Abstract A modular book which is uniquely adapted for a particular professor's course is formed by preassembling a plurality of different potential individually wrapped modules or chapters relating to a subject. Only selected ones of these modules are combined together and packaged along with a plastic spine protectors, front and back covers, and posts. The spine protector and posts are selected from a plurality of different spine protectors and posts so that they correspond in width to the combined thickness of the individual modules. These can all be boxed in a rectangular-shaped box that is easily stacked in a book store. Thus, a professor who is only interested in teaching a course relating to three topics can have a course book prepared which only includes those three modules. Another professor who wants five different topics to be taught in his course can have a course book uniquely prepared with only those five modules. A kit combining these features is also disclosed along with a method of combining the book and the book itself.
A method of forming a book kit comprising: forming a plurality of individually wrapped modules, each module comprising a plurality of hole-punched pages, gathering selected modules but not all of said modules together and placing said selected modules in a box, wherein said selected modules have a thickness; providing a spine protector from a plurality of spine protectors, each of said spine protectors having two hole punched side sections and a rear section, said plurality of spine protectors having different widths; wherein said selected spine protector has a rear section having a width equal to the thickness of said selected modules and placing said selected spine protector in said box; further adding to said box a plurality of posts having a length equal to the width of the rear section and side sections of said spine protector, said posts adapted to bind said modules and said spine protector together to form a book, wherein said package is sealed enclosing said modules, spine protector and posts in sid box in an unassembled form whereby a customer may assemble a book from said selected modules, said selected spine protector and said posts to form a book with pages tightly bound within said spine protector.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A method of forming a book kit comprising: forming a plurality of individually wrapped modules, each module comprising a plurality of hole-punched pages, gathering selected modules but not all of said modules together and placing said selected modules in a box, wherein said selected modules have a thickness; providing a spine protector from a plurality of spine protectors, each of said spine protectors having two hole punched side sections and a rear section, said plurality of spine protectors having different widths; wherein said selected spine protector has a rear section having a width equal to the thickness of said selected modules and placing said selected spine protector in said box; further adding to said box a plurality of posts having a length equal to the width of the rear section and side sections of said spine protector, said posts adapted to bind said modules and said spine protector together to form a book, wherein said package is sealed enclosing said modules, spine protector and posts in sid box in an unassembled form whereby a customer may assemble a book from said selected modules, said selected spine protector and said posts to form a book with pages tightly bound within said spine protector.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The method claimed in claim 1 further comprising adding front and back covers to said box.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The method claimed in claim 1 further comprising adding a plurality of stickers to said box.