US 4,055,381 AGranted

Card holder

AssigneeJohn B. Lauer

InventorsJohn B. Lauer, Betty Alma Wade

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Abstract

A holder made of clear plastic appropriately sized for use in an office copier is made with prealigned holding pockets to contain one or more specifically sized card-type documents. A set of cards is inserted into the pockets and held in a manner such that data on the cards can be reproduced in the copier.

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A holder for supporting data carrying cards comprising:

a substantially rectangular backing sheet of fusible material,
a front sheet substantially matching in size the backing sheet and also being made of fusible material,
said front sheet having a series of horizontal vertically spaced slots formed therein alternating with a series of rectangular solid portions of said front sheet,
said front sheet and said backing sheet being aligned and fused together along left and right vertical seams thereby leaving said slot substantially free,
fused seams securing lower edges of said front sheet to said backing sheet leaving the upper slot edges of said front sheet free and forming upwardly opening
pockets between said front sheet and said backing
sheet with the lower edges of said pockets closed,
whereby cards can be supported in the pockets with their lower edges supported along the lower closed edges of the pockets and with the upper portions of the cards projecting above the upper slot edges,
a set of a cards of greater height than said pockets,
one of said cards being engaged in each selected pocket,
lower portions of each respective card being concealed by upper portions of cards projecting from lower pockets in which the overlapping cards are engaged,
said front sheet being made of a clear transparent material,
an opaque member engaged in the pocket of any card which does not have its lower portion overlappingly concealed by a card in a lower pocket,
whereby confidential matter on the concealed portions of the card can be retained in confidence while non-confidential data on the upper portion of the cards can be reproduced in conventional office copiers,
said front sheet having a vertical integral material portion at one vertical border thereof and being co-extensive with the vertical length thereof,
right and left vertical seams fused on opposite sides of said integral material portion between said front sheet and said backing sheet to form a row identification pocket adjacent said other pockets for receiving a row identification strip,
said front sheet having a horizontal integral material portion at one horizontal border thereof and being co-extensive with at least the horizontal length of said spaced slots,
and upper and lower horizontal seams fused on opposite sides of said horizontal integral material portion to form a column identification pocket for receiving a column identification strip.

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Abstract

A holder for supporting data carrying cards comprising:

a substantially rectangular backing sheet of fusible material,
a front sheet substantially matching in size the backing sheet and also being made of fusible material,
said front sheet having a series of horizontal vertically spaced slots formed therein alternating with a series of rectangular solid portions of said front sheet,
said front sheet and said backing sheet being aligned and fused together along left and right vertical seams thereby leaving said slot substantially free,
fused seams securing lower edges of said front sheet to said backing sheet leaving the upper slot edges of said front sheet free and forming upwardly opening
pockets between said front sheet and said backing
sheet with the lower edges of said pockets closed,
whereby cards can be supported in the pockets with their lower edges supported along the lower closed edges of the pockets and with the upper portions of the cards projecting above the upper slot edges,
a set of a cards of greater height than said pockets,
one of said cards being engaged in each selected pocket,
lower portions of each respective card being concealed by upper portions of cards projecting from lower pockets in which the overlapping cards are engaged,
said front sheet being made of a clear transparent material,
an opaque member engaged in the pocket of any card which does not have its lower portion overlappingly concealed by a card in a lower pocket,
whereby confidential matter on the concealed portions of the card can be retained in confidence while non-confidential data on the upper portion of the cards can be reproduced in conventional office copiers,
said front sheet having a vertical integral material portion at one vertical border thereof and being co-extensive with the vertical length thereof,
right and left vertical seams fused on opposite sides of said integral material portion between said front sheet and said backing sheet to form a row identification pocket adjacent said other pockets for receiving a row identification strip,
said front sheet having a horizontal integral material portion at one horizontal border thereof and being co-extensive with at least the horizontal length of said spaced slots,
and upper and lower horizontal seams fused on opposite sides of said horizontal integral material portion to form a column identification pocket for receiving a column identification strip.

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