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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Marty Spaeth, Port Washington, WI (US);
Dave Petrovic, Port Washington, WI (US);
OmniQuip International, Inc., Port Washington, WI (US);
Abstract
A booklet having a base, a plurality of pages having at least one mounting portion and a plurality of display portions. The mounting portions are hinged with respect to the display portions. The mounting portions have page engaging members, and the base has base engaging members. The base engaging members are configured to engage the page engaging members to attach the mounting portions to the base and to provide for the mounting portions to move with respect to the base to allow the display portions to move to a greater extent than the display portions would move without such movement of the mounting portions, to allow the display portions to lie more flat against one another when the pages are turned. The base engaging members may include pins mounted on the base, and the page engaging members include holes formed through the mounting portions, the pins extending through the holes. The holes may be elongated. Alternatively, the base engaging members and the page engaging members may include at least one protrusion and at least one recess, the protrusion engaging the recess. The mounting portions are hinged with respect to the plurality of display portions by at least one hinge member. The hinge member may include at least one hinge sheet and/or at least one hinge wire.