A FOLLOW-UP ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR THE REALIZATION THEREOF

DISPOSITIF DE SUIVI ET PROCEDE DE REALISATION ASSOCIE

English Abstract

The object of the present invention is a follow-up arrangement comprising
recording means as well as base means annexed thereto and having target fields
(10) adapted for separate elements (13b, 13c). Said separate elements (13b,
13c) are included in a basic set of possible elements describing an event
which is the object of the follow-up procedure. Said basic set constitutes a
part which is pre-integrated in the arrangement, from which part each element
(13b, 13c) can be chosen and annexed to an appropriate target field (10)
according to external discriminative stimuli triggered by an event which is
followed up. A method for the realization of a follow-up arrangement for a
series of events is also an object of the present invention, wherein base
means which generally describe an event are formed prior to the realization of
a series of such events, as well as a basic group of elements (13b, 13c)
describing possible separate features of said event. A further object of the
invention is the use of folder means, intermediate means arranged therewithin
as well as separate elements (13b, 13c) detachable from loose leafs in
accordance with the principles presented above.

French Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif de suivi comprenant des organes d'enregistrement et des éléments de base rattachés à ces derniers et pourvus de zones cibles (10) conçues pour des éléments séparés (13b, 13c). Lesdits éléments séparés (13b, 13c) font partie d'un ensemble de base d'éléments possibles décrivant un événement faisant l'objet de la procédure de suivi. Cet ensemble de base constitue une partie que l'on intègre au préalable dans le dispositif, partie à partir de laquelle on peut choisir et rattacher chaque élément (13b, 13c) à la zone cible (10) appropriée, en fonction de stimuli de discrimination externes déclenchés par un événement qui fait l'objet d'un suivi. L'invention concerne également un procédé de réalisation d'un dispositif de suivi pour une série d'événements, procédé qui consiste à former des éléments de base décrivant généralement un événement avant de réaliser une série de ces éléments, tout comme un groupe d'éléments (13b, 13c) de base décrivant des caractéristiques possibles distinctes de cet événement. L'invention a enfin pour objet l'utilisation d'un dispositif de classement, dans lequel sont disposés des intercalaires, ainsi que des éléments (13b, 13c) que l'on peut détacher de feuilles mobiles conformément aux principes présentés ci-dessus.

Claims

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Claims
1. A follow-up arrangement consisting of recording means (1)
and of thereto annexed base means (11) having target fields
(10, 10a, 10b) arranged for separate elements (13, 13a, 13b,
13c, 13d), characterized in that said arrangement
further comprises, as a portion separately integrated therein,
a basic set (14, 14a, 14b, 14c) of elements including said
separate elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d), each of said
separate elements being adapted to describe a possible event
in a series of individual events constituting the object of a
follow-up procedure, from which basic set (14, 14a, 14b, 14c)
each one of said separate elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d)
can be individually chosen for attachment to an appropriate
one of said target fields (10, 10a, 10b) according to
selective stimuli triggered by the course of the event which
is followed.
2. An arrangement according to claim 1, characterized
in that said recording means (1) are constituted by
folder means, where said base means are constituted by at
least one follow-up page (11) arranged thereto and presenting
the general course of said event, said page having one or
several attachment areas (10, 10a, 10b) for said elements (13,
13a, 13b, 13c, 13d), said elements being arranged as planar
graphical detail presentations and suitably having an adhesive
back side surface, said attachment area suitably being
arranged to have a matt surface in order to make the attachment
of said adhesive surface of said element (13, 13a, 13b, 13c,
13d) more effective.
3. An arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized
in that the basic figure of said base means (11)
preferably is a sports competition track (18), some other
information concerning a competition, an area of occurrence
for a natural phenomenon, basic information related to a
teaching event such as a map or the like, or some other

