Multi-pocket envelope having displaced pockets of uniform size
OwnerJames K. Shaw, Fanny L. Shawinventors
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Abstract
A multi-pocket envelope which may be used for organizational storage of financial records, tax receipts and the like, includes a number of pockets vertically displaced from one another to provide easy visibility of identifying indicia thereon and easy access to contents thereof. The vertically displaced pockets include vertically displaced bottom portions in order to provide substantially uniform depth for each of the pockets and to enable storage of documents of the same dimension in each of the pockets with equal ease of access.
Claims23
In a multi-pocket expanding envelope, the improvement comprising, in combination:
- pocket access means for enhancing ease of access to individual pockets of the envelope and
- content access means for enhancing ease of access to contents of said pockets,
- said pocket access means including means for providing vertical displacement between top portions of adjacent pockets,
- said contents access means including means for providing vertical displacement between bottom portions of adjacent pockets, and
- pocket separator means for forming and separating said pockets of said multi-pocket envelope,
- adjacent ones of said separator means forming said pockets, each pocket having one side formed by one separating means and another side formed by a separating means adjacent to said one separating means,
- said pocket separator means comprising upper portions defining said pocket access means and said top portions of said pockets,
- said pocket separator means further having a folding flap attached thereto, said folding flap separated by a predetermined distance from said upper portion of said pocket separator means, said folding flap forming said contents access means for defining said bottom portion of a pocket formed thereby and for providing said vertical displacement between bottom portions of adjacent pockets.
A multi-pocket expanding envelope comprising:
- a plurality of vertical separator means for forming pockets of said envelope having top and bottom portions, and
- displacing means for vertically respectively displacing said top portions and bottom portions of each of said pockets from one another thereby to provide vertically displaced pockets in said envelope,
- said displacing means comprising a folding flap on each of said separator means for connection to an adjacent separator means and for forming a pocket between adjacent separator means,
- each pocket having one side formed by one separator means and another side formed by a separator means adjacent to said one separator means.
A multi-pocket record keeping file comprising:
- plural vertically displaced pocket means of substantially identical size for maintaining and storing substantially identically sized documents,
- said plural vertically displaced pocket means separated by inserts,
- said inserts forming separating means for forming adjacent pocket means and for providing separation therebetween,
- each pocket means having one side thereof formed by one insert and another side thereof formed by an insert adjacent to said one insert,
- said inserts having folding flaps forming supporting bottom portions of said pocket means operable for placing upper portions of said substantially identically sized documents within a substantially predetermined distance from top portions of said pocket means thereby to enhance access thereto.
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