CALENDAR OR SIMILAR INFORMATION CARRIER

Abstract: A calendar or similar information carrier to be hung on a wall, comprising a number of sheets which can be turned over a connecting element to which each sheet is connected with one straight edge. The connecting element comprises two spaced-apart parts (2, 3), so that a suspension plate (4) positioned between said sheets can extend between the two parts of said connecting element to beyond the stacked-together sheets, with an attaching part (5), so that the calendar can be hung on the wall via said attaching part. The suspension plate is dimensioned such that it extends beyond the stacked-together sheets in several places. This makes it possible to provide the suspension plate with commercial information in an advantageous manner.

Description: CALENDER OR SIMILAR INFORMATION CARRIER The invention relates to a calender or similar information carrier to be hung on a wall, comprising a number of sheets which can be turned over a connecting element to which each sheet is connected with one straight edge, whereby said connecting element comprises two spaced-apart parts, so that a suspension plate positioned between said sheets can extend between the two parts of said connecting element to beyond the stacked-together sheets, with an attaching part, so that the calender can be hung on the wall via said attaching part. The term calender used hereafter is also meant to include other information carriers which can be hung in the manner -according to the invention. A calender of this type, which is often presented to people as a promotional gift, and which, in addition to its calender function, in that case generally contains information which can be regarded as commercial information, such as the name and further details of the distributor of the calender, is known in a variety of forms. Because such a calender is intended for being hung on a wall, it is an attractive product for being used for advertising purposes. Because the calender is hung on the wall, it must meet functional requirements and look attractive as well. In many cases the presence of commercial information makes the product look less attractive, thus reducing the chance of the calender being hung at a conspicuous place on a wall. A calender of the present kind substantially consists of a number of stacked-together sheets, said sheets being rectangular, for example, whereby the sheets are interconnected at one edge, in such a manner that they can be turned over in the same manner as pages of a book. Each side may thereby contain the information of one week or one month, so that 26 or 6, as the case may be, stacked- together sheets will suffice for the entire year. The connecting element by which the sheets are interconnected may for example consist of a spiral metal wire or of a metal wire which is bent in a different manner to extend through holes in the sheets, as is also generally known from writing pads, for example. The metal wire may thereby zigzag within a cylindrical surface, which is indicated as "Wire-O" ® . Because the calender is to be hung on a wall, whereby the connecting element is positioned at the upper side, said connecting element consists of two parts positioned on either side of the centre of a cathetus of the stacked-together sheets, so that a suspension element can be provided between said two parts. Calenders are known wherein the suspension element consists of a metal wire which is bent to a U shape, whereby the two ends of the wire are bent to either side, being in line with one another. In that case the calender, comprising two spiral metal wires as the connecting element, for example, may be hung by having the ends of said suspension element extend into each one of the two spiral metal wires, whilst the U-shaped part can be hung on a nail in the wall . Furthermore constructions are known wherein the suspension element consists of a plate-shaped element, hereinafter called suspension plate, which can be placed between the sheets of the calender, and which comprises an attaching part which extends between the two parts of said connecting element to beyond the stacked-together sheets. Of course a suspension plate of this type must be made of sufficiently strong material, plastic or cardboard, for example, to enable proper hanging, whereby it must be considered that the calender is removed every week or every month during the time it is used, and is hung back after sheets have been turned or after the calender itself has been turned. The object of the invention is to provide a calender which can be made to look very attractive and which can be advantageously provided with commercial information and which is relatively cheap to produce. In order to accomplish that objective the calender is provided with a suspension plate, which is dimensioned such that it extends beyond the edge of the stacked-together sheets of the calender in several places. As a result of this as much space as is desirable for providing commercial information becomes available, and that on those parts of the suspension plate that extend beyond the edge of the calender. The information on the sheets may thereby be remain restricted to the information relating to the calender, so that the package of calender sheets can be universally used, independently of the commercial information present on the calender. In this manner several distributors of such a calender can use the same package of sheets, so that said sheets can be mass-produced. Another advantage is the fact that the commercial information need not be printed on each sheet separately, for example 52 times, which reduces the cost of the calender. According to another aspect of the invention the various parts of the suspension plate extending beyond the sheets may comprise illustrations and/or shapes which are attuned to each other. Thus the calender may for example be in the form of a plan view of a crate of beer of a particular brand, whereby the calender sheets lie on top of the illustrated crate of beer, as it were. In that case the suspension plate has both the shape and the appearance of a crate of beer m plan view. According to another aspect of the invention the two sides of said suspension plate may be used for different commercial information, so that the user can choose between two possibilities and use that side of the suspension plate which he considers more attractive. According to another aspect of the invention said suspension plate may comprise a folded part, which does not extend beyond said sheets in folded condition and which -does extend beyond said sheets m unfolded condition. This provides the user with an even greater number of options, whilst the presence or absence of a particular part of the suspension plate may furthermore be used as a sign, for example to attract attention or to indicate a particular condition. According to another