US 4,002,356 A · Foldable checkbook with pegboard style journal sheets

Abstract

The checkbook comprises a flexible, foldable cover having a series of spaced pins along one edge to which a journal sheet is releasably attachable by inserting spaced openings in the edge of the sheet over the pins. Data is recordable in a plurality of horizontal rows of data boxes or spaces, which are printed on the face of the journal sheet, by placing a check over the sheet so that a row of data boxes on the check register vertically with a selected row of data boxes on the face of the journal sheet. Each check also has openings along one edge insertable over the pins on the cover releasably to hold the check in a desired position on the journal sheet. A strip of carbon backing on the back of each check registers with the data boxes on the face of the check and overlies the corresponding boxes on the journal sheet so that data entered on the check face is entered simultaneously on the journal. Two alternative means for securing the journal sheets and checks on the cover are also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A checkbook, comprising

a flexible cover,
means for storing a plurality of checks in said cover, each of said checks having on its face a row of data spaces and on its back a strip of carbon which registers with said row of data spaces,
a journal sheet releasably attached to said cover to overlie one side thereof and having on its face a plurality of data spaces arranged in intersecting horizontal rows and vertical columns, and
means for releasably securing said checks on said journal sheet in different operative positions in which the carbon strip on the back of each check registers with a different horizontal row of data spaces on said sheet, and overlies at least certain of the data spaces in the last-named row,
each of said checks having the data spaces on the face thereof arranged so that, when the check is secured in an operative position on said sheet, the data spaces on the check will register with said certain spaces on the sheet which are covered by the check's carbon strip, whereby data entered in said spaces on the face of said check will be entered simultaneously by said carbon strip onto the journal sheet spaces covered thereby.

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A foldable checkbook, comprising, in combination,

a plane, flexible cover having intermediate its ends at least one fold line extending parallel to one edge of the cover, and dividing the cover into a plurality of sections which are foldable one over the other when the cover is closed,
a journal sheet releasably secured on one side of said cover with one edge thereof registering with said one edge of said cover, and having on its face a plurality of data spaces arranged in intersecting horizontal rows and vertical columns,
a plurality of checks each having on the back thereof a strip of carbon and on the face therof a row of data spaces which registers with said strip, the height of said row of data spaces on each of said checks being substantially equal to the height of a row of said data spaces on said sheet, and
means for releasably securing said checks one-by-one on top of said journal sheet with one edge of the check registering with said one edge of said cover, respectively, and with said row of data spaces on said check extending parallel to said rows of data spaces on said sheet, and with the data spaces on said check registering with at least certain of the data spaces in one of said rows thereof on said sheet,
said check securing means being operable to secure said checks one after the other on the face of said sheet in different operative positions in which the row of data spaces on successive checks register with successive rows of data spaces on said journal sheet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Foldable checkbook with pegboard style journal sheets

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Foldable checkbook with pegboard style journal sheets

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Abstract

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