Abstract A cover to be placed over the flexible cover page of a book, such as a telephone book, for protecting and reinforcing same comprises a planar envelope having an outer surface of greater width than the surface to be placed on the inside of the flexible cover page, and a reinforcing board member disposed within the envelope. A strip of adhesive material is provided on the inside surface of the overlapping portion of the outer sheet for securing the protective and reinforcing cover to the flexible cover page. Two of such protective and reinforcing covers may be employed on a soft cover book, and since the protective and reinforcing covers are secured to the flexible cover pages of the book, the indicia or the like on the seam or spine of the book is not obstructed. In the method of making a cover, two folded sheets are joined by a strip of adhesive material and then encased in an outer cover, after which the resulting structure is cut along the length of the adhesive material to form two covers.
A METHOD OF MAKING A PROTECTIVE AND REINFORCING COVER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: FOLDING TWO SHEETS OF SHEET MATERIAL ABOUT OFFSET CENTER LINES SO THAT EACH SHEET HAS AN UPPER, OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTION AND A LOWER PANEL PORTION OF SMALLER WIDTH DIMENSION THAN SAID FLAP PORTION, PLACING SHEET IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR EDGES BEING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER WHEREBY THE OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTIONS ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL, AND WITH THE OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTION BEING ON THE UPPER SIDE THEREOF ANDD SUCH THAT EACH OPPOSED PAIR OF EDGES WHICH ARE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID OFFSET CENTER LINES ARE IN COLINEAR RELATION SHIP, APPLYING A SINGLE STRIP OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL TO THE LOWER PANEL PORTIONS OF THE TWO SPACED FOLDED SHEETS ALONG THE SHORTER LENGTHS THEREOF THEREBY CONNECTING SAID LOWER PORTIONS, ENCASING SAID TWO SHEETS OF SHEET MATERIAL WITHIN AN ENCASEMENT STRUCTURE, AND SLITTING THE RESULTING ENCASED STRUCTURE ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF SAID ADHESIVE STRIP TO DEFINE TWO SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PROTECTIVE AND REINFORCING COVERS.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A METHOD OF MAKING A PROTECTIVE AND REINFORCING COVER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: FOLDING TWO SHEETS OF SHEET MATERIAL ABOUT OFFSET CENTER LINES SO THAT EACH SHEET HAS AN UPPER, OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTION AND A LOWER PANEL PORTION OF SMALLER WIDTH DIMENSION THAN SAID FLAP PORTION, PLACING SHEET IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR EDGES BEING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER WHEREBY THE OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTIONS ARE GENERALLY PARALLEL, AND WITH THE OVERLAPPING FLAP PORTION BEING ON THE UPPER SIDE THEREOF ANDD SUCH THAT EACH OPPOSED PAIR OF EDGES WHICH ARE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID OFFSET CENTER LINES ARE IN COLINEAR RELATION SHIP, APPLYING A SINGLE STRIP OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL TO THE LOWER PANEL PORTIONS OF THE TWO SPACED FOLDED SHEETS ALONG THE SHORTER LENGTHS THEREOF THEREBY CONNECTING SAID LOWER PORTIONS, ENCASING SAID TWO SHEETS OF SHEET MATERIAL WITHIN AN ENCASEMENT STRUCTURE, AND SLITTING THE RESULTING ENCASED STRUCTURE ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF SAID ADHESIVE STRIP TO DEFINE TWO SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PROTECTIVE AND REINFORCING COVERS.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A method of making a protective and reinforcing cover as in claim 1 wherein said sheets of sheet material are made of cardboard.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A method of making a protective and reinforcing cover as in claim 1 wherein said encAsement structure extends around three sides of each sheet material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A method of making a protective and reinforcing cover as in claim 1 wherein the strip of adhesive material comprises double stick tape.