The present invention relates, in general, to a cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents, which is applicable to various types of products and, more particularly, to a cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents, which has improved portability and utility.
A product, including pages containing written matter and covers enclosing the pages on both sides, for example, a book, a notebook, a memo pad, an album, a picture book, a business-card arranger, a diary, a calendar, a catalogue of an insurance company or bank, and an electronic note, must be placed on a table in order to be used it or write on the pages. In this state, a user pulls his or her body forward and bows his or her head.
However, the posture of pulling the body towards the table and bowing one's head is a burden on the user's waist and eyes. Thus, when the posture is repeated for a lengthy period of time, a spinal disease, amblyopia, empyema, and the lowering of learning efficiency may ensue.
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents, which can be used without bending the waist or head, thus maximizing convenient use thereof, in addition to improving the portability.
In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents, which has a front cover and a back cover which are superposed on front and back surfaces of a page unit and are bound by a binder, wherein the front cover includes a main front cover part and a subsidiary front cover part which are separated from each other by a separation line, and an angle holding unit is provided between the main front cover part and the subsidiary front cover part to maintain an angle between the main front cover part and the subsidiary front cover part.
The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Here, the terminologies or words used in the description and the claims of the present invention should not be interpreted as being limited merely to common and dictionary meanings, but should be interpreted based on the meanings and concepts of the invention in keeping with the scope of the invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the terms in order to describe the invention in the best way.
A cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents according to the present invention is advantageous in that it includes a front cover having main and subsidiary front cover parts which are separated from each other by a separation line, and an angle holding unit provided between the main and subsidiary front cover parts to hold an angle between the main and subsidiary front cover parts, thus easily maintaining the erected or collapsed state of the front and back covers, so that the multipurpose over support can be used without bending the waist or head, and so that utility and portability are improved.
110: binder 120: page unit 120a: fastening holes
121: subsidiary fastening rings 130: front cover
130
a: separation line 131: main front cover part
131
a: stepped surface 131b: protrusion insert holes
132: subsidiary front cover part
136: detachable attaching unit 136a: magnet
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b: steel piece 140: back cover
141: main back cover part 141a: stepped surface
142: subsidiary back cover part 143: back cover
143
a: main back cover part
143
b: subsidiary back cover part
144: subsidiary angle holding unit
145: subsidiary detachable attaching unit
146: detachable attaching unit 146a: magnet
146
b: steel piece 150: angle holding unit
155: angle holding unit 155b: support protrusion
156: angle holding unit 156a: plate
156
b: support protrusion 160: position holding unit
161: band member 162: first detachable attaching part
163: second detachable attaching part
164: third detachable attaching part
165: fourth detachable attaching part
171, 172, 173, 174, 175: picture mounting part
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a,
172
a,
173
a,
174
a: window
171
b,
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b,
173
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174
b: picture entrance slit
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a: picture entrance opening 175b: window
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d: magnetic detachable attaching unit
181: page mounting part 181a: mounting body
181
b: fastening rings 183: page mounting part
183
a: fitting holes 183b: support strip
210: binder 220: page unit 230: front cover
231: main front cover part
232: subsidiary front cover part
240: back cover 250: angle holding unit
261, 262: first, second detachable attaching part
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description.
Hereinafter, a cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Reference now should be made to the drawings, in which the same reference numerals are used throughout the different drawings to designate the same or similar components. For the clarity of description, known functions and constructions relating to the present invention will be omitted herein.
Hereinafter, the construction and effects of the preferred embodiments for accomplishing the object of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in the drawings, the cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a front cover 130 and a back cover 140 which are superposed on the front and back surfaces of a page unit 120 and are connected by a binder 110. Here, the front cover 130 includes a main front cover part 131 and a subsidiary front cover part 132 which are separated from each other by a separation line 130a. An angle holding unit 150 is connected to the main front cover part 131 and the subsidiary front cover part 132 to create an angle between the main and subsidiary front cover parts 131 and 132. Further, a position holding unit 160 may be connected to an edge of the front cover 130 and an edge of the back cover 140 to maintain the erected or collapsed state of the front and back covers 130 and 140.
As shown in the drawings, the subsidiary front cover part 132 is connected to an edge of the main front cover part 131 via the separation line 130a. Of course, the subsidiary front cover part 132 may be provided under an edge of the main front cover part 131.
