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US 11,597,229 B2Granted
Bookmark assembly
OwnerOscar C. Mondineinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a bookmark assembly that indicates relative page direction and a line left off for a reader. The assembly includes a hollow sleeve member having a window and a slot, a marker configured to translate through the hollow sleeve member, and a line indicator configured to translate along the slot.
Claims17
A bookmark assembly comprising:
- a hollow sleeve member having a first face and a second face, the sleeve member also including a first window, the first window located between a first opening and a second opening, the sleeve member having a slot passing through at least one of the first face and the second face along a length of the sleeve member;
- a marker configured to translate through the hollow sleeve member, the marker including first graphical indicia on a first side selectively displayed through the first window;
- a line indicator coupled to the slot with a fastener and configured to translate along the slot;
- and
- a second slot proximate to a first edge on the hollow sleeve body opposite the slot proximate to a second edge on the hollow sleeve body.
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A method of using a bookmark assembly comprising:
- opening a book to a position designated for recall, the position in the book having a left page and a right page;
- adjusting a marker of a bookmark assembly to selectively display a graphical indicia, wherein the selectively displayed graphical indicia corresponds to either the left page or the right page;
- adjusting a line indicator of a bookmark assembly to a position corresponding to a sentence location designated for recall located on either the left page or the right page;
- placing the bookmark assembly at the position of the book designated for recall, wherein the adjusted line indicator points to the sentence location designated for recall;
- rotating the line indicator from a storage position to an active position;
- and
- closing the book with the placed bookmark assembly located therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.