US5294208A
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Notebook-type personal organizer
Assignee: Sterling Plastics Co
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Filing: 1991-12-31
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Granted: 1994-03-15
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Expires: 2011-12-31
Abstract
Abstract A notebook-type personal organizer comprises a multi-ring binder to which a plurality of leaves is connected. Plastic bags are connected to the binder, and each bag contains a pad of adhesive-backed paper sheets. The bags are adhered to a stiff posting sheet by means of a releasable adhesive to keep the bags from sagging and tearing. The user removes the pads from the bags and inserts them into pockets formed in a front panel of the organizer. Once a note is written on a paper sheet, the paper sheet can be removed from the pad and then adhered to the posting sheet for future reference. The posting sheet can be removed from, and inserted onto, the binder rings without opening those rings, and can be used as a straight edge or a distance-measuring ruler, and also to mark the proper day among the calendar pages of the organizer.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard J. Tremmel, Jr.
- 👤 Thomas W. Cushing
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 03:20
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D5/00; B42D5/04; B42D5/042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a binder having front and rear panels, a plurality of paper pages mounted in said binder upon which information can be inscribed by a user, at least one pad of removable paper sheets removably secured together by a releasable adhesive, said sheets being removable one-at-a-time from said pad, and supporting means for supporting said pad internally of said binder, and means to which the sheets can be attached by said adhesive once removed from said pad, said supporting means comprising a surface having a pocket formed therein, said pocket including a narrow slit which receives a bottom portion of said pad such that said pad bottom portion is covered and retained by a portion of said surface, and an upper portion of said pad lies above said portion of said surface so as to be exposed for being grasped by a user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a binder having front and rear panels, a plurality of paper pages mounted in said binder upon which information can be inscribed by a user, at least one pad of removable paper sheets removably secured together by a releasable adhesive, said sheets being removable one-at-a-time from said pad, and supporting means for supporting said pad internally of said binder, and means to which the sheets can be attached by said adhesive once removed from said pad, said supporting means comprising a surface having a pocket formed therein, said pocket including a narrow slit which receives a bottom portion of said pad such that said pad bottom portion is covered and retained by a portion of said surface, and an upper portion of said pad lies above said portion of said surface so as to be exposed for being grasped by a user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 1, wherein each panel has an inside surface, said pocket being formed on one of said inside surfaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 2, wherein said one inside surface includes a flexible retaining flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping a top sheet of said pad.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 1, wherein there are two said pads and two said pockets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 4, wherein said pockets are spaced above and below one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
59 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 1, wherein paper sheets of said pad are adhered to one another by an adhesive strip disposed along a back edge of each paper sheet, a stiff posting sheet mounted in said binder and defining said means to which said paper sheets can be attached by said adhesive when removed from said pad.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 6, wherein said posting sheet includes distance-measuring indicia along one edge thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 6, wherein said binder includes binder rings which can be opened and closed, said posting sheet having slots which are open at another edge of said posting sheet for enabling said posting sheet to be inserted and removed from said binder rings without opening said binder rings.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 8, wherein said paper sheets include chronologically arranged calendar pages having calendar indicia thereon, said posting sheet being insertable among said calendar pages and being larger than said calendar pages, whereby said posting sheet constitutes a day-marker enabling a user to quickly locate a particular calendar page.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 1, wherein said binder includes binder rings which can be opened and closed, said supporting means comprising a plastic page mounted on said binder rings and including said pocket.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 10, wherein said plastic page includes a flexible retaining flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping a top sheet of said pad.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
104 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a multi-ring binder, a plurality of leaves mounted in said binder, some of said leaves comprising paper pages on which information can be inscribed by a user, at least one pad of paper sheets removably secured together by an adhesive strip disposed along a back edge of each paper sheet, so that said sheets can be removed from said paid one-at-a-time, and a flexible bag in which said pad is removably contained, said bag having one edge thereof secured directly to rings of said multi-ring binder, said bag also being adhered to one of said leaves by a releasable adhesive.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
104 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a multi-ring binder, a plurality of leaves mounted in said binder, some of said leaves comprising paper pages on which information can be inscribed by a user, at least one pad of paper sheets removably secured together by an adhesive strip disposed along a back edge of each paper sheet, so that said sheets can be removed from said paid one-at-a-time, and a flexible bag in which said pad is removably contained, said bag having one edge thereof secured directly to rings of said multi-ring binder, said bag also being adhered to one of said leaves by a releasable adhesive.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 12, wherein said leaf to which said bag is adhered comprises a plastic sheet.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 13, wherein said plastic sheet includes distance-measuring indicia along one edge thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 14, wherein said binder means comprises a multi-ring binder, said plastic sheet including slots open at one edge thereof to enable said plastic sheet to be removed from, and inserted into, the rings of said binder without opening said rings.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 12, including supporting means in which said pad can be mounted when removed from said bag.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
