Abstract:
A method and system for attaching a communication to a package including a simple, inexpensive solution enabling a person giving a gift to easily and aesthetically display a greeting card on a gift bag without it getting lost in the contents of the gift bag and also including, in another embodiment, attaching a communication to a gift, such as, but not limited to, a bottle of wine or a teddy bear; this solution provides sufficient surface area for a user to write a private message, and including the ability to secure other items, such as, but not limited to, gift cards or money.
Abstract:
A clipboard that holds trading cards in a protected, secure position and that allows them to be signed while in the clipboard. The clipboard has recessed regions into which trading cards may be placed. Cards are held in place by retaining tabs along the bottom edge, and by a clip that contacts the top edge of the cards; thus the majority of the cards' areas are exposed for autographs. The edges of the recessed regions are offset from the corners with corner relief regions to prevent damage to the corners of the cards. Finger holes through the back of the recessed regions allow a user to push the cards gently out of the recessed area for removal. The clipboard may have a top hole for attachment of a lanyard that may be used to carry the clipboard or to lower it to a person for an autograph or signature.
Abstract:
A notepad for use in wet environments preferably having a base member, a plurality of sheets of natural and/or synthetic water resistant and/or waterproof paper stacked together to form a pad, wherein the base member is preferably folded over to cover the top edge of the pad, and preferably one or more securement members extending through a region where the base member is folded over the pad. Methods of using notepads, notepad assemblies, and associated individual notepad sheets are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A restroom hygiene apparatus includes a plurality of generally rectangular hygiene sheets secured together along a first edge to form a hygiene pad and means for securing and suspending the hygiene pad from a door handle to enable at least one of the plurality of hygiene sheets to be removed to shield a user from direct contact with the door handle.
Abstract:
Provided is a notepad assembly comprising a rigid backing and at least one sheet layer which is configured to be connectable to a badge member which may be formed as an employee identification badge. The sheet layers are preferably formed as a stack of sheet layers attachable to the rigid backing and which may be sandwiched between the rigid backing and the badge member. A connecting device such as a strap may be threaded through openings formed in the badge member and the rigid backing to allow pivoting of the badge member to expose the sheet layer such that a user may record notes thereon.
Abstract:
A hanging picture gallery or album comprises a plurality of relatively large plastic sheets, each formed with a large number of pockets adapted to retain individual photographs. In the preferred embodiment, the pockets are formed on both sides of each sheet, and the plastic sheets are vertically retained on a special multiple hook support in turn adapted to hang from the top of a door. The number of plastic sheets is limited only by the size of the hooks on the special multiple hook support. Ten to fifty sheets may be accommodated on a special multiple hook support without unduly stressing a solid properly hung door. Each sheet may have twenty to fifty pockets for photographs on each side, all on one side viewable at the same time. In the preferred embodiment, the sheets are slightly less than 30″ wide to conveniently be hung from the hooks on the back side of a closet door or bedroom door. Several optional configurations of the special multiple hook support are disclosed for doors of different thickness and for manually carrying the gallery or album.
Abstract:
A calendar slide for binding a margin of a calendar or a poster and allowing the same to be hung by a hanger in a desired location, such as a wall. Spaced convex bulges in the calendar slide prevent the slides from sticking together during the storage, shipment, and binding processes, and also promote uniform stacking of the slides in a tinning machine magazine, and finally prevent the adjacent nested slides from scratching or marring one another.
Abstract:
A firmly secured paper clip comprises a foldable paper clip and a retainer. The paper clip is capable of being folded as three paper plates. The first paper plate is the longest one, and the third paper plate is the shortest one. The first paper plate is connected to the second paper plate and the second paper plate is connected to the third paper plate. In assembly, the second paper plate is folded and then is adhered on the first paper plate. Then the third paper plate is folded from the second paper plate and is located between the first paper plate and second paper plate. The retainer serves to fix the first paper plate and second paper plate to form the whole paper clip. Thereby, when a notepaper is inserted into a clamping opening between the first paper plate and third paper plate, it is firmly secured therein.
Abstract:
A method of assembling a greeting card may include assembling multiple individual members in a lattice configuration so as to define at least one object. The object(s) may be positioned between multiple panels. The objects may be removably connected to at least one of the panels with at least one flap being separable from the object(s) at a weakened portion such that the object(s) can be removed from the panel(s).
Abstract:
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a greeting card is disclosed that includes a plurality of panels connected such that the greeting card is reconfigurable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, at least one object positioned between the plurality of panels that is reconfigurable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and an attachment member connecting the at least one object to the plurality of panels such that the at least one object can be detached from the plurality of panels. In various embodiments, the greeting card may further include a locking member that is configured and dimensioned to maintain the expanded configuration of the at least one object.