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Title:
BOOK WITH REMOVABLE-PORTION PAGES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2008/015708
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A book (1) comprises a front cover (2) and a back cover (3) between which there are located a plurality of pages (4), said covers (2, 3) and pages (4) being held together by a binding that extends^ along a portion of the perimeter of the book (1) sufficient to prevent the browsing of the pages (4) in a conventional manner, the front cover (2) and the pages (4) being provided with perforations (6a, 6a', 6a", 6a'",...; 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'") suitable to allow to pull away a removable portion (7, T, 7", 7'",...) to access the following page. In this way, by obliging the reader to go through all the pages in the book, the textual content is fully examined thus achieving the transmission of a greater amount of information.

Inventors:
MORELLI ANGELA (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IT2006/000601
Publication Date:
February 07, 2008
Filing Date:
August 04, 2006
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MR INVEST DI VITTORIO MORELLI (IT)
MORELLI ANGELA (IT)
International Classes:
B42D1/00
Foreign References:
US4931017A1990-06-05
US3918180A1975-11-11
US3622771A1971-11-23
GB1202906A1970-08-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CONCONE, Emanuele (Via Carducci 8, Milano MI, IT)
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Claims:

CLAIMS

1. Book (1) comprising a front cover (2) and a back cover (3) between which there are located a plurality of pages (4), said covers (2, 3) and pages (4) being held together by a binding, characterized in that said binding extends along a portion of the perimeter of the book (1) sufficient to prevent the browsing of the pages (4) in a conventional manner, the front cover (2) and the pages (4) being provided with perforations (6a, 6a', 6a", 6a" 1 ,...; 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b 1 ",...; 9', 9", 9'",...; 12', 12", 12'",...) suitable to allow to pull away a removable portion (7, T, 7", 7'",...) to access the following page.

2. Book (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that its plan has the shape of a regular polygon with at least four sides and in that the binding is performed along at least two opposite sides with respect to an axis of symmetry.

3. Book (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the binding is performed by sewing.

4. Book (1) according to one Of the preceding claims, characterized in that each removable portion (7, 7', 7", 7'",...) contains substantially all the text and/or images of the page (4) of which it is part.

5. Book (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the removable portions (7, T, 7", 7"',...) have a progressively decreasing transverse size starting from the front cover (2) towards the back cover (3).

6. Book (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the fixed portions (8a, 8a', 8a", 8a" 1 ,...; 8b, 8b', 8b", 8b'",...) have a progressively increasing transverse size starting from the front cover (2) towards the back cover (3), and a strip of the following fixed portion projects beyond the edge (6a, 6a', 6a", 6a'",...; 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'", ...) of the preceding fixed portion.

7. Book (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each fixed portion (8a, 8a', 8a", 8a 1 ",...; 8b, 8b', 8b", 8b'",...) is provided with graphic elements or drawings at least yi the strip of the following fixed portion projecting beyond the edge of the preceding fixed portion.

8. Book (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said

graphic elements or drawings form an image that is progressively composed one page after another.

9. Book (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said image is completely visible only upon removal of the removable portion of the last page (4).

10. Book (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it includes two series of straight perforations (6a, 6a 1 , 6a", 6a" 1 ,...; 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'", ...) substantially parallel to the sides where the binding is performed.

11. Book (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said two series of straight perforations (6a, ^a', 6a", 6a"',. - -; 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'", ...) are symmetrically arranged with respect to the midline of the book.

12. Book (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that the perforations of one of said series of straight perforations (6a, 6a', 6a", 6a'",...; 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'", ...) are arranged vertically aligned one on top of the other. 13. Book (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it includes a series of perforations (9', 9", 9'", ...) that define closed polygons (10', 10", 1O 1 ", ...).

14. Book (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said polygons (10', 10", 10'", ...) are rectangles with a progressively decreasing area from the front cover (2) towards the back cover (3).

15. Book (1) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that said rectangles are rotated through a progressively increasing angle with respect to a horizontal axis.

16. Book (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a regular hexagonal shape and it includes in each page (4) perforations

(12', 12", 12'", ...) of hexagonal shape that define removable hexagons, said hexagons being concentric and with a progressively decreasing area from the front cover (2) towards the back cover (3).

Description:

"BOOK WITH REMOVABLE-PORTION PAGES"

The present invention relates to a book with pages provided with removable portions and realized with a binding on plural non-adjacent sides, such as to allow the reading thereof exclusively through the partial or total removal of said removable portions of the pages, one after another.

