Patent ID: 7153076

Claim:
Apparatus for forming and applying a wrap sheet to a hardcover for a bound book, with the hardcover including first and second cover sections and an intermediate spine section, with the first and second cover sections having a similar width and with the first and second cover sections and the spine section having a similar length, said apparatus including: a generally planar guide having a guide width that is greater than the width of the spine section and less than the sum of the width of the first and second cover section and the spine section and a guide length greater than the length of the length of the spine section, with the planar guide including first and second opposite edges that extend along the length of the planar guide and third and fourth opposite edges that extend along the width of the planar guide; a reticule disposed along the length of the planar guide, intermediate the first and second edges and equally spaced from the first and second edges, with the planar guide being substantially transparent at least in a location on which the reticule is disposed; at least one anti-skid member disposed on a first surface of the planar guide; and a lip member disposed on a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the planar guide along the third edge, with the lip member extending away from the second surface to form an cover engaging surface parallel to the third edge and substantially normal to the second surface.