Patent ID: 7094454

Claim:
A note pad in combination with a pen comprising: a plurality of note sheets stacked one above the other, each of said note sheets having a bottom surface and a perforated tear line that divides said note sheet into a stub portion and an inscribing portion so as to facilitate removal of said inscribing portion from said stub portion; a binding member that binds said stub portions of said note sheets in a stack; and a repositionable adhesive layer provided on said bottom surface of each of said note sheets at said inscribing portion of each of said note sheets and disposed adjacent to said tear line so as to permit adherence of said inscribing portion to a desired surface when said inscribing portion is removed from said stub portion by tearing along said tear line; wherein said stub portions of said note sheets remain intact in said stack through said binding member when said inscribing portions of middle ones of said note sheets are removed from said stack; wherein said stub portion of each of said note sheets has a binding side opposite to said tear line, said binding member including a binding adhesive and a panel that is adhesively bonded to said binding sides of said note sheets through said binding adhesive; wherein said panel has a bottom lateral portion that underlies at a lowermost one of said note sheets in said stack, a vertical portion that covers said binding sides of said note sheets, and a top lateral portion that overlies on said stub portion of an uppermost one of said note sheets in said stack; wherein said note pad is formed with a pen-receiving hole that extends through said stub portions of said note sheets and at least said top lateral portion of said panel and a pen is disposed in said hole.