Patent Application
20180079253
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The present invention relates, generally, to household, office and other accessories. More particularly, the invention relates to household, office and other article holders. Most particularly, the invention relates to a holder for holding a writing instrument and a pad of note papers to a wall or other convenient surface or location.
Use of paper slips with releasable adhesive on one or more segments is common and handy for professional people in all areas of commerce. The user normally has a pad located somewhere near the work area for efficiency, however, in many instances, the pad has somehow been misplaced and or moved and the user spends valuable time looking or ‘feeling’ for it. There are on the market several types of sticky pad dispensers however, they too are frequently misplaced or in many times they simply do not work and expensive thus there is a need for an efficient and quick and economical method or appliance or device for locating sticky notes in handy mid remembered places. There is here in this invention; a better way.
Existing technology, is believed to have significant limitations and shortcomings.
For these and other reasons, a need exists for the present invention.
All US patents and patent applications, and all other published documents mentioned anywhere in this application are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
The present invention provides a note taking system, apparatus and method which are practical, reliable, easy to deploy and use, and efficient, and which are believed to fulfill a need and to constitute an improvement over the background technology.
In one aspect, the invention provides a holder for holding at least two utensils to an external surface, including,
a base having front and back faces, and a top, bottom and two side edges;
a connector coupled to the back face of the base and adapted to he connected to the external surface; and
a ledge having top and bottom faces and top, bottom, and two side edges, the ledge back face being adhered to the from face of the base; the ledge being pivotal with respect to the base so that the top and bottom faces are substantially perpendicular to the base, and wherein the top, bottom or both ledge faces are adapted to connect to a utensil.
In another aspect, the invention provides a method of holding at least two utensils to an external surface, including the steps of:
a. providing a holder including:
b. pivoting the ledge with respect to the base;
c. placing one utensil on an upwardly facing ledge face; and
d. adhesively coupling a second utensil to the downwardly facing ledge face.
The aspects, features, advantages, benefits and objects of the invention will become clear to those skilled in the art by reference to the following description, claims and drawings.
The present invention, and the manner and process of making and using it, will be better understood by those skilled in the art by reference to the following drawings.
The invention provides a handy and easy to use device for initial adhesion to surfaces such as walls, counters, desks, workstations, PCs, telephones, and the like. It is economical; easy to use and extremely versatile in that it has a tab for uncovering adhesive that extends ail of the way around and is removable by simply pulling down on the handle in a smooth release manner and which leaves no residue as would a glue. An ordinary glue tape can be used however with the inherent shortcomings. In practice, the device is utilized with a commercial pad of releasable notes with the releasable surface facing out at the top area near the handle insertion area. This secures the entire pad to the device, which is then positioned at a convenient positon on the work or other desired areas.
The invention is significant as a mechanical discovery as it reveals the surprising fact that the marriage of two overlapping releasable components of sticky notes is of surprising strength and as utilized in this patent as the union is capable of supporting a packet of 100 sticky notes in a pad and in addition the last note utilized leaves a sticky note still attached to the device with releasable adhesive segment, facing outward, which can join with another sticky pad without replacement of the device or other adhesive utilized.
A preferred embodiment of the note taking device 10 of the invention is shown in
The base member 12 is disposed generally centrally in the device 10. The base 12 has a rectilinear geometry, and preferably rectangular. The base 12 is constructed of a light weight rigid material preferably plastic. Most preferably, the base 12 is clear/transparent, or at least translucent. The ledge 14 is disposed (in the un-deployed state) on a front side of the base 12, close to, but not directly at the bottom end of the base 12. A space or gap 22 separates the ledge 14 from the bottom of the base 12. The preferred dimension of the gap is approximately the thickness of the ledge 14, or in the embodiment shown, two (2.0) mm. The ledge 14 also has a rectilinear, rectangular configuration. It is constructed of a semi-rigid polymeric foam material. The ledge 14 has a first adhesive layer 24 on one side and a second adhesive layer 26 on the opposite, outward side of the device 10. The first adhesive layer 24 lightly adheres the ledge 14 to the base in a Oat orientation, best shown in
In the preferred embodiment shown, the un-deployed device 10 optimally has a length (longitudinally) of 50 mm. and a width of 25 mm. At its thickest point near the bottom, the device 10 has a thickness of 6.5 mm. The base member 12 has dimensions approximately 50×25 mm. and a thickness of 1.5 mm. The ledge member 14 has dimensions 12×25 mm and a thickness of 2.5 mm. Connection layer 16 has optimal thickness of 2.0 mm, and a back dimension of 35×25 mm (the same dimensions as the first release layer 18) and a front dimension of 15×25 mm. Secondary release member 20 has a preferred dimension of 25×25 mm. This provides an optimal device 10 for holding a standard size pen, pencil or marker (15 cm. long-1.0 cm. diameter), along with a small common 5 cm wide by 4 cm tall by 0.5 cm thick pad, or a large common 7.5 cm wide by 7.7 cm tall by 0.5 cm thick pad of releasable adhesive office notes
This system and method provides an easy to deploy, secure, and sustainable connection and platform to place both a writing implement and a pad of note papers in any place the user finds most convenient.