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pattern related to a hobby or the like, and advantageously one or
more areas (12, 12a) for written notes.
4. An arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized in that said separate elements (13, 13a,
13b, 13c, 13d) to be attached to said target fields (10, 10a,
10b) at said base means (11) have been compiled on one or
several supplementary leaf surfaces (14, 14a, 14b, 14c) so
that they can be detached therefrom and attached to appropriate
target fields (10, 10a, 10b) one at a time and according to
a choice triggered by the course of the event which is
followed, favorably so that said loose leaf (14) and/or said base
page (11) carries individual information (17) concerning the
elements in question (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) and/or a possibility
to complete this kind of information manually and/or
one or several annotation fields (12, 12a).
5. An arrangement according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
characterized in that said recording means (1)
and/or its base means (11) is an electronic or the like means
for recording information, into which means an element (13,
13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) in electronic or the like format is
recorded according to a choice triggered by the event which is
followed, each element (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) being chosen
from a basic set (14, 14a, 14b) constituted of possible elements
(13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d).
5. A method for the realization of a follow-up arrangement
for a series of events, said method utilizing recording means
(1) and base means (11) adapted to be pre-fitted thereto, said
base means having target fields (10, 10a, 10b) for the
reception of separate elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d),
characterized in the following steps
- a bottom means (11) is established, prior to the realization
of said series of events, for describing general aspecs of
said series of events,

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- a basic set (14, 14a, 14b) is established, also prior to the
realization of said series of events, said basic set
including separate elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d), each
of said elements describing a separate individual one of
several possible features of said series of events,
- said basic set (14, 14a, 14b) is adapted to facilitate
a) a future selection of individual ones of said separate
elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) chosen in accordance
with external stimuli to be rendered by an actual course
of said series of events to be followed-up, and
b) an attachment of said selected elements (13, 13a, 13b,
13c, 13d) to appropriate one(s) of said target fields
(10, 10a, 10b) in accordance with said actual course of
said events.
7. A method according to claim 6, characterized
in that said base means (11) are formed as interleafs (8) in a
folder (1) on which interleafs are printed or in another manner
arranged a general picture, a map or the like disclosing
the course of events such as a competition or the like, and/or
other such general information (18) concerning said event,
which is known prior to said event, and that elements having
reference to individual information of said events are compiled
in a detachable manner on loose leaf (14, 14a, 14b, 14c)
so that each individual element (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) can
be detached in accordance with a choice and re-attached
especially to a target field (10, 10a, 10b) at a base leaf
(11) for example by means of an adhesive surface or the like
arranged at said element (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d).
8. A method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized
in that said basic set (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) constituted
by said separate elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) is
assembled so that it comprises, respectively, several such
separate elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) which alone or
together with other elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) belong
to a set of elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) describing

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details which possibly will be present in said series of
events, favorably so that the number of said separate elements
(13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) is larger than the number actually
required, per se, to describe said series of events by means
of said base means (11) and said separate elements (13, 13a,
13b, 13c, 13d) attachable thereto.
9. The use of folder means (1), intermediate means (8, 11)
arranged therein and elements (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d)
detachable from loose leaf (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d), wherein a
suitable separate element (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d), respectively,
is detached from a loose leaf (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d)
in accordance with a choice triggered by the progress of a
series of events followed, said separate element thereafter
being attached at such a location at said intermediate means
(8, 11) wherein said element (13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) fits in
accordance with an individual event in said series of events.
10. The use according to claim 9 wherein elements (13, 13a,
13b, 13c, 13d) describing information are chosen, in accordance
with criteria triggered by said series of events followed
and within the scope of said base means (11), from a set
(14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) of already existing elements (13,
13a, 13b, 13c, 13d), and each chosen element is placed in a
chosen target area (10, 10a, 10b) according to said criteria
as described above.