It is known that books are made by binding, i.e. collecting and sewing or glueing together, pages and applying a cover. Binding is usually performed along one side of the book at one of the edges of the pages, such as to allow the viewing/reading of the pages following the first page by rotating them around the bound side.

There are known several kinds of books, e.g. children books, that include pages made by combining text with drawings and/or decorations. Said decorative elements are aimed at increasing the reader's interest in the book contents by stimulating his/her curiosity through the combination of text and images.

However, the conventional one-sided binding allows access to all the pages of a book without imposing a particular sequence, thus permitting the reader to reach immediately the most interesting and/or amusing portions while avoiding the less interesting ones. Therefore the reader is distracted from the intended reading and/or learning path, thus missing a part of the contents.

The object of the present invention is to provide a book whose structure, binding and page-setting are such as to stimulate the reader from the beginning to the end of the reading, achieving an improved communication of the information contained therein. According to the present invention, this object is achieved by means of a book whose main characteristics are disclosed in claim 1, while other features are disclosed in the remaining claims.

Thanks to the multi-sided binding,, the book according to the present invention can not be browsed in a conventional manner, namely by rotating the pages around the only bound edge, but the removable portions of the pages have to be pulled away one after another in order to be able to examine the whole content of the book.

A first important advantage of the book according to the present invention is that, by obliging the reader to go through all the pages in the book, the textual content is fully examined thus achieving the transmission of a greater amount of information. A second advantage of the present book is that the removable portions of the individual pages can be shaped as desired so as to obtain particular graphic effects in the page-setting of the text.

A further advantage of this book is that the sequential removal of the page portions can be combined with the progressive composition or displaying of an image, thus creating in the reader a further stimulus to the continuation of the reading.

These and other advantages and characteristics of the book according to the present invention will be clear to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of some embodiments thereof, with reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of the book according to the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a perspective view and a detail of the book of Figure 1 from which the removable portions of some pages have been removed; Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the book of Figure 1 from which the removable portions of all the pages have been removed;

Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view along the line IV-IV of Figure 1;

Figure 5 shows a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of said book; Figure 6 shows a top plan view of a third embodiment of the present book; and

Figure 7 shows a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of the book according to the present invention having an hexagonal shape.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, book 1 includes a front cover 2 and a back cover 3 between which there are located a plurality of pages 4. Covers 2, 3 and pages 4 have a plan rectangular shape and are bound by means of a pair of seams

5a and 5b at two opposite sides of the b*ase rectangle. In this way it is impossible to browse the book in a conventional manner, namely by rotating the pages around a sewn edge, in that the pages are retained on plural sides of the book.

Moreover, if at least two seams are made at opposite sides with respect to an axis of symmetry of the book, it is possible to achieve the maximum closure effect by preventing the user from even lifting a corner of a page. The reader will therefore be obliged to completely or partially pull away the removable portion of the preceding page in order to access the following page, starting from the front cover 2. To this purpose, the front cover 2 and pages 4 are provided with relevant perforations 6a, 6a', 6a", 6a'",..., 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'",..., respectively located close to seams 5a and 5b and substantially parallel thereto, that allow to pull away a page portion 7, 7', 7", T",..., to access the following page. Each removable portion 7, T, 7", 7"',..., can contain substantially all the text and/or images of the page 4 of which it is part.

Upon removal of a page portion 7, 7', 7", 7'",..., at the seams 5a and 5b there remain respectively two fixed portions 8a, 8a', 8a", 8a'",..., and 8b, 8b', 8b", 8b'",..., each of which is defined towards the inside of the book by the respective perforation 6a, 6a', 6a", 6a"',..., 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'",.... The back cover 3 does not have any perforation and may be thicker than pages 4 and front cover 2 to act as a rigid base for the book. The front cover 2, back cover 3 and pages 4 can be made of paper, cardboard or any other suitable printable material, and they may even be made of materials different from one another.

As shown, the removable page portions 7, 7', 7", 7'",..., do not have all the same size, rather they have a transverse size that progressively decreases starting from the front cover 2 towards the back cover 3. Furthermore, in the illustrated embodiment, the removable portions atp arranged symmetrically with respect to the midline of the book, whereby through removal of the first removable portion 7 one has access to the following page, uncovering portion 7' in the center and two symmetrical strips of the fixed portions 8a 1 and 8b' adjacent to the central portion. Similarly, by removing portion T one has access to the following page,

uncovering portion 7" in the center and two adjacent symmetrical strips of the fixed portions 8a" and 8b", and so on. Since the removable portions 7, T, 7", 7"',..., have a progressively decreasing transverse size, portions 8a, 8a 1 , 8a", 8a'",. - -, and 8b, 8b', 8b", 8b'",..., have a progressively increasing transverse size, and a strip of the following fixed portion, for example 8a", projects beyond the internal edge 6a' of the preceding fixed portion 8a'. The detail of Figure 2 clearly shows the above-described situation.

