Special receptacle or package – File for plural cards or sheets
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-12
2001-05-01
Gehman, Bryon P. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
File for plural cards or sheets
C206S232000, C383S039000, C705S034000, C705S040000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223897
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the field of compartmented organizing systems and particularly, to such systems as adapted to organizing bills for payment and storing thereof for future retrieval.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONS
Every household or small business has a monthly aggregation of invoices and statements for various operating accounts. Not only should these bills be paid in a timely manner but, after payment, they should be filed for reference purposes in tax preparation and then stored so as to be available if needed in an audit. The responsible household or business manager creates a personal system that satisfies his or her perceived need. One manager's personal system may be keeping two stacks, one for unpaid bills and the second for paid bills, while another's system might use a separate file folder for each unpaid and paid account.
Computers and versatile software have simplified the tasks of bookkeeping and financial management, but there has not been any parallel progress in managing the accounting “paper trail”. In a perfect world, the paper might be discarded once the date, transaction number, and amount is entered into the computer. However, the perfect world does not contemplate such things as accidental oversight, entry errors and audits.
Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to provide an improved method and apparatus for organizing bills. A second object is that the improved apparatus include a visible reminder of pending, unpaid bills. A third object is that the improved apparatus provide integral packaging for long term storage and retrieval of bills paid during a fiscal year.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONS
The present inventions contemplate improved methods and apparatus for organizing bills for payment and for storage of the paid bills for record and tax purposes. Practice of the present inventions relates to or uses some steps and apparatus well known in the accounting arts and therefore, not the subject of detailed discussion herein.
The present invention comprises apparatus for organizing and storing paid and unpaid bills on accounts. The apparatus has a flexible backing, to which a plurality of compartments for individual accounts are attached in an array of rows. Each compartment has an inner section for paid bills and an outer section for unpaid bills. The inner section has sufficient capacity to hold all of the individual account billings for a twelve month period, and the outer section includes a transparent window to allow viewing the contents thereof. The apparatus is preferably configured for hanging on a prominent vertical surface, where is it viewed routinely by the individual responsible for accounts payable.
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Bryan John F.
Gehman Bryon P.
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