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Business form design aid

US4638569A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 1985
Grant dateJan 27, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S33/09
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A multi-element aid for the design of business forms of different sizes having selectable characteristics. As disclosed, the business form design aid includes four elongated elements slidably interconnected to form an enclosed, generally rectangular area of variable size. Each element includes a border guide marking, which is aligned with the inner edge of one adjacent element, as well as one or more business form indicia spaced apart from the border guide marking along the element. The inner edge of each element also meets a border guide marking on a second adjacent element. In this way, for any interior opening size, selectable business form design indicia are spaced apart from each of the inner edges of the four elements by consistent distances.

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