Combined airline ticket holder and advertising booklet

Claim 2

An article of manufacture comprising: a pair of covers joined together along a junction; a booklet comprising a plurality of pages; said booklet being located between said covers; means attaching said booklet to a cover; and means on said article for holding an object; said pair of covers, said booklet pages, and said holding means having lateral and longitudinal dimensions; each booklet page being joined together along an inner longitudinal edge portion and having an unjoined longitudinal edge portion; the longitudinal dimensions of both covers, of said booklet pages and of said holding means being the same; the lateral dimension of each cover and of each booklet page being constant along the entire length thereof; all of said booklet pages having substantially the same lateral dimension; the lateral dimension of one cover being different than the lateral dimension of said booklet pages along substantially the entire length of each to facilitate thumbing readily of said one cover without obstruction by said booklet; the lateral dimension of the other cover being different than the lateral dimension of said one cover to facilitate thumbing readily of said other cover without obstruction by said booklet and to facilitate thumbing readily of either of said covers without obstruction by another cover.

Claim 3

An article of manufacture as recited in claim 1 wherein: the lateral dimension of said object holding means being different than the lateral dimension of said one cover along substantially the entire length of each.

Claim 4

An article of manufacture as recited in claim 1 wherein: said means for holding an object comprises pocket means located between said covers and attached to one of said covers.

Claim 5

An article of manufacture as recited in claim 3 and comprising: a lateral slit in said one cover communicating with the interior of said pocket means.

Claim 6

In combination, an airline ticket holder and an advertising booklet, said combination comprising: a pair of covers joined together along a junction; pocket means located between said covers and attached to one of the covers; said pocket means comprising means for receiving and holding an airline ticket; and an advertising booklet comprising a plurality of pages; said advertising booklet being located between said covers; and means attaching said booklet to a cover; said pair of covers, said pocket means and said advertising booklet pages having lateral and longitudinal dimensions; each booklet page being joined together along an inner longitudinal edge portion and having an unjoined outer longitudinal edge portion; the longitudinal dimensions of both covers being the same; the lateral dimension of each cover and of each booklet page being constant along the entire length thereof; all of said booklet pages having substantially the same lateral dimension; the lateral dimension of each cover being different than the lateral dimension of said booklet pages and also different than the lateral dimension of the other cover to facilitate thumbing readily of either cover without obstruction by said booklet and to facilitate thumbing readily of either of said covers without obstruction by the other cover.

Claim 7

In combination, an airline ticket holder and an advertising booklet, said combination comprising: a pair of covers joined together along a junction; pocket means located between said covers and attached to one of the covers; said pocket means comprising means for receiving and holding an airline ticket; and an advertising booklet comprising a plurality of pages; said advertising booklet being located between said covers; and means attaching said booklet to a cover; said pair of covers, said pocket means and said advertising booklet pages having lateral and longitudinal dimensions; each booklet page being joined together along an inner longitudinal edge portion and having an unjoined outer longitudinal edge portion; the longitudinal dimensions of both covers being the same; the lateral dimension of each cover and of each booklet page being constant along the entire length thereof; all of said booklet pages having substantially the same lateral dimension; the lateral dimension of each cover being different than the lateral dimension of said booklet pages and also different than the lateral dimension of the other cover to facilitate thumbing readily of either cover without obstruction by said booklet and to facilitate thumbing readily of either of said covers without obstruction by the other cover.

Claim 8

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein: the lateral dimension of one cover is greater than the lateral dimension of said booklet; and the lateral dimension of the other cover is less than the lateral dimension of said booklet.

Claim 9

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein: the longitudinal dimensions of both covers and of said booklet are all the same.

Claim 10

A combination as recited in claim 7 wherein: the longitudinal dimension of said pocket means is the same as the longitudinal dimension of said covers.

Claim 11

A combination as recited in claim 5 and comprising: an inner longitudinal edge portion on said pocket means laterally spaced from said inner longitudinal edge portions of the booklet pages; said inner longitudinal edge portions of (a) the pocket means and (b) the booklet pages defining a space therebetween; the lateral dimension of said pocket means being constant along the length thereof; a lateral slit in said front cover behind said pocket means; said slit comprising means for permitting the insertion of a portion of an airline ticket into said pocket means from the outside of said front cover; said slit having an inner end extending into said space, said inner end being located closer to said inner longitudinal edge portions of the booklet pages than is any part of said pocket means; said inner end of the slit and said advertising booklet being laterally spaced apart a distance sufficient to permit said airline ticket portion to be inserted readily into said pocket means without obstruction by said booklet.

Claim 12

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein: said pocket means has a side entrance; there is a space between said side entrance and said advertising booklet; and said space has a lateral dimension which is substantially less than the lateral dimension of said one cover but greater than 12% thereof.

