Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel color based optical grading system with multi-reflectance and multi-angle views for grading objects of different external characteristics, and a novel color based optical grading method for grading objects based on different external characteristics. The system comprises of: multiple advanced optics units and at least one master controller. Each optics unit comprises of multiple programmable cameras, multiple spectral light sources, multiple adjustable mirrors/prisms, a mirror/prism adjustment assembly to ensure the enhanced surface analysis of the objects; at least one backlighting domes to provide uniform backlight for capturing objects in multi-reflection and multi-angle views and at least one image processing unit for processing images of each objects.

Abstract: A response form security device is provided for use with a generally planar response form having an answer area bearing answer blanks upon which a respondent makes marks to indicate a plurality of responses. The security device includes a sleeve adapted and constructed to slidably receive and cover the response form. An access window is formed in the sleeve, and permits visual access by the respondent to a number of fewer than all of the answer areas of the response form. The length of the sleeve and the configuration of the answer window are chosen so as to prevent anyone other than the user from seeing a number of marks on the answer area sufficient to observe a repeatable pattern of marks.

Abstract: A data storage device comprises a memory in which a collection of prostate cancer screening data is stored. The screening data is obtained from a selection of the general male population without medical pre-selection. A device for indicating a risk for a disease of an individual, comprises an indicator for indicating a determined value for said risk. The indicator comprises a risk scale representing a range of values of said risk, and at least one dialler for entering a value of a diagnostic parameter of an individual. The dialler comprises a parameter scale representing a range of values of said diagnostic parameter.

Abstract: An aroma visual message carrier is shaped into a card device for carrying multisensory messages to deliver two interchangeable images with a scent releasing mechanism linked to the very act of image change by a recipient. The carrier comprises an image changing frame including a still image member with a first image printed on it and a sliding image member with a second image print partially interlaced with the still image member so that a manual sliding action of the still image member brings the two images interchangeably fade in and out laterally through each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating a transaction is disclosed. In one form, a transaction facilitator includes a rear panel sized relatively close to a currency card. The front panel is coupled to the rear panel and includes a width slightly greater than the rear panel. The front panel is coupled to the rear panel at a distance from the rear panel to secure the currency card. The front panel further includes a height slightly less than the rear panel and an aperture positioned relative to allow viewing of a portion of the currency card. A fold is coupled to the rear panel to secure the front panel to the rear panel at a position relative to the aperture to display information associated with the currency card.

Abstract: A food/drink tab/check holder for making it easier for the customer to be able to read one's tab/check upon the receipt thereof. The food/drink tab/check holder includes a book having a front cover and a back cover being pivotally connected to the front cover and closable upon said front cover with the front cover having a side facing the back cover upon the book being closed and with the back cover having a side facing the front cover upon the book being closed; and also includes a tab/check member including a piece of paper being removably held within the book and having indicia displayed thereupon; and further includes an elongate magnifying member being movably attached to the book for enlarging the indicia for a user to easily view without having to use eyeglasses; and also includes a light-emitting assembly being attached to the book for providing light between the front and back covers upon the book being opened; and further includes a writing utensil being removably supported upon the book.

Abstract: A system for mounting a component to a portfolio including a tongue located on the component, the tongue having a tail portion and a tip portion, and a portfolio having a tongue opening formed therein. The top can be inserted into the tongue opening and component rotated relative to the portfolio until the tongue is generally received through the tongue opening to couple the component to the portfolio.

Abstract: A greeting card having a calculation wheel for determining the conception date of the user. The conceptionday greeting card includes a card member having at least one wall; and a conceptionday calculation wheel rotatably mounted on the at least one wall. The conceptionday calculation wheel includes an outer peripheral wheel section having first indicia thereon in the form of months and calendar days; and the calculation wheel also includes an inner wheel section rotatable relative to the outer peripheral wheel section; the inner wheel section having second indicia thereon in the form of a birth date marker and a conception date marker. Rotation of the birth date marker of the inner wheel section relative to the outer peripheral section is used to indicate the birth date of the user for determining the conception date of the user from the conception date marker of the inner section of the calculation wheel.

