WO1999028134A1 - Book - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention concerns a story book with an original design for printing open-ended children's stories. Said book is characterised in that it comprises three sheets (10, 11, 12) articulated two by two along two parallel articulations (13, 14), and at least on one or the other of said articulations (13, 14) hinges at least another sheet (20, 30), while on each of said three sheets (10, 11, 12), on their inside face (15, 16, 17), is reproduced a text and/or drawing, and on each of the two pages (21, 22, 31, 32) of the sheet(s) (20, 30) articulated on one or the other of said articulations (13, 14) is reproduced a text and/or drawing, all the texts and/or drawings being different but such that the texts and/or drawings which are visible when the book is open, can be read consecutively from left to right coherently.

Description

L.TVRE

The present invention relates to a history book of original design making it suitable for printing evolutionary stories more particularly intended for children.

Traditionally, a book has sheets linked together by an edge, and inserted into a binding to which they are secured.

The pages of a book are printed so that they are read from the front to the back of a sheet, and from one sheet to another.

In the case, for example, of a traditional children's story book, these stories follow one after the other, and their content is immutable.

There are currently no books, due to their design, for creating evolutionary stories. On the contrary, the current children's story books open and are consulted in an immutable way, the history reproduced in these books being, itself, unchanging and unfolding always in the same way according to a continuation and a imperturbable logic.

Also, the child consulting such a history book is, necessarily, led to leaf through the book in chronological order of the pages without which the story is completely incoherent.

However, such a child, especially if he is very young, does not have the logic or the will to follow such a chronology and tends to open the book according to his mood and without paying particular attention to it so that the he story becomes completely incomprehensible to him. By admitting that this child reaches the degree of logic necessary for an appropriate reading of such a book, the unchanging unfolding of the history contained therein generates lassitude and does not allow to show imagination, for example by voluntarily integrating this process to modify it.

The object of the present invention is to remedy these shortcomings by proposing a book whose design makes it possible to develop stories or similar stories.

Unless otherwise indicated, the terms "left" and "right" are used in relation to a person standing in front of the book according to the invention and looking at it to read it.

The book of evolutionary stories which is the subject of the present invention is essentially characterized in that it comprises three sheets articulated two by two according to two parallel articulations, and in that at least on one or the other of said articulations s' articulates at least one other sheet, while on each of said three sheets, on their interior side, is reproduced a text and / or a drawing, and that on each of the two pages of the sheet or sheets articulated on one or the other of said articulations are reproduced a text and / or a drawing, all said texts and / or drawings being different but in such a way that the texts and / or drawings which are visible when said book is open, can be read after the left to the right consistently.

According to an additional characteristic of the book according to the invention, a sheet notebook is articulated on each of the articulations, texts and / or drawings, all different, are reproduced on each of the pages of said sheets, and the text and / or the drawing of the front of each of the sheets in the right-hand notebook constitutes the coherent continuation of the text and / or the drawing of the front of each of the leaves of the left-hand notebook or the back of each of the leaves of the right-hand notebook, which itself constitutes the coherent continuation of the text and / or the drawing of the back of each of the leaves of the left-hand notebook.

According to another additional characteristic of the book according to the invention, the first three articulated sheets constitute the binding of said book.

According to another additional characteristic of the book according to the invention, it comprises at least one transparent page on which is reproduced a drawing capable of modifying, by superposition, the drawing that one or more pages contain.

The invention also relates to a book essentially characterized in that it comprises three sheets articulated two by two according to two parallel articulations, these sheets σonstitu.ant the binding of said book and that a notebook of sheets is articulated on each of the two articulations so that the texts and / or the drawings reproduced on one of the notebooks are upside down compared to the texts and / or drawings of the other notebook requiring the pivoting of 180 ° of said book around an axis perpendicular to its plane to switch from reading from one of the notebooks to the other.

The advantages and characteristics of the book according to the invention will emerge more clearly from the description which follows and which relates to the appended drawings, which represent nonlimiting embodiments.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show schematic perspective views corresponding to two embodiments of a book according to the invention in the open position.