aspect of the invention said suspension plate may be connected to said sheets by means of said connecting element. The advantage of this may be the fact that the user has to use both sides of the suspension plate alternately in order to be able to display the successive sides of the sheets. The invention furthermore relates to a method for hanging on a wall a calender or similar information carrier comprising a number of sheets which can be turned over a connecting element, to which each sheet is connected with one straight edge, whereby said connecting element comprises two spaced-apart parts, wherein a suspension plate is placed between said sheets, so that it extends beyond the stacked-together sheets in several places, inter alia with an attaching part which extends between the two parts of the connecing element and which is attached to the wall . Further aspects of the invention will be discussed by means of an embodiment and be defined in the claims. Two embodiments of a calender will be described hereafter by way of illustration, whereby reference is made to the drawing. Figure 1 and Figure 2 each show an embodiment which is only -illustrated in perspective view. The embodiments are provided with a stack of twelve paper or cardboard sheets 1, whereby each sheet is on either side provided with information relating to a particular month of a year. Besides this information said side comprises room for making notes beside the various days, as may be done in a diary. The stacked sheets 1 are interconnected by a connecting element which consists of two spiral metal wires 2,3 3 on either side of the centre of the upper edge of the stack of sheets 1. Each of the metal wires 2,3 extends through a row of holes provided in each of the sheets 1. In the first embodiment, which is illustrated in Figure 1, the stack of paper sheets 1 hangs over a carboard suspension plate 4, as it were, of which plate a part 5 (attaching part) extends between the metal wires 2,3 to beyond the stack of sheets 1. Said attaching part 5 is provided with a hole 6, by which the suspension plate 4 and the stack of sheets 1 attached thereto can be hung on a wall, for example on a nail. Suspension plate 4 may thereby be provided at a random place between the stack of sheets 1, but preferably in the centre. It is also possible for suspension plate 4 to be provided with an edge which is positioned at the same place as the upper edge of the stack of sheets 1, whereby said edge of suspension plate 4 may also be provided with a series of holes through which the metal wires 2,3 are provided. In the first embodiment suspension plate 4 is in the form of the plan view of a crate of beer, so that the calender according to this embodiment may be distributed by the beer producer to promote his product. Θf course the dimensions of suspension plate 4 and the location of hole 6 must be such that the stack of sheets 1 can hang straight on a nail in the wall. In the second embodiment, which is illustrated in Figure 2, the stack of paper or cardboard sheets 1 hangs over a plastic or coardboard suspension plate 4 in the shape of a T-shirt hanging on a clotheshanger. The hook of said clotheshanger thereby forms the attaching part 5 of suspension plate . The suspension plate 4 extends beyond the stack of sheets 1 in such a manner that text and/or illustrations can be provided thereon for advertising purposes, as is also done on a T-shirt, for example. As is furthermore apparent from the illustrated embodiments, a very attractive product may be obtained by using the invention, which s advantageous with products of the present kind. The above-described embodiments of the invention are merely to be considered as examples, since a great many different embodiments are possible, which are all based on the same inventive idea.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. A calender or similar information carrier to be hung on a wall, comprising a number of sheets (1) which can be turned over a connecting element (2,3) to which each sheet is connected with one straight edge, whereby said connecting element (2,3) comprises two spaced-apart parts, so that a suspension plate (4) positioned between said sheets (1) can extend between the two parts of said connecting element (2,3) tc beyond the stacked-together sheets ;i), with an attaching part (5), so that the calender can be hung on the wall via said attaching part (5), whereby said suspension plate ( 4) is dimensioned such that it extends beyond the stacked-together sheets (1) in places other than said straight edge. 2. An information carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that said sheets (1) provide general information and that tne suspension plate ( ι is used more specifically, sc that the same sheets <1) n y be provided with different suspension plates (4) for different uses. 3. An information carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said sheets (1) are exclusively provided with information which is related to a calender, and that said suspension plate (4) is provided with commercial information. 4. An information carrier according to any one of the preceding clai_r_5, characterized in that parts of said suspension plate (4) extend beyond the stacked- together sheets (1) in several places, said parts comprising interrelated illustrations and/or shapes. 5. An information carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the two sides of said suspension plate (4) contains a different illustration. 6. An information carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said suspension plate (4) comprises a folded part, which does not extend beyond the stacked-together sheets (1) in folded condition and which does extend beyond said sheets (1) in unfolded condition. An information carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said suspension plate (4) is connected tc said sheets (1) by means of said connecting element (2,3) . An information carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said connecting means comprises a metal wire which is bent to zigzag witnin a cylindrical surface. 9. A method for hanging or. a wall a calender or similar information carrier comprising a number of sheets (1) which can be turned over a connecting element (2,3), to which each sheet is connected with one straight edge, whereby said connecting element (2,3) comprises two spaced-apart parts, wherein a suspension plate (4) is placed between said sheets (1), so that it extends beyond the stacked-together sheets !1) in several places, inter alia with an attaching part (5) which extends between the two parts of the connecing element (2,3) and which is attached to the wall.

Inventors: VERSTEEG JOHANNES FRANCISCUS, VERSTEEG, JOHANNES, FRANCISCUS
Applicants: VERSTEEG JOHANNES FRANCISCUS, VERSTEEG, JOHANNES, FRANCISCUS
Application year: 1996
Main classification: B42D5
IPC codes: B42D5