JP2023109484A - Monthly calendar that can be reused as booklet - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a monthly calendar that is devised to encourage reuse in a very natural way on a sheet rear side of the monthly calendar and can be reused as a booklet such as a picture book each time a date display sheet is turned over.SOLUTION: A calendar C has a sheet rear side S2 of a date display sheet S as a booklet reusable side 1 displaying an appropriate theme. The booklet reusable side 1 is divided into two rows by a central dividing line 4 in a usage compartment 2. Further, page compartments 3 in even rows having four or more rows in each stage are formed in an aligned state by a plurality of page dividing lines 5 orthogonal to the central dividing line 4, and booklet forming instructions 6 including instructions for their folded state and instructions for the necessary incision state are provided for the center dividing line 4 and the page dividing lines 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a calendar in which a plurality of date display sheets showing dates and days of the week are bound for one year, and in particular, the back side of each date display sheet is reused as a booklet. It relates to a monthly calendar that can be used.

A calendar, which is a familiar display item in our daily life, displays a list of the dates and days of the week for a year on a single date display sheet. , and there is a moon-turning-shaped thing that binds these for one year.
Of these, the month-turning type is often discarded after the date display sheet of the previous month is turned over so as to expose the date display sheet displaying the new month after each month. Such a mode of use does not meet the demand for effective utilization of resources, although it is slight. Of course, if the back side of the date display sheet is blank, the user (owner) of the calendar may cut the previous month's date display sheet into small pieces and reuse them as memo paper, but this is only the use of the calendar. A lot of it depends on the awareness level and ingenuity of the person, and the calendar itself did not have the intention or ingenuity to actively reuse it.

Utility Model Registration No. 3052345

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a background, and focuses on the back side of the monthly calendar, which has not been focused on in the past, and here is a device that can promote reuse in a very natural way. The technical problem is to develop a month-turning calendar that can be reused as a booklet such as a picture book by reducing the discarding of the date display sheet as it is every time the month changes or every time the date display sheet is turned over. It is what I did.

First, the monthly calendar that can be reused as a booklet according to claim 1 is
A calendar in which a plurality of date display sheets are bound at one side and dates and days of the week are displayed on the sheet front side, and the sheet back side is a booklet reusable side displaying an appropriate theme. The reusable area is divided into two sections by a single central dividing line, and further divided into four or more even-numbered columns of page sections by multiple page dividing lines perpendicular to the central dividing line. formed in alignment,
Further, a booklet forming instruction including an instruction of a folding state and an instruction of a required cutting state is provided for the center dividing line and the page dividing line.

In addition, the monthly calendar that can be reused as a booklet described in claim 2, in addition to the requirements described in claim 1,
The booklet forming instruction is to set the central parting line to a mountain fold when the back surface of the sheet is viewed, and to fold the middle part of the central parting line while leaving the page divisions formed at both ends of each stage. As a cutting instruction to cut so as to divide,
On the other hand, the page dividing line perpendicular to the central dividing line is a folding instruction that alternately repeats the valley folding instruction and the mountain folding instruction from both ends toward the center of the sheet.
When the date display sheet is formed into a booklet, a plurality of page dividing lines are folded according to each folding instruction, an intermediate portion of the central dividing line is cut according to the cutting instruction, and further mountain folding is performed along the central dividing line. , the page divisions are put in a face-to-face state so that the front surface of the sheet is hidden inside the booklet, the valley fold side of the page dividing line is put together to be the back side of the booklet, and the mountain fold side of the page dividing line is the back side of the booklet. It is characterized by a configuration in which a booklet shape appears on the edge side of the booklet.

In addition, the monthly calendar that can be reused as a booklet according to claim 3, in addition to the requirements described in claim 1 or 2,
The utilization section formed on the back surface of the date display sheet is the entire sheet back surface, and the page section is arranged in two stages across the central dividing line and arranged in four rows in the forming direction of the central dividing line. It is characterized in that it is partitioned so that a booklet with a total of eight pages in four columns appears.

