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EP1057508A1
EP1057508A1 EP99830341A EP99830341A EP1057508A1 EP 1057508 A1 EP1057508 A1 EP 1057508A1 EP 99830341 A EP99830341 A EP 99830341A EP 99830341 A EP99830341 A EP 99830341A EP 1057508 A1 EP1057508 A1 EP 1057508A1
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Oliviero Dolci
Emanuela Moltani
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Happy Books SRL
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/38—Picture books with additional toy effects, e.g. pop-up or slide displays

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  • the present invention relates to a book.
  • it relates to a book, booklet or volume intended for use by children both for reading or looking over the graphic motifs therein shown and for playing with it.
  • these types of books consist of pages made of paperboard, thin card, plastic, wood or other similar materials so as give each page a relatively high thickness and stiffness that will ensure a perfect flatness of the pages themselves, great strength of the whole booklet and easy accessibility for a child to the different pages forming the book itself.
  • plasticized books or books bound in paperboards are provided with pages having perimetric edges with the most varying shaping so that each book can take a shape belonging to characters, animals, vehicles or several different objects or subjects that are likely to be particularly inviting for a child.
  • some books presently on the market are provided, at one of their sides or at a region of their edge, with suitably shaped protuberances or tabs possibly carrying graphic motifs defining regions for direct selection of the desired page, of the address book type.
  • books are provided with tabs placed on each page at offset positions relative to the adjacent next pages so that a child can directly gain access to the page of interest.
  • the product thus obtained has an important tridimensional appearance also due to the particular continuity of the graphic motifs reproduced on the book surfaces in sight.
  • book 1 in accordance with the present invention comprises a predetermined number of pages 2 put into mutual-superposition relationship and in engagement with each other at a binding region 3, as clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.
  • Each page has a respective shaping contour 4 defining a predetermined conformation of the page itself, seen in plan view (see Figs. 1, 3 and 7, for example).
  • the pages forming the book or volume in accordance with the invention are divided into a first series of pages 5 and a second series of pages 6 consecutive to the first series.
  • the first and second series of pages may each comprise two, three or more pages.
  • Each page of the first series has a respective shaping contour which at least over a section of its extension has overall dimensions in plan greater than those of the shaping contour of the page of the first series superposed thereon. More specifically it is to be noted that the shaping contour of each page of the first series seen in plan view has the same overall dimensions as, or greater overall dimensions than those of the shaping contour of the page of the first series immediately superposed thereon, substantially over the whole extension of each contour.
  • the overall dimensions in plan of the first series pages become increasingly smaller according to a step-wise diminishing profile on moving closer to the front book cover 7 which is the first one of the first series pages and the one having the smallest overall dimensions.
  • the book in accordance with the invention also involves a second series of pages 6 which, as said, are consecutive to the pages of the first series, each of which has a shaping contour that, at least over a section of its extension, shows overall dimensions in plan smaller than those of the second series page superposed thereon.
  • each page of the second series is of the same overall dimensions as, or of greater overall dimensions than those of the second series page immediately superposed thereon, substantially over the whole extension of the shaping section of the page taken into account.
  • the rear cover 8 is the last page of the second series pages and also the page having the smallest overall dimensions in plan among the pages of the second series.
  • the book in accordance with the present invention has one or more intermediate pages of maximum overall dimensions from the opposite surfaces of which the first and second series pages increasingly become smaller.
  • each of the first and second series pages has a thickness greater than a given value, preferably greater than 0.5 mm.
  • each page of the first series has, as said, overall dimensions in plan greater than those of the page superposed thereon or, possibly, substantially coincident with these overall dimensions at least over part of its extension.
  • each page of the second series has overall dimensions in plan smaller than those of the page superposed thereon over a major section of its extension, possibly except for a portion thereof where the shaping contour of two superposed pages is substantially coincident.
  • each of the first and second series pages has the same overall dimensions in plan as those of the underlying pages or the superposed pages, as viewed from the accompanying drawings.
  • perimetric band 9 is externally delimited by the shaping contour of the page itself and internally delimited by an ideal line 10 substantially coincident with, or internal to, the orthogonal projection on the page itself of the shaping contour of the page superposed thereon.
  • This perimetral band 9 (see Fig. 4, for example) has a varying extension along the shaping contour because each page of the first series, as well as each page of the book in accordance with the invention, often has a shaping contour of differentiated configuration from the shaping contour of the pages adjacent thereto.
  • the pages of the second series too have a perimetric band 9 externally delimited by the shaping contour of the page itself and internally delimited by a line substantially coincident with, or internal to, the orthogonal projection on the page itself of the shaping contour of the page placed below it, i.e. the page closer to the rear cover 8.
