# US 10,479,127 B2 · Sheet-like goods with string > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,127 B2 - Document ID: US10479127B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/593,461 - Filed: 2017-05-12 - Published: 2017-11-16 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-13 - Assignees: Dentsu Inc. - Applicants: Dentsu Inc. - Inventors: Akira Shikiya - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479127B2 ## CPC - B42D 15/042: {Foldable cards or sheets (B42D15/045 and B42D15/08 take precedence)} - B44C 5/00: Processes for producing special ornamental bodies - A47G 33/00: Religious or ritual equipment in dwelling or for general use - A47G 33/02: Altars; Religious shrines; Fonts for holy water; Crucifixes - B42D 15/008: {Foldable or folded sheets} - B42D 15/0086: {Sheets combined with other articles} - B42D 15/0093: {Sheet materials} - B42D 15/027: {combined with permanently fastened other articles, e.g. photographs} - G09F 1/00: Cardboard or like show-cards of foldable or flexible material - G09F 1/06: to be erected in three dimensions [3D] (G09F1/08 takes precedence) - B42D 15/0073: {characterised by shape or material of the sheets} - B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS - B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)} - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract There is provided a sheet-like article with a string enabling use in two use forms (a first use form and a second use form). A sheet-like article 1 with a string has a first use form and a second use form. The sheet-like article 1 with a string includes a sheet-like main body 2, and a string body 4 inserted into holes 3 of the main body 2. In the sheet-like article 1 with a string, change from the first use form to the second use form is possible by pulling of the string body 4. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sheet-like article with a string having a first use form and a second use form, the sheet-like article with a string comprising: a sheet-like main body comprising a first sheet, and a second sheet having a shape corresponding to the first sheet; and a string body inserted into a plurality of holes of the main body, wherein change from the first use form to the second use form is possible by pulling of the string body, wherein, in the first use form, the string body is bended at the hole of the main body, and in the second use form, the string body is arranged linearly by pulling, wherein, in the first use form, an inner surface of an end of the first sheet faces an inner surface of an end of the second sheet, and in the second use form, an outer surface of the end of the first sheet faces an outer surface of the end of the second sheet, and wherein, in the second use form in which the string body has been pulled, no fold is formed around the holes of the main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 1, wherein a first hole is provided on a first side of the end of the first sheet, a second hole is provided at a position corresponding to the first hole on a first side of the end of the second sheet, a third hole is provided on a second side of the end of the second sheet, a fourth hole is provided at a position corresponding to the third hole on a second side of the end of the first sheet, and in the first use form, the string body is: inserted into the first hole from the inner surface to the outer surface of the end of the first sheet; inserted into the second hole from the outer surface to the inner surface of the end of the second sheet; inserted into the third hole from the inner surface to the outer surface of the end of the second sheet; and inserted into the fourth hole from the outer surface to the inner surface of the end of the first sheet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 2, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are connected to each other, in the first use form, the main body is in a closed state, and in the second use form, the main body is in an open state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 3, wherein in the first use form, the main body is sealed by pasting in the closed state, and in the second use form, the sealing is released, and the main body is brought into the open state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 3, wherein the main body includes a foldable bottom surface, in the first use form, the bottom surface is in a folded state, and in the second use form, the bottom surface is in a planarly developed state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 3, wherein the main body includes a foldable pop-up part, in the first use form, the pop-up part is in a folded state, and in the second use form, the pop-up part is in a three-dimensionally developed state. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 1, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are connected to each other, in the first use form, the main body is in a closed state, and in the second use form, the main body is in an open state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 7, wherein in the first use form, the main body is sealed by pasting in the closed state, and in the second use form, the sealing is released, and the main body is brought into the open state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 7, wherein the main body includes a foldable bottom surface, in the first use form, the bottom surface is in a folded state, and in the second use form, the bottom surface is in a planarly developed state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The sheet-like article with a string according to claim 7, wherein the main body includes a foldable pop-up part, in the first use form, the pop-up part is in a folded state, and in the second use form, the pop-up part is in a three-dimensionally developed state.