Books – strips – and leaves for manifolding – Book and leaf – Multiple copy
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-11
2001-04-17
Wellington, A. L. (Department: 3722)
Books, strips, and leaves for manifolding
Book and leaf
Multiple copy
C281S044000, C462S018000, C462S053000, C462S054000, C462S055000, C462S058000, C462S064000, C462S072000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06217443
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to carbonless paper notepads and more particularly pertains to a new carbonless paper notepad for producing multiple copies of a document created on the notepad.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of carbonless paper notepads is known in the prior art. More specifically, carbonless paper notepads heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,401 by Greig; U.S. Pat. No. 5,275,576 by Drake; U.S. Pat. No. 5,407,892 by Murakami et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 3,048,426 by Rodriguez et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 3,290,061 by Glassman; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 329,876 by Breen which are all incorporated by reference herein.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new carbonless paper notepad. The inventive device includes a tablet with a plurality of sheets each having a lower face coated with a duplicating material. A top end of the tablet is coupled to a first end of a board. The board has a spaced apart pair of median folds extending between the sides of the board which divide the board into backer and underback panels. The backer panel is positioned beneath the tablet. The underback panel is inserted between adjacent sheets of the tablet beneath the upper sheet of the tablet.
In these respects, the carbonless paper notepad according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of producing multiple copies of a document created on the notepad.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of carbonless paper notepads now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new carbonless paper notepad construction wherein the same can be utilized for producing multiple copies of a document created on the notepad.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new carbonless paper notepad apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the carbonless paper notepads mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new carbonless paper notepad which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art carbonless paper notepads, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a tablet with a plurality of sheets each having a lower face coated with a duplicating material. A top end of the tablet is coupled to a first end of a board. The board has a spaced apart pair of median folds extending between the sides of the board which divide the board into backer and underback panels. The backer panel is positioned beneath the tablet. The underback panel is inserted between adjacent sheets of the tablet beneath the upper sheet of the tablet.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new carbonless paper notepad apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the carbonless paper notepads mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new carbonless paper notepad which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art carbonless paper notepads, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new carbonless paper notepad which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new carbonless paper notepad which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new carbonless paper notepad which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such carbonless paper notepad economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new carbonless paper notepad which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new carbonless paper notepad for producing multiple copies of a document created on the notepad.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new carbonless paper notepad which includes a tablet with a plurality of sheets each having a lower face coated with a duplicating material. A top end of the tablet is coupled to a first end of a board. The board has a spaced apart pair of median folds extending between the sides of the board which divide the board into backer and underback panels. The backer panel is positioned beneath the tablet. The underback panel is inserted between adjacent sheets of the tablet beneath the upper sheet of the tablet.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new carbonless paper notepad that is preferably constructed in standard 8½″ by 14″ legal pad size but that may also be constructed any size pad including 8½″ by 11″, A4, and 4″ by 5″ pads.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrat
Henderson Mark T.
Wellington A. L.
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