Description

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A follow-up arrangement and a method for the realization
thereof
The object of the invention is a follow-up arrangement consist-
ing of recording means and of thereto annexed base means
having location i.e. target fields adapted for separate
elements. A realization method of the follow-up arrangement
for a series of events is also an object of the invention. The
invention is particularly suited as an arrangement for inter-
active follow-up of sports events and for the like hobbies, as
a part of teaching methods and for other such purposes in
which persons are activated to follow certain events and to
register them graphically. The invention is thus also a
suitable general means for recording the course of events.
Traditional follow-up arrangements are prior known, in which a
follow-up procedure takes place by noting down certain events
and series of events. Traditional diaries, different follow-up
charts related to sports competitions etc. may be given as
examples of these. A usual drawback related to known systems
is that other than written information cannot be attached to
them in an appropriate manner and even this requires a rela-
tively high amount of independent activity from the per-
petrator of the follow-up procedure.
On the other hand, filing systems are also known for the
purpose of storing certain collector's items into certain
order and/or to supply them with certain notations. As an
example of such can be mentioned a folder for collecting
visiting cards presented in GB patent No. 2 287 431, said
folder having an adhesive surface on each side for a visiting
card to be placed thereupon, and a writing area, connected to
said adhesive surface, on which it is possible to take per-
sonal notes.
One object of this invention is to provide such a follow-up

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arrangement which offers, for example to a person following
sports events, a practical way to compile actively and per-
sonally a real time interactive recording of the event and the
course thereof, said recording having a graphical form,
especially in a general sense. Within the scope of the in-
vention this is possible also by means of media such as the
radio or the television, in which case a person following the
event need not be present in person at the site of the events.
Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement
from which each person is able to cumulatively compile himself
in real time a handsome data document within his own discip-
line or the object of his interest.
According to the invention this is implemented as presented in
the appended claims. Thus, the inventive arrangement is
characterized in that said separate elements are included in a
basic set of possible elements describing an event being the
object of the follow-up procedure, said basic set constituting
a previously integrated portion of the arrangement, from which
portion each element can be chosen and attached to an ap-
propriate target field according to selective stimuli trig-
gered by the event which is followed. Respectively, the
inventive method is characterized in that said base means,
which are to be generally descriptive of events to be fol-
lowed, as well as a basic set of elements describing possible
separate features of said events, are formed before said
series of events take place, from which basic set certain
individual elements are fit to be chosen, according to ex-
ternal stimuli triggered by said series of events, and to be
attached to appropriate ones of said target fields.
In this manner separate pieces or corresponding elements
attachable or in another manner connectable to said target
fields located especially in said base means form, as such, an
integrated part of the follow-up arrangement, where the
following-up process comprises the step of arranging pieces or

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the like elements which are chosen according to external
stimuli into target fields which are correspondingly chosen
according to external stimuli. In this context a piece or an
element should be understood widely so that is considered to
mean, in addition to actual three- and two-dimensional pieces,
also, e.g. a certain definable file in an electronic or a
corresponding means.
The invention will now be presented, in an exemplary manner
only, with reference to the annexed drawings, wherein:
Figures 1 a...g represent a recording means in the form of a
folder adapted for ice-hockey championships, in
which case loose leaves arranged for the follow-up
of the progress and the results of the competition
are shown in the figure,
Figures 2 a...k, respectively, show a recording means in the
form of a folder adapted for car races,
Figure 3 shows, in an exemplary manner only, a base means of
a folder presented in Figure 2k, i . a . the one side
of an interleaf describing the general course of the
competition,
Figure 4 shows the opposite side of said interleaf according
to Figure 4,
Figure 5 shows an alternative base means adapted for the
follow-up of a cycle race,
Figure 6 in a corresponding manner shows the opposite side.of
an interleaf in accordance with to Figure 5, and
Figure 7 shows a compiled recording means in the form of a
folder viewed from one end.

