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Patent US7192061 - Birthday calendar - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe birthday calendar is a dual monthly calendar and twelve-month chart. The calendar is perpetual in that it is not designated for any particular year or month. The monthly calendar is made of a dry-erase board displaying a month grid that is filled in with erasable ink for any particular month. The...http://www.google.com/patents/US7192061?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7192061 - Birthday calendarAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7192061 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/685,406Publication dateMar 20, 2007Filing dateOct 16, 2003Priority dateOct 16, 2003Fee statusLapsedAlso published asUS20050082816Publication number10685406, 685406, US 7192061 B2, US 7192061B2, US-B2-7192061, US7192061 B2, US7192061B2InventorsJudy A. MartinOriginal AssigneeMartin Judy AExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (40), Referenced by (17), Classifications (13), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBirthday calendar
US 7192061 B2Abstract
The birthday calendar is a dual monthly calendar and twelve-month chart. The calendar is perpetual in that it is not designated for any particular year or month. The monthly calendar is made of a dry-erase board displaying a month grid that is filled in with erasable ink for any particular month. The chart is a grid used to permanently record and display birth dates and other annual dates such as anniversaries and holidays. The chart displays columns intersected by rows. The columns are grouped in twelve sets of two having a month column adjacent to a year column. The rows display the dates of each month down the left side of the chart, numbered from 1–31. An event is recorded in the chart by writing the event's name in the appropriate month and date space and the year in the adjacent year space.
a single sheet twelve-month chart made of an ink accepting material having vertical and horizontal parallel arranged intersecting lines imprinted thereon forming rows and columns and defining a plurality of memorandum spaces for permanently recording therein birthdays and other annually recurring events;
a transparent protective cover removably disposed over said twelve-month chart; and
a monthly calendar joined to the chart such that the calendar and chart are simultaneously visible, said monthly calendar having imprinted thereon seven parallel vertical rows intersecting seven parallel horizontal columns defining memorandum spaces for removably imprinting birthdays and other monthly events therein as displayed on the chart, the monthly calendar having an erasable surface for reuse from month-to-month, wherein said monthly calendar is made from whiteboard.
2. The birthday calendar according to claim 1, wherein said chart has twenty-five columns intersected by a plurality of rows to define the plurality of memorandum spaces.
3. The birthday calendar according to claim 2, wherein columns two through twenty-five of the chart are grouped in pairs of adjacent columns, each pair having a first column corresponding to a month and a second column corresponding to a year.
4. The birthday calendar according to claim 1, wherein said protective cover is made from glass.
5. The birthday calendar according to claim 1, wherein said protective cover is made from plastic.
6. The birthday calendar according to claim 1, wherein said chart is made from paper.
7. The birthday calendar according to claim 1, wherein said chart further comprises indicia imprinted adjacent said memorandum spaces for designating a title and owner of the birthday calendar.
8. The birthday calendar according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of rows of the chart includes a top row, the first column of each pair of adjacent columns in the top row having indicia therein designating months from January through December displayed therein, the second column of each adjacent pair in the top row having indicia representing the word “year” displayed therein, whereby the top row defines a horizontal legend for the chart.
9. The birthday calendar according to claim 8, wherein said twenty-five columns includes a first column, the first column having indicia displayed therein representing numbers one through thirty-one in separate rows, whereby the first column defines a vertical legend for the chart, an intersection of one of the rows with one of the grouped pairs of adjacent columns defining the memorandum space for recording an event and a year in which the event occurred in order to permanently record the month, day and year of the event.
10. The birthday calendar according to claim 9, wherein said chart further comprises at least one blank row disposed between each of the rows displaying the indicia representing numbers one through thirty-one, whereby multiple events occurring on identical months and days may be permanently recorded.
Remembering birth dates or other recurring occasions can be difficult when several birthdays or events are involved. For example, one not only has to remember important dates of immediate family members, but also of extended family members, such as aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc. People who rely on memory to recall dates are subject to human error. A better way to recall events is by writing them down on a calendar or a piece of paper. Using calendars, however, is not problem-free. For example, many calendars only display one month at a time, so one must flip through the calendar to the other months to see when future events will arise. Also, most calendars are discarded after the calendar year expires, so that events recorded on an expired calendar must be transcribed to a new calendar. In some cases calendars do not provide space for recording events, so important dates must be copied from the calendar to some other reminder document. In either instance, problems exist, such as improper transcription of dates or misplacement of pieces of paper that have information recorded on it. Several calendars have been developed that are perpetual and others have been developed that provide the user with space to record information.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,794,711, issued to Christensen on Jan. 3, 1989, describes a perpetual calendar that uses memo cards to record important dates and anniversaries. The memo cards are inserted into a calendar consisting of pockets for each date of the month. British Patent Number 2,124,413, published on Feb. 15, 1984, describes a perpetual calendar assembly where memo cards are inserted into numbered date pockets, and month indicating cards and day indicating cards are inserted into month and day pockets, respectively, to display the appropriate month and day of the year. U.S. Pat. No. 5,655,319, issued to LeCompte on Aug. 12, 1997, describes a perpetual recordation calendar that is folded along designated lines to display the appropriate dates for a particular month.
