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Grocery list device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-03-26
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Granted: 1988-05-10
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Expires: 2007-03-26
Abstract
Abstract This invention is a box including several sets of index strips, each strip indicated with the name of a different food or non-food item, and snap-on indicators that clip on selected ones of the index strips, to indicate items needed to purchase.
Inventors
- 👤 Roosevelt R. Manuel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:58
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42F; B42F17/00; G; G09; G09B; G09B29/00; G09B29/001; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/831
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A grocery list device, comprising, in combination, a shallow box, a hinged cover on a top thereof for selectively enclosing an interior thereof, a pocket on an inner side of said cover to hold redeemable coupons or stamps, a plurality of record keeping mechanisms inside said box arranged in a row, each said mechanism comprising a set of elongated, flat, stiff strips and a pair of spaced apart, upwardly arched, semi-circular rings mounted at their opposite ends upon a floor of said box, each said strip having a name of a different grocery store purchaseable item printed on one side thereof, and each said strip having an opening near each opposite end thereof for being received on said pair of rings so that when said strip is pivotally flipped over in one direction, said item name faces upwardly so to be seen, and when oppositely flipped, said name faces downwardly so to not be seen.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A grocery list device, comprising, in combination, a shallow box, a hinged cover on a top thereof for selectively enclosing an interior thereof, a pocket on an inner side of said cover to hold redeemable coupons or stamps, a plurality of record keeping mechanisms inside said box arranged in a row, each said mechanism comprising a set of elongated, flat, stiff strips and a pair of spaced apart, upwardly arched, semi-circular rings mounted at their opposite ends upon a floor of said box, each said strip having a name of a different grocery store purchaseable item printed on one side thereof, and each said strip having an opening near each opposite end thereof for being received on said pair of rings so that when said strip is pivotally flipped over in one direction, said item name faces upwardly so to be seen, and when oppositely flipped, said name faces downwardly so to not be seen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein a reminder indicator is stored adjacent one end of each said strip, said reminder indicator having a bendable tab to snap over or under said strip end.
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