If each fixed portion 8a, 8a', 8a"* 8a'",..., and 8b, 8b', 8b", 8b'",..., bears graphic elements or drawings at least in the strip projecting beyond the edge of the preceding portion, said elements can be properly combined to form an image that is progressively composed by removing one page portion after another. The image, for example, may be completed only upon removal of the last page portion, and in this way the reading of the text can be accompanied by the progressive displaying of the image, giving rise to an increasing curiosity in the reader and being a further stimulus to reading from the first to the last page.

Figure 3 shows an example of an image composed one page after another as illustrated above.

Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view IV-IV of the book of Figure 1 in which there is clearly seen the symmetrical arrangement of the central removable portions of each page, as well as that of the corresponding fixed portions.

Figure 5 shows a similar cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the book according to the present invention, in which the removable portions 7, 7', 7", 7'",..., have a progressively decreasing transverse size but they are obtained by vertically aligning all the perforations 6b, 6b', 6b", 6b'",... on the right side. In this way, the fixed portions 8b, 8b', 8b", 8b'",..., on the right side all have the same transverse size, whereas the fixed portions 8a, 8a', 8a", 8a'",..., on the left side have a progressively increasing transverse size and allow to progressively compose an image starting from the left side of the book. Similarly, it is possible to align the perforations 6a, 6a', 6a", 6a'",..., of the removable portions on the left side and to use the fixed portions on the right side to compose the images.

This possibility of changing the arrangement and size of the fixed and

removable portions allows to achieve different effects in the page-setting of the text and different combinations of the text with the progressively displayed images, which result in the possibility of offering the reader books that are very attractive from the graphical point of view in addition to the contents point of view.

The perforations that divide the removable portion of the page from the fixed portions can have a contour different from a straight line, for example they can be wavy or closed. The perforations can even define closed polygons that are differently oriented, thus providing further possibilities of decoration and page- setting in making the book.

Figure 6 shows a third embodiment of this book, that has two straight perforations 6a and 6b in the cover 2 and a plurality of perforation lines 9', 9", 9'", ..., indicated by broken lines, that define in each page 4 rectangular removable portions 10', 10", 10'", ..., of progressively decreasing area towards the back cover 3. Moreover, the perforation lines 9', 9", 9'", ..., are rotated through a progressively increasing angle with respect to a horizontal axis, thus creating an effect of counter-clockwise rotation of the rectangular frames.

Figure 7 shows a fourth embodiment of the present book that has a hexagonally-shaped plan. In this case, according to the principle of the invention, in order to prevent an even partial access to the book pages, there are made two seams 11a and l ib at the opposite sides farthest with respect to an axis of symmetry of the hexagonal plan. Furthermore, there are preferably provided two additional seams l ie and Hd to reinforce the structure, to keep it more compact and to prevent the possibility, by gripping the pages at the free corners, of partially discovering the contents of the book.

Similarly to the preceding embodiments, the perforations 12', 12", 12'", ..., on each page may have different configurations. For example, the perforations can follow the perimeter of the book plan, i.»e. define removable portions of hexagonal shape, with concentric hexagons of decreasing area towards the back cover, as indicated in the drawing through broken lines. In this case, too, it is possible to place graphic marks on the fixed portions of each page, so as to achieve the

progressive composition of images during the reading.

It is clear that the above-described and illustrated embodiments of the book according to the invention are just examples susceptible of various modifications.

In particular, as mentioned, the shape of the pages and of the removable portions may be changed at will even making a book with removable portions having shapes different from one another.

Moreover, it is obvious that the binding can be performed along any number of sides of the book, as long as at least on two non-adjacent sides, or even along the whole perimeter depending on the shape of the pages and/or of the removable portions.

It should be noted that in the particular case of a triangular plan book the binding will necessarily be performed along two adjacent sides, whereas in the case of a book with a curvilinear contour there might be a single binding extending along a portion of the perimeter sufficient to prevent the browsing of the pages in the conventional manner.