In another embodiment, adhesive segments of commonly used “sticky note” for self adherence of sticky segments of two individual notes to approximate each other forming a union which multiplies holding strength with the purpose of securing a note or a pad of notes to a desired surface.
An initial or primary or base holding item is applied to a desired surface or area of work or other use surface with the subsequent application of the non-adhesive segment of a single or pad at the upward area of the desired application area. After the pad is utilized a page of the sticky notes is retained and it then serves as a base for application of another pad with its sticky area approximating the retained page sticky area which then allows use of an additional pad without use of additional base.
Yet another embodiment of the invention provides a caddy or valet for confining or holding utility items in a stationary position as desired consisting of a large base segment of Airstick™—like microsuction non-residue, surface mount tape (or a select from numerous other releasable retention tapes) having its retentive surface down secured on a firm surface and its non-retention surface facing up with a smaller segment of the same type or of other retention tape positioned on the top surface of the base with the smaller segment having its retentive surface facing up thus enabling on and off and on again securing of useful item without removing the small retentive segment or lifting the large base securing segment due to geometric differences in adhesive properties.
In such a configuration, the upper confined or defined area with its (smaller than base segment) microsuction or adhesive serves as home base for various utility or useful items such as coffee cups, children's food plates, airplane seatback or arm rest trays for food and beverage, passenger utility items, ships food serving and eating tables, cell phone depos, chair backs and stools, etc. all of which are prevented from spilling or sliding. The caddy and/or valets are invaluable for helping infants retain on tray or table food and play items. In addition the base with its caddy can be wrapped around or on chair legs or backs to aid in securing certain plastic or fiber items and/or to hold items such as “Chair Booties” or special toys, wheelchair trays and backs, items utilized as aids for walking and stability and wrist or body cloths for holding eye glasses bicycles, tricycles, hospital beds, patient charts, handicapped individual's clothing access items. Personal clothing for knives, forks etc. After removal of the item secured, the retained base caddy and/or the securing segment may be cleaned with a damp cloth for repeat uses. In like manner as above, Velcro™ may be utilized in conjunction with the application of an Airstick™ material serving as the base adherent which is larger than a segment of hook and/or loop adhered to the top surface of it. The small adhered segment may consist of the hook material or the loop segment and in either case the opposite indicated loop or hook is applied to the utility item to be stationed. This variation requires the item to be retained or immobilized to have applied to its surface a marriageable segment of the loop or hook; which ever applies.
Although the device is described in terms of vertical, horizontal, transverse (lateral), longitudinal, and the like. It should be understood that variations from the absolute vertical, horizontal, transverse, and longitudinal are also within the scope of the present invention.
Although the apparatus/method has been described in connection with the field of organizational, office supply and home supplies, it can readily be appreciated that it is not limited solely to such field, and can be used in other fields.
The embodiments above are chosen, described and illustrated so that persons skilled in the art will be able to understand the invention and the manner and process of making and using it. The descriptions and the accompanying drawings should be interpreted in the illustrative and not the exhaustive or limited sense. The invention is not intended to be limited to the exact forms disclosed. While the application attempts to disclose all of the embodiments of the invention that are reasonably foreseeable, there may be unforeseeable insubstantial modifications that remain as equivalents. It should be understood by persons skilled in the art that there may be other embodiments than those disclosed which fall within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims. Where a claim, if any, is expressed as a means or step for performing a specified function it is intended that such claim be construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof, including both structural equivalents and equivalent structures, material-based equivalents and equivalent materials, and act-based equivalents and equivalent acts.
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/495,471 filed Sep. 16, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62495471 | Sep 2016 | US |
