Patent ID: 6041215
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for making an electronic book comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of leaves providing pages of said book; providing an internal passageway within at least one of said leaves having an opening thereinto; forming a switch circuit on a common substrate having a first segment including at least one switch and a second segment including at least one conductive path in electrical connection with said at least one switch, said at least one switch including first and second spaced apart elements; arranging said first and second elements to overlie one another; inserting said first segment having said at least one switch into said passageway through said opening with said second segment having said at least one conductive path being external of said passageway so that said first and second elements create an electrical connection therebetween in response to pressure applied to said at least one leaf overlying one of said first and second elements.