Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi – Bending – Folding
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-04
2002-03-12
Kim, Eugene (Department: 3721)
Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi
Bending
Folding
C283S034000, C040S904000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06354985
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a map with a pattern of folding lines along which the map can be folded.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In maps of the abovementioned kind a pattern of folding lines serves to permit the map to be folded into a handy format. The disadvantage is that to find a certain point or certain region on the map it is necessary to unfold the map as a whole to have a general view of the whole region shown by the map.
The problem of the invention is to provide a map which can be viewed successively from east to west and from north to south or vice versa without the whole map having to be unfolded.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This problem is solved for a map of the abovementioned kind in that two portions connected via a common center area and each having a plurality of parallel folding lines are drawn in a direction parallel to two parallel limiting lines, the map being folded on successive lines alternatingly in opposite directions so as to form a plurality of flaps.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.
In the inventive map the width of the flaps can be disposed in equidistant portions or increase or decrease, or increase and decrease, with increasing distance from the center area. In the latter embodiment it is advantageous if the flap edges coming to lie near the center line of the center area lie one above the other, and the flap edges coming to lie near the side edges of the center area are successively offset laterally. Alternatively the map can be formed so that the flap edges coming to lie near the center line of the center area are successively offset laterally by a constant amount, and the flap edges coming to lie near the side edges of the center area lie one above the other.
Further it is possible to form the map so that the flap edges coming to lie near the center line of the center area are successively offset laterally by a constant amount, and the flap edges coming to lie near the side edges of the center area are also offset laterally by a constant amount, preferably the same constant amount. The common advantage of these embodiments is that the lateral offset of the flap edges makes an area of an adjacent flap visible which can be marked in color or in the form of numbers, symbols or letters. The order of these numbers and letters or a possible choice of color according to the rainbow thus makes it possible to relate the map contents shown on the flaps to the position of the geographical region shown in the flap area relative to the total geographical region depicted by the map.
According to preferred embodiments of the inventive map it can be provided that the flap edges coming to lie near the center line of the center area lie one above the other, and the flap edges coming to lie near the side edges of the center area come to lie at two different distances from the center line so as to create two classes of flaps of different width. This can be advantageous for special applications of the map or representations on the map.
It is likewise advantageous if the flaps are provided with information lines starting at right angles from the longitudinal axis of the center area and representing connections between informative remarks on the center area and corresponding reference areas on the areas of the flaps. This establishes an association of information given on the center area with corresponding areas on the areas of the flaps which show this information or explain it further.
With the inventive map it is possible and advantageous to dispose a plurality of center areas one above or below the other in order to enlarge the area of the total geographical region shown by the map. The special feature of this embodiment is the abovementioned marking of flaps with the aid of numbers, symbols or letters or in accordance with the colors of the rainbow which is advantageous in making such map flaps of two adjacent center areas which show adjacent geographical regions of the map especially easy and quick to find.
By disposing two or more center areas one above the other and forming a further corresponding folding line as a double folding line (two parallel folding lines spaced a few millimeters apart) one obtains an advantageous “book form” for the folded map, with a spine in the area of the double folding line on which a name can be printed. The map can thus be placed in a book shelf and found easily like a book. The title of the map can be integrated, so as to result automatically upon folding and not need to be additionally printed separately in the usual way.
When two or more center areas are disposed one above the other, the contact lines of the portions disposed one above the other are slitted so that it is possible to turn the individual flaps even when the two or more portions are folded up. One does not slit the second last lateral flaps or one of the previous flaps of each portion page to prevent the portions from falling apart. One does not slit a randomly placed center area or two or more connected center areas or the second last lateral flaps or one of the previous flaps of each portion page to prevent the portions from falling apart.
According to an important embodiment of the inventive map it is provided that the plurality of upper and lower flap edges coming to lie one above or below the other have an intermeshing edge form in order to permit geographical regions having the same longitude but different latitude to be found quickly. It can be provided that the intermeshing edges have a wavy form, the number of waves of an edge being given for the position of the flaps disposed one below or above the other within the total structure of flaps. Alternatively it can be provided that the intermeshing edges have the form of zigzag lines, the number of zigzag lines of an edge being given for the position of the flaps disposed one below or above the other within the total structure of flaps.
According to a further embodiment the center area or the plurality of center areas can be disposed off-center.
Obviously, the inventive map is also suitable for representing nongeographical structures.
The invention relates in addition to a map with a pattern of folding lines along which the map can be folded.
In maps of the abovementioned kind a pattern of folding lines serves to permit the map to be folded into a handy format. The disadvantage is that to find a certain point or area on the map it is necessary to unfold the map as a whole to have a general view of the whole region shown by the map.
The problem of the invention is further to provide a map which can be viewed successively from east to west and from north to south or vice versa without the whole map having to be unfolded.
A map with the inventive folding pattern can be either foldable unidirectionally, i.e. from left to right or from right to left in the hand of the viewer, or foldable bidirectionally, i.e. from left to right or from right to left and from top to bottom or from bottom to top in the hand of the viewer. With both unidirectionally and bidirectionally foldable maps it is desirable to be able to recognize the content of individual folding portions even in the folded state of the map if possible. For a unidirectionally foldable map with a pattern of folding lines along which the map can be folded, two portions connected via a common center area and each having a plurality of parallel folding lines being disposed in a direction parallel to two parallel limiting lines of the center area, the portions being folded in successive lines alternatingly in opposite directions so as to form a plurality of flaps, this problem is solved in that the length of the flaps decreases with the distance from the center area, or increases on the outer side.
The length of the flaps can thereby decrease linearly with the distance from the center area, or the length of the flaps can decrease with the distance from the center area by a given, constant amount in each case. These solutions have in common that a part of each portion remains unhidden by the other m
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
Kartographie Huber
Kim Eugene
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