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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954444 | Reading tool A tool for assisting a reader in grasping the thought expressed in a group of words on a page is disclosed. The tool is a flexible film card which has a window adjacent contrastingly colored film segments of the card. A group of words may be viewed through the windo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7293933 | Removable divider construction for coil bound notebooks A divider element formed of a sheet member adapted to be removably coupled to a binding element of a coil bound notebook. The divider element includes a plurality of preferably T-shaped connector elements defining a narrow cut region and coil receiving aperture ther... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7125049 | Bookmarks A bookmark includes a seamless elastic band which is stretchable to loop around a group of pages in a book and around a cover of the book in order to identify a page place in the book. The band includes a slider thereon which has a front surface are that receives an... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7056122 | Word isolating educational tool An educational device and method in which a user can learn the pronunciation and meaning of words using a word isolator with a window and a slide. The word isolator is placed over the unfamiliar word. The slide is manipulated to expose only a portion of the word at ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6948447 | Bookmark with novel line and text locators A bookmark (40) consisting of two alterable open book icons (30) (60) plus an adjustable highlighting device (24). Bookmark (40) provides for marking books with both single column pages and double column pages. Markings are made to... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6832915 | Educational reading aid An apparatus having a generally triangular shape and for helping a person read includes a housing with oppositely spaced edge portions and oppositely spaced end portions integral with the edge portions. The housing further has substantially planar top and bottom sur... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6796266 | Marker device A marker device for to a user the location in a piece of literature where the user was previously reading. The marker device includes a panel member for positioning between pages of literature. The panel member has a front side and a back side. A front surface of th... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6298804 | Book mark for dual column page A book mark is provided for marking a selected line and column of a book. The book mark includes a flat elongated member, first and second page indicators and a column indicator. Each of the first and second page indicators includes an indicia positioned ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6042291 | Document holder with slidable classifying rider A document holder includes upper and lower plastic sheets superimposed on each other to define a document holding space therebetween. A saddle member of a flexible and heat sealable material is heat sealed on two corresponding edges of the upper and lower... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6021735 | Book mark for dual column page A book mark is provided for marking a selected line, column, and page of a book. The book mark includes a flat elongated member, first and second page indicators, a line marker, and a column indicator. The flat elongated member has a first end, a second e... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5950560 | Method and device for improving reading comfort A kit is disclosed for improving reading comfort or increasing interest in reading, the kit comprising at least two differently-colored transparent overlays. Also disclosed is a method for improving reading comfort or increasing interest in reading compri... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5819451 | Electronic bookmark for copy holder An electronic bookmark for a copy holder that aids a user's ability to ascertain viewed text on paper retained by the copy holder is provided. The invented copy holder includes vertically adjustable indicating device that directs the user's attention to t... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5632225 | Line and page bookmarker A bookmark that identifies a line last read as well as whether the line is on a right page of a book or a left page of the book. Disposed upon a first side of the bookmark is a left page designator which includes an arrow for pointing to a line of text an... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5437240 | Bookmark A bookmark for marking a page and line in a book. The bookmark includes an elongated planar body having an upper terminal portion that provides a relatively large flat surface for the display of matter such as decorative and whimsical designs each of whic... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5382053 | Protective jacket having a magnifying lens A protective jacket includes a central panel and two end panels, at least one of which has a material strip easily removed by hand along a vertical perforation. This material strip has a circular opening at an end to hold a magnifying lens and a slotted p... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5325811 | Bookmark A bookmark for making a page and line in a book. The bookmark includes an elongated planar body having an upper terminal portion that provides a relatively large flat surface for the display of matter such as decorative and whimsical designs each of which... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5103756 | Magnetic placemark A placemark has mutually magnetically attractive surfaces disposed opposite one another. The magnetic surfaces are connected to each other by a flexible connecting web, such that they can be separated from each other and closed again on opposite sides of ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5101756 | Marker arrow system A self-sticking removable marker arrow system in which a series of consecutive marker arrows are defined either transversely or longitudinally on a strip of sheet material with a pressure sensitive adhesive being applied on the strip on the contact surfac... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5088217 | Line reader apparatus An apparatus wherein a line reader support housing is mounted to an articulated framework that in turn is securable to a support table. The line reader housing includes a transparent reader bar in operative relationship with a step motor to effect vertica... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5081948 | Bookmark A bookmark that locates a particular page in a book and a specific line on that page includes a body having an elongated slot with an indicator rotatably and slidably mounted in the slot to identify the desired page and line. On one side of the bookmark t... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4951595 | Temporary indicators An indicating device for use with x-rays and similar light transmitting substrates is constructed as a flat, rigid, translucent material coated on one side with a light transmitting temporary adhesive which will temporarily secure the indicator to the sub... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4901665 | Line mark book mark A book mark that locates an exact line, column, and page in an open book having two or one column pages. The bookmark body is encircled with a slide with an index line that can be moved vertically to align with any line of the text. Two sets of indicia ar... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4799812 | Computer page place marker A flexible elongated transparent computer page place marker having a longitudinal marking surface for locating specific printed lines of information on a standard printed computer page and raised projections extending from the underside thereof for engage... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4549500 | Programming aid device A programming aid device for aiding in the interpretation of collimated fields of data in a computer printout. The device includes an inscribed data record which is in a format which corresponds to the collimated fields of the computer printout. When the ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4302192 | Combined pattern holder and pattern position indicator A device is shown in the preferred embodiment of the present invention for holding a knitting pattern and for indicating the pattern position. The pattern is held to a pattern support face of a pattern support member by a clip member. The pattern position... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4186683 | Book mark-page line-reader A sheet of opaque plastic the shape and dimensions of a book page, with an arrow cutout shaped in the sheet extending beyond the page on the right edge as viewed when a book is opened, to indicate as to whether it is the upper or lower part of either page... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4137863 | Reading instrument A reading instrument for magnifying certain chosen printed material on a page or sheet of paper and for visually isolating the chosen material from other, adjacent printed material, the instrument including an opaque plate that is provided with a slot, an... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4024831 | Transparent ruler having longitudinally positioned colored area for isolating rows of symbols for rapid scanning A transparent ruler formed of synthetic resinous materials having a longitudinal strip of contrasting light transmitting properties which may overlie a line of characters in a group of such lines to facilitate the rapid scanning thereof.... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4023763 | Holder for recipe cards and the like A recipe card holder includes a bracket suitable for being mounted to a surface, a support plate or base, and an intermediate joining element, one end of which is pivotally attached to the top of the support plate and the other end of which is pivotally a... | 05/17/1977 |
