Memorandum pad

Claim 2

Memorandum and appointment pad comprising a plurality of memoranda sheets for receiving written notations at least the uppermost of which is provided with a cutout to expose a portion of an underlying sheet therethrough and means disposed adjacent the edge of said cutout for indicating that notations written or exposed therethrough will appear on said underlying sheet and therefore remain after removal of said uppermost sheet.

Claim 3

Memorandum and appointment pad as defined in claim 1 further comprising means defining a current memorandum and appointment location provided on said uppermost sheet in spaced apart relationship to said cutout, means defining a current memorandum and appointment location provided on said next succeeding sheet adapted to be disposed in general alignment with the cutout of said uppermost sheet and means for removably retaining said uppermost and said next succeeding sheet in stacked relationship and wherein said indicating means defines the portion of said underlying sheet as pertaining to future memoranda and appointments.

Claim 4

Pad as defined in claim 2 wherein each of said plurality of sheets is provided with a cutout and a current memorandum and appointment location, the position of said cutouts and said locations varying among the sheets so that each cutout will overlie the current memorandum and appointment location of an underlying sheet.

Claim 5

Pad as defined in claim 3 wherein said cutouts and locations alternate between two generally symmetric positions.

Claim 6

Pad defined in claim 4 wherein each of said sheets comprises a calendar leaf corresponding to at least one date.

Claim 7

Memorandum and appointment pad comprising a plurality of memoranda sheets for receiving notations or copy, means for retaining said sheets in stacked superposed relationship and enabling consecutive removal of each uppermost sheet from the stack to expose the next succeeding sheet, each of said sheets being provided with a cutaway portion to expose the corresponding portion of the next succeeding sheet therethrough so that memoranda may be written through said cutaway portion on each next succeeding sheet without requiring movement of the uppermost sheet and thereby viewed or read even after the preceding sheet has been removed, the cutaway portion of each sheet differing in position from the position of the cutaway portion of the succeeding sheet so that notations may be selectively made on either one of the uppermost sheets away from said cutaway portion and the next succeeding sheet through said cutaway portion and enable selected notations to be made with a single entry and read either with or without the uppermost sheet in position as if a double entry had been made on each of two consecutive sheets.

Claim 8

Memorandum and appointment pad comprising a plurality of memoranda sheets for receiving notations or copy, means for retaining said sheets in stacked superposed relationship and enabling consecutive removal of each uppermost sheet from the stack to expose the next succeeding sheet, each of said sheets being provided with a cutaway portion to expose the corresponding portion of the next succeeding sheet therethrough so that memoranda may be written through said cutaway portion on each next succeeding sheet without requiring movement of the uppermost sheet and thereby viewed or read even after the preceding sheet has been removed, the cutaway portion of each sheet differing in position from the position of the cutaway portion of the succeeding sheet so that notations may be selectively made on either one of the uppermost sheets away from said cutaway portion and the next succeeding sheet through said cutaway portion and enable selected notations to be made with a single entry and read either with or without the uppermost sheet in position as if a double entry had been made on each of two consecutive sheets.

Claim 9

Memorandum and appointment pad defined in claim 6 wherein said cutaway portions consecutively alternate between two generally symmetric locations.

Claim 10

Memorandum and appointment pad defined in claim 7 wherein each of said sheets comprises a calendar leaf identifiable as corresponding to a particular date further comprising means disposed adjacent each cutaway portion indicating that notations written and visible therethrough pertain to a future date and means disposed adjacent the portion exposed through the cutaway portion of the preceding sheet pertains to the current date.

Claim 11

Memorandum and appointment pad defined in claim 8 wherein each sheet of said stack corresponds to a single weekday and further comprising a single sheet corresponding to the two days of a weekend followed by a similar stacK corresponding to the next succeeding week all maintained in stacked relationship, the weekend sheet being provided with a cutaway portion in substantial alignment with the cutaway portion of the last preceding weekday sheet so that notations may be made therethrough on the last weekday of a preceding week directly on the succeeding sheet corresponding to the first weekday of the next succeeding week.

Claim 12

Memorandum and appointment pad defined in claim 8 wherein each of said sheets is provided with calendar information particularly adapted to enable the user to rapidly, easily, efficiently and effortlessly determine pertinent calendar information and comprising, in combination, a calendar presenting the full year in a concise format, an enlarged calendar for the current month prominently positioned on the sheet with the current day of the month being prominently distinguished thereon, enlarged monthly calendars for the preceding and succeeding months flanking the current month''s calendar and the current day and date prominently displayed in both the written and abbreviated numerical forms.

Claim 13

Pad defined in claim 10 further comprising means identifying holidays on said monthly calendars and means defining holidays on the respective current date sheet positioned to be exposed through the cutout of the preceding sheet to provide advance warning thereof.