Integrated Tab File System
AssigneeSmead Manufacturing Company
InventorsDuane Christensen, Michael B. Lasky
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Abstract
An integral tab 2-D or 3-D tab for a folder, and a method of making same is disclosed. The integral 2-D (flat) tab 300 is provided near the apex of the folder by cutting free/lose a portion of the existing flap material 14 of the hanging folder itself without the need for additional tabs or material being affixed. The cut creates the tab without additional material required. The 3-D tab 300 version is created adding a triangular portion 301 which is folded onto itself so that one edge surface is at an angle relative to the panels of the file folder allowing it to be read from the side and top. A perforated version allows for user selectable tab and a plurality of placements across the common edge allows the user to select the tab position.
Claims17
A file folder having front rear and bottom walls comprising:
- a) a front panel having a top and bottom edge,
- b) a rear panel having a top and bottom edge
- c) a bottom panel joining said front and rear panels,
- d) a fold over cover portion extending from said top edge of the rear panel and capable overlying a portion of the front panel and forming at least a partial top to the folder, and
- e) a tab shaped user separable portion in said cover portion configured to allow a user to release the tab shaped portion from the cover portion thereby creating a tab extending from said top edge of said rear panel and creating an opening in said cover portion for said tab to protrude therethrough.
A file folder comprising:
- a) first and second leaves with top and bottom edges on each leaf, said leaves being connected at one of each of said edges to form a fold line;
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- b) a tab is a separable portion of one of said leaves formed from a portion of one of said leaves, said tab having its base generally along said fold line, and extending away from the leaf from which it was formed, leaving an aperture in that leaf corresponding to that the material freed from said leaf to create said tab.
A method making a folder having at least two leaves joined at a common edge, and having user selectable an integral indicia tab comprising:
- a) providing a front and back leaf of material being joined at a common edge to form a folder;
- b) perforating an outline of a tab into one of said leaves, leaving the based of the tab unperforated at the common edge;
- whereby, the user may elect to free the perforated tab from its leaf at said perforations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.