Kit for clipping sorting and redeeming coupons

• US 4,260,055 A
• Filed: 02/14/1979
• Issued: 04/07/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ann G. Slaybaugh
• Original Assignee: Ann G. Slaybaugh
• Inventors: Slaybaugh, Ann G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Norton, Donald F.
• Application Number:
  US06/012,226
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 150/28 R, 150/30, 150/34, 150/38-39, 206/37-38, 206/223, 206/232, 206/234, 206/349, 206/472-473, 206/459, 206/574, 206/425
• US Class Current: 206/232
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/02 Interior fittings; Means, e.g. inserts, for holding and packing articles
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 3/00 Flexible luggage; Handbags collapsible or extensible luggage, bags or the like A45C7/00

Abstract

A kit to enable a consumer to make maximum use of redeemable coupons when grocery shopping including a pair of scissors, an indexed storage area categorized in alphabetical order or in the order in which items are encountered during a normal shopping trip through a grocery store and a storage area for coupons which are used during a particular shopping trip so that they will be separated from the stored coupons thereby facilitating their redemption at the checkout counter. The kit is incorporated into a convenient size, foldable holder generally in the form of a wallet or the like to facilitate it being carried in a handbag, pocket, or the like.

Claims

1. A kit to enable a consumer to make maximum use of redeemable coupons when shopping comprising a flexible member foldable along a center line into overlying top and bottom portions, the inner surface of one of the portions including a pair of pockets with one of the pockets including a plurality of dividers dividing the space interiorly of the pocket into a plurality of storage areas, each divider including a tab with indicia for categorizing the spaces between the dividers to receive redeemable coupons of a particular category, the other pocket adapted to receive coupons selected from the categorized storage areas as items are selected from a store shelf thereby facilitating the redemption of the coupons when paying for the selected items, said flexible member including inner and outer panels, said pocket having the dividers therein being formed by a longitudinal slit in the inner panel and the pocket adapted to receive selected coupons being formed by an additional partial panel mounted on the inner surface of the inner panel, said panels being secured together around the periphery thereof with the opening into the storage areas facing the central fold line to retain the coupons in the storage areas when the flexible member is folded about the center fold line.

2. The structure as defined in claim 1 wherein the inner surface of the flexible member includes supporting means for a pair of scissors to facilitate the coupons being cut out of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, said means being in the form of a loop formed by parallel slits in the flexible member.

3. The structure as defined in claim 2 wherein the pair of pockets are formed in the inner surface of the bottom portion of the flexible member, said loop for receiving and supporting scissors being formed in the inner surface of the top portion of the flexible member, said parallel slits defining the loop extending through only the inner panel with the slits being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal slit in the bottom portion of the foldable member whereby the scissors are oriented generally in parallel relation to the storage areas but on the opposite side of the center fold line, said top and bottom portions of the flexible member being generally rectangular with the pockets and dividers extending substantially throughout the length of the bottom portion of the flexible member, said tabs on the dividers being arranged in longitudinally staggered relation substantially throughout the length of the pocket to enable maximum categorization of the spaces between the dividers.