, 52 Bookmark body 3, 23 , 33 Insertion piece member 3a, 23a, 33a Insertion piece 3b, 23b, 33b Mounting piece 4, 24 Magnet sheet 4a Outer surface 4b Inner surface 5, 25, 55 Decoration layer 6, 46 Hinge groove 7a, 27a, 27a ', 37a , 47a, 57a (front side) fixing piece 7b, 27b, 27b ', 37b, 47b, 57b (back side) fixing piece 8, 48 notch 9, 29, 49 knob part 23c thick weight part 23d gap 27c, 27d Inclined surface 33a ', 43a Insertion piece 33c Push groove 33d Push groove 43 String member 49a Hole

Claims (7)

  A bookmark body consisting of a pair of fixed pieces that are closed by magnetic attraction and opened from the closed state by pivoting from a hinge portion provided on one end side, and the bookmark body is made of a soft material and freely attached to the bookmark body. Magnet bookmark characterized by comprising at least one insertion piece   2. The magnet according to claim 1, wherein the bookmark main body is an integrated body in which a decorative layer is laminated and adhered to the outer surface of the magnet sheet, and a hinge groove is formed in a central portion of the inner surface of the magnet sheet. Bookmark   The bookmark body has a pair of fixed pieces, both of which are magnet sheets, or one of which is a magnet sheet and the other is a ferromagnetic member. One end of the pair of fixed pieces is connected by a hinge member, and the other end can be opened and closed. The magnet bookmark according to claim 1,   The insertion piece is provided on the insertion piece member so as to be freely opened and closed, and functions by attaching the attachment piece of the insertion piece member to the bookmark body. Magnet bookmark as described in   The magnet bookmark according to claim 4, wherein the insertion piece is composed of a plurality of insertion pieces, and each insertion piece is freely movable.   The magnet bookmark according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the insertion piece includes a plurality of string members and is attached to an upper portion of the bookmark main body.   The magnet bookmark according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the insertion piece is made of a transparent material.

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