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US 8,454,055 B2Granted
Travel guide booklet with removable cards
OwnerHui Ting Cheng, Marusia Musacchioinventors
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Abstract
A booklet with removable cards, together with a variety of systems, methods, and applications associated therewith. Embodiments can be incorporated into books, booklets, maps, catalogs, travel guides, schedules, and other printed information and materials. In one embodiment, the booklet comprises a travel guide having a plurality of information cards as pages. Each information card can provide information about a travel destination, language translation, cultural pointers, or other information. The cards are bound using a first ring fastener that can be opened by the reader so that one or more cards can be removed from the booklet, and carried in a wallet, on a second ring fastener, or as a second booklet, distinct from the main booklet.
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A booklet with removable cards as pages, comprising:
- a first fastener, wallet, or carrying means, that can hold a plurality of cards to act as a booklet, and that can be opened by a reader, so that a selection of one or more cards can be removed;
- a second fastener, wallet, or carrying means which can be used to carry the selection of one or more cards that are removed;
- wherein each of the plurality of cards includes
- information printed thereon in two or more languages for use by the reader,
- a card number marked on its front face that uniquely identifies that card within the plurality of cards, and
- two or more numbers marked on its back face that identify card numbers of other cards within the plurality of cards,
- wherein each of the other cards includes related information and also includes on its back face card numbers of those cards which link to that other card;
- and
- wherein the reader can select a particular card from the plurality of cards, and use the one or more numbers marked thereon to locate those other cards within the plurality of cards, to form an itinerary or other abbreviated set of related information that can be carried by the second fastener, wallet, or carrying means.
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A guide book, comprising:
- a plurality of information cards, wherein at least some of the information cards provides information about a travel destination, language translation, cultural pointers, or other information;
- a first fastener that can hold the plurality of information cards to form a book, and that can be opened by a reader so that one or more information cards can be removed from the book;
- a second fastener or carrying means, onto which information cards that are removed from the first fastener can be placed and carried separately, distinct from the book;
- wherein each of the plurality of information cards includes
- information printed thereon in two or more languages for use by the reader,
- a card number marked on its front face that uniquely identifies that card within the plurality of cards, and
- two or more numbers marked its back face that identify card numbers of other cards within the plurality of cards,
- wherein each of the other cards includes related information and also includes on its back face card numbers of those cards which link to that other card;
- and
- wherein the reader can select a particular card from the plurality of information cards, and use the one or more numbers marked thereon to locate those other information cards within the plurality of information cards to form an itinerary that can be carried by the second fastener or carrying means.
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A guide book, comprising:
- a plurality of information cards that provide information about a travel destination, language translation, cultural pointers, or other information, wherein each information card has a hole punched therein to receive a ring fastener;
- a first ring fastener that holds the plurality of information cards to form a main book, and that can be opened by a reader so that two or more of the information cards can be removed from the main book;
- and
- a second ring fastener, onto which information cards that are removed from the first fastener can be placed and carried separately as a second book, distinct from the main book;
- and
- wherein each of the plurality of information cards includes
- information printed thereon in two or more languages for use by the reader,
- a card number marked on its front face that uniquely identifies that card within the plurality of cards, and
- one or more numbers marked on its back face that identify card numbers of other cards within the plurality of cards,
- wherein each of the other cards includes related information and also includes on its back face card numbers of those cards which link to that other card, and
- wherein the reader can select a particular card from the plurality of information cards, and use the one or more numbers marked thereon to locate those other information cards within the plurality of information cards to form an itinerary that can be carried by the second ring fastener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.