Magnetic spiral bound book
OwnerPeter H. Engelinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to a spiral bound book having a permanent magnet incorporated in one of the covers and a complementary weight or magnet incorporated in the opposite cover. The arrangement is such that the spiral bound book is rendered readily displayable or used by magnetic attraction to a magnetically attractive surface whereby the weight or magnet in the opposite cover will cause the book to be displayed in an open position. The individual pages may also incorporate a permanent magnet whereby the respective pages can be maintained or disposed in any selectable open position.
Claims5
A book construction adapted to be supported on a vertical surface in an open position comprising:
- a pair of opposed covers,
- a plurality of pages disposed between said covers,
- a spiral binding extending along one edge of said covers and pages therebetween for hingedly binding said covers and pages together,
- a permanent magnet incorporated in at least one of said covers,
- a weight incorporated in the other of said covers so that when said cover incorporating said magnet is magnetically attracted to a vertical supporting surface, said spiral binding is extended horizontally along the lower edge of said cover incorporating said magnet,
- and said cover incorporating said weight under the influence of gravity being automatically disposed to an open book position when said one cover is magnetically supported on a vertically disposed support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.