Patent ID: 8696030
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
1. A contents locating system for printed and bound media comprising: a) a printed and bound medium comprising a cover and a page, each further comprising a surface and an edge; b) at least one indicator line; c) a chapter bar; d) a chapter abbreviation indicia; and e) a page range listing indicia; f) wherein said indicator line is located on a surface of said printed and bound media medium adjacent a perimeter edge of said surface and extends along a face of said surface and perpendicularly deviates from said surface onto an outside edge of at least one page and terminates at said chapter bar; g) wherein said chapter abbreviation indicia is located on said perimeter edge of said cover surface of said printed and bound medium and specifies a chapter; h) wherein said page range listing indicia is located adjacent said chapter abbreviation indicia and specifies page numbers within a range; i) wherein said at least one indicator line is positioned parallel between said chapter abbreviation indicia and said page range listing indicia and said at least one indicator line connects said chapter bar with said chapter abbreviation indicia; j) wherein said chapter bars are sized in height accordingly with a corresponding number of said pages of said chapter; k) wherein said indicator line visually leads a reader to said chapter bar, said chapter bar marking a number of said pages included as affiliated to said chapter abbreviation indicia and said page range listing indicia; l) wherein said contents locating system is usable to identify and locate information contained within said printed and bound medium, despite said printed and bound medium remaining in a closed condition; and wherein said contents locating system is dividable such that a partial list of said chapter abbreviation indicia with said page range listing indicia is located on a right margin of said front surface of said printed and bound medium and a partial list of said chapter abbreviation indicia with said page range listing indicia is located on a left margin of said back surface of said printed and bound medium.