In addition, the monthly calendar that can be reused as a booklet described in claim 4, in addition to the requirements described in any one of claims 1 to 3,
The theme displayed on the seat back surface is characterized in that a theme associated with the current month is displayed on the seat back surface for the previous month.
Then, the above problems are solved by means of the configurations of the inventions described in each of these claims.

First, according to the first aspect of the invention, since the back surface of the date display sheet of the calendar is configured to be reused as a booklet such as a picture book, the peeled date display sheet can be reused, A calendar, which is a paper resource, can be effectively used. A calendar is hung on a wall or the like so that it can be viewed with the naked eye for a long period of time of about one month. Therefore, instead of discarding the date display sheet that has completed the date display function (turned-up date display sheet) as it is, adding a structure that reuses it as a booklet to the calendar itself is also environmentally friendly and resource recycling. It greatly contributes to actively promoting the use.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the reverse side of the date display sheet that has been turned over is utilized to make a specific configuration for reuse as a booklet such as a picture book. In particular, it is very easy to understand the configuration in which the front surface of the sheet is accommodated inside the booklet by the notch made at the intermediate position of the central dividing line.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since a booklet with two rows and four columns and a total of eight pages appears using the entire back surface of the date display sheet, the size of one page when formed as a booklet is compared. A large picture book can be secured and, for example, even when reused as a picture book for infants (children), a picture book of a reasonable size can be provided. In addition, since it has eight pages in total, even infants (children) who are not good at printing can enjoy reading without feeling too much pain.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the theme displayed on the back side of the sheet for the previous month is the theme associated with the current month, and the theme is substantially printed one month ahead of schedule. Therefore, for example, if the current month is February, the most recently flipped date sheet will be January, and on the back side of this January date sheet, a theme such as Setsubun, which is an event in February of the current month ( content) is displayed, the interest in the event of the current month increases. In more detail, by using the back side of the date display sheet for January to make a picture book about the contents of extermination of demons and bean throwing related to Setsubun, even infants (children) are interested in annual events and You can learn naturally while enjoying the sense of the season.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a monthly calendar that can be reused as a booklet of the present invention, and an explanatory diagram showing step by step how a date display sheet peeled from the calendar is formed into a booklet. It is a step-by-step explanatory diagram showing in more detail how the date display sheet peeled from the calendar is formed into a booklet. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing several configuration examples in which the number of page sections is increased even if the date display sheet is of the same size. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a configuration example in which a plurality of different utilization sections are formed on the seat back surface;

The present invention is as shown in the following examples, but it is also possible to add appropriate modifications to these examples within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

The month-to-page calendar C reusable as a booklet (hereinafter simply referred to as "calendar C") according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments.
First, as shown in FIG. 1 as an example, the calendar C according to the present invention includes a plurality of date display sheets S (usually 12 sheets for a year) on which the dates and days of the week for a month are displayed, It is a configuration in which one side of the upper part is bound. Here, reference symbol D in the drawing is a date print displayed on the front surface S1 of the sheet so that the date and day of the week can be visually recognized. Some calendars C (date display sheet S) display not only dates and days of the week, but also twenty-four solar terms, six stars, names of holidays, dates of the lunar calendar, phases of the moon, and so on. is also included in the date print D.
In addition, when binding the upper side of each date display sheet S, a weakening line L such as a so-called perforation is provided near the upper side of the date display sheet S, for example, so that the date display sheet S of the previous month can be easily separated. is preferred.

In the present invention, a suitable theme is displayed on the sheet back surface S2 of the date display sheet S, which is referred to as the booklet reuse surface 1. FIG. That is, after the date display sheet S that has completed the date display function as the calendar C is turned over from the main body (remaining calendar C), the sheet back surface S2 is reused (specifically, cuts and folds are performed. ), and a booklet B such as a picture book.
The booklet recycling surface 1 formed on the sheet back surface S2 includes one or a plurality of usage compartments 2. The usage compartments 2 are rectangular, and the usage compartments 2 have a plurality of rectangles. A page section 3 of shapes is formed in alignment.