Abstract: A two-part token for business purposes includes an inner part and an outer part. Both parts are assembled by similarity of form; namely, the token has corresponding indents and projections for indexing the inner part on the outer part. A code is stamped on each part such that, when the parts are assembled, both codes are mutually extending from each other, preferably, adjacent to each other to allow a barcode reader to readily scan both codes.

Abstract: A greeting card having a calculation wheel for determining the conception date of the user. The conceptionday greeting card includes a card member having at least one wall; and a conceptionday calculation wheel rotatably mounted on the at least one wall. The conceptionday calculation wheel includes an outer peripheral wheel section having first indicia thereon in the form of months and calendar days; and the calculation wheel also includes an inner wheel section rotatable relative to the outer peripheral wheel section; the inner wheel section having second indicia thereon in the form of a birth date marker and a conception date marker. Rotation of the birth date marker of the inner wheel section relative to the outer peripheral section is used to indicate the birth date of the user for determining the conception date of the user from the conception date marker of the inner section of the calculation wheel.

Abstract: A spinning disk assembly including a support sheet having a window area, a center point and a slit region and also a disk having a center coupled to that center point of the support sheet, an outer circumference and a mid circumference. The mid circumference is located between the center and the outer circumference with the area between the center and said mid circumference defining a window viewing band which corresponds to the window area of the support sheet. The area between the mid circumference and the outer circumference defines a slit viewing band which corresponds to the slit region of the support sheet, so that when the center of the disk is coupled to the center point of the support sheet, part of the window viewing band is seen through the window of the support sheet and part of the slit viewing band is viewed through the slit region of the support sheet.

Abstract: A global time calculator includes an insert and a sleeve. The insert is marked on both its sides (or on a single page slide insert on one side) with vertical columns of incremental time designations, and may or may not contain a stop mechanism. The insert is slidable and connected with the sleeve so as to be shiftable in a vertical direction. Both sides of the sleeve (or in some embodiments a single side of the sleeve) have areas for obscuring vertically aligned time designations that are in excess of unobscured time designations.

Abstract: This invention relates to a two-part token and to a method of using same for business purposes.

Abstract: A food portion tabulator device that is an aid for calculating and evaluating an individuals daily intake of food portions. The device is self-contained, having various indicia pertinent to various food groups thereon, includes movable pins which correspond to each of the food groups, and includes a unique housing that automatically resets the pins for the next day's use.

Abstract: A tool is disclosed for providing multiple assignments of each of a plurality of players or participants to each of a plurality of positions or tasks in a sporting event, game or activity. The positions include playing positions and reserve positions. The tool comprises a base and a plurality of rotatable elements. Each player or participant representation represents one of the plurality of players or participants. Each rotatable element is divided into a unique number of sections. Each section of a rotatable element includes a position or task representation. Each rotatable element is rotatably mountable on the base such that each section of the rotatable element aligns with one of the plurality of player or participant representations on the base and thereby assigns each player or participant to a particular playing position, reserve position or task.

Abstract: A cleaning card for cleaning the magnetic heads of magnetic card readers is disclosed. As the card is pushed through the reader, the magnetic head protrudes through the card and then as the card continues to move the sides of the hole in the card scrub both sides of the head effectively removing dirt.

Abstract: In order to create interest in advertising pieces in a consumer, a pop-up advertising piece includes a booklet-shaped advertiser movable from a closed position to an open position. An anchoring strip is in vertical confronting relation to a normally inwardly facing surface of one of the cover portions and has top and bottom edges secured to the normally inwardly facing surface in general proximity to top and bottom edges thereof. An internal substrate has one vertical edge secured to the one of the cover portions opposite the anchoring strip and the other vertical edge is secured to the anchoring strip. A first fold line is provided on the internal substrate in spaced relation to a generally vertical fold line of the booklet-shaped advertiser when it is in the closed position. The internal substrate also has a second fold line on the side of the anchoring strip opposite the first fold line.

Abstract: A slide chart in which the sleeve and the slide have mutually engaging flaps which click past one another upon insertion of the slide into the sleeve but engage to prevent withdrawal of the slide from the sleeve.

