File folder assemblies, divider, and slidable tab
AssigneeAvery Products Corporation
InventorsVincent H. Bowman, Jeffrey Herz, Jay K. Sato, Weiye Wu
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Abstract
A file folder assembly or divider with a tab capable of being slid in two non-collinear directions. According to one embodiment, the file folder assembly includes a file folder and a sliding tab assembly. The sliding tab assembly includes a rail secured to the file folder proximate to a top edge of the file folder. The sliding tab assembly also includes a tab and a coupling member. The coupling member couples the tab to the rail in such a way as to permit the tab to be slid horizontally back and forth along the rail and/or to permit the tab to be slid vertically up and down relative to the rail.
Claims28
A file folder assembly comprising:
- a file folder, the file folder having an edge;
- and
- a tab slidably disposed on the edge in a plurality of directions, at least two of the plurality of directions being non-collinear with respect to one another.
A file folder assembly comprising:
- a file folder;
- and
- a sliding tab assembly coupled to the file folder, the sliding tab assembly including:
- a rail fixedly mounted on the file folder, the rail including an elongated slot, the elongated slot extending in a first direction,
- a tab, the tab including at least one elongated slot extending in a second direction, and
- a coupling member, the coupling member including a first post, the first post being inserted through both the elongated slot in the rail and the elongated slot in the tab, the coupling member further including enlargements on opposite ends of the first post dimensioned to retain the first post in the elongated slot in the rail and in the elongated slot in the tab.
A file folder assembly comprising:
- a file folder;
- and
- a sliding tab assembly coupled to the file folder, the sliding tab assembly including:
- a first elongated strap extending in a first direction, the first elongated strap having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion, the first and second ends of the first elongated strap being fixed to the file folder, the intermediate portion of the first elongated strap not being fixed to the file folder,
- a coupling member, the coupling member including a second elongated strap and a first plurality of parallel slots, the second elongated strap extending in a second direction different than the first direction of the first elongated strap, the first elongated strap being woven through the first plurality of parallel slots of the coupling member in such a way as to permit the coupling member to slide along the first elongated strap, and
- a tab, the tab including a second plurality of parallel slots, the second elongated strap of the coupling member being woven through the second plurality of parallel slots of the tab in such a way as to permit the tab to slide along the second elongated strap.
A divider, the divider comprising:
- a sheet, the sheet having at least one transverse opening;
- and
- a tab slidably disposed on the sheet in a plurality of directions, at least two of the plurality of directions being non-collinear with respect to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.