Messaging article

Abstract

The invention is an article comprising a housing having a bottom wall and a top wall supportively engaged to the top wall. The top wall defines a slot extending through the top wall for sheet material. A voice recorder is secured to the housing. In one embodiment of the invention, a stack of sheet material is positioned within the housing. The stack includes plurality of vertically aligned sheets of material which are releasably adhered to each other along opposite edges of successive sheets by a narrow band of pressure-sensitive adhesive. A first sheet of material is capable of passing through the slot in the top wall of the housing. In a second embodiment of the invention, sheet material disposed in a roll is positioned within the housing. A continuous stripe of a narrow band of pressure-sensitive adhesive is disposed generally proximate to one longitudinal edge of the sheet material. A transverse edge of the sheet material is capable of passing through the slot in the top wall of the housing. In an additional embodiment, the voice recorder is releasably attached to the dispenser housing. In yet another embodiment, the voice recorder formed integrally in the housing.

1 . An article comprising: 
 a housing having a bottom wall and a top wall supportively engaged to the top wall, the top wall defining a slot extending through the top wall for sheet material; and    a voice recorder secured to the housing.    
   
   
       2 . The article of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 a stack of sheet material positioned within the housing, the stack including a plurality of vertically aligned sheets of material which are releasably adhered to each other along opposite edges of successive sheets by a narrow band of pressure-sensitive adhesive, a first sheet of material capable of passing through the slot in the top wall of the housing.    
   
   
       3 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive is repositionable.  
   
   
       4 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein the voice recorder is releasably attached to the dispenser housing.  
   
   
       5 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein the voice recorder is formed integrally in the housing.  
   
   
       6 . The article of  claim 2  and further comprising: 
 a mounting mechanism secured to the dispenser housing.    
   
   
       7 . The article of  claim 6 , wherein the attachment mechanism is a clip suitable for securing to the visor of a car.  
   
   
       8 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein the sheet material is paper.  
   
   
       9 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein the sheet material is plastic.  
   
   
       10 . The article of  claim 2 , wherein each sheet has pressure sensitive adhesive having a peel adhesion to bond paper of greater than about 35 g/cm, and an adhesive transfer of less than about four percent.  
   
   
       11 . The article of  claim 2  wherein the housing further comprises: 
 a first side wall extending from a first edge of the bottom wall to a first edge of the top wall;    a second side wall extending from a second edge of the bottom wall to a first edge of the top wall; and    wherein the first side wall and the second side wall act to supportively engage the bottom wall with the top wall and the top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall and the second side wall form a cavity.    
   
   
       12 . The article of  claim 11  and further comprising: 
 a removeable cover portion of the top wall dispose providing access to the cavity.    
   
   
       13 . The article of  claim 11  and further comprising: 
 a translating mechanism disposed in cavity.    
   
   
       14 . The article of  claim 2  and further comprising: 
 a retaining mechanism suitable for releasably securing a writing instrument to the housing.    
   
   
       15 . The article of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 sheet material disposed in a roll, the sheet material positioned within the housing, and including a continuous stripe of a narrow band of pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed generally proximate to one longitudinal edge of the sheet material, a transverse edge of the sheet material capable of passing through the slot in the top wall of the housing.    
   
   
       16 . The article of  claim 15 , wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive is repositionable.  
   
   
       17 . The article of  claim 15  and further comprising: 
 a cutting edge secured to the top wall along the slot    
   
   
       18 . The article of  claim 15 , wherein the voice recorder is releasably attached to the dispenser housing.  
   
   
       19 . The article of  claim 15 , wherein the voice recorder formed integrally in the housing.  
   
   
       20 . The article of  claim 15  and further comprising: 
 a mounting mechanism secured to the dispenser housing.    
   
   
       21 . The article of  claim 20 , wherein the attachment mechanism is a clip suitable for securing to the visor of a car.  
   
   
       22 . The article of  claim 15 , wherein each sheet has pressure sensitive adhesive having a peel adhesion to bond paper of greater than about 35 g/cm, and an adhesive transfer of less than about four percent.