Patent ID: 6024043
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
A book band assembly for a book having a front page, a back page and a plurality of intermediate pages disposed between a front cover and a rear cover, the assembly comprising:a) a pair of elongate flat pinchers, each pincher including an inner end and an outer end, the pinchers being longitudinally positioned with the inner ends defining a space therebetween, the pinchers being sized for extending across the collective thickness of the pages at a top side of the book;b) a lateral band extending through the pinchers and outwardly from the outer ends thereof to define a front band portion for disposition between the front page and the front cover and a back band portion for disposition between the back page and the rear cover, the band including a band body formed from soft fine woven string, an adhesive layer coated on a lower surface of the band body and a removable paper temporarily covering the adhesive layer, whereby the front band portion and the rear band portion may be adhered to the front and back pages when corresponding portions of the removable paper are removed therefrom; andc) a plurality of colored book bands, each book band including an upper end, the upper ends of the book bands being received within the pinchers and secured thereto, with the book bands extending from the space between the inner ends of the pinchers for selective individual pinching between any two pages of the book to indicate the location of the pages.