Abstract: A wallet size pocketed booklet which has been adapted to hold a card having the dimensions of a conventional credit card, and is particularly designed to be carried in the credit card compartment of a wallet or similar size compartment holder. The use of a resin emulsion adhesive, a vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer emulsion, in the pocketed booklet makes it possible to create a properly formed pocket closed on three sides for holding and protecting the card.

Abstract: The frangible card with a sealed compartment has a top sheet and a bottom sheet made from a synthetic, polymeric, plastic material, both sheets being substantially rigid and being sized and shaped substantially in the form of a conventional credit card, and thus being adapted for transport on or about the person in a wallet or billfold. An information storage medium, such as paper, film, or magnetic storage media, is interleaved between the top and bottom sheets. The top and bottom sheets are sealed around their periphery, preferably by ultrasonic welding, defining a sealed compartment. The top and bottom sheets are opaque in order to preserve the information stored in the sealed compartment in privacy. The top and bottom sheets are scored along one edge, so that access to the compartment is gained by breaking the card along the scored edge. Paper money or other flat valuables may be stored in the compartment with the information storage medium.

Abstract: A lottery ticket includes an upper edge, a lower edge, opposite side edges, and a first area located adjacent the upper edge, the first area having a first set of gaming indicia disposed thereon that form lower portions of prize symbols. A second area is located adjacent the lower edge, the second area having a second set of gaming indicia disposed thereon that form upper portions of prize symbols. The arrangement is such that upon folding the ticket about a horizontal axis and aligning the second set of gaming indicia above the first set of gaming indicia, the winning status of the lottery ticket is determined if the upper portions of prize symbols register with the lower portions of prize symbols to create at least one complete prize symbol. Other lottery ticket constructions are further contemplated. A method of playing a lottery game is further disclosed.

Abstract: A slidable card device is disclosed for assisting coaches, and assistant coaches, in alternating player positions during a T-Ball League or Little League ball game. In the preferred embodiment, the invention includes a thin, generally rectangular housing or sheath having a front, a back, two closed sides, and two opened ends. The front of the sheath includes a roster box for the coach to handwrite the names of his/her players in column format, as the players show up. Next to the player names is a viewing window which exposes an insert card inside the sheath. This insert card has a series of preprinted matrices that match the number of possible player positions for a ball game. Once the number of players has been determined, the coach selects which matrix appears in the window. Each matrix includes a series of columns which lists the possible player positions, for that game, in various orders.

Abstract: A wallet card package having a wallet card secured between front and rear panels by a layer of peelable adhesive. The upper portion of the wallet card is sandwiched between the front and rear panels at the bottom of the package. A layer of peelable adhesive secures the upper portion of the card to the front and/or rear panels. The lower portion of the card extends from the bottom of the package and includes a magnetic strip that is accessible without removing the card from the package. The front panel may define a window permitting viewing of the upper portion.

Abstract: A prepaid transaction instrument associated with an account database having an envelope and a card insert that a user slides into the envelope. The card insert comprises various instruction in a first language, such as English. Other information such as indicia of an authorization code for accessing the account database, indicia of an access telephone number, indicia of an issuer of the transaction instrument, and the like may also be provided on the card insert. The envelope comprises information or instruction for using the transaction instrument in a language different from the language of the card insert. Appropriately placed aperture(s) on the envelope allow the user to see vital information from the card insert such as, for example, the account database number or the access telephone number.

Abstract: The present invention consists of an overlay for the front surfaces of credit, debit, ATM and similar transaction cards. The overlay is designed in such a manner that it allows the cardholder to customize the appearance of the front surface of the cardholder's cards without affecting the operability of the card. The overlay of the present invention may be easily fabricated with a number of designs, ranging from artistic designs, to personal photographs, to political, religious, humorous, or other messages. As such, the present invention allows a cardholder to customize and personalize the appearance of the cardholder's cards as well as to use the cards as a means to communicate ideas and messages in addition to acting as a means of payment whenever a card is used.

Abstract: A blocking label is provided for use with protective covers enclosing inserts such as identification cards. The blocking label is custom cut and applied on the clear outside surface of the protective cover to cover a desired information contained on the information bearing surface of an insert which is visible through the clear outside surface of the protective cover. The blocking label is coated with an adhesive that is compatible with the clear material of the protective cover and the blocking label to achieve a semipermanent adhesion of the blocking label to the protective cover.

