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US 2021/0107309 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
A bookmark assembly comprising:
- a hollow sleeve member having a first face and a second face, the sleeve member also including a window, the 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 graphical indicia on a first side selectively displayed through the window;
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- a line indicator coupled to the slot with a fastener and configured to translate along the slot.
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A bookmark assembly comprising:
- a hollow sleeve member having a first face and a second face, the sleeve member also including a first window and a second window located on the first face, the first window and the second window located between a first opening and a second opening, the sleeve member having a first slot and a second 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 a first graphical indicia on a first side selectively displayed through the first window, the marker including a second graphical indicia on the first side selectively displayed through the second window, wherein translation of the marker adjusts the first graphical indicia visible through or the second graphical indicia visible through the second window;
- a line indicator coupled to the first slot with a first fastener and to the second slot with a second fastener, wherein the line indicator is configured to translate along the first slot and the second slot, wherein the first slot and second slot pass through the first face and the second face, and wherein the line indicator is coupled to the front face and the second face.
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;
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- 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;
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- closing the book with the placed bookmark assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.