  • the perimetral band defined on the pages of the second series has a varying extension along a shaping contour due to the different shape that each of the pages is likely to take.
  • the perimetral band is defined, on each page, at a face turned towards the front cover.
  • the perimetral band of the pages of the second series is defined on the face of each page turned towards the rear cover.
  • the presence of the second graphic motif alone can be provided, as shown in Fig. 4, for example.
  • these pages have complementary portions of the first graphic motif placed at least on the perimetral band at the face turned towards the rear cover.
  • This face preferably has the representation of the second motif internally of the ideal line 10 delimiting the perimetral band 9.
  • the second graphic motif alone may be provided.
  • the second graphic motif may for example consist of graphic representations differentiated (in terms of tones and/or subjects) from those defining the outer appearance of the book, i.e. those helping in giving the book the features of a toy.
  • the second graphic motif may consist of graphic representations illustrating a story or a tale (merely narrated by means of drawings or with the aid of inscriptions or words being part of the second graphic motif).
  • a third graphic motif 18 differentiated from the first graphic motif may be provided on the outer face of the rear cover.
  • the perimetral bands of the second series pages could be provided with complementary portions 18a of said third graphic motif.
  • the perimetral bands of the second series pages could be provided with complementary portions 18a of said third graphic motif.
  • the face of these pages turned to the front cover has, as said, a perimetric band 9 internally delimited by a line 10 defining separation between the first and second graphic motifs.
  • this line can be a net and continuous line or an ideal line and passage between the first and second graphic motifs on the page surface can be for example carried out through shading or other conventional drawing/graphic representation techniques.
  • this intermediate page will represent a transition between the pages of the first and second series and can be seen, based on the preceding definitions, as belonging to the pages of the first series and to those of the second series.
  • Book 1 may also be provided to include several intermediate pages, all having the maximum overall dimensions and the same shaping and embodying the transition between the pages of the first and second series.
  • a predetermined number of pages, typically one or two pages, of the subject book may comprise auxiliary protuberances 13 emerging externally away from the shaping contour both of the page to which they belong and of the underlying page or the page superposed thereon.
  • Said protuberances can belong to pages of the first or the second series and have a face turned towards the front cover 7 on which further complementary portions of the first graphic motif are reproduced, as well as, preferably on a face turned towards the rear cover 8, complementary portions of the first graphic motif (or possibly of the third graphic motif).
  • the first and/or possibly the third graphic motifs can also continue on the thickness of each page (Fig. 5, 6) preferably covering all extension thereof.
  • the shaping contour of at least one predetermined number of pages of the first and/or second series defines rest means 14 enabling the book to rest on a plane transverse and preferably orthogonal to the extension plane of each page, as clearly shown in Fig. 6, for example.
  • the rest means comprises one or more coincident sections 15 of the shaping contour of a predetermined number of pages, which coincident sections have the same configuration and overall dimensions in plan. These coincident sections define rest feet 16 and/or continuous rest surfaces and can be placed close to the above described binding region 3.
  • the book pages must also have an appropriate weight distribution. More specifically, when the book lies as shown in fig. 6, the overall centre of gravity of the book must be located at such a position that the orthogonal projection of the centre of gravity on the rest plane is contained in the ideal perimeter defined on the same rest plane by the rest means.
  • the invention achieves important advantages.
  • the possibility of playing and the realistic character of the product are made maximum by virtue of the above described tridimensional appearance obtained on each of the book sides, the book being able to really reproduce characters, objects and other things in a much more exact manner so that it becomes very winning and of easy handling for the public for whom it is intended without being disadvantageous in terms of cheapness and easy manufacturing.
  • book 1 can be lain down on a horizontal plane perpendicular to the pages (Fig. 6), in this condition being exactly like a true toy.

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DE69920412T DE69920412T2 (de) 1999-06-03 1999-06-03 Buch
ES99830341T ES2229660T3 (es) 1999-06-03 1999-06-03 Libro.
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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1405732A1 (de) * 2002-10-02 2004-04-07 Happy Books SRL Buch

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US5096204A (en) * 1990-07-13 1992-03-17 Lippman Peter J H Three-dimensional book or game board structure
JPH09327983A (ja) * 1996-06-10 1997-12-22 Toppan Printing Co Ltd 本およびその製造方法
US5901983A (en) 1997-05-30 1999-05-11 Happy Books, S.R.L. Book

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5096204A (en) * 1990-07-13 1992-03-17 Lippman Peter J H Three-dimensional book or game board structure
JPH09327983A (ja) * 1996-06-10 1997-12-22 Toppan Printing Co Ltd 本およびその製造方法
US5901983A (en) 1997-05-30 1999-05-11 Happy Books, S.R.L. Book

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1998, no. 04 31 March 1998 (1998-03-31) *

Cited By (1)

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EP1405732A1 (de) * 2002-10-02 2004-04-07 Happy Books SRL Buch

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DE69920412D1 (de) 2004-10-28

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