Labeling tab for hanging folders
OwnerDirk A. Brugmanninventor
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Abstract
A plastic tab for labeling hanging files and folders provided with slots along the upper edges thereof, comprises a U-shaped label section, a flap extension section connected to the U-shaped label section and which abuts the outer face of one of the flaps, and a tongue extending from the flap extension section and inclined out of the plane thereof so as to engage the edge of a slot in the hanging folder.
Claims6
A plastic tab for a hanging folder with an upper edge and at least one slot in a flap of the hanging folder, comprising:
- a label carrying means for labeling the hanging folder and adapted to project beyond the upper edge of the folder;
- a flap portion attached to said label carrying means for slidably contacting a face of the hanging folder, said flap portion having an inside face and extending along a given plane;
- a single tongue stamped out of said flap portion and integral therewith, said tongue extending away from said inside face, out of said given plane of said flap portion for inserting into a slot in a hanging folder, such that when said tongue is inserted into the slot in the hanging folder said tongue extends toward and through the slot, said tab and the hanging folder are locked together and the hanging folder can be handcarried by grasping said tab, wherein said single tongue has an upper edge, a leading edge and a bottom edge, said upper edge when the tab is in place being parallel to the upper edge of the hanging folder, said leading edge being disposed from said upper edge such than an obtuse angle is formed therebetween, said leading edge being diposed from said bottom edge such that an acute angle is formed therebetween.
In a hanging folder having a lengthwise tube at the upper edge thereof through which passes a hanger rod, and at least one vertical slot near the upper edge and extending into the lengthwise tube, the improvement consisting:
- a label carrying means for labeling said hanging folder and projecting upwardly beyond said upper edge;
- a flap portion attached to said label carrying means and contacting a face of said hanging folder adjacent said upper edge, said flap portion having an inside face and extending along a given plane;
- a single tongue stamped out of said flap portion and integral therewith attached to said flap portion on said inside face thereof and extending away from said inside face, out of said given plane of said flap portion, towards and into said vertical slot in said hanging folder, such that said tab and said hanging folder are locked together, and wherein said hanging folder can be hand-carried by grasping said tab;
- said tongue having a top edge, a leading edge and a bottom edge, said top edge being parallel to said upper edge of said hanging folder, said leading edge being disposed from said top edge by an obtuse angle, and said leading edge being disposed from said bottom edge by an acute angle;
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- a nose to facilitate the insertion of said tongue into said vertical slot of said hanging folder, said nose connecting said leading edge of said tongue with said bottom edge thereof and being curved inwardly with respect to the general plane of said tongue and inserted into said slot of said hanging folder, said nose being located beneath the hanger rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.