Filing hanger
AssigneeBardes Products, Inc.
InventorPeter G. Bardes
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Abstract
A filing hanger comprising a first strap extending across the upper edge of the sheet to be filed. The strap extends along one side of the sheet. A second strap extends across the upper edge of the sheet along the other side. At least one of the first and second straps has a hook at each end for engaging one of the bars in the file drawer. A projection on one of the straps extends through the perforations in the sheet and into a hole on the other strap for fastening the straps to each other and to the sheet. The straps are preferably hinged together at spaced points along the straps.
Claims8
A filing hanger for supporting the upper edge of a vertically hanging sheet of material on a pair of spaced horizontal bars, said sheet having a plurality of perforations along the upper edge, said hanger comprising:
- a first strap extending across the upper edge of the sheet along one side thereof;
- a second strap extending across the upper edge of the sheet along the other side thereof, at least one of said first and second straps having a hook means at each end suitable for engaging one of the spaced bars;
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- means mounted on one of the straps extending through the perforations in the sheet for coaction with means on the other of said straps for removably fastening said straps to each other and to the sheet, said fastening means including projections on one of said straps lockingly engaging holes on the other of said straps, each said projection including a circular base having an end section of reduced diameter terminating in an annular ridge, and wherein each said hole in said other strap is sized to lockingly engage said end section and ridge of a projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.