CA1245854A - Educational book for children - Google Patents
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Abstract
"EDUCATIONAL BOOK FOR CHILDREN"
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An educational book for young children is formed from fabric with a fabric outer cover which is stiffened by plastics or other material and has handles on the side edges so that the book can be carried. Various pages of the book include separate pieces which can be attached to or inserted into pockets defined on the page. Other pages depict rotatable objects, separate pieces attached to the page by elastic within a pocket defined on the page, lacings or upstanding stems which can receive hat portions slid over the stems. The book thus can provide various activi-ties which can be made individual by using the principles in different scenes depicted in the book.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An educational book for young children is formed from fabric with a fabric outer cover which is stiffened by plastics or other material and has handles on the side edges so that the book can be carried. Various pages of the book include separate pieces which can be attached to or inserted into pockets defined on the page. Other pages depict rotatable objects, separate pieces attached to the page by elastic within a pocket defined on the page, lacings or upstanding stems which can receive hat portions slid over the stems. The book thus can provide various activi-ties which can be made individual by using the principles in different scenes depicted in the book.
Description
"EDUCATIONAL BOOK FOR CHILDRE~"
BACKGRO~ND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an educational book for children and particularly for younger children of the type having a plurality of pages which have attached to the page various moveable and removeable parts to provide various activities for the child.
Various books of this type have previously been manufactured and in many cases the books have been manufac-tured from fabric pages since these are hard-wearing and resistent to damage from unskilled fingers. In one example, shown in U.S. Patent 2, 527,242, a number of pages have mounted on them various fastening mechanisms of clothing of the type which would normally be worn by the child so that the child can practise the various activities necessary to complete dressing and undressing without parental assist--ance.
However, such activities are very limited and provide scope for only a single type of book with little variety, thus failing to provide continuing amusement for the child which is necessary for continued learning.
It is one object of the present invention, there-fore, to provide an improved book providing a number of different concepts of activities on the various pages which can be used to provide a wide variety of activities which will continually amuse the child. It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved structure . ;~ .~;
of such a book which enables it to be more easily handled by a young child.
According to a first aspect of the invention, therefore, there is provided an educational book for chil-dren comprising an outer cover formed from fabric which is doubled to form two layers and stitched with a stiffening material between the double layers, a plurality of pages each formed from fabric and fabric handle means attached to side edges of the outer cover so that the book can be carried depending downwardly from the handles with the pages contained by the outer cover.
According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided an educational book for children com-pris;ng an outer cover formed from fabric and a plurality of pages each formed from fabric, one of said pages having attached thereto a plurality of stiff projecting members each attached to the page at one end of the member so that the member lies parallel to the page with the other end free from the page, and a plurality of cap members each having an opening in a lower edge thereof for slipping over a respective one of the projecting members.
~ According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided an educational book for children com-prising an outer cover formed from a plurality o~ pages each formed from fabric, at least one of said pages being formed from doubled fabric so as to define two separate layers, opening means in said page for providing access to t3~
a pocket therein, a piece having means thereon for attach-ment to an exterior of said page and arranged so as to be insertable through said opening into said pocket.
According to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided an educational book for children com-prising an outer cover formed from fabric and a plurality of pages each formed from fabric, at least one of said pages being formed from doubled fabric so as to define two separate layers, opening means in said page for providing access to a pocket therein, a piece separate from said page and elastic attachment means attached to said piece and to said page inside said pocket.
These various activities and concepts for acti-vities thus can be used in a wide variety of co~binations to provide continuing enjoyment for the child.
Further pages can use various techniques such as "Velcro" (trade mark) fasteners, press fasteners, hooks and eyes, zippers and insertion of various parts into pockets to provide a wide variety of further activities.
A book of this type can use these concepts in various different ways in combination wlth pictures of various well-known items easily recognizable by the child.
The pictures can be formed either by printing on the fabric pages or by further fabric and stiff parts attached to the page by sewing, gluing, etc.
Various types of materials can be used to provide di~ferent visual and tactile effects for entertaining the s~
child. For example, various types of fabric, carpet, stiff plastics materials, laces, buckles, felt, and clear plastics materials.
Relatively stiff plastics material can be used to form the projecting members as previously defined. By "stiff"
the present specification is intended to define a material which has resistence to bending, for example, a plastics material, which thus is distinguished from fabric. The amount of resistence to bending, of course, can depend upon the thickness of the material used and can be varied in accordance with various designs or requirements for the activities concerned.
