Arrangement for releasably suspending a sheet member from a support
AssigneeLouis Leitz
InventorRoland Wurthner
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Abstract
In an arrangement for suspending a sheet member of a file folder or the like from a supporting rail having two longitudinal beads received in respective edge notches of the sheet member, the open side of one notch is normally obstructed by a unitary latch body movably secured to the edge portion of the sheet. Two bracket portions of the latch body receive the edge portion between respective opposite faces, a spring portion abuttingly engages the edge portion of the sheet member and biases the latch body toward an operative position in which a detent portion of the same obstructs the open side of the one notch.
Claims14
In an arrangement for suspending a sheet member from a support, the sheet member having a substantially planar, elongated edge portion formed with two spaced notches for engagement by respective portions of said support, one of said notches being open transversely to the direction of elongation of said edge portion, the sheet member carrying a latching device for partly obstructing the open side of said one notch and for thereby retaining a portion of support in said one notch, the improvement in the latching device which comprises:
- a unitary latch body secured to said edge portion for movement toward and away from an operative position, said latch body including
- 1. two bracket portions having respective opposite faces and receiving said sheet member between said faces in movable engagement,
- 2. a detent portion connecting said bracket portions and partly obstructing said open side in said operative position of said latch body,
- 3. a spring portion abuttingly engaging the edge portion of said sheet member and biasing the latch body toward said operative position thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.