Abstract: A development project scheduling method for scheduling a plurality of development tasks includes the steps of selecting a construction job schedule chart having a list of a plurality of discrete development tasks for completion of a construction job. The development tasks are listed in the order that each task is to be performed relative to the other tasks. The development project schedule has a bar chart bar for each listed construction task scaled to the days required to complete the task. A calendar overlay is then made having calendar days thereon and a plurality of lines marking the calendar days and scaled to the selected development project schedule job schedule chart development task bar chart bars. The calendar overlay is made having selected calendar days, such as Sundays and holidays, missing therefrom.

Abstract: An indicating device (2) for indicating dates upon which events such as procedural steps should take place, said device (2) comprising a first disc (4) having a first field )24) which includes a plurality of first dates and at least one second field (26) which includes a plurality of second dates, the positions of said fields (24, 26) having a predetermined relationship to one another on the first disc, a second disc (6) pivotally connected for relative rotary movement to the first disc (4), the second disc having a first window (12) which can be aligned with a selected one of the first dates and a second window (14, 16, 18, 20) having a predetermined position relative to the first window, the arrangement being such that when the first window is aligned with one of the first dates, the second window is aligned with a second date in the second field thereby indicating the date upon which an event should take place consequent upon selection of one of the first dates.

Abstract: A survey card apparatus having a front planar member with a plurality of elongated apertures, and a response aperture perpendicular to at least a portion of the plurality of elongated apertures. A middle planar member is secured to the front planar member. The middle planar member has at least one aperture therethrough. A plurality of slide members with indicia responsive to selected questions on the front side and bar code indicia on the back side. The indicia on the front side of the respective slide members is aligned with the response aperture on the front planar member. A rear panel member is secured to the middle planar member. The rear panel member has a bar code indicia aperture in parallel alignment with the response aperture, so that when the indicia is aligned with regard to the response aperture, the response in bar code is aligned with the bar code aperture on the rear planar member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a manually operable calculator for determining a fourth value on the basis of three variables. According to one example, the calculator is used to determine the total storage available for a recording medium consisting of several units, such as hard disks or magneto optical disks. Specifically, values for total storage are displayed in response to inputting the capacity of each disk, the number of disks and the data recording rate. According to the invention, the calculator comprises a slide member upon which two rotating wheels are mounted along a common axis of rotation. The slide and wheels each have indicia corresponding to the three variables printed thereon. The indicia on the wheels is selected by rotation while the indicia on the slide is selected by moving the slide within a sleeve having openings formed therein.

Abstract: A card for use as a visual and informational aid for reading and comprehending horizontally disposed information relating to a stock in a selected financial table in a selected publication, published financial tables include a top line of headings disposed horizontally relative to one another, below the upper horizontal line of headings are horizontal lines containing identifying and financial information relating to a particular stock, the invention comprising a partially transparent generally planar card having at least one horizontal viewing area, horizontally arranged line headings above the viewing area correspond in information and spacing to the information and spacing in the line headings of the specified financial table in the specified publication which is to be read and comprehended, information appearing on said card relative to each viewing area identifying a selected publication and a selected financial table or tables in association with which the viewing area is intended to be used, the viewin

Abstract: This invention relates to a device to facilitate the retrieval of stored information. More particularly it relates to a device which has a form allowing economic manufacture and captivation of an element of the device, which needs to move to make the device operational, until the device is about to be first put into service.

Abstract: A vaccination scheduler is used by health professionals to easily and unequivocally establish the appropriate timing and dosage for vaccinations routinely given to children. The invention clarifies the maze of instructions and caveats that otherwise must be born in mind by the health professional, resulting in much under-vaccination and disease. A sequence of vaccine-specific dials display the needed information in a sequence which indexes with the windows of a front panel to isolate the sequencing and dose information needed for the particular patient.

Abstract: A cylindrical drum has correlated information stored thereon in circumferentially extending longitudinally spaced rows. The drum is rotatably disposed within an open cylinder and the cylinder has windows longitudinally spaced therealong so as to correspond to the longitudinal spacing of the rows. The drum is attached to knobs which are integral with end caps for closing the cylinder, and when the drum is rotated via the knobs the information on the drum is accessed and is visible through the windows in the cylinder.

Abstract: An efficient hand-held scanner simultaneously isolates and blocks out all but a single row of numbers on a lottery ticket at a time for ready comparison with winning lottery number displayed on the scanner. The multipurpose scanner has windows and displays for accommodating a six number weekly lottery game and a five number daily lotto game. The convenient scanner also has a support member, which preferably comprises an inclined flap, to support and guide lottery tickets past the windows of the scanner.

Abstract: A Garden information Kit has two elements which provide all the information necessary for successful planting, growing and harvesting of crops. The first element is a set of data cards both carrying information and having means to easily sort the cards carrying the desired information. The second element is a calendar calculation wheel used to determine when certain events are to be executed.

Abstract: A pocket binder with a ring mount slidably seated in a compartment between the panels of the binder cover for attachment to a ringed binder. The ring mount may be partially extended from the compartment to expose a plurality of holes for insertion in a ringed binder. Alternatively, the ring mount may be retracted into the compartment to reduce the width of the pocket binder to a size capable of being stored in a suit pocket. A second embodiment discloses a pocket binder and ringed binder combination with the pocket binder attached to the ringed binder by the insertion of the rings through the holes in the pocket binder.

Abstract: This display advertisement qualifies for second-class postal rates because it is all one piece of paper when bound into a publication, when mailed, and when received by a recipient of the publication. Yet it is capable of operation by the recipient to display two or more different images. One area of the sheet forms a slidable-panel portion for motion, eventually, within (or behind) other portions; this slidable-panel portion is folded over to lie within (or behind) the other portions, and connected to the other portions by a perforated tab. The tab initially restrains the slidable-panel portion against actually sliding. The recipient breaks the tab to free the slidable-panel portion, making it actually slidable; and then moves the tab to slide the slidable panel. Preferably the other portions of the sheet are folded and glued to form a flat tube that is tipped (or otherwise bound) into the publication. Parts of images--including photos, lettering, etc.

Abstract: A device for rapidly obtaining data related to destination points in the form of a navigational chart that supports a slide to move in a defined path relative to and beneath the display. A window is provided in the chart or along an edge thereof to enable a pointer on the slide to be visible through the useful range of movement of the slide. On the slide is provided at least one column of data, the individual lines of data being viewed sequentially through another window through the chart. Destination points are displayed on the navigational chart in their appropriate analog positions and connected by lines to the edge of the slot along which the pointer moves. The data is so coordinated with the pointer than when the point is opposite a line connected to a desired destination point, the proper data such as latitude and longitude and time delay codes for that destination point appear in the window as required in Loran and Global Position Satellite (GPS) systems.

Abstract: A pop-out slide and a method of fabricating the same from a single continuous web of material. The method comprises cutting a web of material to define a through slot and a cutout, such that the cutout in turn defines a pop-out member superimposable with and shaped and alignable for selective extension through the slot, slitting said web into two ribbons, one ribbon including said slot and the other including the cutout and the pop-out member. The method proceeds by stacking the ribbons in a position for aligning the pop-out member with the slot, applying a seam of glue adjacent the slot and marrying the ribbon carrying the pop-out member with the ribbon carrying the slot. Thereafter, the method proceeds by folding over the slot-carrying ribbon so as to fully enclose the ribbon carrying the pop-out member and such that the seam of glue extends through the cutout defining the pop-out member to adhesively secure with a facing surface of the slot-carrying ribbon to the other side thereof.

Abstract: A spinning wheel type paper product and a method of fabricating the same from a single continuous web of material. The method comprises the steps of cutting the web of material to define a window and a wheel having a central aperture and slitting the web into two ribbons, one of the ribbons including said window and the other including said wheel. An area of glue is applied to the ribbon carrying the window at a location spaced apart from the window and the ribbons are stacked in a position for aligning the central aperture with the glue area. The ribbon carrying the window is folded over so as to enclose the ribbon carrying the wheel and such that the area of glue extends through the central aperture in the wheel to adhesively secure, with a facing surface of the window carrying ribbon, the other side thereof. Individual products are then formed by transversely cutting the web.

Abstract: A personalized greeting card system includes a foldable sheet member defining first and second panels and a plurality of interchangeable sleeve elements for removably fitting over and around the second panel. Each of the sleeve elements is provided with a separate printed message or greeting. The first panel defines opposed front and rear surfaces, and the front surface has a printed message or greeting thereon which preferably includes a person's name. The rear surface has a plural-lined printed message or greeting thereon which uses the letters of the person's name as the first letter of each line of the plural-lined message.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a picture- and/or textchanging slide, in which a piece of planar material is subdivided into three sections, of which two sections provided with changing strips formed by incisions are folded onto each other and are thereafter shifted in position relative to one another to bring the free ends of the changing strips of one section through the incisions of the other section, whereafter two of the sections are folded together into an envelope enclosing the third section and are glued together with a marginal portion of the third section, after which the slide is cut loose from the third section.

Abstract: A self-organizer or self-reminder which is used by people to remind themselves about very important steps or things, which should be done prior to leaving home or business to assure safety of the above premises.

Abstract: A movable index mounted on a base sheet for reciprocal movement which movement is controlled, guided and limited by track means and track-follower means.

Abstract: In a ticket pack, a plurality of ATB tickets and a support panel assembled to each other with tabs on stub portions of the tickets being received by slots of the support panel. No staples are required. Main portions of selected tickets, if torn off, may be slipped into other slots of the support panel.

Abstract: A device for foretelling the typical weather in a given locality for any month of the year, based on actual historically recorded weather data, is provided. The device is in the form of a hand held sleeve member having front and back panels and an insert member which is relatively slidably contained within the sleeve. A large amount of weather data in a useful format is assembled on the faces of the insert member. The sleeve member with a front and a back panel contains openings or windows in the panel and, imprinted contiguous to the windows, the cities or locations of a given geographical area. The device permits the weather information in the desired location to be quickly read out through the window from the imprinted information on the slidable insert member. The two-piece slide device is one whose physical configuration is of a form that can be manufactured from a suitable semi-rigid opaque, thin paper or plastic stock.

Abstract: A front panel (12), a back panel (14) and a center panel (16) define a plurality of parallel slideways (30) between the panels (12, 14). Each of a plurality of users grasp a projecting tab portion (42) of a slide member (40) provided in each slideway (30) and pulls it outwardly until a chosen number from a strip of numbers on the slide member (40) is exposed on the slide member (40) immediately outwardly of the edge of the device. The user then tears off the projecting portion of the slide member (40). The slide member (40) carries an indicator at its opposite end which identifies the selected number on a corresponding strip of number provided inside of the device on a strip (32) of the center panel (16) which is adjacent to the slideway (30) in which such slide member (40) travels. After all of the slide members (40) have been manipulated in this manner, the device is given to a person who desires the information inside the device.

Abstract: The disclosed device comprises a pair of hingedly connected pocket formations receiving data cards which are derived by folding and connecting a plurality of initially integral panels, the panels being formed by cutting and scoring a blank of paperboard of relatively light gauge, and thereafter being folded and secured so as to provide the hingedly connected pocket formations in each of which an end panel of the blank forming the data card is confined and is accessible through an open end so as to enable it to be torn loose and to be moved to different positions in the pocket thereby enabling data imprinted thereon to be viewed through window openings in a wall forming panel on which related data may be imprinted.

Abstract: In order to create interest in advertising pieces in a consumer, a pop-up advertising piece includes a booklet-shaped advertiser movable from a closed position to an open position. An anchoring strip is in vertical confronting relation to a normally inwardly facing surface of one of the cover portions and has top and bottom edges secured to the normally inwardly facing surface in general proximity to top and bottom edges thereof. An internal substrate has one vertical edge secured to the one of the cover portions opposite the anchoring strip and the other vertical edge is secured to the anchoring strip. A first fold line is provided on the internal substrate in spaced relation to a generally vertical fold line of the booklet-shaped advertiser when it is in the closed position. The internal substrate also has a second fold line on the side of the anchoring strip opposite the first fold line.