If we refer to these figures, we can see that a book according to the invention comprises a binding 1 comprising from left to right, three flaps 10, 11 and 12 articulated two by two in the manner of a triptych according to two parallel joints, a left joint 13 and a right joint 1.

On the left articulation 13 is articulated a notebook 2 of sheets 20, while on the right articulation is articulated a notebook 3 of sheets 30.

In the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the sheets 20 and the sheets 30 are capable of being inserted one above the other above the flap 11.

The fronts 21, respectively 31, and the backs 22, respectively 32, of the sheets 20, respectively 30, as well as the interior sides 15, 16 and 17 of the shutters, respectively 10, 11 and 12, each have a text and / or a different drawing.

When the book according to the invention is opened, the text and / or the drawing of a front 31 constitutes the coherent continuation of a text and / or a drawing of a front 21 or of a back 32, which constitute themselves the coherent continuation of a text and / or a drawing of a back 22.

In particular, the text and / or the drawing on the front 21 of the first sheet 20 can only be read after the text and / or the drawing on the inner side 15, while the rest of the text and / or the drawing of the front 21 being constituted by the text and / or the drawing of any one of the fronts 31 or that of the interior side 17.

Likewise, the text and / or the drawing on the inner side 16 can only be read with the text and / or the drawing on the front 31 of the first page 30 and that of the back 22 of the last page 20.

Likewise, the text and / or the drawing on the inner side 17 can only be read with the text and / or the drawing on the back 32 of the last page 30, which constitutes the continuation of the text and / or the drawing of any of the backs 22 or of the interior side 15.

An embodiment has so far been described for which the sheets 20 and the sheets 30 are capable of being inserted one above the other above the flap 11.

However and according to another embodiment shown in Figure 2, the two notebooks 2, 3 of sheets 20, 30 are arranged side by side and are capable of being folded over the flap 11 without overlapping or interposed. It will be observed that, in such a case, the width of this flap 11 is at least equal to the sum of the widths of the sheets 20; 30 of notebooks 2, 3 so that the latter can be, on the one hand, consulted and, on the other hand, folded down on the flap 11, independently of one another.

Again, the fronts 21, respectively 31, and the backs 22, respectively 32, of the sheets 20, respectively 30, as well as the interior sides 15, 16 and 17 of the shutters, respectively 10, 11 and 12, each have a text and / or a different design.

In this embodiment, it will be observed that the text and / or the drawing of a front 31, respectively 21, constitutes the coherent continuation of a text and / or a drawing of a back 32, respectively 22. From more, when the book according to the invention is opened, the text and / or the drawing of a back 32 of the sheets 30 of the notebook 3 on the right constitutes the coherent continuation of a text and / or a drawing of a front 21 of any of the sheets 20 of notebook 2 on the left.

In particular, the text and / or the drawing of the front 21 of the first sheet 20 of the notebook 2 on the left can only be read after the text and / or the drawing of the interior side 15 while the text and / or the drawing of the interior side 17 follows, only, on the back 32 of the last sheet 30 of the notebook 3 on the right. Similarly, the inner side 16 may, according to a first embodiment, include a text and / or a drawing capable of being read with the text and / or the drawing appearing on the back 22 of the last sheet 20 and / or on the front 31 of the first sheet 30.

According to another embodiment, the interior side 16 can be broken down into two parts 16A, 16B, the first 16A being the one on which the notebook 2 is folded down on the left while the second 16B corresponds to that on which comes fold down notebook 3 on the right. In this regard, it will be observed that the text and / or the drawing of the first part 16A, respectively of the second part 16B, on the inner side 16 can be read:

- with the text and / or the design of verso 22 on the last page 20 and / or with verso 32 of any of the sheets 30;

- respectively, with the text and / or the drawing of the front 31 of the first sheet 30 and / or with the front 21 of any of the sheets 20.

