Manifold forms

Claim 1

A multi-sheet manifold set comprising a plurality of superposed continuous webs of paper of the sElf-copying type, superposed transverse fold lines spaced along the length of said webs whereby said superposed webs may be zig-zag folded and divided along certain of said fold lines into superposed record sheets, each of said superposed web with the optional exception of the bottom one being coated on its underside with a coating of pressure transferable image-forming material and each having its upper surface free of such coating and thus being an adhesivecompatible surface subject to being adhesively adhered to another similar surface, means constituting part of the uppermost one of said web and partaking of the above described coated and uncoated conditions for comprising a self-contained securing means for holding the webs of said set in loosely aligned relationship, said means comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced tongues struck from said uppermost one of said webs, vertically registering openings through the webs above the lowermost one adjacent the position of each of said tongues, each of said tongues extending through said openings, the terminal portion of said tongue projecting beyond the last of said openings being back bent so as to present its uncoated adhesive-compatible surface in parallel contacting relation to the similarly uncoated adhesive compatible surface of the lowermost one of the webs and a continuous strip of adhesive applied to the uncoated upper surface of the lowermost web to which the tongue is adhered, both said strip of adhesive and the back-bent terminal portion of the tongue extending longitudinally of the webs and thus in the direction of feed of said webs.