Improvements in or relating to calendars

Abstract: A calendar which comprises a plurality of leaves. Each leaf comprises an upper date displaying portion (14) and a lower detachable portion (16). The leaves are held together at the upper portions, and the calendar is mountable on a suitable support member by the upper portions for the purpose of display. When the lower portion has been detached, it can be used as a greetings card.

Description: This invention relates to calendars. It is well known to have calendars which comprise a leaf for each month and a picture on each leaf. An example of such a calendar is formed of twelve leaves each of which comprises three portions, namely an upper portion which enables the calendar to be mounted upon a wall, a middle portion which comprises, on the outward facing side, a picture, and, on the inward facing side, appropriate spaces for use as a postcard. The bottom portion displays the dates. The disadvantage of these calendars is that it is necessary to wait until the end of each month before using the postcard. Specification No. US-A-4757624 discloses a calendar where sheet comprises date information combined with postcards. It is an object of this invention to obviate and/or mitigate these and other disadvantages. According to this invention there is provided a calendar comprising a pluralty of leaves, each leaf comprising an upper date displaying portion and a lower detachable portion, the leaves being held together at said upper portion and the calendar being mountable on a suitable support member by said upper portions for the purpose of display, characterised in that each leaf is formed with an attachment line extending substantially from one lateral edge of each leaf to the other, said upper and lower portions are attached together at said attachment line, whereby the lower portion can be detached from the upper portion at said attachment line, and the lower portion is formed with a fold line extending substantially perpendicularly from the attachment line to the lower edge of each leaf to divide the lower portion substantially into two halves, whereby when the lower portion is detached from the upper portion, the lower portion can be folded about the fold line. The calendar may also comprise mounting means to mount the calendar on the support member. The mounting means may extend along a top region of said upper portions to hold the leaves together. The mounting means preferably comprises a coil extending along said top region; each turn of the coil may extend through the leaves. The attachment line may be perforated to facilitate detaching the lower portion from the upper portion. In the preferred embodiment the lower portion can be detached from the upper portion by tearing along the line. In the preferred embodiment, the fold line divides the lower portion into two halves. Thus, the lower portion can be used as, for example, a greetings card; a suitable pattern or picture is preferably provided on the lower portion. An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:- Fig. 1 is a front view of the first leaf of a calendar; and Fig. 2 is a side view of the calendar. The drawings show a calendar generally designated by the numeral 10 which comprises twelve leaves 12 each of which relates to a separate month. Each leaf 12 comprise an upper portion 14 and a lower portion 16. A perforated line 18 extends between the upper and lower portions 14,16. The upper portions 14 of the leaves 12 define an upper region 15 of the calendar 10, when the calendar 10 is mounted on a wall (see below). The lower portion 16 is detachable from the upper portion 14 at the perforated line 18. The lower portion 16 can be detached by tearing along the perforated line 18. As shown in Fig. 1, the upper portion 14 displays the dates of the calendar, and the lower portion 16 is in the form of a greetings card which, in the embodiment shown, has a picture of a nesting thrush on it. A fold line 20 extends between the top and bottom of the lower portion 16. The lower portion 16 can be folded about the fold line 20 to form the greetings card. The pictures shown in Fig. 1 are intended to form the outside of the greetings card leaving the inside blank for the sender to write his or her own greeting. The leaves 12 are held together by a coil 22 comprising a plurality of turns 26 which extends along a top region 24 of the upper portion 14. Each turn 26 of the coil 22 extends through the top region 24 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The calendar 10 can be mounted upon a wall 28 by hanging the calendar 10 on a pin 30 which has been pressed into the wall 28. The pin 30 extends through a member 32 mounted in the coil 22. It will be appreciated that it is possible to use the lower portion 16 at the beginning of each month and still retain the upper portion 14 in place which displays the dates for that month. Also, by removing the lower portion on a particular leaf 12, the lower portion of the next leaf 12 is visible. Thus, even if several of the lower portions 12 are used in one month there will still be a picture visible. Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the perforated line 18 could be replaced by a score line and the lower portion would be detached from the upper portion by cutting with a knife or scissors. Also, the coil 22 could be replaced by glue provided on the tops of each of the leaves 12 to hold them together. Further, the calendar 10 can be mounted upon the wall 28 using a ribbon instead of the member 32.

Claims: A calendar (10) comprising a plurality of leaves (12), each leaf (12) comprising an upper date displaying portion (14) and a lower detachable portion (16), the leaves being held together at said upper portion and the calendar being mountable on a suitable support member (30) by said upper portions (14) for the purpose of display, characterised in that each leaf (12) is formed with an attachment line (18) extending substantially from one lateral edge of each leaf (12) to the other, said upper and lower portions (14,16) are attached together at said attachment line (18), whereby the lower portion (16) can be detached from the upper portion (14) at said attachment line (18), and the lower portion (16) is formed with a fold line (20) extending substantially perpendicularly from the attachment line (18) to the lower edge of each leaf (12) to divide the lower portion (16) substantially into two halves, whereby when the lower portion (16) is detached from the upper portion (14), the lower portion (16) can be folded about the fold line (20). A calendar according to claim 1, characterised by mounting means (22) to mount the calendar (10) on the support member (30), the mounting means (22) extending along a top region of said upper portions (14) to hold the leaves (12) together. A calendar according to claim 2, characterised in that the mounting means (22) comprises a coil extending along said top region. A calendar according to any preceding claim, characterised in that the attachment line (18) is provided with perforations therealong.

Inventors: RUSHTON BRIAN DAVID, RUSHTON, BRIAN DAVID
Applicants: BEMROSE UK LTD, BEMROSE UK LIMITED
Application year: 1992
Main classification: B42D5
IPC codes: B42D5, B42D15