JPH038457Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a bookmark that makes it possible to immediately determine which part is left unread.

In general, various books such as novels, manuals, hobby books, academic books, etc. cannot be read in a short amount of time, so they are read several times at home, at work, or on the train to work. It is common practice to place a bookmark in the middle of the page as a mark. However, if you open a book with a bookmark between the pages, you will not be able to tell which of the two pages you were reading.Furthermore, each page of a book is generally divided vertically or horizontally into two to four columns. Because the pages are divided, it is not immediately possible to determine which part of one page was being read. Therefore, I usually read with a rough idea of what I'm reading, but in most cases I end up repeating what I've already read the previous time.

This invention makes it possible to avoid the above-mentioned double reading as much as possible, and provides a bookmark that allows you to immediately determine whether the part you are reading is the first half or the second half of what page, or even what column of what page it is. The purpose is to provide

The present invention relates to a bookmark characterized in that identification symbols are provided at appropriate locations on the upper and lower halves of each of the front and back sides of the bookmark to identify the unread portion.

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. 1st~
Figure 3 is each a separate bookmark, a is the front side,
b shows the back side. The symbol used to identify the half-read part is not particularly limited, but may be any symbol such as numbers 1 to 4, Roman letters A to D, and other combinations of numbers such as 1/4 to 4/4. Identification symbols are placed at appropriate locations on the top and bottom halves of the front and back sides of the bookmark, and the locations are at the corners of the top and bottom sides as shown in Figure 1, and on each side as shown in Figure 2. For example, the central portion of the upper end of , and the portion closer to the center than the end portions as shown in FIG. 3 are examples. Further, it is preferable that each symbol be provided so as to be erect when viewed from the center of the bookmark as shown in the figure, but of course it does not have to be erect.

The method of using the bookmark of this invention will be described below. for example,
If you want to start reading from the first column of the page on the left (lower number) of a book in which each page is divided into two columns of characters vertically or horizontally, read the bookmarked page next time. When opened, part 1 of the bookmark of the present invention is facing up and the bookmark is placed at the top, and the book is closed by pinching the bookmark. In this way, by using the identification symbol on the page with the lower number (or you can reverse it), the identification symbol of the bookmark can be used to distinguish between 1 and 3, for example.
It is possible to distinguish whether Next time, if you want to start reading from the second column of the page on the right,
Pinch the bookmark of this invention so that part 4 of the bookmark is facing up and at the top. By doing this, you can immediately determine from which column of the two pages with bookmarks you should start reading.
This makes it possible to avoid duplicate reading as much as possible.
Also, if each page of the book is not divided,
Two types of symbols, such as 1 and 2, 1 and 3, etc., may be used to identify which page, and further symbols 1 to 4 may be used to identify the page and its first half or second half. You may also identify the

The identification symbol of the bookmark of the present invention can be provided by any means such as printing. The parts other than the identification symbol can be any pattern such as a picture, illustration, calendar, abstract painting, bookstore name, publisher name, etc., like a regular bookmark.
Printing the name of the issuing office, etc. is optional. In addition, since the bookmark of this invention is used by changing the position vertically and sandwiching it in a book, it is also preferable to make the pattern vertically symmetrical.
It can be used for both Japanese and foreign language books.

As described above, by using the bookmark of the present invention, it is easy to immediately determine which part of the book is left unread, and efficient reading is promoted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 show examples of the bookmark of the present invention, where a indicates the front side and b indicates the back side.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A bookmark characterized in that identification symbols are provided at appropriate locations on the upper and lower halves of each of the front and back sides of the bookmark to determine whether the half-read part is the first half or the second half of the half-read page.