Nested Storage Box And Retrofit For Hanging File Folders
AssigneeSmead Manufacturing Company
InventorsEllen Fredrich, Pam L. Tidona
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Abstract
A storage box for hanging file folders, which has an outer carton and an inner carton. The inner carton has a pair of removable reinforcing strips, which attach to opposing upper edges of the inner carton. Each hanging file folder is suspended by a pair of hangers that engage the reinforcing strips. The outer carton extends above the level of the file folders and their hangers, in order to engage a removable lid without interference from the hangers, the hanging file folders, or any index tabs that may be attached to the file holders. Optionally, the outer carton may have one or more handles.
Claims15
A support insert for a file box used for hanging folders having end hooks comprising:
- a. first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls formed at fold lines to create a self supporting box shaped perimeter of sidewalls, each sidewall having an upper edge and an outer surface, said insert being sized to be received within the inner dimension of the file box;
- b. at least one of said sidewall pairs including at least one integral spacer tab extending outwardly therefrom toward the inner surface of the file box, and when inserted therein creating a spacing gap between the inner surface of the file box and the outer extent of the insert, said gap being large enough to accommodate file folder end hooks supported by said upper edge but without providing support from said file box.
A file box for supporting hanging folders having end hooks comprising:
- a. an outer box having four sides and a bottom and inner surfaces to said sides;
- b. an insert sized to be received within said outer box;
- including:
- i. first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls formed at fold lines to create a self supporting box shaped perimeter of sidewalls, each sidewall having an upper edge and an outer surface, said insert being sized to be received within the file box;
- ii. said sidewall pairs each including at least one integral spacer tab extending outwardly therefrom toward the inner surface of the file box, and when inserted therein creating a spacing gap between the inner surface of the file box and the outer extent of the insert at each file box sidewall, said gap being large enough to accommodate file folder end hooks, so that hanging files may be supported from either pair of insert sidewalls but without the hooks being supported by said outer box.
A method of constructing a self supporting file box insert, for an outer file box, with an integral spacer tab to prevent hanging file hooks suspended from said insert from being supported by the outer file box, comprising the steps of:
- a. cutting a sheet into a rectangular shape;
- b. identifying fold lines at points along one extent to create adjacent panels;
- c. cutting tab shapes into said adjacent panels at said fold lines to create extensions out of an adjacent panel;
- d. folding the panels at the fold lines without folding the tabs
- e. connecting first and last panels for form a self supporting rectangular column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.