Patent ID: 7125049

Claim:
A bookmark comprising: an elastic band having a selected width between two edges and a selected thickness, the elastic band being expandable from a relaxed condition to a stretched condition when placed over a page of a book and over an outside cover of the book; a slider mounted on the elastic band, the slider having an outer surface facing away from the elastic band and an inner surface facing toward the elastic band, the outer surface having a rim portion; an indented display surface on the outer surface of the slider defined by the rim portion, the indented display surface having a width greater than the width of the elastic band; a sticker adhered to the indented display surface with the rim portion extending around the sticker, the sticker having an image on a front surface thereof and adhesive on a back surface thereof wherein the sticker is secured by the adhesive to the indented display surface; first and second wings extending from the indented display surface, the first and second wings having flanges thereon which are folded to form first and second tubes for receiving the elastic band therethrough with the elastic band being exposed between the first and second tubes for direct contact with a cover of a book with which the bookmark is used, and first and second gaps in the first and second tubes, the gaps being between opposed edges of the flanges folded to form the first and second tubes, the gaps each having a width sufficiently large to receive at least one of the edges of the elastic band therethrough when the elastic band is stretched.