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AssigneeJamco International, Inc.
InventorJames A. Machen
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Abstract
A dimensional advertising and instructional device designed to be attached to a universal telephone cord is provided for the purpose of advertisement and/or to provide the user with instructional or general information.
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An attachable informational booklet attachable to an elongated member, said informational booklet comprising:
- (a) a plurality of information cards providing printed information;
- (b) a plastic holder including a plurality pockets for receiving and holding said information cards, said plurality of pockets including first and second pockets, information cards being located in each of said first and second pockets, said holder being foldable along hinge means for joining said first and second pockets together, the plastic holder being made of clear plastic such that printed information on either side of each of said plurality of cards can be visible through said plastic holder;
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- (c) coupling means for detachably connecting said first pocket to said second pocket, said tab means being located such that said holder can be folded and connected around the elongated member and thereby attached thereto.
An attachable informational device for displaying printed information provided on information cards, said information booklet being attachable to an elongated member, said informational device comprising:
- (a) a plastic holder including first and second pockets for receiving and holding information cards, said holder being foldable along hinge means between said first and second pockets, said holder means being of clear plastic such that printed information on both sides of information cards in said pockets can be visible through said holder;
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- (b) coupling means for detachably connecting said first and second pockets in a location remote to said hinge means such that said holder can be folded and connected around the elongated member and thereby attached thereto.
An attachable informational device for displaying printed information presented on information cards, said booklet being attachable to an elongated member, said informational device comprising:
- (a) a plurality of plastic pocket means for holding information cards, said pocket means being made of clear plastic such that information on both sides of information cards in said pocket means can be visible through said pocket means;
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- (b) attachment means for attaching said informational device to the elongated member, said attachment means including hinge means for connecting at least a pair of said plurality of pocket means, and coupling means for detachably connecting said pair of pocket means, said coupling mean being capable of connecting said pair of pocket means in positions on each of said pair of said pocket means which are distal to said hinge means such tht said pair of pocket means can be detachably connected in a location distal to said hinge means which allow said pair of pocket means to be connected around said elongated member and thereby attached thereto.
An attachable informational device for attachment to an elongated member, said information booklet comprising a plastic holder including pocket means for receiving and displaying printed information inserts, hinge means for foldably connecting portions of said holder such that said holder can be folded along said hinge means and around the elongated member, and attachment means for detachably attaching the portions of said holder which can be folded around the elongated member such that said holder can be attached around said elongated member.
A method of attaching printed information to a telephone cord of a telephone in order to provide a readily available source of information for an individual using the telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an attachable informational device including booklet means for providing information, said booklet means including page means for displaying information, said page means including a plurality of pages, said booklet means further including hinge means for foldably connecting said plurality of pages to one another at first ends of each of said plurality of pages, and attachment means for attaching said booklet means to the telephone cord, said attachment means including coupling means for detachably connecting at least two of said pages together at locations removed from said hinge means such that at least two of said pages can be connected at locations such that said booklet means can encircle the telephone cord when said two pages are connected by said detachable coupling means;
- (b) folding said booklet means at said hinge means so that said booklet means can encircle the telephone cord;
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- (c) connecting said two pages with said detachable coupling means so that said booklet means defines an opening for passage of the telephone cord therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.