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US 2006/0226204 A1Published application
File folder management system
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsTimothy O'Leary, Gregory Anderson, Ashish Khandpur, Eser Donovan
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Abstract
A file folder management system comprising means for releasably attaching file folders to one another.
Claims5
A file folder, comprising:
- a first side panel having outer and inner edges;
- a second side panel having outer and inner edges;
- a binding edge interposed between said inner edges of said first and second side panels for coupling said first and second side panels;
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- two linking members arranged on the outside surface of at least one of said side panels, said linking members being adapted to interlock with another similarly equipped file folder, each of said interlocking members comprising at least two ribs that extend substantially perpendicularly to said binding edge.
2 more elements
A kit for adapting file folders to a master file system, said kit comprising 1) at least one linking member comprising a multiplicity of parallel, narrowly spaced, elastically deformable ribs projecting from a base sheet;
- the ribs comprising a stem portion attached to and substantially upright from the base sheet and at least one flange attached to each side of the stem portion and spaced from the base sheet;
- the cross-sectional profile formed by the ribs being substantially uniform over the length of the ribs and 2) means for attaching said linking member to the surface of a file folder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.