Foldable checkbook with pegboard style journal sheets

• US 4,002,356 A
• Filed: 08/11/1975
• Issued: 01/11/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raymond C. Weidmann
• Original Assignee: Raymond C. Weidmann
• Inventors: Weidmann, Raymond C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Skogquist, Harland S.
• Application Number:
  US05/603,721
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 35/75, 282/8 R, 282/29 R, 282/29 A, 282/29 B, 282/DIG. 1, 283/58
• US Class Current: 462/81
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 12/02 Book-keeping forms
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 5/021 Cheque-books

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.

Claims

1. 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.

2. A checkbook as defined in claim 1, wherein

said securing means comprises a plurality of spaced pins projecting from said one side of said cover adjacent one edge thereof, and

each of said checks has along one edge thereof a plurality of openings which are insertable snugly over at least certain of said pins releasably to secure the check in an operative position on said sheet.

3. A checkbook as defined in claim 2, wherein

said journal sheet has along one edge thereof a plurality of spaced openings insertable snugly over said pins releasably to attach said sheet to said cover, and

said cover and said sheet being foldable into closed positions in which said sheet is enclosed in said cover, and said cover assumes a generally breast-pocket size configuration.

4. A checkbook as defined in claim 1, wherein said securing means comprises

a first strip of adhesive on one of the confronting surfaces of said cover and said journal sheet, respectively, releasably to attach said sheet to said cover, and

a second strip of adhesive on one of the confronting surfaces of said journal sheet and the check which is secured thereon, respectively, and operative releasably to hold the check in an operative position on said sheet.

5. A checkbook as defined in claim 1, wherein said securing means comprises

a first member secured to and extending along one edge of said cover,

a clamping member pivotally attached to said first member and having an elongate clamping edge pivotal toward said one side of said cover to a clamping position in which it clamps said sheet and a check one above the other in operative positions on said cover,

resilient means interposed between said members and urging said clamping member into its clamping position, and

means for pivoting said clamping member manually away from said one side of said cover thereby selectively to release said sheet and the last-named check.

6. A checkbook as defined in claim 5, wherein said means for pivoting said clamping member comprises a pair of handles pivotally connected to said members for swinging movement relative to said members between inoperative positions in which the handles are folded against opposite sides of said cover and parallel to the plane thereof, and operative positions in which one of the handles may be swung manually toward the other to pivot said clamping member to its released position.

7. A checkbook as defined in claim 1, including

a plurality of deposit slips adapted to be stored with said checks in said cover, each of said slips having on its face a plurality of data spaces adjacent one end thereof, and having on its rear surface a strip of carbon registering with the last-named data spaces,

said deposit slips being placeable manually and selectively in operative positions on said sheet, and

each of said rows of data spaces on said journal sheet including, in addition to said certain spaces, further spaces which are registrable with said carbon strip on one of said deposit slips when the last-named slip is placed in an operative position on said journal sheet.

8. a checkbook as defined in claim 1, wherein

said cover has intermediate its ends at least one fold line which divides the cover into a plurality of sections foldable one over the other to close the cover to a size in which it is suitable for carrying in a breast-pocket and the like,

said journal sheet is foldable with said cover to a closed position in which it remains attached to, and folded within, said cover, and

said means for storing checks comprises a flexible panel extending over a portion of one of said cover sections to form thereon a pocket for holding a stack of said checks.

9. 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.

10. A foldable checkbook a defined in claim 9, wherein said securing means comprises

a plurality of spaced pins projecting from said one side of said cover adjacent said one edge thereof and through registering openings in said one edge of said journal sheet releasably to hold said sheet on said cover, and

each of said checks having therein a plurality of spaced openings arranged along said one edge thereof and insertable over said pins releasably to be held thereby on said sheet, and selectively in said different operative positions.