Other calendars displaying one month per page are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,342, issued to Almo on May 31, 1994 (calendar sheet is divided into an upper half and a lower half, the lower half displaying a pre-designated month and the upper half being left blank to display art work) and U.S. Pat. No. 1,222,612, issued to Evans on Apr. 17, 1917 (twelve-sheet memorandum calendar providing space to record information).
Still other calendars are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,720,123, issued to Chelius on Jan. 19, 1988 (a year-specific calendar displaying twelve months divided among two columns and a third column that lists important events and holidays) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,431,450, issued to Coleman on Jul. 11, 1995 (medication management calendar-chart that uses a dry-erase board).
None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed. Thus a birthday calendar solving the aforementioned problems is desired.
The birthday calendar is a dual monthly calendar and twelve-month chart. The calendar is perpetual in that it is not designated for any particular year or month. The monthly calendar is made of a dry-erase board displaying a month grid that is filled in with erasable ink for any particular month. The chart is a grid used to permanently record and display birth dates and other annual dates, such as anniversaries and holidays. It is constructed of paper material and displays columns intersected by rows. The columns are grouped in twelve sets of two, with a month column adjacent to a year column. The rows display the dates of each month down the left side of the chart, numbered from 1–31. An event is recorded in the chart by writing the event's name in the appropriate month and date space, and the year in the adjacent year space.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the invention to provide a birthday calendar that is perpetual.
It is another object of the invention to provide a birthday calendar having a chart for permanently recording important dates without indication as to any particular year.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a birthday calendar that temporarily shows one month of any year.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a perpetual birthday calendar that displays important dates of any month in any year at a glance at a single page which simultaneously shows a particular selected month in a year.
The calendar 10 is rectangular in shape, preferably with the chart 12 disposed above the monthly calendar 24 or the chart 12 being disposed below the monthly calendar 24. However the calendar can take a side-by-side arrangement in which the chart 12 is adjacent to, but integral with, the monthly calendar 24, if desired. The representative dimensions of the birthday calendar are about between 31⅝ inches long and between 16 9/16 inches wide. The calendar 10 may be about as thick as a piece of paper, so that the calendar 10 can be rolled up like a poster, or the calendar 10 may be stiff and rigid. The recited dimensions, however, need not limit the present invention. Translucent plastic 34, such as Plexiglass� (a trademark of Rohm & Haas Co.), or glass is placed over the chart 12 to protect the chart 12 from water, smoke, grease and other elements. The calendar 10 can be hung on a wall by a picture hanger or other means.
Still referring to FIG. 2, the monthly calendar 24 has a month and year title section 26 that precedes the month grid. The month and year title section 26 allows the user to temporarily write-in the particular month and year that the monthly calendar 24 is being used for. The month grid of monthly calendar 24 is formed by seven rows divided into seven columns. The first row 28 contains indicia that indicate the seven days of the week in seven respective spaces. The subsequent six rows have seven blank spaces 30 each to form a total of forty-two blank spaces in the monthly calendar 24. The forty-two blank spaces 30 provide room to write information, if desired. Each of the forty-two blank spaces 30 has smaller blank date spaces 32 defined therein to provide an area to write down the dates of the month. The date spaces 32 are preferably located in the top left corner of each of the forty-two blank spaces 30; however, the location of date spaces 32 is not critical, and the date spaces 32 can be positioned elsewhere as well. The dimensions of the blank spaces 30 are preferably about 15/16 inches long by 11/16 inches wide and the date spaces 32 are about � inch long by 9/16 inches wide. After the user fills in the monthly calendar 24 for a particular month the entire monthly calendar 24 is erased or wiped clean and the user fills in the dates for the subsequent month in the date spaces 32 and the year and the name of the month in the month and year title section 26. Advantageously, by providing for six rows in the monthly calendar 24, the grid has enough spaces to accommodate months with thirty-one days, even if the first day falls on a Friday or Saturday so that the thirty-one days spreads across at least a part of six weeks.
In FIG. 4C, the monthly calendar 24 is dated for the month of August in the year 2003, as indicated in the date spaces 32 and month and year title section 26. As shown in the FIG. the monthly calendar 24 can also be used to insert memos or write in the names of people celebrating birthdays in the indicated months. Thus according to what is recorded in chart 12 in FIGS. 4A and 4B, “Dad” is written in the blank space 30 under, August 3 and “Deb” is written in the blank space 30 under August 26. By inserting the names in the monthly calendar 24 the user is able to see what day of the week the birthday will fall on.
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