Document backer

• US 5,419,588 A
• Filed: 12/26/1991
• Issued: 05/30/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel J. Woods
• Original Assignee: Daniel J. Woods
• Inventors: Wood, Daniel J.
• Primary Examiner(s): HAN, FRANCES CHIN
• Application Number:
  US07/813,595
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 283/58, 283/62, 283/59, 283/101, 283/109, 283/110, 40/158.1, 346/135.1, D19/11, 428/900, 235/487, 235/493, 235/488
• US Class Current: 283/58
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape

Abstract

A document backer for supporting and carrying damaged checks, drafts and other financial documents through data processing machines. The document backer includes a translucent backing sheet with a vellum strip adhered to the lower edge thereof. The backing sheet includes an adhesive for affixing a check or other document thereto. The vellum strip is suitable for imprinting with magnetically readable characters. The document backer may also include a detachable cover sheet that is removed just prior to use. The document backer is particularly adapted to digital imaging systems, as the face of the check may be supported and presented as originally prepared, with no visual distortion or impairment, while the entire surface of the back of the check may also be photographed or microfilmed through the translucent backing sheet.

Claims

1. A document backer for holding a document of a specified thickness, comprising a backing sheet having front and back surfaces, said backing sheet being sufficiently translucent to enable a back surface of the document to be read and photographed therethrough, said backing sheet including an adhesive affixed to said front surface for attaching the document thereto, and a vellum strip affixed to a lower portion of said front surface of said backing sheet for receiving imprinted magnetically readable characters, said vellum strip being of a thickness comparable to the document thickness and being positioned so as to enable a lower edge of the document affixed to said backing sheet to abut said vellum strip, said vellum strip having a front surface lying in a common plane with a front surface of the document to thereby provide a nearly smooth continuum between the front surface of the document and the front surface of the vellum strip, and so that when the document is affixed to said from surface of said backing sheet the front surface of the document may be viewed unimpeded in any way while the back surface of the document may be viewed through said backing sheet.

2. The document backer defined in claim 1 wherein said backing sheet includes multiple areas on said front surface to which are applied a pressure sensitive adhesive.

3. The document backer defined in claim 1 further comprising a detachable cover sheet which is applied to said document backer during manufacture and retained thereon during storage, and which is removed prior to use.

4. The document backer defined in claim 3 wherein said detachable cover sheet is formed of a glassine sheet material that can be readily detached from said adhesive.

5. The document backer defined in claim 1 wherein said vellum strip is irreversibly adhered to said backing sheet.

6. The document backer defined in claim 1 wherein said backing sheet includes multiple areas on said front surface to which are applied a heat sensitive adhesive.

7. A document backer for holding a document of a specified thickness, comprising a translucent backing sheet through which the document can be read, said backing sheet having front and back surfaces, said backing sheet including an adhesive on said front surface for attaching a document thereto, a vellum strip affixed to a lower portion of said from surface for receiving magnetically readable characters, and a disposable cover sheet detachably adhered to said front surface of said backing sheet, said cover sheet abutting said vellum strip, whereby said cover sheet may be removed just prior to use to expose said adhesive, said vellum strip being of a thickness comparable to the document thickness and being positioned so as to enable a lower edge of the document affixed to said backing sheet to abut said vellum strip, said vellum strip having a from surface lying in a common plane with a front surface of the document to thereby provide a nearly smooth continuum between the front surface of the document and the front surface of the vellum strip, and so that when the document is affixed to said front surface of said backing sheet the front surface of the document may be viewed unimpeded in any way while the back surface of the document may be viewed through said backing sheet.

8. The document backer defined in claim 7 wherein said backing sheet includes multiple areas on said front surface to which are applied a pressure sensitive adhesive.

9. The document backer defined in claim 7 wherein said detachable cover sheet is formed of a glassine sheet material that can be readily detached from said adhesive on said front surface of said backing sheet.

10. The document backer defined in claim 7 wherein said vellum strip is irreversibly adhered to said backing sheet.

11. The document backer defined in claim 7 wherein said backing sheet includes multiple areas on said front surface to which are applied a heat sensitive adhesive.