With the foreoing in view, and other advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification proceeds, the invention is herein described by reference to the accom-panying drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a description of the preferred typical embodiment of the prin-ciples of the present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is an isometric view of an educational book for children according to the invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view of a first page of the book.
Figure 3 is a plan view of a second page.
Figure 4 is a plan view of a third page.
Figure 5 is a plan view of a fourth page.
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Figure 6 is a plan view of a fifth page.
In the drawings like characters of reference indi-cate corresponding parts in the different figures.
The educational book comprises an outer cover 10and the plurality of Pages 11, all of which are formed from fabric. Thus, the outer cover 10 comprises a doubled sheet of fabric which when opened up is substantially twice the size of each individual Page 11 so that when closed the cover wraps around the whole of the pages. The doubled sheet forming the outer cover 10 is stitched around the outer edge indicated at 12 so as to form two layers of fabric with an inner space which receives a stiffening material as shown at the cutaway 13, the stiffening material being indicated at 14. The stiffening material can be provided by any suitable material which is flexible but resistent to bending, for example, thin carpet or various plastics materials.
Each Page 11 is similarly formed by two integral page portions, again formed by overlapped doubled fabric so as to define an inner space within the pages which is closed by stitchlng around three edges of the integral double page.
The book is completed by a line of stitching 15 centrally of the pages which interconnect the pages together~with a loop 16 which connects the pages to the outer coYer without the stitches 15 passing through the outer cover.
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When forming the edges indicated at 17 of the outer cover, two looped fabric handles 18 are sewn into the edges 17 so that the looped handles can be grasped and the whole book carried depending downwardly from the handles with the cover being held together at the upper edge 17 by the handles thus enclosing the Pages 11.
Turning now to the details of the individual pages, which are not shown in detail in Figure 1 but are shown in plan in Figures 2 through 6, it will be appreci-ated that the pages shown are only examples which indicate or illustrate principles of various activities which can be carried out using the book.
A first principle is illustrated in Figure 2 where, for example, a bird and birdhouse are shown on the page. A lower portion of the birdhouse providing an illus-tration of an upright post 20 and platform 21 is indicated on the page as by colouring or drawing the necessary lines.
A depiction~of a birdhouse 22 is then mounted on the plat-form. The depiction 22 is cut from a fabric layer in the outline of the house and the necessary lines showing the roof portions drawn on the cut fabric as at 24. The outer ~edge of the cut fabric is indicated at 23. An opening 25 is cut in the depiction to illustrate a front opening of :
the house 22 and exposing the front face of the page 19.
~ A depiction o a bird is cut from a plastics material so as to provide some rigidity for the depiction :
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which can be picked up and held separately from the page.
The bird depiction is indicated at 26 and carries sui~able markings 27. A press fastener 28 is attached to the rear side of the bird 26 with a co-operating attached to the front face of the house 22 adjacent the opening 25. ' The house 22 is sewn to the page along a sewing line 29 so the house is permanently attached to the page while the bird is removeable from the page. The bird can thus be attached on the press fastener 28 to the page so as to sit at the opening to the house or can be removed from the press fastener and held by the child or inserted into the opening 25 to simulate entering the house.
It will be appreciated that this principle where-in a pocket is formed in the page with an opening providing access into the pocket and a separate piece is provided which can be attached by a press fastener or by other fastening means to the outside of the pocket or inserted into the pocket through the opening, can be used in various arrangements. The opening can be closable as by a zipper or other press fasteners. The pocket can contain a number of pieces, for example, numbers or letters, and the pieces can be attached to the page by various techniques including "Velcro" (trade mark).
Turning now to Figure 3, there is shown a depic-tion of a second page of the book which has sewn onto the page a plurality of plastics stems 30. The stems 30 are .
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sewn at one end indicated at 31 by suitable stitches or other attachment mechanism so that the other end is free from the page but lies parallel to the page providing an upstanding finger or projection member for receiving a hat portion indicated at 32. The hat portion in the arrange-ment illustrated is in the shape of a mushroom head which can be slipped on to the mushroom stalk provided by the stem 30. The mushroom head is formed from a stiff plastics layer 33 and an upper fabric layer 34 which is sewn to the plastics layer to leave an opening at 35 at a lower surface which can be slipped over the stem 30.
Again it will be appreciated that this technique provides a specific activity which can appear in a number of forms, for example, hats on figures of people or a ring on a finger.
Turning now to Figure 4, there is illustrated a further principle of activity wherein there is sewn on the page a separate layer, in this case in the form of a foot-ball which has two pieces leaving a space 41 between the fabric 40 forming the football. On either side of the space 41 is provided a plurality of eyelets 42 which can be threaded by a lace 43 to simulate the lacing of a football.
This activlty can be used to teach the child the skills of threading a lace through various openings and can be embodied in a number of different arrangements, for example, the bars of a cage~, the power li~es strung between a number of posts.
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Figure 5 illustrates a yet further arrangement in which a pocket is formed on the page by a fabric portion 50 stitched along the lines 51, 60 leaving an opening at the upper edge 52. A simulated cover 53 for the box simulated by the fabric portion 50 is sewn along a line 54 to the page so that the cover can be lifted from the page to expose the upper edge 52. A press fastener 55 can be attached to the outer face of the portion 50 and the under face of the portion 53 to snap the cover over the lower box portion 50. It will be appreciated, therefore, that these portions simulate a box on the page although, of course, only in two dimensions. A separate piece 55 in this embodi-ment in the shape of a clown can be cut from plastics material so as to provide some rigidity or stiffness and marked with ink lines or the like to enhance the appearance.
An elastic strip 56 is coupled at one edge to the piece 55 and at the other end to a position inside the pocket formed by the portion 50, thus simulating a jack-in-the-box elas-tically coupled into the pocket or box simulated on the page.
It will be appreciated that this arrangement can be used to depict other scenes, for example, a pail in a well.
Figure 6 illustrates a yet further principle in which the page 70 has depicted thereon a scene, in this case;a lighthouse 71, made by ink markings on the page.
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A simulation of a ship's wheel is attached to the page, the simulation indicated at 72 and being formed from a sheet of plastics material so as to provide a separate piece which can be attached onto the page and can rotate relative to the page. The piece 72 is attached to the page by a thread 73 which passes through a central hole in the piece and is held on the upper face of the piece by a washer 74 which again, is formed from a sheet of plastics material with a pair of openings 75 through which the thread can pass before returning to the page. Thus, the washer 75 allows the piece 72 to rotate but maintains it attached to the page.
This technique can be used to depict various different scenes including wheels of trains.
Other activities on other pages of the book which are not illustrated can comprise various attachment members for fabric pieces which are otherwise separable from the page, for example, illustrating flowers or fruits. In yet further arrangements pockets are formed on the page into which plastics sheets depicting various items can be slip-ped, for example, pencil cases or tool boxes. Yet further pages can use various techniques such as "Velcro" (trade-mark) fasteners, press fasteners, hooks and eyes~ zippers and including magnetic devices, buttons, laces and elastics.
It will be appreciated, therefore, that the book provides a numbGI ot di~'erent activities ~hich can be de-.
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picted in various forms so that a series of books can be manufactured using the various principles but yet remain-ing individual and thus retaining the child's attention.
Since various modifications can be made in my invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
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BACKGRO~ND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an educational book for children and particularly for younger children of the type having a plurality of pages which have attached to the page various moveable and removeable parts to provide various activities for the child.
Various books of this type have previously been manufactured and in many cases the books have been manufac-tured from fabric pages since these are hard-wearing and resistent to damage from unskilled fingers. In one example, shown in U.S. Patent 2, 527,242, a number of pages have mounted on them various fastening mechanisms of clothing of the type which would normally be worn by the child so that the child can practise the various activities necessary to complete dressing and undressing without parental assist--ance.
However, such activities are very limited and provide scope for only a single type of book with little variety, thus failing to provide continuing amusement for the child which is necessary for continued learning.
It is one object of the present invention, there-fore, to provide an improved book providing a number of different concepts of activities on the various pages which can be used to provide a wide variety of activities which will continually amuse the child. It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved structure . ;~ .~;
of such a book which enables it to be more easily handled by a young child.
According to a first aspect of the invention, therefore, there is provided an educational book for chil-dren comprising an outer cover formed from fabric which is doubled to form two layers and stitched with a stiffening material between the double layers, a plurality of pages each formed from fabric and fabric handle means attached to side edges of the outer cover so that the book can be carried depending downwardly from the handles with the pages contained by the outer cover.
According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided an educational book for children com-pris;ng an outer cover formed from fabric and a plurality of pages each formed from fabric, one of said pages having attached thereto a plurality of stiff projecting members each attached to the page at one end of the member so that the member lies parallel to the page with the other end free from the page, and a plurality of cap members each having an opening in a lower edge thereof for slipping over a respective one of the projecting members.
~ According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided an educational book for children com-prising an outer cover formed from a plurality o~ pages each formed from fabric, at least one of said pages being formed from doubled fabric so as to define two separate layers, opening means in said page for providing access to t3~
a pocket therein, a piece having means thereon for attach-ment to an exterior of said page and arranged so as to be insertable through said opening into said pocket.
According to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided an educational book for children com-prising an outer cover formed from fabric and a plurality of pages each formed from fabric, at least one of said pages being formed from doubled fabric so as to define two separate layers, opening means in said page for providing access to a pocket therein, a piece separate from said page and elastic attachment means attached to said piece and to said page inside said pocket.
These various activities and concepts for acti-vities thus can be used in a wide variety of co~binations to provide continuing enjoyment for the child.
Further pages can use various techniques such as "Velcro" (trade mark) fasteners, press fasteners, hooks and eyes, zippers and insertion of various parts into pockets to provide a wide variety of further activities.
A book of this type can use these concepts in various different ways in combination wlth pictures of various well-known items easily recognizable by the child.
The pictures can be formed either by printing on the fabric pages or by further fabric and stiff parts attached to the page by sewing, gluing, etc.
Various types of materials can be used to provide di~ferent visual and tactile effects for entertaining the s~
child. For example, various types of fabric, carpet, stiff plastics materials, laces, buckles, felt, and clear plastics materials.
Relatively stiff plastics material can be used to form the projecting members as previously defined. By "stiff"
the present specification is intended to define a material which has resistence to bending, for example, a plastics material, which thus is distinguished from fabric. The amount of resistence to bending, of course, can depend upon the thickness of the material used and can be varied in accordance with various designs or requirements for the activities concerned.
With the foreoing in view, and other advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification proceeds, the invention is herein described by reference to the accom-panying drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a description of the preferred typical embodiment of the prin-ciples of the present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is an isometric view of an educational book for children according to the invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view of a first page of the book.
Figure 3 is a plan view of a second page.
Figure 4 is a plan view of a third page.
Figure 5 is a plan view of a fourth page.
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Figure 6 is a plan view of a fifth page.
In the drawings like characters of reference indi-cate corresponding parts in the different figures.
The educational book comprises an outer cover 10and the plurality of Pages 11, all of which are formed from fabric. Thus, the outer cover 10 comprises a doubled sheet of fabric which when opened up is substantially twice the size of each individual Page 11 so that when closed the cover wraps around the whole of the pages. The doubled sheet forming the outer cover 10 is stitched around the outer edge indicated at 12 so as to form two layers of fabric with an inner space which receives a stiffening material as shown at the cutaway 13, the stiffening material being indicated at 14. The stiffening material can be provided by any suitable material which is flexible but resistent to bending, for example, thin carpet or various plastics materials.
Each Page 11 is similarly formed by two integral page portions, again formed by overlapped doubled fabric so as to define an inner space within the pages which is closed by stitchlng around three edges of the integral double page.
The book is completed by a line of stitching 15 centrally of the pages which interconnect the pages together~with a loop 16 which connects the pages to the outer coYer without the stitches 15 passing through the outer cover.
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When forming the edges indicated at 17 of the outer cover, two looped fabric handles 18 are sewn into the edges 17 so that the looped handles can be grasped and the whole book carried depending downwardly from the handles with the cover being held together at the upper edge 17 by the handles thus enclosing the Pages 11.
Turning now to the details of the individual pages, which are not shown in detail in Figure 1 but are shown in plan in Figures 2 through 6, it will be appreci-ated that the pages shown are only examples which indicate or illustrate principles of various activities which can be carried out using the book.
A first principle is illustrated in Figure 2 where, for example, a bird and birdhouse are shown on the page. A lower portion of the birdhouse providing an illus-tration of an upright post 20 and platform 21 is indicated on the page as by colouring or drawing the necessary lines.
A depiction~of a birdhouse 22 is then mounted on the plat-form. The depiction 22 is cut from a fabric layer in the outline of the house and the necessary lines showing the roof portions drawn on the cut fabric as at 24. The outer ~edge of the cut fabric is indicated at 23. An opening 25 is cut in the depiction to illustrate a front opening of :
the house 22 and exposing the front face of the page 19.
