Claims
- 1. A frame attachment for a book, said frame attachment comprising:
- a frame capable of being pivotably attached to said book;
- an orientation flap pivotably attached at a first end thereof to said frame;
- a mounting surface pivotably attached to said orientation flap at a second end of said orientation flap; and
- a leaf structure attached to said mounting surface.
- 2. The frame attachment of claim 1 wherein said mounting surface is attached to said orientation flap at the middle of said mounting surface.
- 3. The frame attachment of claim 1 wherein said leaf structure is pivotably attached at one end thereof to said mounting surface.
- 4. The frame attachment of claim 1 wherein said leaf structure comprises a plurality of leaves aligned along respective edges and bound along said aligned edges.
- 5. The combination comprising:
- a book;
- a coupling structure supported by said book;
- a frame member coupled to said book at said coupling structure;
- a surface having a face and perimeter features; and
- orientation maintaining means pivotably coupled to said frame member and pivotably coupled to said surface for allowing said surface to be moved relative to said frame member and positioned in any one of at least two substantially coplanar, non-overlapping and adjacent locations, with said surface retaining its face and perimeter feature orientations in both locations.
- 6. The combination of claim 5, wherein said book includes a cover, said coupling structure is supported on said cover, and said surface comprises a repositionable page of said book.
- 7. The combination of claim 5, wherein said frame member is coupled pivotably to said book to enable said surface to be positioned in two additional locations, with all four locations being substantially coplanar and non-overlapping with one another, and with each of the four locations being substantially adjacent to at least one of the other of the four locations.
- 8. A frame attachment for a book, said frame attachment comprising:
- a frame member capable of being attached to said book;
- an orientation structure pivotably attached at a first end thereof to an attachment location on said frame member; and
- a surface pivotably attached to said orientation structure at a second end of said orientation structure, said surface having a face and perimeter features; wherein:
- said orientation structure enables said surface to be placed in any of two substantially coplanar, non-overlapping and adjacent positions, said positions being on either side of said attachment location, with preservation of orientation of the face and perimeter features of said surface in both positions.
- 9. The combination comprising:
- a book having at least one book attachment point;
- a surface having a face and perimeter features; and
- an orientation structure having first and second orientation structure attachment points; wherein:
- said orientation structure is pivotably attached to said surface at said first attachment point and pivotably attached to said book at said second attachment point to enable said surface to be placed in any one of at least two substantially coplanar, non-overlapping and adjacent locations, said locations including location to either side of said book attachment point, with said surface retaining its face and perimeter feature orientations in both locations.
- 10. A frame attachment for a book, said frame attachment comprising:
- a frame member capable of being coupled to the book;
- a surface having a face and perimeter features; and
- orientation maintaining means pivotably coupled to said frame member and pivotably coupled to said surface for allowing said surface to be moved relative to said frame member and,
- when said frame member is coupled to said book, to be positioned in any one of at least two substantially coplanar, non-overlapping and adjacent locations, with said surface retaining its face and perimeter feature orientations in both locations.
- 11. The frame attachment of claim 10 wherein:
- said frame member includes at least a first arm and a second arm, each arm having a length, said first and second arms being substantially orthogonal to one another; and
- said orientation maintaining means includes a structure pivotably coupled to said surface at a location that substantially bisects said surface, and pivotably coupled to said second arm.
- 12. The frame attachment of claim 10 wherein said surface is substantially unobstructed.
- 13. The frame attachment of claim 10 wherein the surface comprises an electronic device.
- 14. The frame attachment of claim 10 wherein the surface comprises a mounting surface.
- 15. The frame attachment of claim 14 wherein said mounting surface includes an array of one or more stacked repositionable note pages, said array being accessible when the surface to which it is attached is exposed.
- 16. The frame attachment of claim 14, further including a leaf structure attached to said mounting surface.
- 17. The frame attachment of claim 10 further comprising means for semi-permanently joining said surface and said orientation maintaining means when said surface is pivoted over and is coplanar with said means.
- 18. A frame attachment for a book, said frame attachment comprising:
- a frame member capable of being pivotably coupled to said book;
- a surface having a face and perimeter features; and
- orientation maintaining means coupled to said frame member and to said surface for allowing said surface to be moved relative to said frame member and,
- when said frame member is coupled to said book, to be positioned in any one of at least four substantially coplanar and non-overlapping locations, each of said four locations being substantially adjacent to at least one of the other said four locations, with said surface retaining its face and perimeter feature orientations in all four of said four locations.
- 19. The frame attachment of claim 18, wherein said surface is substantially unobstructed.
