US5143404A
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Note pad
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-05-16
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Granted: 1992-09-01
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Expires: 2011-05-16
Abstract
Abstract An improved note pad having a stack of paper sheets with an advertising structure bound on the top surface thereof in such a manner that such structure may be folded back away from the top sheet to allow all of the sheet to be used and to expose a message on the underside of the structure. In one form of the invention a business card is used as the advertising structure and is bound to the pad face down on the top sheet and foldable away therefrom. In another form of the invention a telephone directory card is bound into the pad on top of the stack. In still another form of the invention a transparent pocket, such as a card case, is bound to the pad as the advertising structure and one or more business cards or other advertising cards may be inserted into the pocket which may be visible and read on both sides of the pocket.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard G. Flowers, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:50
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D5/00; B42D5/003
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A note pad comprising a stack of sheets of note paper having binding edges and a top surface, a flat advertising structure having an upper surface, a lower surface with advertising on the lower surface and a binding edge, and binding means engaging the binding edges of the sheets and the upper surface of the advertising structure said binding means being sufficiently flexible to allow said structure to pivot away from the sheets exposing all of the top surface of the top sheet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A note pad comprising a stack of sheets of note paper having binding edges and a top surface, a flat advertising structure having an upper surface, a lower surface with advertising on the lower surface and a binding edge, and binding means engaging the binding edges of the sheets and the upper surface of the advertising structure said binding means being sufficiently flexible to allow said structure to pivot away from the sheets exposing all of the top surface of the top sheet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A note pad according to claim 1 wherein said advertising structure is a business card bound face down on the top of the stack of sheets of note paper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A note pad according to claim 1 wherein said advertising structure is a transparent pocket which is open along one edge to receive an advertising card.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A note pad according to claim 1 including an advertising card designed for use in a roller file bound to the top of the stack of papers immediately below said advertising structure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
117 words
A multiple note pad structure comprising a stack of note sheets having a width equal to the desired length of individual note pads and a length at least equal to a multiple of the desired width of the note pad, said stack having a top surface and a binding edge, a plurality of advertising structures each of said structures having an upper surface, a lower surface on which advertising material is included thereon and a binding edge, and means for binding the edges of the note sheets and the advertising structures on the top surface of the note sheets and in covering relationship to the portion of the top of said note sheets along its bound edge.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
117 words
A multiple note pad structure comprising a stack of note sheets having a width equal to the desired length of individual note pads and a length at least equal to a multiple of the desired width of the note pad, said stack having a top surface and a binding edge, a plurality of advertising structures each of said structures having an upper surface, a lower surface on which advertising material is included thereon and a binding edge, and means for binding the edges of the note sheets and the advertising structures on the top surface of the note sheets and in covering relationship to the portion of the top of said note sheets along its bound edge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A structure according to claim 5 wherein the sheets between the advertising structures are cut to provide a plurality of note pads with each note pad having a separate and complete advertising structure bound on its top surface and along the bound edges of the note sheets.
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