Patent ID: 6752427
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B42D,Y10T

Abstract:
In a folding booklet having a plurality of booklet pages, said pages bound together at a booklet spine;said pages having opposed top, bottom, and side edges, said pages being equal size and dimension to each other; said pages having a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal fold lines intermediate said side edges, said longitudinal fold lines being equidistant from each other, said longitudinal fold lines defining a plurality of longitudinal panels, said longitudinal panels being equal in size and dimension to each other; wherein said booklet longitudinal panels are capable of being folded along said longitudinal fold lines to sequentially overlay one another, wherein the overlaid longitudinal panels have the same overall dimension as a single longitudinal panel; said pages having a plurality of spaced apart transverse fold lines intermediate said top and bottom edges, said transverse fold lines being equidistant from each other, said transverse fold lines defining a plurality of transverse panels, said transverse panels being equal in size and dimension to each other; wherein said booklet transverse panels are capable of being folded along said transverse fold lines to sequentially overlay one another, wherein the overlaid transverse panels having the same overall dimensions as a single transverse panel; and said booklet longitudinal and transverse panels being free from containing concertina or accordion folds; the improvement on the folding booklet comprising: a booklet cover that resists opening, the cover having a first and second side edges, and a spine, the first and second side edges being distal to each other and said spine, the first and second side edges forming a first and second panel with the spine; said booklet spine being connected to said cover that resists opening at said first side edge such that the uppermost panel of said booklet transverse panels overlies said first panel of said cover that resists opening, said cover is capable of being folded along its spine and being closed with said panels of said booklet completely contained within said booklet cover; wherein upon closing said cover that resists opening, said cover spine is distal from said booklet spine and proximal to said fold lines of said booklet pages so that said cover spine is capable of restraining the opening bias of said booklet pages, whereby said cover resists opening.