- 20. The frame attachment of claim 18 wherein said surface comprises an electronic device.
- 21. The frame attachment of claim 18 wherein the surface comprises a mounting surface.
- 22. The frame attachment of claim 21 wherein said mounting surface includes an array of one or more stacked repositionable note pages, said array being accessible when the surface to which it is attached is exposed.
- 23. The frame attachment of claim 21, further including a leaf structure attached to said mounting surface.
- 24. The frame attachment of claim 18, wherein:
- said frame member includes at least a first arm and a second arm, said first and second arms being substantially orthogonal to one another; and
- said orientation means comprises a structure pivotably coupled to said surface at a location that substantially bisects said surface, and pivotably coupled to said second arm.
- 25. The frame attachment of claim 18 further comprising means for semi-permanently joining said surface and said orientation maintaining means when said surface is pivoted over and is coplanar with said orientation maintaining means.
- 26. A frame set attachment for a book, said frame set attachment comprising:
- a plurality of frame attachments, each said frame attachment comprising:
- a frame member capable of being pivotably coupled to the book,
- a surface having a face and perimeter features, and
- means coupling said frame member to said surface for allowing said surface to be moved relative to said frame member and, when said frame member is coupled to said book, to be positioned in any one of at least four substantially non-overlapping and coplanar locations, each of said four locations being substantially adjacent to at least one of the other said four locations, and wherein said frame member of at least one of said frame attachments includes:
- means for allowing said frame attachment to be moved substantially freely past another frame attachment and placed in any ordinal position relative to said other frame attachment.
- 27. The frame set attachment of claim 26 wherein said coupling means for at least one of said frame attachments comprises an orientation maintaining means, pivotably coupled to said frame member and to said surface, for allowing said surface to retain its face and perimeter feature orientations in at least two adjacent ones of said four locations.
- 28. The frame attachment of claim 26 wherein said surface is substantially unobstructed.
- 29. The frame set attachment of claim 26 wherein the surface of at least one frame attachment comprises an electronic device.
- 30. The frame set attachment of claim 26 wherein the surface of at least one frame attachment comprises a mounting surface.
- 31. The frame attachment of claim 30 wherein said mounting surface includes an array of one or more stacked repositionable note pages, said array being accessible when the surface to which it is attached is exposed.
- 32. The frame set attachment of claim 30, further including a leaf structure attached to said mounting surface.
- 33. The frame set attachment of claim 26 wherein:
- said frame member of each said frame attachment includes a first arm and a second arm substantially orthogonal to one another;
- said coupling means of each said frame attachment is coupled to said second arm of said frame member of said frame attachment; and
- said ordinal positioning means comprises said first arm of at least one of said frame attachments of said frame set having a length which differs from said first arm of another frame attachment of said frame set sufficient to allow said one frame attachment to be moved freely past the other.
- 34. The frame set attachment of claim 26 wherein:
- said frame member of each said frame attachment includes a first arm and a second arm substantially orthogonal to one another;
- said coupling means of each said frame attachment is coupled to said second arm of said frame member of said frame attachment; and
- said ordinal positioning means comprises means to adjust the length of said first arm of at least one of said frame attachments of said frame set to be sufficiently different from the length of said first arm of another frame attachment of said frame set so as to allow said one frame attachment to be moved freely past the other.
- 35. An attachment for a book, said attachment comprising:
- a surface having a face and perimeter features; and
- an orientation structure having first and second orientation structure attachment locations; wherein:
- said orientation structure is pivotably attached to said surface at said first attachment location and capable of being pivotably attached to said book at said second attachment location to enable, when said orientation structure is attached to said book,
- said surface to be placed in any one of at least two substantially coplanar, non-overlapping and adjacent positions, said positions including positions to either side of said second attachment location, with preservation of orientation of said surface face and perimeter features in both positions.
- 36. The attachment of claim 35 further comprising means for semi-permanently joining said surface and said orientation structure when said surface is pivoted over and is coplanar with said orientation structure.
- 37. The attachment of claim 35 wherein said orientation structure is attached to said surface at a location that substantially bisects said surface.
- 38. The attachment of claim 35 wherein said surface is substantially unobstructed.
- 39. The attachment of claim 35 wherein the surface comprises an electronic device.
- 40. The attachment of claim 35 wherein the surface comprises a mounting surface.
- 41. The attachment of claim 40 wherein said mounting surface includes an array of one or more stacked repositionable note pages, said array being accessible when the surface to which it is attached is exposed.
- 42. The frame attachment of claim 40, further including a leaf structure attached to said mounting surface.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 324,417, filed Mar. 16, 1989.
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