Appropriate theme display forms on the booklet reuse surface 1 are characters, figures, designs, photographs, etc., while the contents are, for example, the display of stories such as fairy tales, tourism information using photographs, and other cooking recipe information. etc. is appropriate information.
A plurality of page divisions 3 in the utilization division 2 are composed of a single central division line 4 dividing the utilization division 2 and a plurality of page division lines 5 perpendicular to the central division line 4 (in this embodiment, three) are divided into multiple sections.
Specifically, the central dividing line 4 is provided so as to pass through substantially the center of the rectangular date display sheet S in the lateral direction so as to divide the lateral direction of the date display sheet S into two. That is, the central dividing line 4 is provided along the longitudinal direction of the date display sheet S, and is provided so as to further divide the rectangular date display sheet S into two elongated parts.

The central dividing line 4 is often in the up-down direction (vertical direction) when the calendar C is viewed on a wall. That is, the date display sheet S is partitioned into two stages on the left and right by the central dividing line 4 for convenience.
Then, each column divided into two left and right columns is divided into even-numbered columns of four or more columns (this dividing direction is called “column”, and in this embodiment, four columns are divided by a plurality of page dividing lines 5 (mountain fold line/valley fold line). When viewed as a wall-mounted calendar C, the direction in which the columns are formed is often the up-down direction (vertical direction). Incidentally, in this embodiment, the page sections 3 of eight pages in total are formed by the page sections 3 of four pages per row.

A booklet forming instruction 6 including a necessary cutting instruction (length and position instruction) and folding state instruction is displayed on the central dividing line 4 and the page dividing line 5 . Specifically, first, a cut instruction 61 is provided on the central dividing line 4, and the cutting instruction 61 is provided on the central dividing line 4 except for the page section 3E located at both upper and lower ends. be provided. That is, the left and right page sections 3E positioned at the upper and lower ends of the date display sheet S (sheet back surface S2) are folded at the center dividing line 4, but are formed in a state where the left and right are connected.

As for the folding instruction 62, a mountain folding instruction 62A is formed with respect to the central parting line 4 in a state in which the seat back surface S2 is viewed, in addition to the cutting instruction 61 described above. On the other hand, regarding the page dividing line 5, the one provided at the upper and lower end portions of the cut instruction 61 is set as the valley fold instruction 62B, and the page dividing line 5 adjacent to the inner side thereof, that is, the central portion of the date display sheet S. The page dividing line 5 is used as the mountain fold instruction 62A, and the valley fold and the mountain fold are formed so as to be sequentially repeated.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the entire back surface S2 of the sheet can be used as one booklet B. One line 4 is formed, and three page dividing lines 5 are formed so as to be orthogonal to this central dividing line 4 . In this case, on the central parting line 4, a cut is made according to the cutting instruction 61, the central parting line 4 other than the cut is mountain-folded, and the front surface S1 of the sheet is folded in half in a face-to-face state. Further, along with this, by folding the other page dividing lines 5 according to the mountain fold instructions 62A and the valley fold instructions 62B displayed here, as shown in FIG. The pages are formed in the page section 3 of a total of eight pages formed in four columns, and the booklet B of a total of six pages is finally formed as the booklet B excluding the front cover and the back cover.
As for the booklet reuse surface 1 provided on the sheet back surface S2, the usage section 2 can be divided into a plurality of usage sections 2 in addition to the entire back surface being one section as shown in FIG. , which will be discussed later.
Here, the reference numeral "3E" in the drawing indicates the page sections located at the both ends of each section of the page section 3 divided into left and right two sections as described above. Reference numeral "3M" in the figure indicates a page section positioned at the center of each column, that is, a page section divided into left and right by the notch.

By the way, although the official name of the present invention is "moon-turning", the calendar C of the present invention is not necessarily limited to the calendar C in which the date display sheet S is turned over every month. A calendar C in which one date display sheet S is turned over for each month, that is, a calendar C in which dates and days of the week for two months are displayed on one date display sheet may be used. Also, a calendar C in which one date display sheet S is turned over on a weekly basis, etc., is included in the present invention as long as the sheet back surface S2 can be reused as a booklet B.