Claim 13

A combination as recited in claim 10 wherein: said space has a lateral dimension greater than 18% of the lateral dimension of said one cover.

Claim 14

A combination as recited in claim 10 wherein: said pocket means has the same longitudinal dimension as said one cover.

Claim 15

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein said combination is intended for used with an airline ticket having a predetermined lateral dimension and a longitudinal edge and wherein: said pocket means has a constant lateral dimension along the entire length thereof and which is sufficiently less than the lateral dimension of the airline ticket to expose the longitudinal edge of said ticket when the latter is in the pocket means and to facilitate grabbing hold of said ticket.

Claim 16

A combination as recited in claim 13 wherein: said pocket means has a lateral dimension sufficiently large in relation to the lateral dimension of the ticket to hold the ticket in the pocket means.

Claim 17

A combination as recited in claim 14 wherein: said pocket means has a lateral dimension which is in the range of about 75-93% of the lateral dimension of the ticket.

Claim 18

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein: said covers comprise an elongated front cover and an elongated back cover, each having outer and inner surfaces and first and second longitudinal edge portions; said front cover and back cover being joined along the second longitudinal edge portion of each; said pocket means comprises a member disposed along the inner surface of said front cover and attached to the front cover; said pocket member and said front cover are longitudinally coextensive and comprise means defining a pocket having an entrance for receiving and holding an airline ticket; said booklet is located between said pocket and the inner surface of said back cover; each of said booklet pages has first and second longitudinal edge portions; said plurality of pages are joined together along their second longitudinal edge portions to define an inner longitudinal edge portion of said booklet; the first longitudinal edge portions of said pages are unjoined and the laterally outermost of said first longitudinal edge portions define an outer longitudinal edge portion of said booklet; the inner longitudinal edge portion of said booklet is joined to at least one of said covers adjacent the second longitudinal edge portions of each cover; said pocket member has a first longitudinal edge portion, joined to the first longitudinal edge portion of said front cover, and a second longitudinal edge portion; said second longitudinal edge portion of the pocket member is spaced laterally from the pocket member's first longitudinal edge portion; the lateral dimension of said pocket member being constant along the entire length thereof; said inner longitudinal edge portion of said advertising booklet and said second longitudinal edge portion of said pocket member are laterally spaced from each other to define a space therebetween adjacent said pocket; said space comprising means, including the lateral dimension of said space, for allowing an airline ticket to be inserted readily into said pocket through said entrance without obstruction by the inner longitudinal edge portion of said advertising booklet.

Claim 19

A combination as recited in claim 16 and comprising: a lateral slit in said front cover behind said pocket member; said slit extending laterally between said first and second longitudinal edge portions of the front cover and terminating at an inner end extending into said space adjacent said pocket and spaced from the front cover's second longitudinal edge portion; said slit comprising means for permitting the insertion of a portion of an airline ticket into said pocket from the outside of said front cover; said inner end of the slit being located closer to the inner longitudinal edge portion of the booklet than is any part of said pocket member; said inner end of the slit and said inner longitudinal edge portion of said advertising booklet being laterally spaced apart a distance sufficient to permit said airline ticket portion to be inserted readily into said pocket without obstruction by the inner longitudinal edge portion of said booklet.

Claim 20

A combination as recited in claim 16 and comprising: adhesive means joining together the second longitudinal edge portions of said booklet pages and joining the inner longitudinal edge portion of said booklet to at least one of said covers.

Claim 21

A combination as recited in claim 8 wherein: the lateral dimension of said pocket means is constant along the entire length thereof.

Claim 22

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein: said pocket means comprises a pocket member having a first lateral edge portion secured to said one cover and a second lateral edge portion unsecured to either of said covers.

Claim 23

A combination as recited in claim 5 and comprising: adhesive means attaching said booklet to at least one of said covers.

Claim 24

A combination as recited in claim 5 wherein: each of said covers has an inner longitudinal edge portion at said junction and an outer longitudinal edge portion spaced from said inner longitudinal edge portion by the lateral dimension of the cover; said pocket means has an outer longitudinal edge portion corresponding to the outer longitudinal edge portion of said one cover to which the pocket means is attached and an inner longitudinal edge portion spaced from said outer longitudinal edge portion by the lateral dimension of the pocket means; the lateral spacing between the outer longitudinal edge portion of the pocket means and said junction is greater than the lateral spacing between said junction and the outer longitudinal edge portion of the other cover and between said junction and the outer longitudinal edge portion of any booklet page; said inner longitudinal edge portion of a booklet page is located at said junction; the lateral spacing between the outer longitudinal edge portion of a booklet page and said junction being greater than the lateral spacing between the outer longitudinal edge portion of said other cover and the junction; the outer longitudinal edge portion of said other cover being separated from said one cover, when the covers are closed, by a multiplicity of page thicknesses corresponding to the number of pages in said booklet.