Record keeping system and method employing plural forms and co-operating reusable adhesive strip

Claim 1

A cumulative record keeping system for recording a plurality of designated operations performed by each of at least two departments operating in sequence on a single item, said system comprising a first record form sheet for use by a first of such departments and having thereon a plurality of original entries and having also two groups of column headings imprinted thereon, one of such groups designating operations to be performed on such item by such first department, and the other of said groups designating operations to be performed on the same item by such second department, said first form sheet having a stripattaching space thereon extending transversely across, and adjacent, the column headings thereon, a strip of writing material with pressure sensitive, releasable, adhesive backing initially attached to the strip attaching space on such first form sheet for entering, under appropriate headings of the first group, operations performed on such item by such first department, a second form sheet for use by such second department and having similar two groups of column headings imprinted thereon, said second form sheet having a plurality of strip attaching spaces thereon extending transversely across both groups of column headings therEon and aligned in column form relative to such column headings, whereby operations on such item designated by column headings of such first group are completed and entries made pertaining thereto on such strip opposite appropriate column headings of the first group, the strip is detached forwarded, together with the item to which it pertains, to such second department where such strip is attached to one of such spaces of the second form sheet, and operations on such item designated by column headings of the second group are completed and entries made pertaining thereto on such strip opposite appropriate column headings of the second group, and the strip is detached and returned to such first department, where it is reattached in the space provided on its first form sheet to comprise, with the original entries thereon, a complete record of the operations performed on such item by both such departments.

Claim 7

The method of recording the progress of an item through two successive departments acting in sequence on such item, with comprises, adhesively attaching, by a first of two departments, a strip of reusable adhesive backed material to a first form sheet having a plurality of original entries thereon and having also two pluralities of headings thereon pertaining to such item with the strip extending transversely across both pluralities of such headings; marking, by the first of such departments, of pertinent processing data pertaining to such item on the strip in register with each heading of one plurality of such headings, removing the strip by such first department and forwarding the strip together with such item to a follow-up department, adhesive attaching, by such follow-up department, the strip of reusable adhesive backed material to a second form sheet having a similar two pluralities of headings thereon with the strip extending transversely across both pluralities of such headings with the data entered on the strip by the first of such departments in register with each of the headings of one plurality thereof, marking by such follow-up department of pertinent processing data pertaining to such item on the strip in register with each of the other plurality of such headings, and removing the strip and returning it to the first of such departments for reattachment of the strip to the first sheet with data entered on the strip by both of such departments in register with respective headings of both pluralities thereof, whereby such strip, together with the original entries and column headings on the first form provides a permanent record of the processing of such item through both such departments.

Claim 8

The method of recording the progress of an item through two successive departments acting in sequence on such item, with comprises, adhesively attaching, by a first of two departments, a strip of reusable adhesive backed material to a first form sheet having a plurality of original entries thereon and having also two pluralities of headings thereon pertaining to such item with the strip extending transversely across both pluralities of such headings; marking, by the first of such departments, of pertinent processing data pertaining to such item on the strip in register with each heading of one plurality of such headings, removing the strip by such first department and forwarding the strip together with such item to a follow-up department, adhesive attaching, by such follow-up department, the strip of reusable adhesive backed material to a second form sheet having a similar two pluralities of headings thereon with the strip extending transversely across both pluralities of such headings with the data entered on the strip by the first of such departments in register with each of the headings of one plurality thereof, marking by such follow-up department of pertinent processing data pertaining to such item on the strip in register with each of the other plurality of such headings, and removing the strip and returning it to the first of such departments for reattachment of the strip to the first sheet with data entered on the strip by both of such departments in register with respective headings of both pluralities thereof, whereby such strip, together with the original entries and column headings on the first form provides a permanent record of the processing of such item through both such departments.