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COMBINED CHECK AND RECORD-KEEPING BOOK

  • US 3,620,553 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1968
  • Issued: 11/16/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a combined check and record-keeping book having at least two outer panels including front and rear cover panels hinged along at least one hinge line for movement of said front and rear cover panels relatively to one another into open and closed positions, the combination of:

  • at least one inner panel made of relatively stiff sheet material and secured within said book between said front and rear cover panels for movement relative to at least one of said front and rear cover panels about an axis parallel with said hinge line, means for securing a supply of superimposed check blanks to said inner panel with said supply of check blanks lying on said inner panel in a definite position with respect to said inner panel and with respect to said axis, said securing means engaging said supply of check blanks along one edge only thereof with the printed surfaces of all of said check blanks facing away from said inner panel whereby when said book is open the printed surfaces of the check blanks within said sUpply may be exposed successively to receive markings thereon, the check blanks within said supply each being movable when said book is open by swinging said check blank over the edge thereof engaged by said securing means, a supply of superimposed record blanks including pressureresponsive duplicating means, means for attaching said supply of record blanks to said book between said cover panels by engagement only along an edge of said record blank supply which is parallel with said hinge line, the record blanks of said supply each being movable when said book is open by swinging said record blank over the edge of said supply which is engaged by said attaching means, said attaching means serving to so position said supply of record blanks in said book that when said book is open and the uppermost check blank is swung over said edge of said supply of check blanks engaged by said securing means to expose the next underlying check blank at least one of said record blanks may be swung over said edge of said supply of record blanks engaged by said attaching means and laid upon said next underlying check blank in a predetermined position such that when said uppermost check blank is returned to superimposed relationship said record blank will lie in accurate registry with and beneath said uppermost check blank to receive in duplicate the markings formed on said uppermost check blank incident to making said uppermost check blank into a negotiable instrument.

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