The binder 110 serves to connect the front and back covers 130 and 140 to each other, and may have various shapes. For example, the binder 110 may comprise a plurality of rings which pass through fastening holes formed in the upper portions of the front cover 130, the page unit 120, and the back cover 140 which overlap with each other. Further, as will be described later, the upper portions of the front cover 130 and the back cover 140 may be directly connected to each other by a separation line. Furthermore, the front cover 130 and the back cover 140 may be directly connected to each other in a curved shape without the separation line.
The page unit 120 may be embodied in various shapes. For example, the page unit 120 may comprise many pieces of paper on which pictures are printed, many pieces of paper showing the weeks or months of the year, or many pieces of paper containing notices of various situations, which frequently occur in an office, for example, ‘now in conference’, ‘being out’, or ‘now on business’. Further, the page unit may comprise many pieces of paper on which notes can be taken, or many pieces of paper on which telephone numbers or addresses can be recorded. Further, the page unit may comprise album pages for inserting photographs, pictures, and such, or many pieces of paper on which maps or religious sayings are printed.
In the front cover 130, a stepped surface 131a, which is thinner than the main front cover part 131, is horizontally provided on a predetermined portion of the main front cover part 131. The subsidiary front cover part 132 fits inside the stepped surface 131a and is folded at the separation line 130a. Here, the stepped surface 131a is thinner than the main front cover part 131. Thus, when the subsidiary front cover part 132 fits inside the stepped surface 131a, it is on a level with the main front cover part 131.
As shown in
The angle holding unit 150 connects the main front cover part and the subsidiary front cover part to each other so as to maintain the angle between the main and subsidiary front cover parts 131 and 132, and may be embodied variously.
As shown in
According to another embodiment, as shown in
According to a further embodiment, as shown in
Meanwhile, the position holding unit 160 functions to maintain the erected or collapsed state of the front and back covers 130 and 140.
According to this embodiment, as shown in
The first detachable attaching part 162 and the second or third detachable attaching part 163 or 164 may comprise Velcro fasteners so that they are detachably attached to each other, or comprise a magnet and a steel piece which are detachably attached to each other using magnetic force, or comprise magnets which are arranged such that opposite poles face each other. Further, the first detachable attaching part 162 may be embedded in the band member 161 such that the first detachable attaching part is not seen from the exterior. The second or third detachable attaching part 163 or 164 may be embedded in an edge of the front cover or the back cover such that the second or third detachable attaching part is not seen from the exterior.
According to this embodiment, the first detachable attaching part 162 may comprise a steel piece which is mounted to the band member 161 to have the shape of a male button, and the second detachable attaching part 163 may comprise a magnet which has the shape of a female button so that the first detachable attaching part 162 may be detachably attached to the second detachable attaching part.
One or more picture mounting parts are provided on the front or back of the main front cover part 131 of the front cover 130 so that a picture may be detachably mounted to the picture mounting part. The picture mounting part allows the picture to be removably mounted to the main front cover part 131, so that the main front cover part 131 serves as an album. As shown in
Meanwhile, as shown in
A page mounting part may be provided on the binder 110, the front cover 130, or the back cover 140, so that a page unit on which various pieces of information are printed or on which a memo can be taken is detachably supported by the page mounting part. The page mounting part may be embodied in various shapes, and several embodiments of the page mounting part will be described below.
According to an embodiment, as shown in
According to another embodiment, as shown in
Further, the page mounting part may comprise a plurality of vinyl bags which are provided on the binder 110 and receive a plurality of pieces of paper, or may comprise a pocket which is provided on the inner surface of the front or back cover 130 or 140 so that various information media are inserted into the pockets. As such, the page mounting part may be embodied into various shapes.
