File system and method of organizing documents therein
OwnerRobert S. Caineinventor
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Abstract
The papers in an office file folder are organized into subfiles by dividing the documents including papers and/or other things into predetermined sets. Each set is then secured to a header plate which is removably secured to an associated attachment plate. The attachment plate is itself secured to the file folder cover. The header plate is secured to the attachment by cooperable engaging and separable fastening means.
Claims3
A system for organizing a plurality of document subfiles in a file folder each of which document subfiles may be removed and replaced without removal of any other documents or subfiles comprising a file folder including a folder member having first releasable fastening means, a subfile organizer for use in said file folder, said subfile organizer comprising two substantially planar normally flat pliable members one of which has means for releasably fastening and unfastening one of said members and the whole of said subfile organizer to said fastening means of said file folder, each said member having releasable cooperable engaging means fastenng said members together and forming said subfile organizer as a single unit such that the fastening and unfastening of one of said members to and from said fastening means of said file folder also fastens and unfastens the other of the members to and from said file folder, said members overlying each other at said releasable cooperable engaging means and one of the members extending in a direction beyond said releasable cooperable engaging means for providing manual engagable means that is manipulated to detach one of the members from the other of the members at said releasable cooperable engaging means while the member releasably engaged with said first releasable fastening means is held thereby to the file folder, and a coextensive portion on the other of the members extending in a direction away from and beyond said releasable cooperable engaging means for mounting one or more documents to form a document subfile that is removable from and reattachable to the member that remains fastened to the document file fastening means.
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