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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Robert L. Fehringer, Camino, CA (US);
Christian E. Tammi, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Marc J. Fagan, Davis, CA (US);
Daniel M. Saldana, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Charles E. Preston, Orangevale, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Emigh, Somerset, CA (US);
Steve Johnson, Antelope, CA (US);
Chris Jones, Folsom, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A billing statement system comprising a billing statement having a plurality of sheets or pages of multiple lengths or which are otherwise of multiple sizes and/or shapes. The billing statement preferably comprises a plurality of sheets wherein at least one sheet is of different, generally larger, size than the other sheets, and in which the larger sheet has a first region with a consumer's mailing address on one side and a provider's mailing address on the reverse side, and a second region which contains detail or summary information on the charges due. The billing statement system includes a collator apparatus for collating billing statements having a plurality of sheets of multiple lengths, and a folder apparatus for folding collated billing statements having a plurality of sheets of multiple lengths.