Two-sided hinged repositionable note
OwnerJon Phillip Van Wagonerinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A two-sided hinged note comprises a generally planar sheet, an adhesive, and a hinge. The sheet has opposing front and back sides, both of which are suitable to be written upon at least in part. The adhesive, which may be pressure-sensitive and re-adherable, is on an adhesive area of the back side of the note and is capable of adhering to a surface of an item such that the sheet is flat against the surface thereby presenting the front side of the sheet facing outward from the surface. The hinge is proximate the adhesive area, wherein the hinge is operable to pivot approximately 180° to thereby present the back side of the sheet facing outward from the surface as a the sheet is approximately flat against the surface of the item.
Claims16
A two-sided articulating note changeable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the two-sided articulating note comprising:
- a generally flat writing portion having opposing front and back sides, wherein at least a portion of the front side of the generally flat writing portion is suitable to be written upon in the first configuration, and wherein at least a portion of the back side of the generally flat writing portion is suitable to be written upon in the second configuration;
- an anchor portion, wherein the anchor portion is generally coplanar with the writing portion when the two-sided articulating note is in the first configuration, the anchor portion having opposing front and back sides, wherein the front and back sides of the anchor portion align with the front and back sides, respectively, of the writing portion when the two-sided articulating note is in the first configuration;
- an adhesive on the back side of the anchor portion, wherein the adhesive has a tackiness sufficiently weak to be overcome manually to remove the two-sided articulating note from a surface of an item to which the adhesive is attached, and wherein the adhesive is sufficiently persistent after removal to reapply the two-sided articulating note to the same or a different surface, whereby the two-sided articulating note is repeatedly reusable and repositionable in both the first and second configurations;
- and
- a joint portion between and connected to both the writing portion and the anchor portion, wherein the joint portion is generally coplanar with both the writing portion and the anchor portion when the two-sided articulating note is in the first configuration, and wherein the joint portion folds 180° such that a section of the front side of the writing portion lies flat on the front side of the anchor portion when the two-sided articulating note is in the second configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.