As shown in the drawings, the back cover 140 includes a main back cover part 141 and a subsidiary back cover part 142 which are separated from each other by a separation line 140a. A detachable attaching unit 146 is provided between the main back cover part 141 and the subsidiary back cover part 142 to maintain the closed state of the main back cover part 141 and the subsidiary back cover part 142. As in the detachable attaching unit of the front cover, the detachable attaching unit 146 may comprise magnets which are detachably attached to each other, or comprise a magnet and a steel piece. According to this embodiment, the detachable attaching unit 146 includes a magnet 146a which is installed on the main back cover part 141, and a steel piece 146b which is mounted to the subsidiary back cover part 142 to be attached to the magnet 146a. Further, a fourth detachable attaching part 165 is mounted to an end of the subsidiary back cover part 142 to be detachably attached to a second detachable attaching part 163. Here, the second detachable attaching part 163 and the fourth detachable attaching part 165 comprise magnets which are detachably attached to each other, or comprise a magnet and a steel piece. Further, a stepped surface 141a, which is thinner than the main back cover part 141, is horizontally provided on a predetermined portion of the main back cover 141. When the subsidiary back cover part 142 is folded along the separation line 140a, the subsidiary back cover part overlaps the stepped surface 141a. When a user desires to set up the cover of the present invention, which is constructed as described above, as shown in
Further, fifth detachable attaching parts 166 may be installed to the subsidiary back cover part 142 so that the second detachable attaching part 163, provided around the separation line 130a of the main front cover part 131, is detachably attached to the fifth detachable attaching part. In order to detachably attach the fifth detachable attaching parts 166 to the second detachable attaching part 163, the attachment mechanism may comprise Velcro fasteners, or a magnet and a steel piece which are magnetically attracted to each other, or comprise magnets which are arranged such that opposite polarities thereof face each other. Thus, as the second detachable attaching part 163 is attached to a fifth detachable attaching part 166 provided at a specific position, the erection angle of the cover can be changed.
Hereinafter, the operation of the cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents will be described.
When a user desires to carry the cover, as shown in
Meanwhile, when a user desires to set up the cover, as shown in
The cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents of the present invention may be arranged, as shown in
As shown in the drawings, the back cover 140 includes a main back cover part 143a and a subsidiary back cover part 143b which are connected at upper ends thereof, such that they overlap with each other. A subsidiary angle holding unit 144 is provided between the main back cover part 143a and the subsidiary back cover part 143b to maintain an angle between the main back cover part 143a and the subsidiary back cover part 143b. Further, a subsidiary detachable attaching unit 145 is provided on the main front cover part 143a and the subsidiary front cover part 143b to maintain the overlapping state of the main front cover part 143a and the subsidiary front cover part 143b.
As described above, the subsidiary detachable attaching unit 145 may comprise magnets which are detachably attached to each other, or comprise a magnet and a steel piece. According to this embodiment, the subsidiary detachable attaching unit 145 includes a magnet 145a which is provided on the main back cover part 143a, and a steel piece 145b which is provided on the subsidiary back cover part 143b, attachable to the magnet 145a.
When a user desires to set up the cover constructed as described above, as shown in
Next, a cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in the drawings, the cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a front cover 230 and a back cover 240 which are superposed on the front and back of a page unit 220 and are bound together by a binder 210. The front cover 230 includes a main front cover part 231 and a subsidiary front cover part 232 which are separated from each other by a separation line 230a. An angle holding unit 250 is provided between the main front cover part 231 and the subsidiary front cover part 232 to hold an angle between the main front cover part 231 and the subsidiary front cover part 232. A first detachable attaching part 261 is provided on an edge of the subsidiary front cover part 232, and a second detachable attaching part 262 is provided on an edge of the back cover 240 to be attached to the first detachable attaching part 261.
Since the binder 210, the page unit 220, the angle holding unit 250, and the detachable attaching part 236 are equivalent to the binder 110, the page unit 120, the angle holding unit 150, and the detachable attaching part 236 of the cover according to the first embodiment, they will not be described herein.
The first and second detachable attaching parts 261 and 262 may be embedded in the subsidiary front cover part 232 and the back cover 240, and may be installed together with various decorations to be exposed to the outside. If one of the first and second detachable attaching parts 261 and 262 is a magnet, the other is a steel piece. Further, the first and second detachable attaching parts may comprise magnets of opposite poles, a button or a long bar, or Velcro fasteners. When a user desires to set up the cover constructed as described above, as shown in
A page mounting part of the cover capable of supporting multi-purpose contents according to the first embodiment may be mounted to the binder 210, the front cover 230, or the back cover 240. The page mounting part supports the page unit on which various pieces of information are printed or on which a memo may be taken.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10-2007-0068554 | Jul 2007 | KR | national |
10-2007-0071102 | Jul 2007 | KR | national |
10-2008-0047826 | May 2008 | KR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/KR08/04047 | 7/9/2008 | WO | 00 | 1/11/2010 |