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US RE47,941 E1Granted
Ergonomic binding system for large format images
AssigneeRagner Technology Corporation
InventorGary Dean Ragner
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Abstract
A binding system (30H) having separate page images (81), (82), and (84) each of which present a portion of a complete map or image. The page images are printed within binding system (30H) which comprises three or more main pages (80a), (80b), and (80c) bonded to a main spine (21), and one or more secondary pages (86a) mounted on secondary spine (23a). Main spine (21) and secondary spine (23a) are substantially perpendicular to each other and bisect each other. Thereby allowing pages to be turned both vertically and horizontally without significantly altering the binding systems overall dimensions when open.
Claims19
A binding system for printed material, comprising:
- a) a main spine with at least three main pages of printable material bound at one edge to the main spine, wherein to allow the main spine allows the binding system at least three main pages to open and close the main pages like a standard book and/or magazine;
- b) one or more secondary spines extending across two adjacent main pages and substantially perpendicular to the main spine, each with secondary spine being foldable at the main spine and having one or more secondary sheets of printable material bound at one edge to one of the one or more secondary spine(s);
- spines, wherein each secondary sheet comprises one or more secondary pages and each secondary page can be opened in alignment with a respective secondary spine and the main spine;
- c) wherein the one or more secondary spines are each defined across two adjacent main pages and substantially perpendicular to the main spine;
- wherein each of the one or more secondary spines comprises a bonding area that is zone defined on the surfaces of its respective two adjacent main pages, wherein each bonding area zone binds a single edge of each a corresponding secondary sheet to its respective secondary spine;
- wherein each secondary page can be opened in either direction around its respective secondary spine when the binding system is open to the two adjacent main pages where that respective secondary spine is defined, and
- d) wherein the one or more secondary spines are each foldable at the main spine;
- e) d) wherein the at least three main pages and the one or more secondary pages form a multiplicity of unique page views within the binding system, wherein and a large format image is printed across the multiplicity of unique page views, and further including one or more overlap boarder boarder images printed on the a periphery of two or more page images of the multiplicity of unique page views;
- f) e) wherein the each overlap boarder images border image on a particular page view of the multiplicity of unique page views define provides one or both of east and/or and west boarder overlap border images and or one or both of north and/or and south overlap boarder border images, wherein:
- i) an overlap boarder border image on the a right edge of the particular page view appears again is duplicated on the a left edge of an adjacent page view when the a page on the a right side of the particular page view is turned from right to left,
- ii) an overlap boarder border image on the a left edge of the particular page view appears again is duplicated on the a right edge of an adjacent page view when the a page on the a left side of the particular page view is turned from left to right,
- iii) an overlap boarder border image on the a top edge of the particular page view appears again is duplicated on the a bottom edge of an adjacent page view when the a page on the a top of the particular page view is turned from top to bottom, and/or
- iv) an overlap boarder border image on the a bottom edge of the particular page view appears again is duplicated on the a top edge of an adjacent page view when the a page on the a bottom of the particular page view is turned from bottom to top,
- g) f) wherein at least one of the one or more overlap border images and its duplicate overlap border image are provides an overlap corner image printed on at least four two different printable surfaces of the physical sheets of printable material, wherein the physical sheets of printable material comprises main pages and/or secondary pages, one or more secondary sheets;
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- h) g) wherein each unique page image comprises view includes a printed map guide for displaying to a user the identifying a location of the unique page image in the main map image view relative to the large format image, and
- i) wherein the printed map guide graphically identifies for the user what unique page image view is located in the left, right, up or down directions from the a present unique page image view when turning the left, right, top or bottom pages, respectively.
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A binding system for printed material, comprising:
- a) a main spine with at least three main pages of printable material bound at one edge to the main spine to allow the at least three main pages to open and close;
- b) one or more secondary spines extending across two adjacent main pages and substantially perpendicular to the main spine, each secondary spine being foldable at the main spine and having one or more secondary sheets of printable material bound to one of the one or more secondary spines, wherein each secondary sheet comprises one or more secondary pages and each secondary page can be opened in alignment with a respective secondary spine and the main spine;
- c) a notch defined in the one or more secondary pages at an intersection of an associated secondary spine and the main spine, wherein a portion of the one or more secondary pages is expandable into the notch upon being cross folded;
- d) wherein each of the one or more secondary spines comprises a bonding zone defined on surfaces of its respective two adjacent main pages, wherein each bonding zone binds a corresponding secondary sheet to its respective secondary spine;
- e) wherein the at least three main pages and the one or more secondary pages form a multiplicity of unique page views and a large format image is printed across the multiplicity of unique page views, and further including one or more overlap border images printed on a periphery of two or more page images of the multiplicity of unique page views;
- f) wherein each overlap border image on a particular page view of the multiplicity of unique page views provides one or both of east and west overlap border images or one or both of north and south overlap border images, wherein:
- i) an overlap border image on a right edge of the particular page view is duplicated on a left edge of an adjacent page view when a page on a right side of the particular page view is turned from right to left,
- ii) an overlap border image on a left edge of the particular page view is duplicated on a right edge of an adjacent page view when a page on a left side of the particular page view is turned from left to right,
- iii) an overlap border image on a top edge of the particular page view is duplicated on a bottom edge of an adjacent page view when a page on a top of the particular page view is turned from top to bottom, and/or
- iv) an overlap border image on a bottom edge of the particular page view is duplicated on a top edge of an adjacent page view when a page on a bottom of the particular page view is turned from bottom to top,
- g) wherein at least one of the one or more overlap border images provides an overlap corner image printed on at least two different printable surfaces of the one or more secondary sheets;
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- h) wherein each unique page view includes a printed map guide for identifying a location of the unique page view relative to the large format image, and wherein the printed map guide identifies what unique page view is located in left, right, up or down directions from a present unique page view when turning left, right, top or bottom pages, respectively.
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