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In the embodiment according to Figure 1 the recording means
comprise a ring or the like folder means 1 known per se and
disclosed in Figure la, said means having covers 2, a spine
portion 3 and a fixing mechanism 4 for loose leaves (which can
be seen in Figure 6). The outer surface of said covers and
said spine are suitably covered with a figure 5 describing
the event to be followed, for example an ice-hockey world
championship series.
Preferably the arrangement comprises a general list of the
events 6 (Figure lb) of the games, said list being arranged
within said folder 1, as well as possibly lists of events 7
(Figure ld) of the subdivisions of the event, which together
facilitate the follow-up of the event for example on tele-
vision. Suitably, the arrangement further comprises a series
of interleafs 8 (Figure lc), known per se, such as for sepa-
rating the different parts of the arrangement from each other
within said folder 1. General information concerning the event
or the events, such as names of the players of the teams etc.,
are preferably been arranged in said lists of events 6, 7
and/or on said interleafs 8, said information being known, as
such, in advance, but for its part facilitating the follow-up
of the event. The arrangement may also be accompanied with
statistics regarding previous accomplishments etc. of the
different teams and their members, which information is
available for the interactive real time follow-up of the event
according to the invention. This information is suitably
compiled on one or more separate leaves 9 (Figure le). All the
loose leaves of the arrangement preferably have a perforation
15 with which the loose leaves are fixed to said fixing
mechanism 4 of the covers.
According to the invention the arrangement includes yet one or
more base means portions provided with target fields or
attachment areas 10, said base means portions being shown in

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Figure 1 within the event pages i.e. in the embodiment dis-
closed within game pages 11 (Figure lg) . There may be one or
more of such game pages 11, and general information concerning
the event or corresponding figures are advantageously pre-
printed thereupon, some examples of which being shown in
Figures 3...5. Said attachment areas 10 are essentially empty
areas which may have a pre-printed text 12, an illustration or
the like. The surface structure of said attachment areas 10 is
advantageously slightly roughened, matt surfaced or arranged
in some other manner so that it is possible for example to
write on it, in context with said text 12, actual information
or information describing in some other manner the course of
the events, and especially such that it can be fitted with
separate especially planar graphical elements 13 which, in the
embodiment disclosed, according to a choice triggered by the
course of events, are detached from a basic set 14 comprising
several possible ones 13a of such elements.
In the case represented by Figure 1 said graphical planar
elements 13 are suitably separate images or the like provided
with adhesive back sides, said images being arranged on one or
several separate leaves 14 (Figure lf) from which they are
detached and attached to the respective proper attachment area
l0a regarding the course of events. In the case of the ice-
hockey game represented in Figure 1 said possible elements 13
suitably comprise several separately detachable images of the
players participating in the game, which images advantageously
have been arranged by team at said loose leaves 14 so that
there are so many identical images of each player or, respec-
tively, of the team members or other objects related to the
follow-up, that their number with some certainty exceeds the
predictable need of images.
As the game proceeds the image 13a of a certain player of the
team, such as respectively a scorer, a player receiving a
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in the event of the game, a referee or a coach, is now
selected, detached and attached to the chronologically next
empty attachment area 10a, at which occasion suitably the
individual information concerning the event, such as for
example serving a goal, the time and such, is further sup-
plemented with a pen in the text portion. In this manner a
personal information data document is compiled along with the
progress of the competition, in which document different
adhesive elements 13, 13a, attached to appropriate fields 10,
l0a generally following the competition in logical order, as
a graphical presentation describe the course of the compe-
tition and the personal accomplishments achieved therein.
A corresponding arrangement structure is described in Figure 2
adapted to a car race. Again, the Figure shows a folder 1
(Figure 2a), an events schedule 6 and interleafs 8 (Figures
2b, 2c, 2e and 2g) . In this example the pages 9 representing
the teams have been replaced with information and/or sta-
tistics pages 9, 9a (Figures 2d and 2f) where suitable advance
information concerning the racing teams and, respectively,
the drivers is presented. These pages suitably comprise one or
more image fields 16, 16a having a printed figure, for
instance the colouring of a car or a helmet, and/or an attach-
ment area lOb, onto which an appropriate adhesive element 13b
can be attached. The image or corresponding elements used
during the follow-up procedure have been compiled in a suf-
ficiently large number, suitably in several basic set leaves
14a, 14b, 14c (Figures 2h...2j), from which single elements
13b, 13c, 13d can be detached and attached.
In Figure 2 Figure 2k in general discloses an actual base
means comprising attachment areas 10, i.e. a follow-up page
functioning as a competition and statistics page 11. Said
competition and statistic pages 11 which are included in the
arrangement, including said target fields or attachment areas
for said elements 13, are suitably larger than the pages of

