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US 10,618,337 B2Granted
Flexible and durable bookbinding
AssigneeWoodpecker Laboratories, LLC
InventorZachary Rome
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a flexible and durable bookbinding and to methods for making bound books. More specifically, the present invention relates to books that may withstand substantial and repeated perpendicular flexure along their spine. Among other advantages, these books demonstrate improved resistance to wear and tear and normal usage to remain intact.
Claims9
A flexible book, comprising:
- (a) a flexible front cover having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- (b) a flexible rear cover having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- (c) one or more flexible strips, each flexible strip extending from the inner surface of the front cover to the inner surface of the rear cover;
- (d) a plurality of interior sheets, each comprising one or more apertures, such that the one or more apertures are each identically oriented on each sheet;
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- (e) a flexible spine formed together with the front cover, the rear cover, and the one or more flexible strips as a single sheet of material;
- wherein, the one or more flexible strips have a length, between the front and back covers, greater than a collective thickness of the interior sheets, wherein each strip is threaded through and moves freely through an identically oriented group of apertures of the one or more sheets, and wherein the book is flexible about an axis perpendicular to the spine permitting at least one inch of deflection in fore and aft directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.