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Automated teller machine transaction receipts with integral promotional game

  • US 4,817,949 A
  • Filed: 06/08/1987
  • Issued: 04/04/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising, in combination:

  • a transaction receipt having obverse and reverse surfaces;

    an automated teller machine which prints transaction information on said obverse surface of said transaction receipt, said automated teller machine having a friction drive element which engages portions of one of said obverse or reverse surfaces of said receipt for conveying said receipt through said automated teller machine, and said automated teller machine further having a biasing element which engages portions of the other of said obverse and reverse surfaces of said receipt for biasing said receipt against said obverse and reverse surfaces of said receipt for biasing said receipt against said friction drive element;

    said transaction receipt further comprising;

    paper stock having non-smooth obverse and reverse surfaces such that said receipt will not slip when engaged by said friction drive element of said automated teller machine;

    game indicia imprinted on a portion of said reverse surface of said paper stock which is not contacted by said other of said friction drive element and said biasing element which engages portions of said reverse surface of said receipt;

    a release coating applied over said game indicia, whereby said game indicia may be viewed through said release coating; and

    a selectively removable opaque masking applied over said release coating such that said masking does not penetrate said reverse surface of said paper stock, whereby said game indicia are concealed from view until said masking is removed.

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