Compact executive organizer, and method
OwnerGene W. Arantinventor
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Abstract
A system and method of representing priorities of a number of information items in a manner which permits the priorities to be rearranged quickly and easily, utilizing individual display units supported on a parallel pair of rails, each display unit including an integrally formed display board and a note sheet removably attached to the board.
Claims7
An information display unit for an information retrieval system which is adapted to accommodate changes in priorities, comprising:
- a plastic member providing a display board of generally flat planar rectangular configuration having an upper end, with a flat front surface and a flat rear surface;
- a pair of support wings which are formed integrally with and coplanar to the display board and project laterally from the respective sides of the upper end of the board;
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- a pair of spacers formed integrally with and extending forwardly from the respective wings of the display board;
- the lower extremity of each spacer and the undersurface of the associated wing of the board cooperatively forming a support surface for engaging a parallel pair of rails and slidably supporting the board upon them with the flat front surface of the board inclining rearwardly from a position of perpendicularity to the rails.
In a compact apparatus for organizing information items to reflect deadlines and priorities and allow for their easy rearrangement as priorities change, an information unit comprising, in combination:
- (a) a flat planar generally rectangular display board having an upper end, a flat front support surface, and flat rear surface, and also having coplanar wings that project laterally from both sides of its upper end;
- (b) a pair of spacers formed integral with respective wings of the display board and extending forwardly therefrom, the lower extremity of each spacer and the undersurface of the associated wing of the board together forming a support surface such that the board and its spacers may be slidably supported upon a parallel pair of rails in a fixed angular relation to the supporting rails with its flat front surface inclining rearwardly from a position precisely perpendicular to the supporting rails;
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- (c) a note sheet removably attached to the flat front support surface of the display board between the spacers of the display board;
- (d) whereby a sequence of such information units may be supported on the pair of rails with the headlines of all units visible from the forward end of the rails.
A method of representing priorities of a number of information items in a manner which permits the priorities to be rearranged quickly and easily, comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting individual note sheets to represent the corresponding information items;
- (b) writing a headline on each individual note sheet;
- (c) selecting a plurality of display boards having wings providing a generally T-shaped configuration;
- (d) removably attaching each note sheet to the front surface of a corresponding individual display board between the wings;
- (d) placing a plurality of such display boards having note sheets on them in rearwardly angled and slidably supported relation upon a pair of parallel rails;
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- (e) providing spacers extending forwardly from the forward surfaces of the wings of the display boards;
- (f) the spacers being of sufficient length as to permit easy visibility of the headline of a note sheet over the top of a display board immediately beneath it.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.