CA2266761A1

CA2266761A1 - Audit deposit ticket

Info

Publication number: CA2266761A1
Application number: CA 2266761
Authority: CA
Inventors: Neil Freder
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1999-04-07
Filing date: 1999-04-07
Publication date: 2000-10-07

Description

AUDIT DEPOSIT TICKET
Field of the invention The present invention relates to a deposit ticket for use with items which are being deposited, particularly with a security deposit bag.
Description of the prior art Secure, tamper-proof bags are well known in the art. Such bags, or containers, are particularly useful for the shipment and handling of items, especially valuable items. In particular, these bags are often used for money, such as the deposit of daily money receipts in a bank's night deposit box by retail establishments.
These bags, in addition to being capable of being handled during transfer without breaking or opening unintentionally to provide access to the contents, must be capable of indicating when its integrity has been compromised. One such bag is described in U.S. Patent No. 5,405,197 which shows a double pouch bag.
In addition to secure bags, night deposits are also accompanied by a deposit ticket, which itemizes the cash (placed in one pouch of the secure bag) and checks (placed in the other pouch of the secure bag) in the case of a double pouch bag.
Figure 3 shows a typical double pouch security bag according to the prior art. The bag 100 has left 111 and right 113 pouches, usual security features, and a peel-off tape 101. The peel-off tape 101 is numbered, as are the left and right pouches. When the bag is filled and sealed, the peel-off tape is stapled to the copy of the deposit ticket which is kept as the office copy.
In the prior art, the numbered peel off tape (which corresponds to the number of the bag) serves as the only indicator of which deposit ticket goes with which bag. However, there is a risk in this system in that it opens the door to mistakes or fraud.

2 There is thus a need to positively and accurately marry the deposit ticket with the security bag.
Summary of the invention The object of the invention is to provide a system for marrying a deposit ticket to a security bag which is safer and less susceptible to fraud.
In accordance with the invention, this object is achieved with a deposit ticket further provided with detachable, encoded means. The detachable, encoded means are detached from the deposit ticket and secured on the security bag, thereby safely marrying the deposit ticket with the bag for audit purposes.
Brief descriation of the drawings The present invention and its advantages will be more easily understood after reading the following non-restrictive description of preferred embodiments thereof, made with reference to the following drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a deposit ticket according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a secure bag according to the present invention; and Figure 3 is a schematic representation of a secure bag according to the prior art.
Description of a preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 shows a typical deposit ticket 10, having printed thereon the usual information such as customer number, date, cash itemization, total checks and total money deposited. The deposit ticket is further provided with at least one peel-off label 20. The peel-off labels 20 are printed with a sequential number (identical for each label) and further preferably with a bar-code. The deposit ticket is also further printed with the same sequential number 30 at any location thereon.

3 Figure 2 shows a typical double pouch secure bag 50 according to the present invention although it should be obvious for a person skilled in the art that the present invention is useful for any type of security bag. The bag 50 is separated into a left 51 and right 53 pouches, the left 51 pouch being used for depositing checks and the right 53 pouch being used for depositing cash.
The bag 50 includes, on each of the pouches 51, 53, an area for permanently affixing the peel off labels 20 from the deposit ticket.
Consequently, when the information has been collected and properly entered in each of the appropriate areas on the deposit ticket and the bag, the deposit ticket is permanently married to the bag, thereby reducing the risk of fraud or mistakes.
The present invention also permits easy and fool-proof tracing and auditing of the deposit tickets and bags, should there be disagreement between the bank and the information entered on the deposit ticket.
It should be noted that the deposit ticket according to the present invention must have at least one peel-off label (for use with a single pouch bag), although it could have two or three, or perhaps more depending on the particular needs of a user, for use with single, double or triple pouch bags, or in combination thereof.
The important aspect of the invention is that the deposit ticket is conceived to permanently marry a security bag to it.
Although the present invention has been explained hereinabove by way of a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be pointed out that any modifications to this preferred embodiment within the scope of the appended claims is not deemed to alter of change the nature and scope of the present invention.