Indexed sorting system
AssigneeSwains Enterprises Pty. Ltd.
InventorHorace E. Swain
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Abstract
A sorting system and leaf thereof for use im mailing and the like. The leaf is of a resilient plastic material of a generally rectangular shape and has a double hinge at one side to allow travel of the body of the leaf through approximately 180.degree.. The leaf is attached to a base at a spine adjacent the hinge. A plurality of leaves attached to the base forms the sorting system.
Claims7
A leaf for a sorting system having a base to which is attached a plurality of leaves arranged in cascade form, said leaf consisting of a body of generally planar configuration and being of a resilient plastic material, and an edge hinge portion to pivotally attach the leaf to said base, and wherein said hinge portion consists of two hinge lines which are generally parallel and spaced by a web, and are of reduced strength relative to said body whereby said hinge portion permits said leaf to be pivoted from an original closed position through 180.degree. to an open position without the leaf springing back to said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.