An example of a technique for forming the booklet B using the sheet back surface S2 configured in this way will be described below.
(1) Folding of the page dividing line 5 perpendicular to the central dividing line 4 First, the page dividing line 5 orthogonal to the central dividing line 4 is folded in accordance with the booklet forming instructions 6 (mountain folding instructions 62A and valley folding instructions 62B). Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b), for example, the page dividing lines 5 closest to the ends are valley-folded, and the adjacent page dividing lines 5 closer to the center are mountain-folded. do. Here, in this embodiment, there are three page dividing lines 5 orthogonal to the central dividing line 4, but if there are more than three, such as five or seven, then from the ends toward the center, Repeat valley folds and mountain folds. Such folding is performed according to the mountain folding instructions 62A and the valley folding instructions 62B written (printed) on the sheet back surface S2. On the other hand, it is possible to distinguish by color, such as by displaying the mountain fold lines in red, or to distinguish them by writing "valley fold" and "mountain fold" in character display. Alternatively, each line can be distinguished by a line type such as a solid line or a dashed line, and it is of course possible to use these together as appropriate.

(2) Notch on center parting line 4 Next, as shown in FIG. 2(c), the date display sheet S is folded in half so that the sheet front surface S1 faces inside. Here, the folding line for the two-folding is a folding line (mountain folding line) that is perpendicular to the central dividing line 4 at an intermediate position of the central dividing line 4, and the cutting line is also folded by this two-folding. Appears in
In this state, when the scissors are inserted halfway along the central dividing line 4 according to the cutting instruction 61, the desired cutting is performed. Since the date display sheet S is cut while being superimposed in this way, the cut length by the scissors is about half the actual cut line.
Of course, when performing the cutting work, it is not necessary to fold the date display sheet S in two, and it is possible to cut this sheet in a single unfolded state. Since the cut is to be made in the middle, it is easier to cut using a commercially available utility knife or the like.

(3) Mountain folding along the central dividing line 4 After making a cut on the central dividing line 4 in this way, as shown in FIG. return to state.
Next, as shown in FIG. 2(e) as an example, the date display sheet S is mountain-folded along the central dividing line 4 other than the cut. By this mountain fold, the page sections 3 formed in two stages of the date display sheet S are folded face-to-face, so that the appearance of the date display sheet S is one row and four rows.

(4) Expansion of the central page section 3M In this state, the central page section 3M is divided into left and right by the notch formed on the central dividing line 4. As an example, FIG. ).As shown in FIG. 3(a), the page section 3M is expanded so as to protrude on both sides. By this opening operation, one tubular portion Sp is formed in the central portion of the date display sheet S in this embodiment.

(5) Alignment of the spread page sections 3M After that, as shown in FIG. are formed so that the page sections 3M in the same row are face-to-face. In this state, the page sections 3E of each stage are also formed face to face.
By such work, the valley-fold sides of the page dividing lines 5 are put together so as to overlap each other, and the page sections 3 are brought into a face-to-face state with the sheet front surface S1 on the inside. That is, the sheet front surface S1 on which the date print D is provided enters the inside of the booklet B (the sheet front surface S1 is hidden), and the sheet front surface S1 is not exposed to the outside in the booklet B state. becomes.

After that, as shown in FIG. 2(h) as an example, page section 3 corresponding to the front cover (indicated as "back" in the figure) and the back cover (indicated as "back" in the figure) when formed into booklet B However, each page section 3 is folded so that the front and back of the booklet B are formed to form the target booklet B.
In this state, when the pages of the page section 3E are turned over as the booklet B, it is conceivable that the lower part of the page section 3E is likely to open (because the sheet front surface S1 becomes visible). It is possible to prevent such a situation by adhering them appropriately.
Further, in this embodiment, the method of forming a booklet as shown in FIG. 2 is shown below the sheet front surface S1 as shown in FIG. 1 as an example.

(6) Use as a booklet As described above, in this embodiment, a booklet B with eight pages is constructed, and the portion of the valley fold line is substantially on the back side of the booklet B, and the mountain fold line side is the edge side of the booklet B.
A preferable example of the theme (content) displayed in the booklet B is, for example, a children's story picture book that arouses the interest of young children.
Further, when the current month is displayed by the calendar C as February, the back side S2 of the date display sheet S displaying January, which is the previous month, is marked with an event in February, such as a fairy tale related to Setsubun. It is desirable to keep
Furthermore, when targeting so-called adults, for example, if the current month is February, the back surface S2 of the date display sheet S for the previous month can be filled with recipes (so-called recipes) for local cuisine related to February. ), etc., can also be used as a booklet B.