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the recording means such as the folder 1 or the like, in which
case they suitably are folded so that each current page when
folded out can easily be found and supplemented.
Figure 3 shows, only in an exemplary manner, how a follow-up
page 11 of an event, in the described case e.g. of a car race,
can be constructed, on one hand with general information 17
describing the event, for example, and with a figure 18
describing the race track, and, on the other hand with attach-
ment areas 13 describing e.g. the positions of the drivers and
the racing teams. From Figure 3 it is also apparent that
different elements can be combined as such, for instance so
that to an element 13b attached to the attachment area 10 and
describing a racing team further is separately attached e.g.
a picture 13c of a driver and the colouring scheme 13d of his
helmet.
Figure 4 discloses, correspondingly in an exemplary manner,
the opposite side of the follow-up page 11 presented in Figure
3 after the end of the event, where, in correspondence with
the progress of the race, adhesive images 13c of the drivers
and, correspondingly, images 13b of the cars of the different
car manufacturers, have been detached from the basic set leaf
14 and attached to the page's appropriate attachment areas at
locations describing their respective placing. Leaf 11
further contains information and statistics areas 12a to be
completed in handwriting.
Figures 5 and 6 disclose, in a corresponding manner, an
example of a follow-up page 11 used in a cycle race, on which
the general course of the race track 18 is presented on a map
base, and the altitude cross section view 18a thereof being
presented as a separate image. Said Figures further disclose,
only in an exemplary manner, how the elements 13 representing
racing teams and/or competitors have been attached, suitably
with the aid of an adhesive back side, on the follow-up page.

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Finally, Figure 7 as an end view discloses a recording means
in the form of a folder. Here the different functional parts
or leaves 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 15 of the arrangement are ar-
ranged in conventional folder means 1. When compiling the
follow-up arrangement it must here be taken into account,
among other things, that a number of loose pieces, i.e.
adhesive stickers in the first place, will become attached
during the follow-up procedure to the separate leaves, through
the influence of which the thickness of the whole pile of
leaves will grow in use.
Above especially some examples related to sports performances
have been presented, but it is evident that the inventive
arrangement can also be utilized for other kinds of follow-
up. Thus, one field of application is the field observation
books or the like of natural scientists. In this case the
follow-up leaf 11 serving as base means advantageously com-
prises e.g. a map base, said graphical elements 13 comprising
pictures of plants, birds or other animals. In this case an
annotation field 12 is advantageously arranged also on said
elements themselves 13 for manual notations. Correspondingly,
the inventive embodiment may be adapted, even at a larger
scale, to teaching, such as teaching history, natural sciences
or languages, where the followed event at the same time
constitutes a part of the training event. In this case the
chosen elements may be, for instance, certain words or groups
of words, certain chemical compounds, subjects describing
certain historical events or the like information, or any
other such information which can be individualized out of a
group consisting of several corresponding subjects and be
transferred into its appropriate place in the target fields of
the base formed as a result of the follow-up process.
Above an inventive arrangement based on generally planar sheet
material such as paper, cardboard or the like has been dis-

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cussed. However, according to one embodiment of the invention
said recording means 1 and/or said base means 11 thereof are
electronic or the like means for recording information, to
which an element 13 in electronic or the like form is recorded
according to a choice triggered by the series of events which
are followed. In this case, too, each element 13 is selected
from a basic set formed by the possible elements, said basic
set thus being recorded in a suitable manner in an electronic
or corresponding means. Thus, each separate element 13 can be
included in a finished file 14 comprising images or other
graphical presentations, so that an appropriate element 13 in
the inventive manner according to the choice following the
course of events and triggered by the same is recorded in a
field 10 reserved for this purpose in a basic file 11. Ac-
cording to what has been presented above this embodiment may
also include fields 12 to be filled in manually in the basic
file and/or in the files forming separate elements 13.
Above some of the different embodiments of the present in-
vention have been presented, but it will be clear to a person
skilled in the art that the invention can be implemented in
many other ways, too, within the scope of the appended claims.
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Representative Drawing