Abstract This is a shopping reminder particularly useful as a grocery shopping or reminder list for use in the home for conveniently listing grocery articles as they become exhausted, and in the grocery store for indicating the items to be purchased. It consists of two book cover members having somewhat rigid raised boundary portions and integrally connected by a flexible portion so that the cover members may be folded over each other. Secured in the raised boundary portions and through raised ribs parallel thereto are rods on which elongated parallelpiped indicator slides having grocery items individually listed thereon. Slides ae slidable to either of two positions, one to indicate the item is needed, the other to indicate that it is not needed. A hump at the mid-point of the rod yieldably permits the slide to be slid thereover. The grocery indicating slide is elongate, having a central elongate hole so that the slide may be slid along the rod, and an elongate slot connecting to the central hole, so that the side may be put on or taken off the rod at will for changing to another indicating slide if desired. Integral hooks are provided on the end of one cover for holding the cover members in folded position or for suspending the reminder list on the inside of a grocery cart. Two spaced apart holes are located in the same end of the same cover member for hanging the unfolded reminder in the kitchen so that needed items may be listed for the next visit to the grocery store.
A shopping reminder (10) comprising a book-form casing (12) having a pair of complementary flat rectangular covers (14), said covers being comparatively rigid, a flexible hinge portion (22) integrally securing said flat covers together for folding one over the other into closed book form, said covers having upstanding rigid end and side boundary portions (16, 18, 20), said side edge boundary portions extending to said hinge portion, a plurality of upstanding raised ribs (30) extending at right angles to said hinge portion (22) and between and parallel to said opposite side portions (20) of each cover (14), a plurality of rod members (32) anchored in said side edge boundary portions (20) in spaced apart parallel relationship through said ribs (30), said rod members being substantially straight between their anchoring ends (34) except for a mid-point hump (36) between said ribs (30), or between a rib (30) and its adjacent side boundary (20), and a plurality of indication (44) carrying longitudinal slide members (38) each having an elongate slot (42) of a size to slip over said rod (32) and a central elongate tubular opening (40) to ride on said rod and over said hump (36), said hump (36) yieldably holding said indicator slide (38) against freely sliding thereover.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A shopping reminder (10) comprising a book-form casing (12) having a pair of complementary flat rectangular covers (14), said covers being comparatively rigid, a flexible hinge portion (22) integrally securing said flat covers together for folding one over the other into closed book form, said covers having upstanding rigid end and side boundary portions (16, 18, 20), said side edge boundary portions extending to said hinge portion, a plurality of upstanding raised ribs (30) extending at right angles to said hinge portion (22) and between and parallel to said opposite side portions (20) of each cover (14), a plurality of rod members (32) anchored in said side edge boundary portions (20) in spaced apart parallel relationship through said ribs (30), said rod members being substantially straight between their anchoring ends (34) except for a mid-point hump (36) between said ribs (30), or between a rib (30) and its adjacent side boundary (20), and a plurality of indication (44) carrying longitudinal slide members (38) each having an elongate slot (42) of a size to slip over said rod (32) and a central elongate tubular opening (40) to ride on said rod and over said hump (36), said hump (36) yieldably holding said indicator slide (38) against freely sliding thereover.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The reminder of claim 1, and spaced apart hook portions (28) extending integrally from the end area (16) of one cover, said hook portions serving to hold said other cover in folded position thereagainst when slid thereunder, and alternatively serving for hanging the unfolded reminder over an end wall of a grocery cart when serving as a grocery shopping list.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The reminder of claim 2, said end area having perforation means (46) for suspending said reminder (10) on wall hook means.