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The present invention has the above-described configuration as a basic structure. By increasing the number of orthogonal page dividing lines 5, that is, by making the page divisions 3 of even-numbered rows of six or more columns in each column, a booklet B exceeding eight pages in total can be formed.
Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 3B, by forming six columns of page divisions 3 in each column, a total of twelve pages of the booklet B can be formed. Two tubular portions Sp are formed by the upper cut.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3(c), by forming eight rows of page divisions 3 in each stage, a total of 16 pages of booklet B can be formed. Three cylindrical parts Sp are formed.
As shown in FIG. 3(c), when the number of page sections 3 is increased while the date display sheet S of the same size is applied, a small booklet B resembling a so-called miniature book is produced. It is a composition that arouses interest for enthusiasts.

As for the utilization section 2 using the seat back surface S2, as shown in FIG. 4 as an example, several types of utilization sections 2 may be provided. By doing so, it becomes possible to select an appropriate theme according to the user's family structure and the like.
Also, in the case of constructing an extremely narrow utilization section 2 in this way, a small booklet B resembling a so-called miniature book can be obtained as in the case of FIG. is available).
Furthermore, in the above-described basic embodiment, the so-called wall-mounted calendar C was exemplified. In this case, since the date display sheet S itself is relatively small, the configuration is particularly suitable for obtaining a small booklet B similar to a miniature book.

B Booklet C Calendar (monthly calendar that can be reused as a booklet)
D Date print L Weakening line S Date display sheet S1 Sheet front surface S2 Sheet back surface Sp Cylindrical part

1 booklet reuse surface 2 utilization section 3 page section 3E page section (page sections located at both ends of each column)
3M page section (the page section located on the center side of each column)
4 Central dividing line 5 Page dividing line 6 Booklet forming instruction 61 Cutting instruction 62 Folding instruction 62A Mountain folding instruction 62B Valley folding instruction

Claims (4)

A calendar in which a plurality of date display sheets are bound at one side and dates and days of the week are displayed on the sheet front side, and the sheet back side is a booklet reusable side displaying an appropriate theme. The reusable area is divided into two sections by a single central dividing line, and further divided into four or more even-numbered columns of page sections by multiple page dividing lines perpendicular to the central dividing line. formed in alignment,
Further, a booklet forming instruction including an instruction of the state of folding and an instruction of a necessary cutting state is provided for the center dividing line and the page dividing line, and can be reused as a booklet. monthly calendar.

The booklet forming instruction is to set the central parting line to a mountain fold when the back surface of the sheet is viewed, and to fold the middle part of the central parting line while leaving the page divisions formed at both ends of each stage. As a cutting instruction to cut so as to divide,
On the other hand, the page dividing line perpendicular to the central dividing line is a folding instruction that alternately repeats the valley folding instruction and the mountain folding instruction from both ends toward the center of the sheet.
When the date display sheet is formed into a booklet, a plurality of page dividing lines are folded according to each folding instruction, an intermediate portion of the central dividing line is cut according to the cutting instruction, and further mountain folding is performed along the central dividing line. , the page divisions are put in a face-to-face state so that the front surface of the sheet is hidden inside the booklet, the valley fold side of the page dividing line is put together to be the back side of the booklet, and the mountain fold side of the page dividing line is the back side of the booklet. 2. A month-to-page calendar reusable as a booklet according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a structure in which a booklet shape appears on the edge side of the booklet.

The utilization section formed on the back surface of the date display sheet is the entire sheet back surface, and the page section is arranged in two stages across the central dividing line and arranged in four rows in the forming direction of the central dividing line. 3. The month-turning calendar reusable as a booklet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is partitioned so that a booklet of a total of eight pages in four columns appears.

4. The booklet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the theme displayed on the seat back surface is a theme associated with the current month on the seat back surface for the previous month. A reusable monthly calendar.

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