40 words
A notebook-type personal organizer according to claim 15, including front and rear panels, each panel having an inside surface, said supporting means comprising a pocket formed on one of said inside surfaces for receiving a bottom portion of said pad.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
A notebook-type personal organizer according to claim 17, wherein said inside surface includes a flexible retaining flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping a top sheet of said pad.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
42 words
A notebook-type personal organizer according to claim 16, wherein said binder includes front and rear panels, said supporting means comprising a flexible plastic sheet disposed between said panels and including at least one pocket for receiving a bottom portion of said pad.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
A notebook-type personal organizer according to claim 19, wherein said flexible plastic sheet includes a flexible retaining flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping a top sheet of said pad.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
139 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a binder having front and rear panels and binder rings, a plurality of paper pages mounted on said binder rings upon which information can be inscribed by a user, some of said paper pages including chronologically arranged calendar pages having calendar indicia printed thereon, a day-marker sheet having slots along one edge thereof, each of said slots including a narrow portion extending to said one edge and a wider portion disposed remotely from said one edge for enabling said day-marker sheet to be inserted and removed from said binder rings without opening said binder rings, said day-marker sheet being insertable among said calendar pages and including a portion projecting beyond said calendar pages to be quickly locatable by a user, said day-marker sheet having distance-measuring indicia along an edge thereof disposed opposite said one edge.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
139 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a binder having front and rear panels and binder rings, a plurality of paper pages mounted on said binder rings upon which information can be inscribed by a user, some of said paper pages including chronologically arranged calendar pages having calendar indicia printed thereon, a day-marker sheet having slots along one edge thereof, each of said slots including a narrow portion extending to said one edge and a wider portion disposed remotely from said one edge for enabling said day-marker sheet to be inserted and removed from said binder rings without opening said binder rings, said day-marker sheet being insertable among said calendar pages and including a portion projecting beyond said calendar pages to be quickly locatable by a user, said day-marker sheet having distance-measuring indicia along an edge thereof disposed opposite said one edge.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
100 words
A pad retainer for use in a loose-leaf notebook type personal organizer having openable binder rings, said pad retainer comprising a plastic page having a plurality of apertures mountable to the binder rings, and at least one pocket formed in a surface of said page, said pocket including a narrow slit which receives a bottom portion of said pad such that said pad bottom portion is covered and retained by a portion of said surface, and an upper portion of said pad lies above said portion of said surface so as to be exposed for being grasped by a user.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
100 words
A pad retainer for use in a loose-leaf notebook type personal organizer having openable binder rings, said pad retainer comprising a plastic page having a plurality of apertures mountable to the binder rings, and at least one pocket formed in a surface of said page, said pocket including a narrow slit which receives a bottom portion of said pad such that said pad bottom portion is covered and retained by a portion of said surface, and an upper portion of said pad lies above said portion of said surface so as to be exposed for being grasped by a user.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
A pad retainer according to claim 22, wherein said plastic page includes a flexible flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping an edge of the pad.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
A pad retainer according to claim 23, wherein there are two said pockets and two said flaps formed in said plastic pad.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
42 words
A notebook-type organizer according to claim 12, wherein said bag is open along said one edge and is closed along its remaining edges, so that the pad can be removed from said bag only by removing said bag from the binder rings.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
129 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a binder having front and rear panels, a plurality of paper pages mounted in said binder upon which information can be inscribed by a user, at least one pad of removable paper sheets removably secured together by a releasable adhesive said sheets being removably one-at-a-time from said pad, and supporting means for supporting said pad internally of said binder, and means to which the sheets can be attached by said adhesive once removed from said pad wherein each panel has an inside surface, said supporting means comprising a pocket formed in one of said inside surfaces for receiving a bottom portion of said pad, said one inside surface including a flexible retaining flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping a top sheet of said pad.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
129 words
A notebook-type organizer comprising a binder having front and rear panels, a plurality of paper pages mounted in said binder upon which information can be inscribed by a user, at least one pad of removable paper sheets removably secured together by a releasable adhesive said sheets being removably one-at-a-time from said pad, and supporting means for supporting said pad internally of said binder, and means to which the sheets can be attached by said adhesive once removed from said pad wherein each panel has an inside surface, said supporting means comprising a pocket formed in one of said inside surfaces for receiving a bottom portion of said pad, said one inside surface including a flexible retaining flap disposed adjacent said pocket for overlapping a top sheet of said pad.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1997-03-14 | 1997-09-13 | 1998-03-15 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2001-03-14 | 2001-09-13 | 2002-03-15 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2005-03-14 | 2005-09-13 | 2006-03-15 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |