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Title: Continuous business form
Claims: What is claimed is: 1. In a continuous business form having a surface adapted to be imprinted with characters of a predetermined size, said form having lines of weakening whereby said form may be subdivided into uniform sets having rows of feed holes extending along at least one side margin thereof, a plurality of continuous parallel bars of at least three different and unlike colors, one of which is lighter than the other two colors, said bars occupying a substantial part of said area of said surface with individual ones of said bars extending across said form for the optional printing of characters across substantially all of the width of said bars in random manner; said bars having a dimension of at least equal to but not less than twice the height of said characters so that a single line of characters may be printed on said bars, said bars being spaced repetitively along said form in such manner so that said lighter color bars are spaced alternately and any sequence of said bars includes bars of at least three different colors whereby a line of characters printed on one bar will be clearly distinguishable from lines of characters printed on adjoining bars on said surface of said form, an improvement in said form comprising wherein said colored bars comprise at least two darker colors and a third color bar which is a blend of the two darker colors. 2. In a continuous business form having a surface adapted to be imprinted with characters of a predetermined size, said form having lines of weakening whereby said form may be subdivided into uniform sets having rows of feed holes extending along at least one side margin thereof, a plurality of continuous parallel bars of at least three different and unlike colors, one of which is lighter than the two other colors, said bars occupying a substantial part of said area of said surface with individual ones of said bars extending across said form for the optional printing of characters across substantially all of the width of said bars in random manner; said bars having a dimension of at least equal to but not less than twice the height of said characters so that a single line of characters may be printed on said bars, said bars being spaced repetitively along said form in such manner so that said lighter color bars are spaced alternately and any sequence of said bars includes bars of at least three different colors whereby a line of characters printed on one bar will be clearly distinguishable from lines of characters printed on adjoining bars on said surface of said form, an improvement in said form wherein said bars are longitudinal to said row of feed holes. Other info: Inventors: Allen, Robert H. (North Tonawanda, NY, US) Gould, Alan M. (Wassenaar, NL) Application Number: 036491 Filing Date: 1979-05-07 Publication_date: 1981-03-24 Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc. (Grand Island, NY) Primary Class(es): 283/66.1 283/66.2 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
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