Patent ID: 6210065
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
A notebook, comprising:a plurality of pages each having a page binder edge and an opposing page free edge, and having a plurality of page binder holes adjacent to said page binder edge, said pages being stacked sequentially face to face to form a pad such that corresponding said page binder holes register with each other;a cover including a cover sheet portion with a cover free edge and an opposing cover binder edge and a page passing slot adjacent and substantially parallel to said cover binder edge;and a binder comprising a strandular member arched into a substantially circular configuration and passing through said page binder holes and arching around said page binder edges, and passing through said page passing slot in said cover and arching around said cover binder edge, such that at least a segment of each said page binder edge passes within said binder and said segment of said page binder edge constitutes an outermost extremity of each said page, and such that at least a segment of said cover binder edge passes within said binder and said segment of said cover binder edge constitutes an outermost extremity of said cover;such that the page free edge of each forward-most page can be arched over the remainder of said forward most page, fitted into and rotated about said binder entirely through said page passing slot and placed against the back of a page in said pad.