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US4605245A
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Self-adjusting book cover
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-05-22
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Granted: 1986-08-12
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Expires: 2004-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A flexible, transparent plastic book cover has a pocket portion attached to the front cover portion containing various pages or a booklet containing emergency medical information. The book cover is particularly adapted to fit telephone directories of any thickness. The book cover has a front cover section having a pocket to slide over the front cover of a phone book, and a rear cover section having a sleeve for slidably receiving the back cover of a phone directory. The third section, which is hingedly attached to a forward portion of the front cover section and extends rearwardly therefrom, is adapted to mount a booklet containing medical information.
Inventors
- 👤 Leonard B. Weaver
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:37
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D3/00; B42D3/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
In combination, a telephone book cover adapted to extend around the exterior of a telephone book comprising a first section having an open-ended sleeve formed from inside and outside panels and adapted to slidingly receive the back cover of a telephone book, a second section having a pocket adapted to slidingly receive the front cover of a telephone book, and a third section extending rearwardly from the second section having at least one pocket formed by flat rectangular panels having three sealed edges, and a plurality of pages bound into a book having front and rear covers, wherein a cover of the book is slidably mounted into the pocket in the third section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
In combination, a telephone book cover adapted to extend around the exterior of a telephone book comprising a first section having an open-ended sleeve formed from inside and outside panels and adapted to slidingly receive the back cover of a telephone book, a second section having a pocket adapted to slidingly receive the front cover of a telephone book, and a third section extending rearwardly from the second section having at least one pocket formed by flat rectangular panels having three sealed edges, and a plurality of pages bound into a book having front and rear covers, wherein a cover of the book is slidably mounted into the pocket in the third section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein the front cover of the book is mounted in the pocket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
123 words
In combination, a telephone book having front and back cover pages, a book cover mounted on the telephone book extending around the exterior of the book comprising a first section having an open-ended sleeve formed from inside and outside panels and adapted to slidingly receive the back cover of the book, a second section having a pocket adapted to slidingly receive the front cover of the book, and a third section extending rearwardly from the second section having at least one pocket formed by flat rectangular panels having three sealed edges, and a plurality of pages bound into a second book having front and rear covers, wherein a cover of the second book is slidably mounted into the pocket of the third section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
123 words
In combination, a telephone book having front and back cover pages, a book cover mounted on the telephone book extending around the exterior of the book comprising a first section having an open-ended sleeve formed from inside and outside panels and adapted to slidingly receive the back cover of the book, a second section having a pocket adapted to slidingly receive the front cover of the book, and a third section extending rearwardly from the second section having at least one pocket formed by flat rectangular panels having three sealed edges, and a plurality of pages bound into a second book having front and rear covers, wherein a cover of the second book is slidably mounted into the pocket of the third section.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The combination of claim 3 wherein the front cover of the second book is mounted in the pocket.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1989-08-11 | 1990-02-10 | 1990-08-12 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1993-08-11 | 1994-02-10 | 1994-08-12 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1997-08-11 | 1998-02-10 | 1998-08-12 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |