Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322924 | Apparatus for making an album leaf An apparatus and method for automatically folding a sheet of media, for example, a photographic paper about a fold line, such that a album page is formed. The photosensitive media has images only on one side. A heat activated adhesive sheet is provided between the s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7029034 | Calendar kit and apparatus for behavior modification and a method for using the same A calendar is provided for behavior modification as well as a method for using the same. The calendar has calendar sheets and informational sheets. The calendar has objectives sections, data collection sections, analysis sections, non-date pages and/or detachable pa... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6951352 | Flap board book construction Included is a flap board book having at least one page constructed of a first piece of grayback board and a second piece of grayback board wherein each piece of grayback board has a front and a back side. Each front side includes a coating adapted to accept printing... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6938931 | Take-out menu storage folder An organizer for take-out menus comprises a plastic folder of a size conveniently held in one hand and stored in a kitchen drawer or like area. The folder is made of multiple layers that provide pockets for permanent insert cards that stiffen the folder and, optiona... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6865837 | Album page An album page for displaying articles, such as photographs, includes an intermediate, preferably opaque, sheet and a pair of outer sheets made from a transparent plastic material. Die cuts are provided in the immediate sheet at a plurality of locations, and the two ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6843505 | Assembly of calendar sheets in books, ring binders or the like The invention relates to an assembly of calendar sheets in a book, ring binder or the like wherein the sheets are kept together by means of a holder; and wherein two consecutive calendar sheets are displayed to each their side of the holder during referencing. The p... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6752427 | Folding booklet A folding booklet is disclosed having a booklet cover and one or more of booklet pages in which are formed a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal fold lines defining a plurality of longitudinal panels and a plurality of transverse fold lines defining a plurality o... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749229 | Machine insertable promotional card A promotional card including a base card defining front and rear surfaces with at least one of the surfaces having indicia thereon and a token attached to at least one of the surfaces of the base card. In one example, the token is an informational booklet that is re... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742809 | Photo album constructed from a strip of images A photo album is disclosed, made from a unitary strip of image bearing media having images printed in a pre-determined sequence. A plurality of pages is formed by folding the image media strip between the images into accordion folds and adhering the folds together s... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6688648 | Carrier for information storage unit and method An assembly of a carrier and an information storage unit for attachment to a publication. The assembly includes a support panel and a cover secured thereto and forming a pouch for receipt of a storage unit therein. The assembly is adapted for securement i... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685226 | Carrier for information storage unit and method An assembly of a carrier and an information storage unit for attachment to a publication. The assembly includes a support panel and a cover secured thereto and forming a pouch for receipt of a storage unit therein. The assembly is adapted for securement i... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6511097 | Coupon booklet and method A booklet is provided which is easily formed in the in-line finishing process part of a web printing press operation having a plurality of sheets or layers, each sheet or layer having multiple removable portions positioned about a central portion used to ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6454307 | Reading device with a movable binding which alternately allows access to one or two sets of pages An accordion-folded page book with a binding which compresses the pages of the book but is not permanently fastened in one location, thereby allowing the binding to be moved from one position which allows access to one set of pages, to a second position w... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6419275 | Instruction leaflet made of paper comprising a box which contains this instruction leaflet together with the said packaging and a content, a method of making the said instruction leaflet An instruction leaflet made of paper comprising a box which contains this instruction leaflet together with the packaging and a content is provided along with a method of making same. The invention relates to an instruction leaflet for pharmaceutical prod... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6286752 | Folder for papers A folder for papers (S), comprising a cover (1) and a base (2) operatively joined together by a back (3), wherein the back (3) is adjustable in width (y) to accommodate a height of a stack of papers, wherein the back (3) extends on a base side into a tong... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6273471 | Book structure The invention concerns a book structure which includes, assembled under one cover, a certain number of bound pages, some of which at least include leaflets with the dimensions exceeding those of the cover, with the external part of each section glued to c... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6186555 | Inverted shelf talker sheet A shelf talker sheet includes a plurality of labels arranged head-to-head in a common sheet along a separation line. Each label has printing thereon inverted on opposite sides of the separation line.... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179335 | Product label bearing an instructional booklet A two part identifying and instructional booklet having a label part and a booklet part. The front of the label has a small unvarnished region. The booklet is folded and glued closed with the free edges secured interiorly. An adhesive is printed onto the ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6179336 | Pressure seal pocket business form production A pocket containing business form, an intermediate for producing the form, and method of producing the business form, provide optimum securement of the panels of the form together with adhesive by providing the adhesive at and along the side edges rather ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6120228 | Wallet size pocketed booklet A wallet size pocketed booklet which has been adapted to hold a card having the dimensions of a conventional credit card, and is particularly designed to be carried in the credit card compartment of a wallet or similar size compartment holder. The use of ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6110551 | Adhesive strip for use in a wallet size card book A wallet size card book which has been adapted to hold a card having the dimensions of a conventional credit card, and is particularly designed to be carried in the credit card compartment of a wallet or similar size compartment holder. The use of an adhe... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089607 | Calendar and appointment journal A calendaring and journal device is disclosed which is configured to enable the organized and compartmentalized recordation and annotation of appointments and notes within a structure which is designed to save paper while still giving an expanded capabili... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089608 | Booklet An improved booklet of the present invention comprises: (a) a cover having a fold which divides the cover into a front cover panel and a rear cover panel wherein each panel has an inner and an outer surface where at least one of said inner surfaces is vin... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6056321 | Method of folding Booklets produced from a web of material which is cut, folded and joined in a manner that allows presentation of multiple pages of material. Tabs, which are cut from the web of material, are folded and joined to each other in to create a ribbon which wind... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056323 | Sheet articles producing apparatus and processes Apparatus for use in producing articles (136), each comprising a sheet (10) folded with a first set of concertina folds and transverse to these a second set of concertina folds (180) and two stiff portions (22, 24) attached to opposite outer segments (166... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6024385 | Informational device With a self adhesive base, the informational brochure can be affixed to direct mail, company literature, etc as well as to the back of a business card. An innovative piece designed with the intention of allowing the user to attach the informational brochu... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5997043 | Multi-panel brochure and method of brochure manufacture A multiple panel brochure includes an outside carrier sheet folded to provide three equal sized panels wherein a middle panel of the carrier sheet includes separate interior panels affixed thereto. The outside panels of the carrier sheet fold over the int... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5913539 | Wallet size card book An improved wallet size card book which has been adapted to hold a card having the dimensions of a conventional credit card, and is particularly designed to be carried in the credit card compartment of a wallet or similar size compartment holder. The card... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5685530 | Folded booklet and method for making same A method for folding printed sheets into a closed, secured outsert including the steps of binding two or more different printed sheets together to form a booklet having a bound edge and a spaced opposite free edge. A first fold is formed in the booklet, p... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5595401 | Wallet size card book A wallet size card book which has been adapted to hold a card having the dimensions of a conventional credit card, and is particularly designed to be carried in the credit card compartment of a wallet or similar size compartment holder. The use of a resin... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5328409 | Note caddy Disclosed is a note caddy which includes a binder with several sheets. The sheets have perforated scoring to facilitate their removal from the binder. Further, the sheets are divided into sections by perforated scoring, and note panels are adhered to each... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5076611 | Single sheet book and method of forming the same A small book having a cover and pages therein formed from a single sheet and method of making the book are provided. A single substantially rectangular sheet is divided into a plurality of printed panels integrally formed together. The panels are folded u... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5056824 | Publication reference-aid system apparatus therefor A reference-aid publication supplement (10) comprises at least one marker member (18) which may be a marker panel portion supplied with a publication means vessel externally/internally and issued therewith for indexing application by the user to rapidly r... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5029899 | Protective, removable book cover with transparent marking overlays A removable, protective book cover is provided which includes a jacket portion removably mountable in operative relationship with the binding of a book and having transparent overlay sheets secured thereto which may be disposed in operative relationship w... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5011189 | Publication reference-aid system apparatus therefor An improved reference-aid apparatus and system for publications, a production-assembled apparatus included with the publication at the time of manufacture, adapted to be separably removable from the publication and mountable thereon by a user, double-face... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4995641 | Note pad for entry into permanent records A note pad for use with hard copy record keeping systems has a stacked pack of flexible sheets, each having a top surface upon which a user may write, and a lower surface having two stripes of adhesive. One of the adhesive stripes is of a tacky reposition... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4978141 | Inflatable intelligence album This invention relates to an inflatable intelligence album including an inflatable ring formed with a check valve through which air may be blown therein to expand the inflating ring thereby enabling the inflatable ring to float on water surface and a plur... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4923218 | Inscribed, paper-base announcement The announcement is formed of one hundred percent cotton fiber paper on which, in colored ink, an inscription has been formed, and a lamination fixed over the paper and the inscription. Selected pigments are used to coat the paper, and polymers or an acet... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4898404 | Children's book providing a continuous roadway A children's book providing a plurality of separate roadway landscapes which are exposed as the pages are turned. The book provides extensions along one side which can be used as handles to carry the book and which also provide roadway sections on which a... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4795193 | Booklet with return envelope A booklet having a spine constituted by serial pasting of like marginal regions of the pages is provided with a pasting gap at an intermediate site along the spine between two of the booklet pages. An envelope is thereby left with an end margin caught in ... | 01/03/1989 |
