CA2341339A1 - Improved bookmark - Google Patents

Description

SU~~ARY OF THE INVENTION
INVENTOR . GILHERT DAOUST
ASSIGNEE . N/A
INVENTION: IMPROVED HOOKMARIC
TITLE OF THE INVENTION
Improved bookmark.
FIELD OF THE INV$NTION
This invention relates to bookmarks, used to separate read and unread pages of a book and to bookmarks comprising writing means and adhesive tabs.
BACKGROUND OF THE INV$NTION
This invention relates to bookmarks, and more particularly, to a bookmark made of foldable material to be securely attached to a book and having one or several cords or ribbons to be inserted between pages for indication purposes, including without restriction, segregating read pages from unread pages.

- 2 -Bookmarks are usually simple articles, perhaps a sheet of paper or cardboard, that is placed in a book between read and unread pages so as to indicate where the reader stopped reading or is to begin reading again.
Moreover, bookmarks can sometimes be clips affixed to a page top or a decorated and elongated article that can be inserted between the pages.
However, most of such bookmarks have the inconvenience that they could get lost or separated from the book, since not attached to said book, which means that the reader will loose its place.
Sometimes, a traditional bookmark type is made of a thin ribbon permanently bound to the binding of the book, without any possibility of having it used for another book.

- 3 -SUI~IARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive and reusable bookmark, attachable to the chosen book and detachable after the book has been read, which could be adjusted for several sizes of books, and which further provides for the possibility of adding writing means, such as a crayon, pencil, felt-tipped pen and the like, and adhesive tabs, allowing to make notes while reading, and book marking any page or passage of interest.
This and other objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of this specification as a whole.
Accordingly, in its broadest aspect, the invention provides a bookmark comprising a first planar member and a second planar member; said first planar member and said second planar member being adapted to be folded along a transversal

- 4 -fold line which, once folded, define in each of the first planar member and the second planar member an internal section and an external section, wherein said external sections of said planar members are attached to each other by a flexible member, a number of cords or ribbons being attached to said flexible member.
The planar members may have any convenient shape of equal or unequal length.
The planar members and the flexible member may be of the same material, such as lightweight cardboard, without being restrictive about the material used.
In a preferred embodiment, the first planar member and the second planar member are each folded along the fold line and the first folded planar member is mounted over the front cover of a book, its internal section being installed juxtaposingly to the internal side of

- 5 -the front cover and held fractionally while its external section being installed juxtaposingly to the external side of the front cover, and the second folded planar member is mounted over the back cover of said book, its internal section being installed juxtaposingly to the internal side of the back cover and held fractionally while its external section being installed juxtaposingly to the external side of the back cover, and installed so that the flexible member is fittingly adjusted around the edge of the book, the cords or ribbons attached to said flexible member being then available to be inserted between the chosen pages of the book, where properly needed.
In a further preferred embodiment, cords or ribbons attached to the flexible member, provide for the possibility of having one or several writing means and adhesive tabs attached to said cords or ribbons, in order to allow the

- 6 -reader to identify for future reference any words, paragraphs or pages of the book under reading.
Other objects and further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. It should be understood, however, that this detailed description, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, is given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art.
BRI$F DESCRIPTION OF TH$ DRA~INaS
The present invention will be further understood from the following description with references to the drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention shown in an open position;

_ 7 _ Figure 2 is a perspective view of the invention in a folded position;
Figure 3 is a further perspective view of the invention in a folded position, installed on a book;
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the invention installed on a book, showing the resulting position of the cords or ribbons;
Figure 5 is a plan view of other embodiments of the invention shown in an open position;
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a writing means and adhesive tabs to be attached to the cords or ribbons;
Figure 7 is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment of the invention.
DRSCRIPTION OF PRLF$RR$D $MBODIMBNTS
Figure 1 shows generally a bookmark formed of cardboard material comprising a first g _ planar member 1 and a second planar member 2, said first planar member 1 and second planar member 2 being adapted to be folded along the transversal fold line 3, wherein, once folded, said first planar member 1 defines an internal section 4 and an external section 5 and said second planar member 2 defines an internal section 6 and external section 7, wherein said external sections 5 and 7 are attached to each other by a flexible member 8. In the preferred embodiment as shown in Figure 2, the first planar member 1 and the second planar member 2 are each folded along the fold line 3 and a number of cords or ribbons 9 are attached to said flexible member 8. In the preferred embodiment as shown in Figure 3, the first folded planar member 1 is mounted over the front cover 10 of the book, its external section 5 overlapping the external side of said front cover 10 and its internal section 4 being inserted _ g _ juxtaposingly to the internal side of the front cover 10 so as to be held fractionally, and the second folded planar member 2 is mounted over the back cover 11 of the book, its external section 7 overlapping the external side of said back cover 11 and its internal section 6 being inserted juxtaposingly to the internal side of the back cover 11 so as to be held fractionally, and installed so that the flexible member 8 is fittingly adjusted around the edge of the book, the cords or ribbons 9 attached to said flexible member 8 being available to be inserted between chosen pages where properly needed, as shown on Figure 4. Figure 5 shows a bookmark as shown in Figure 1 where first planar member 1 and second planar member 2 are of different shapes, all other attributes of the previously described preferred embodiment remaining identical. Figure 6 shows writing means 12 and adhesive tabs 13 which could be attached to cords or ribbons 9. Figure 7 shows a second preferred embodiment of the invention where first planar member 1 and second planar member 2 are made of a rigid material, each of said first planar member 1 and second planar member 2 being U-shaped, where internal sections 4 and 6 are typically longer than external sections 5 and 7, where external sections 5 and 7 provide for a transverse groove 14 allowing fastening means 15 to fittingly adjust flexible member 8 around the edge of the book.
Although the invention has been described above with respect with one specific form, it will be evident to a person skilled in the art that it may be modified and refined in various ways. It is therefore wished to have it understood that the present invention should not be limited in scope, except by the terms of the following claims.

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