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US 5,350,197 AGranted
Shopping list and discount coupon correlator
OwnerScott A. Schmidtinventor
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Abstract
A shopping list (30) is disclosed having structure (22) to hold discount shopping coupons (24) and provide a visual correlation between the coupons and corresponding items (32) on the shopping list.
Claims5
A shopping list and discount coupon correlator, comprising:
- a sheet of cardstock having front and rear faces extending longitudinally between a lower sheet end and an upper sheet end;
- a transverse fold line longitudinally spaced from said lower sheet end;
- a flap defined by said sheet between said lower sheet end and said transverse fold line, said flap folded about said fold line to adjoin said front face, said flap having transversely spaced first and second edges connected by a transversely directed upper edge;
- means for securing said first edge to said front face;
- a pouch thereby formed between said flap, said front face and said securing means, said pouch open along said upper edge and said second edge for insertion therein of selected discount coupons;
- portions of said front and rear faces each displaying a shopping list that includes a plurality of shopping item spaces and a plurality of coupon indicator spaces wherein some of said shopping item spaces are filled with printed predetermined shopping items and the remainder are configured for written insertion of selected shopping items;
- and
- each of said coupon indicator spaces disposed in a corresponding spatial relationship with a different one of said shopping item spaces so that insertion of written indicia into a coupon indicator space indicates that a discount coupon has been inserted in said pouch for the corresponding shopping item.
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The organizer of claim i wherein said securing means comprises an adhesive disposed between said first edge and said front face.
A method of correlating a shopping list and discount coupons, comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of cardstock with front and rear faces extending longitudinally between a lower sheet end and an upper sheet end;
- folding a flap between said lower sheet end and a fold line transversely spaced therefrom to adjoin said front face, said flap having transversely spaced first and second edges connected by a transversely directed upper edge;
- securing said first edge to said front face to form a pouch between said flap and said front face;
- displaying on portions of said front and rear faces a shopping list that includes a plurality of shopping item spaces and a plurality of coupon indicator spaces wherein some of said shopping item spaces are filled with printed predetermined shopping items and the remainder are configured for written insertion of selected shopping items;
- disposing each of said coupon indicator spaces in a corresponding spatial relationship with a different one of said shopping item spaces;
- inserting discount coupons into said pouch for selected ones of said shopping items;
- and
- inserting indicia in those indicator spaces that correspond to the shopping item spaces of said selected shopping items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.