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US 5,325,811 AGranted
Bookmark
OwnerMichael Miroyaninventor
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Abstract
A bookmark for making a page and line in a book. The bookmark includes an elongated planar body having an upper terminal portion that provides a relatively large flat surface for the display of matter such as decorative and whimsical designs each of which includes a dominant design element. The bookmark further includes a finger engaging indicator piece that substantially corresponds in size and shape with the dominant design element of the imprinted design and is slidably movable along a slit provided in the body from a first position overlying the design element to a second line marking position.
Claims8
A bookmark for locating an exact page and line in a book comprising:
- (a) a thin, elongated, planar body having a face and a back, said face having an upper terminal portion and a lower terminal portion, said body having a slit extending between said upper and lower terminal portions, said slit defining a track;
- (b) a first display imprinted on said upper terminal portion of said face of said body, said first display including at least one object depicting feature having a particular size and shape and being located proximate said slit;
- (c) a second display imprinted on said lower terminal portion of said face of said body, said second display including an object-depicting feature generally corresponding to said object-depicting feature imprinted on said upper terminal portion;
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- (d) an indicator means for indicating a particular line on a selected page of the book, said indicator means comprising:
- (i) an indicator element overlying said face of said body proximate said slit and having a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of said object-depicting feature of said display, said element being movable along said track from a first position overlying said object-depicting feature of said first display, to a second position on said face intermediate said upper and lower terminal portions of said body, to a third position overlying said object-depicting feature of said second display;
- (ii) a backing member overlying said back of said body proximate said slit;
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- (iii) flexible connector means for interconnecting said backing member and said indicator element through said slit.
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A bookmark for locating an exact page and line in a book comprising:
- (a) a thin, elongated, planar body having, a face and a back, said face having an upper terminal portion and a lower terminal portion, said body having a slit extending between said upper and lower terminal portions, said slit defining a track;
- (b) of said face of said body, said display including at least one object depicting feature having a particular size and shape and being located proximate said slit;
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- (c) an indicator means for indicating a particular line on a selected page of the book, said indicator means comprising:
- (i) an indicator element overlying said face of said body proximate said slit and having a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of said object-depicting feature of said display, said element being movable along said track from a first position overlying said object-depicting feature to a second position on said face intermediate said upper and lower terminal portions of said body;
- (ii) a backing member overlying said back of said body proximate said slit;
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- (iii) connector means for interconnecting said backing member and said indicator element, said connector means comprising a short length of cord connected at one end to said indicator element and at its other end to said backing member through said aperture.
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A bookmark for locating an exact page and line in a book comprising:
- (a) a thin, elongated, planar body having a face and a back, said face having an upper terminal portion and a lower terminal portion, said body having a slit extending between said upper and lower terminal portions, said slit defining a track;
- (b) a first display imprinted on said upper terminal portion of said face of said body, said first display including at least one object depicting feature having a particular size and shape and being located proximate said slit;
- (c) a second display imprinted on said lower terminal portion of said face of said body, said second display including an object-depicting feature generally corresponding to said object-depicting feature imprinted on said upper terminal portion;
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- (d) an indicator means for indicating a particular line on a selected page of the book said indicator means comprising:
- (i) an indicator element overlying said face of said body proximate said slit and having a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of said object-depicting feature of said display, said element being movable along said track from a first position proximate said object-depicting feature of said first display, to a second position on said face intermediate said upper and lower terminal portions of said body, to a third position proximate said object-depicting feature of said second display;
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- (ii) means for slidably interconnecting said indicator element with said body to permit said indicator element to slide along said slit between said first and second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.