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US4978006A
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Portable register box
Assignee: MOORE BUSINESS FORMS Inc A CORP OF DELAWARE
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Filing: 1989-08-22
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Granted: 1990-12-18
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Expires: 2009-08-22
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a portable register box. The box comprises a bottom (1) and a cover (4) having a recess (5) through which it is possible to write on a paper sheet supported by a rigid plate 8, a compartment (14) being provided on this plate for a reserve of blank paper. In the bottom 1 there is provided a cutout (7), via which it is possible to introduce a paper sheet into a filing compartment (15) separated or not from the blank-paper compartment. The user can thus store the duplicates made when using a duplicating paper. The box can be of cardboard. It can form a means of permanent filing.
Inventors
- 👤 Olivier D. Juteau
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:38
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41L; B41L5/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A portable register box comprising: a bottom, two lateral sides, two transversely extending sides and a cover having an opening therethrough for viewing and enabling writing on a paper strip located inside the box; means defining a discharge slot disposed at an end of the cover adjacent a transverse side of said box; a substantially rigid plate within said box serving as a writing table located between the cover and the inner volume of the box whereby paper strip overlying the plate may be written on through said opening and paper strip stored in said inner volume, said plate extending toward the transverse side opposite said slot and leaving a passage between said opposite transverse side and an edge thereof to enable part of a paper strip contained in the inner volume to pass therefrom, about said edge, and over the plate into a writing position overlying said plate below said opening, said bottom of said box having a cutout defining an aperture for receiving discrete paper sheets into the inner volume of said box for filing therein with the paper strips in said inner volume.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
186 words
A portable register box comprising: a bottom, two lateral sides, two transversely extending sides and a cover having an opening therethrough for viewing and enabling writing on a paper strip located inside the box; means defining a discharge slot disposed at an end of the cover adjacent a transverse side of said box; a substantially rigid plate within said box serving as a writing table located between the cover and the inner volume of the box whereby paper strip overlying the plate may be written on through said opening and paper strip stored in said inner volume, said plate extending toward the transverse side opposite said slot and leaving a passage between said opposite transverse side and an edge thereof to enable part of a paper strip contained in the inner volume to pass therefrom, about said edge, and over the plate into a writing position overlying said plate below said opening, said bottom of said box having a cutout defining an aperture for receiving discrete paper sheets into the inner volume of said box for filing therein with the paper strips in said inner volume.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A register box according to claim 1 wherein said box is formed of a single blank of foldable material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
A register box according to claim 2 wherein said cover is connected to said blank by a foldline adjacent said opposite transverse side of said box and extends therefrom to terminate in a free end, said plate being formed by a bent portion of said blank connected thereto by a folding therealong located opposite the foldline connecting the cover to said blank, said discharge slot for the paper being located adjacent the free end of said cover.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A register box according to claim 1 including a partition dividing the inner space into two compartments disposed between said plate and said partition and between said partition and said bottom for receiving paper sheets and filed paper sheets, respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A register box according to claim 1 wherein said cutout has a movable flap for preventing the filed paper sheets from being discharged from the box.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
A register box according to claim 1 wherein said box is formed of two discrete elements assembled one with the other, each element being obtained from a single blank of foldable material, one of said elements including the cover and the other of said elements including said rigid plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
100 words
A register box according to claim 6 wherein the first element comprises a box having a pair of side walls, a pair of transverse side walls and a slot at the junction of the cover and one of the transverse side walls, said second element forming a box comprising a bottom and being open adjacent said opposite transverse side wall of said first element in the assembly of said first and second elements, said boxes being assembled one to the other with said second element being received within said first element in a direction perpendicular to the cover and bottom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
82 words
A register box according to claim 6 wherein the first element forms a box open on the paper discharge side thereof, and the second element forms a box open only on the opposite side to the paper discharge side, each said element having an aperture through its bottom superposable in assembly of said elements to form said cutout, said elements being assembled by sliding the second element into said first element in a direction parallel to the lateral sides of said box.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
113 words
A register box according to claim 6 wherein the first element forms a sleeve comprised of said cover, said bottom and said lateral sides, and the second element forms a box open only on the same side as said bottom of said first element when said elements are assembled and, on the opposite side, said plate forming a top portion of the box of said second element and having said passage between it and a transverse side wall of the box of said second element, said first and second elements being assembled by sliding the second element into the first element in a direction parallel to the lateral edges of said register box.
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