Bookmark having body with looped marking straps and slidably mounted tabs
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Abstract
An improved bookmark includes a body having one surface substantially covered by an adhesive layer for mounting the body on a book. The adhesive layer is covered by a flexible peelable layer. The body also has a transparent pouch mounted thereon adapted to receive a label therein. The body further includes a slot defined near an edge thereof. The bookmark also includes a plurality of marking straps. Each marking strap has an end passing through the slot in the body and formed into a loop thereby securing the respective marking strap to the body. The bookmark further includes a plurality of tabs slidably mounted to the marking straps and movable therealong. The tabs can be set at predetermined positions along the straps for marking exact locations within a book.
Claims13
A bookmark for marking pages in a book, comprising:
- (a) a substantially thin flat body having a pair of first and second opposite surfaces and an elongated slot defined in said body near an edge of said body;
- (b) fastening means on said first of said opposite surfaces for fastening said body to the book;
- (c) a plurality of marking straps extending from said body, each marking strap having a portion secured to said body, said secured portion of each said marking strap being an end portion of said strap passing through said slot in said body about said edge thereof and then secured to an adjacent part of said marking strap so as to define said secured portion as a loop securing said marking strap to said body through said slot;
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- (d) label holding means disposed on said second of said opposite surfaces of said body opposite said fastening means and adjacent to said slot.
A bookmark for marking pages in a book, comprising:
- (a) a substantially thin flat body having a pair of first and second opposite surfaces;
- (b) fastening means on said first of said opposite surfaces of said body for fastening said body to the book, said fastening means including an adhesive layer applied to said first of said opposite surfaces of said body and a peelable flexible layer covering said adhesive layer;
- (c) a plurality of marking straps connected to and extending from said body;
- (d) a plurality of slidable tabs, each tab being slidably mounted on and along a different one of said plurality of marking straps in a sufficiently tight fitting relationship therewith such that each said tab can be set at a predetermined position along a respective marking strap for marking a location on a page within the book being marked by said respective marking strap;
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- (e) label holding means disposed on said second of said opposite surfaces of said body opposite said adhesive layer.
A bookmark for marking pages in a book, comprising:
- (a) a substantially thin flat body having a pair of first and second opposite surfaces and an elongated slot defined in said body near an edge of said body;
- (b) fastening means on said first of said opposite surfaces of said body for fastening said body to the book;
- (c) a plurality of marking straps connected to and extending from said body, each marking strap having an end passing through said slot in said body about said edge thereof and then secured to an adjacent part of itself so as to define said secured portion as a loop securing said marking strap to said body;
- (d) a plurality of slidable tabs, each tab being slidably mounted on and along a different one of said plurality of marking straps in a sufficiently tight fitting relationship therewith such that each said tab can be set at a predetermined position along a respective marking strap for marking a location on a page within the book being marked by said respective marking strap;
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- (e) label holding means disposed on said second of said opposite surfaces of said body opposite said adhesive layer and adjacent to said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.