Paper clip tab device
OwnerThomas S. Banksinventor
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Abstract
A paper clip tab device is set forth wherein a paper clip has secured at a terminal loop thereof a tab marker formed with securable surfaces positioned adjacent a pivot hinge formed with recessed upper and lower surfaces and arcuate side edges extending inwardly of the hinge wherein the tab marker is formed of a planar flexible sheet of a width substantially equal to that of the paper clip such that securement of the tab marker to the paper clip is accommodated within the arcuate recesses of the pivot hinge. The marker further includes a transparent cover defining an interiorly directed configuration is complementary to that of an insertable planar tab to frictionally squeeze the tab within the transparent cover.
Claims8
A paper clip tab device for visual indication of sheet material comprising, in combination,
- a paper clip including an aligned first loop, a second loop, and a third loop oriented medially of said first and second loops, and
- a second leg joining the first and second loops, a third leg joining the second and third loops, and a first and fourth leg of the paper clip terminating in a free end depending from the first and third loops respectively, said first, second, third, and fourth legs are spaced and parallel to one another, and
- the second and third legs define a predetermined width, and
- an elongate tab marker including securement means for selective securement of said tab marker to the first loop or the second loop, and
- wherein the tab marker includes a lower plate hingedly mounted to an aligned upper plate, the lower plate and upper plate include parallel side edges and parallel upper and lower surfaces, and wherein the securement means includes a first hook and loop fastener section secured to an upper surface of the lower plate adjacent a pivot hinge pivotally securing the lower plate and upper plate together, and a second hook and loop fastener section secured to an upper surface of the upper plate adjacent the pivot hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.