Patent ID: 7393017
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
1. A book designed for one handed manipulation, comprising: a. a front cover having an upper end, a lower end, and first and second lateral sides; b. a back cover having an upper end, a lower end, and first and second lateral sides, wherein said first lateral side of said back cover comprises a thumb restraint and said second lateral side of said back cover comprises a plurality of finger slots; c. a plurality of pages between said front and back covers, wherein each of said pages has an upper end, a lower end, and first and second lateral sides, and wherein said second lateral side of each of said plurality of pages includes a tab that extends beyond said second lateral side of said front cover; and d. means for connecting said upper end of said front cover, said upper end of each of said plurality of pages, and said upper end of said back cover; e. wherein said thumb restraint extends beyond said first lateral side of each of said front cover and said plurality of pages a distance adequate to support a user's thumb and thumb mass such that they do not engage said plurality of pages or said front cover; and f. wherein said finger slots and said tabs are positioned such that each of said tabs may be secured by a finger in at least one of said finger slots and a one-to-one ratio exists between said finger slots and said tabs such that an outside edge of each of said tabs is tangent to a nadir of exactly one finger slot.