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Feed-back communication card

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-10-14
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Granted: 1978-06-27
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Expires: 1996-10-14
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Abstract

Abstract Feed-back communication cards for ascertaining the views of participants in a meeting or conference in which pull off tabs are enhanced with ink marks on the edge and face of the edge of each card so that when a multiplicity of the cards are stacked, the openings in the card edges resulting from the removal of the pull off tabs and the ink markings on face of the card edges providing for quickly determining the outcome of the views of the assembly participants and a reliable estimate of the number who expressed themselves on the issue or issues which have been presented.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert C. Garnier, Sr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 15:38
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D15/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 189 words
Feed-back communication cards to ascertain the views in a meeting of participants, which comprises on the face of the card and at least along one edge thereof a plurality of scored members with the elongated base of each member facing outwardly to effect ready removal of the scored members and leave an elongated space along the facing edge of each card upon removal so that when the cards are stacked the spaces can readily be observed to determine the predominant views of the meeting and quickly provide at least an approximate number of the views expressed on the issue, the base of each scored member being slightly horizontally spaced from the base of each adjacent scored member to provide a spaced area therebetween, and ink marks extending over the extreme edge and edge face of each card in the spaced area between the scored members and horizontally spaced from each other to thereby border each side of a column of assembled card edges within which the spaces appear to readily indicate that the scored members have been removed and for visual tabulation of the views expressed by those present.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 189 words
Feed-back communication cards to ascertain the views in a meeting of participants, which comprises on the face of the card and at least along one edge thereof a plurality of scored members with the elongated base of each member facing outwardly to effect ready removal of the scored members and leave an elongated space along the facing edge of each card upon removal so that when the cards are stacked the spaces can readily be observed to determine the predominant views of the meeting and quickly provide at least an approximate number of the views expressed on the issue, the base of each scored member being slightly horizontally spaced from the base of each adjacent scored member to provide a spaced area therebetween, and ink marks extending over the extreme edge and edge face of each card in the spaced area between the scored members and horizontally spaced from each other to thereby border each side of a column of assembled card edges within which the spaces appear to readily indicate that the scored members have been removed and for visual tabulation of the views expressed by those present.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
The feed-back communcation cards of claim 1 and the scored members being bordered by a color different than the card itself so that the location of the scored members will visually stand out from the remainder of each card and other corresponding cards.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1981-06-26 1981-12-26 1982-06-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1985-06-26 1985-12-26 1986-06-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1989-06-26 1989-12-26 1990-06-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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