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US 11,682,316 B2Granted
Notebook with configurable note-taking guides and organizational features
AssigneeWorklife Brands LLC
InventorsRobert Fish, James Bishai, Jessica Hedge, Seda Evis, Ayse Birsel, Leah Caplan
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Abstract
A notebook is provided comprising a number of expert guidance pages and instructional figures. The notebook includes integrated guidance and information sheets that describe using different note-taking methods. The notebook may include supplemental pages that teach and reinforce note-taking methods and approaches, as well as a variety of other pages designed to provide a functional notebook. One or more of the pages, including the supplemental pages, can be removed by tearing along a perforated edge.
Claims20
A notebook, comprising:
- a front cover;
- a back cover;
- a spine disposed between the front cover and the back cover, wherein the front cover and the back cover are both connected to the spine, wherein the notebook has a closed state concealing an interior of the notebook and an open state revealing an interior of the notebook;
- a closure comprising an elastic band that attaches to a portion of the notebook, wherein the closure engages with a first notch disposed in a first material attached to the front cover and a second notch disposed in a second material attached to the back cover in the closed state, wherein the first notch and the second notch are arranged adjacent an opening edge of the notebook at a point between a top edge of the notebook and a bottom edge of the notebook in the closed state;
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- a plurality of note-taking pages disposed in the interior of the notebook, the plurality of note-taking pages comprising an unbound edge extending from a point adjacent the top edge of the notebook to a point adjacent the bottom edge of the notebook, wherein the unbound edge is offset a distance from the opening edge of the notebook providing an open space between the front cover and the back cover and between the unbound edge and the closure adjacent the opening edge of the notebook in the closed state, and wherein the open space is sized to receive a body of a writing instrument inserted into the open space such that the body of the writing instrument is arranged inside a periphery of the notebook in the closed state.
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A notebook, comprising:
- a front cover;
- a rear cover;
- a spine positioned between and connecting to the front cover and the rear cover, wherein the front cover is connected to the spine along a front spine edge, wherein the rear cover is connected to the spine along a rear spine edge, wherein the notebook has a closed state concealing an interior of the notebook and an open state revealing an interior of the notebook, wherein the front cover and the rear cover overlap in the closed state;
- an elastic band comprising a first end attached to the front cover and a second end attached to the rear cover, wherein the elastic band engages with a first notch disposed in a material attached to the front cover and a second notch disposed in material attached to the rear cover in the closed state, wherein the first notch and the second notch are arranged adjacent an opening edge of the notebook at a point between a top edge of the notebook and a bottom edge of the notebook in the closed state;
- a plurality of note-taking pages bound together and attached to at least one of the front cover, the rear cover, and the spine, the plurality of note-taking pages comprising groups of pages arranged by note-taking style, the plurality of note-taking pages comprising an unbound edge extending from a point adjacent the top edge of the notebook to a point adjacent the bottom edge of the notebook, wherein the unbound edge is offset a distance from the opening edge of the notebook providing an open space between the front cover and the rear cover and between the unbound edge and the elastic band adjacent the opening edge of the notebook in the closed state, and wherein the open space is sized to receive a body of a writing instrument inserted into the open space such that the body of the writing instrument is arranged inside a periphery of the notebook in the closed state;
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- an expert guidance sheet attached to at least one of the front cover, the rear cover, and the plurality of note-taking pages, the expert guidance sheet comprising a plurality of visual indicia indicative of how to use each note-taking style in the groups of pages of the plurality note-taking pages.
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A notebook with integrated writing instrument storage, comprising:
- a front cover;
- a back cover;
- a spine disposed between the front cover and the back cover, wherein the front cover and the back cover are both connected to the spine, wherein the notebook has a closed state concealing an interior of the notebook and an open state revealing an interior of the notebook;
- an elastic band attached to a portion of the notebook, wherein the elastic band engages with a first notch disposed in a first material attached to the front cover and a second notch disposed in a second material attached to the back cover in the closed state, wherein the first notch and the second notch are arranged adjacent an opening edge of the notebook at a point between a top edge of the notebook and a bottom edge of the notebook in the closed state;
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- a plurality of note-taking pages disposed in the interior of the notebook, the plurality of note-taking pages comprising a bound edge arranged adjacent the spine and an unbound edge offset from the bound edge and the spine, the unbound edge extending from a point adjacent the top edge of the notebook to a point adjacent the bottom edge of the notebook, wherein the unbound edge is offset a distance from the opening edge of the notebook providing an open space between the front cover and the back cover and between the unbound edge and the elastic band adjacent the opening edge of the notebook in the closed state, wherein the open space extends from the top edge of the notebook to the bottom edge of the notebook;
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- a writing instrument comprising a clip attached to a body of the writing instrument, wherein the body of the writing instrument is arranged in the open space, and wherein the clip passes over the elastic band such that the clip is arranged outside of a periphery of the notebook and the body of the writing instrument is arranged inside the periphery of the notebook in the closed state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.