~ A depiction o a bird is cut from a plastics material so as to provide some rigidity for the depiction :
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which can be picked up and held separately from the page.
The bird depiction is indicated at 26 and carries sui~able markings 27. A press fastener 28 is attached to the rear side of the bird 26 with a co-operating attached to the front face of the house 22 adjacent the opening 25. ' The house 22 is sewn to the page along a sewing line 29 so the house is permanently attached to the page while the bird is removeable from the page. The bird can thus be attached on the press fastener 28 to the page so as to sit at the opening to the house or can be removed from the press fastener and held by the child or inserted into the opening 25 to simulate entering the house.
It will be appreciated that this principle where-in a pocket is formed in the page with an opening providing access into the pocket and a separate piece is provided which can be attached by a press fastener or by other fastening means to the outside of the pocket or inserted into the pocket through the opening, can be used in various arrangements. The opening can be closable as by a zipper or other press fasteners. The pocket can contain a number of pieces, for example, numbers or letters, and the pieces can be attached to the page by various techniques including "Velcro" (trade mark).
Turning now to Figure 3, there is shown a depic-tion of a second page of the book which has sewn onto the page a plurality of plastics stems 30. The stems 30 are .
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sewn at one end indicated at 31 by suitable stitches or other attachment mechanism so that the other end is free from the page but lies parallel to the page providing an upstanding finger or projection member for receiving a hat portion indicated at 32. The hat portion in the arrange-ment illustrated is in the shape of a mushroom head which can be slipped on to the mushroom stalk provided by the stem 30. The mushroom head is formed from a stiff plastics layer 33 and an upper fabric layer 34 which is sewn to the plastics layer to leave an opening at 35 at a lower surface which can be slipped over the stem 30.
Again it will be appreciated that this technique provides a specific activity which can appear in a number of forms, for example, hats on figures of people or a ring on a finger.
Turning now to Figure 4, there is illustrated a further principle of activity wherein there is sewn on the page a separate layer, in this case in the form of a foot-ball which has two pieces leaving a space 41 between the fabric 40 forming the football. On either side of the space 41 is provided a plurality of eyelets 42 which can be threaded by a lace 43 to simulate the lacing of a football.
This activlty can be used to teach the child the skills of threading a lace through various openings and can be embodied in a number of different arrangements, for example, the bars of a cage~, the power li~es strung between a number of posts.
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Figure 5 illustrates a yet further arrangement in which a pocket is formed on the page by a fabric portion 50 stitched along the lines 51, 60 leaving an opening at the upper edge 52. A simulated cover 53 for the box simulated by the fabric portion 50 is sewn along a line 54 to the page so that the cover can be lifted from the page to expose the upper edge 52. A press fastener 55 can be attached to the outer face of the portion 50 and the under face of the portion 53 to snap the cover over the lower box portion 50. It will be appreciated, therefore, that these portions simulate a box on the page although, of course, only in two dimensions. A separate piece 55 in this embodi-ment in the shape of a clown can be cut from plastics material so as to provide some rigidity or stiffness and marked with ink lines or the like to enhance the appearance.
An elastic strip 56 is coupled at one edge to the piece 55 and at the other end to a position inside the pocket formed by the portion 50, thus simulating a jack-in-the-box elas-tically coupled into the pocket or box simulated on the page.
It will be appreciated that this arrangement can be used to depict other scenes, for example, a pail in a well.
Figure 6 illustrates a yet further principle in which the page 70 has depicted thereon a scene, in this case;a lighthouse 71, made by ink markings on the page.
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A simulation of a ship's wheel is attached to the page, the simulation indicated at 72 and being formed from a sheet of plastics material so as to provide a separate piece which can be attached onto the page and can rotate relative to the page. The piece 72 is attached to the page by a thread 73 which passes through a central hole in the piece and is held on the upper face of the piece by a washer 74 which again, is formed from a sheet of plastics material with a pair of openings 75 through which the thread can pass before returning to the page. Thus, the washer 75 allows the piece 72 to rotate but maintains it attached to the page.
This technique can be used to depict various different scenes including wheels of trains.