For a book of children's stories, for example, the book according to the invention makes it possible, from a basic text, that of a back 22 or the inner side 15, to create numerous stories with different outcomes .

It should be noted that such a book may include at least one page on which a drawing is reproduced, knowing, moreover, that at least one of the notebooks 2, 3, may include a majority of sheets 20, 30 on the pages from which drawings are reproduced.

The invention also relates to a book in which the three sheets or flaps 10, 11, 12 close the binding 1, while the two notebooks 2, 3 each of which is articulated on one of the articulations 13, 14 are arranged so that the texts and / or the drawings reproduced on one 2 of the notebooks are upside down compared to the texts and / or drawings of the other notebook 3 requiring the pivoting of 180 ° said book around an axis perpendicular to its plane to move from reading one of the notebooks to the other.

The present invention thus relates to a book of evolutionary stories comprising, for example, several portions of stories linked in a coherent manner so that, whatever the way in which the child opens said book, he is offered a story. coherent, the course of which remains logical. This invention also allows the child to intervene in the course of history by combining any of the beginnings of a story with any of the ends of one of these stories.

Claims

RESELL CATIONS 1. Book of evolutionary stories, characterized in that it comprises three sheets (10, 11, 12) articulated two by two according to two parallel articulations (13, 14), and in that at least on one or the other of said joints (13, 14) is articulated with at least one other sheet (20, 30), while on each of said three sheets (10, 11, 12), on their inner side (15, 16, 17) , is reproduced a text and / or a drawing, and that on each of the two pages (21, 22, 31, 32) of the sheet or sheets (20, 30) articulated on one or the other of said articulations ( 13, 14) are reproduced a text and / or a drawing, all said texts and / or drawings being different, but in such a way that the texts and / or drawings, which are visible when said book is opened, can be read in succession from left to right consistently. 2.. Book of evolutionary stories according to claim 1, characterized in that a notebook (2, 3) of sheets (20, 30) is articulated on each of the articulations (13, 14), texts and / or drawings , all different, are reproduced on each of the pages (21, 22, 31, 32) of said sheets, and the text and / or the drawing of the front (31) of each of the sheets in the right-hand sheet notebook constitutes the coherent continuation of the text and / or drawing of the front (21) of each of the leaves of the left-hand notebook (2) or of the back (32) of each of the leaves of the right-hand notebook, which itself constitutes the coherent continuation of the text and / or the drawing on the back (22) of each of the sheets in the left notebook (2). 3. book of evolutionary stories according to claim 1, characterized in that a notebook (2, 3) of sheets (20, 30) is articulated on each of the articulations (13, 14), texts and / or drawings, all different, are reproduced on each of the pages (21, 22, 31, 32) of said sheets, and the text and / or drawing of the front (31; 21) of each of the sheets (20; 30) of the notebook ( 2; 3) constitutes the coherent continuation of the text and / or the drawing of a back (32; 22) of a sheet (20; 30) of this notebook (2; 3), the text and / or the drawing of the back (32) a sheet (30) of the notebook (3) on the right constituting the coherent continuation of the text and / or drawing of the front (21) of any of the sheets (20) of the notebook (2) on the left. 4. Book of evolving stories according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first three articulated sheets (10, 11, 12) constitute the binding (1) of the book. 5. .Book of evolutionary stories according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least one transparent page on which is reproduced a drawing capable of modifying, by superimposition, the drawing that comprises one or more pages . 6. Evolutionary story book according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises three sheets (10, 11, 12) articulated two by two along two articulations (13, 14) parallel, these sheets (10 , 11, 12) constituting the binding (1) of said book and that a notebook (2, 3) of sheets is articulated on each of the two articulations (13, 14) so that the texts and / or the drawings reproduced on one (2) of the notebooks are upside down in relation to the texts and / or drawings of the other notebook (3) requiring the 180 "pivoting of said book around an axis perpendicular to its plane to pass from reading d 'one (2) of notebooks to the other (3).