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US 2016/0009121 A1Published application
File folder
AssigneeIdeaStream Consumer Products, LLC
InventorsAnthony J. DeCarlo, Curtis Patrick Taylor, Daniel V. Perella, Chanseol Chung
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Abstract
File folders are provided having bent hangers from which a receptacle is suspended so that the top of the receptacle is beneath a rail-engaging portion of the hangers and/or beneath a top of the rail or other supporting structure of office storage equipment. The hangers of the file folder may also be collapsible for use outside the office storage equipment. The hangers may also have a grip, or handle, for removal of the file folder from the office storage equipment.
Claims20
A file folder for use in a piece of office storage equipment, comprising:
- a sheet of material having a central fold, a first edge, and a second edge, wherein the central fold forms a bottom, a first side, and a second side of the file folder, the first edge defining a top of the first side of the file folder, and the second edge defining a top of the second side of the file folder;
- a first suspension bar and a second suspension bar, each suspension bar having two ends, wherein the first suspension bar is affixed to the first edge and the second suspension bar is affixed to the second edge;
- wherein each end of each suspension bar is exposed and has a rail supporting portion that enables the file folder to suspend from rails inside the piece of office storage equipment;
- wherein the exposed ends of at least one suspension bar each have a bend such that at least one edge of the file folder is a substantial distance beneath the rail supporting portions of the exposed ends of the at least one suspension bar;
- wherein a tab of a manila folder having a height between a fold and the top of the tab of about 9.5 inches with the fold resting on the bottom of the file folder when the file folder is suspended from rails inside the piece of office equipment extends above at least one edge a distance sufficient to permit a user to read text on the tab without having to pull the manila folder from the file folder;
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- wherein the top of the tab of the manila folder is no more than 0.1 inches above a top portion of the exposed ends of the at least one suspension bar.
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A file folder for use in a piece of office storage equipment, comprising:
- a sheet of material having a central fold, a first edge fold, and a second edge fold, wherein the central fold forms a bottom, a first side, and a second side of the file folder, the first edge fold forms a first pocket along a top edge of the first side of the file folder, and the second edge fold forms a second pocket along a top edge of the second side of the file folder;
- four hangers, wherein two hangers are operatively connected to the first side and at least partially disposed within the first pocket and two hangers are operatively connected to the second side and at least partially disposed within the second pocket;
- wherein a hanging end of each hanger is movable from a collapsed position to a hanging position;
- wherein the hanging end of each hanger is exposed when in the hanging position and has a rail supporting portion that enables the file folder to suspend from rails inside the piece of office storage equipment;
- wherein the hanging end of each hanger has a bend such that at least one edge fold of the file folder is a substantial distance beneath the rail supporting portion of the hanging end of each hanger.
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A sheet for a folder, comprising:
- a sheet of material having a top surface, a bottom surface, first and second ends, two longitudinal edges, and first and second tabs, the sheet of material foldable along a central fold line into a file folder having one of the tabs extending at one of four locations opposite the central fold, with the tab extending from a top of the folder while the central fold is oriented at a bottom of the folder;
- wherein the first tab is disposed along the first end of the sheet and the second tab is disposed along a second end of the sheet;
- wherein, while the central fold is at a first fold location, the first tab is located at one of first and fourth locations opposite the central fold, and capable of extending at either the first location or the fourth location, depending on which direction the sheet is folded;
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- wherein, while the central fold is at a second fold location, the second tab is located at one of second and third locations opposite the central fold, and capable of extending at either the second location or the third location, depending on which direction the sheet is folded.
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