Other activities on other pages of the book which are not illustrated can comprise various attachment members for fabric pieces which are otherwise separable from the page, for example, illustrating flowers or fruits. In yet further arrangements pockets are formed on the page into which plastics sheets depicting various items can be slip-ped, for example, pencil cases or tool boxes. Yet further pages can use various techniques such as "Velcro" (trade-mark) fasteners, press fasteners, hooks and eyes~ zippers and including magnetic devices, buttons, laces and elastics.
It will be appreciated, therefore, that the book provides a numbGI ot di~'erent activities ~hich can be de-.
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picted in various forms so that a series of books can be manufactured using the various principles but yet remain-ing individual and thus retaining the child's attention.
Since various modifications can be made in my invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
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Claims
CLAIMS:
(1) An educational book for children comprising an outer cover formed from fabric which is doubled to form two layers and stitched with a stiffening material between the double layers, the outer cover being folded to form a spine and two outer side edges parallel to and spaced from the spine, a plurality of pages each formed from fabric and attached to the outer cover at the spine and two fabric handles each attached to a respective one of said outer side edges of the outer cover so that the book can be carried with the spine depending downwardly from the handles with the pages contained by the outer cover.
(2) The invention according to Claim 1 wherein one of said pages has attached thereto a plurality of stiff projecting members each attached to the page at one end of the member so that the member lies parallel to the page with the other end free from the page, and a plurality of hat portions each having an opening in a lower edge thereof for slipping over a respective one of the projecting members.
(3) The invention according to Claim 1 wherein at least one of said pages is formed from doubled fabric so as to define two separate layers, opening means in said page for providing access to a pocket therein, a piece having means thereon for attachment to an exterior of said page and arranged so as to be insertable through said opening into said pocket.
(4) The invention according ot Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the outer cover and pages are each formed from fabric having a size double a page size so that each fabric portion defines two such pages interconnected.
(5) The invention according to Claim 2 wherein said cap members are formed from a stiff backing material and a front fabric material portion covering said stiff backing material and defining therewith said opening therebetweeen in said lower edge.
(6) The invention according to Claim 3 wherein said attachment means comprises a press fastener.
(7) The invention according to Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein at least one of the pages has attached thereto a stiff planar roatable body having an opening therein about which the body can rotate, said body being attached to said page by a thread passing through said opening and engaging a flat stiff member having a pair of openings therein through which said thread passes.
(8) The invention according to Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein at least one of the pages has a plurality of separate pieces attached to the page such that a space is defined between the pieces, each piece having a plurality of eyelets therein for receiving a lace passing through said eyelets for interconnecting said pieces across said space.
(1) An educational book for children comprising an outer cover formed from fabric which is doubled to form two layers and stitched with a stiffening material between the double layers, the outer cover being folded to form a spine and two outer side edges parallel to and spaced from the spine, a plurality of pages each formed from fabric and attached to the outer cover at the spine and two fabric handles each attached to a respective one of said outer side edges of the outer cover so that the book can be carried with the spine depending downwardly from the handles with the pages contained by the outer cover.
(2) The invention according to Claim 1 wherein one of said pages has attached thereto a plurality of stiff projecting members each attached to the page at one end of the member so that the member lies parallel to the page with the other end free from the page, and a plurality of hat portions each having an opening in a lower edge thereof for slipping over a respective one of the projecting members.
(3) The invention according to Claim 1 wherein at least one of said pages is formed from doubled fabric so as to define two separate layers, opening means in said page for providing access to a pocket therein, a piece having means thereon for attachment to an exterior of said page and arranged so as to be insertable through said opening into said pocket.
(4) The invention according ot Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein the outer cover and pages are each formed from fabric having a size double a page size so that each fabric portion defines two such pages interconnected.
(5) The invention according to Claim 2 wherein said cap members are formed from a stiff backing material and a front fabric material portion covering said stiff backing material and defining therewith said opening therebetweeen in said lower edge.
(6) The invention according to Claim 3 wherein said attachment means comprises a press fastener.
(7) The invention according to Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein at least one of the pages has attached thereto a stiff planar roatable body having an opening therein about which the body can rotate, said body being attached to said page by a thread passing through said opening and engaging a flat stiff member having a pair of openings therein through which said thread passes.
(8) The invention according to Claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein at least one of the pages has a plurality of separate pieces attached to the page such that a space is defined between the pieces, each piece having a plurality of eyelets therein for receiving a lace passing through said eyelets for interconnecting said pieces across said space.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA000470949A CA1245854A (en) | 1984-12-21 | 1984-12-21 | Educational book for children |
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