US 5,468,085 AGranted

User-customizable index divider sheet set and table of contents sheet assembly

AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation

InventorBrant D. Kline

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Abstract

First and second index divider sheets, each having outward tabs vertically offset from one another, and a table of contents page are provided, with first and second labels releasably attached to the front of the table of contents page generally adjacent to but spaced from first and second descriptive field areas of that page. The page is passed through a printer or copier and custom indicia are printed in the same operation on the labels and in the field areas. The labels are then removed by the user and attached by their adhesive backings to the respective tabs on one or both sides thereof. The labels before printing are adhered directly to the table of contents page inward of the descriptive field areas, to a removable carrier strip which itself is adhered to the front of the page or to a tear-away strip at the bottom of the page.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A user-customizable index divider sheet set and table of contents sheet assembly, comprising:

first and second index divider sheets, each having along an outer edge thereof outwardly-extending respective first and second index tabs, said first and second tabs being at least partially vertically offset from one another, with said divider sheets aligned;
a table of contents sheet having a front side, and generally on an outer portion of said front side, first and second at least substantially vertically-spaced and visually-different descriptive field areas, said field areas being positioned such that with said divider sheets and said table of contents sheet aligned, said first descriptive field area is horizontally aligned with said first tab and said second descriptive field area is horizontally aligned with said second tab;
a first label attached to said front side of said table of contents sheet, releasable therefrom by a user after printing thereon or in said first descriptive field area and securable by the user to said first tab;
and
a second label attached to said front side of said table of contents sheet, releasable therefrom by a user after printing thereon or in said second descriptive field area and securable by the user to said second tab.

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A user-customizable index divider sheet set and table of contents sheet assembly, comprising:

a first divider sheet having a first index tab;
a second divider sheet having a second index tab offset from said first index tab;
a table of contents sheet having a front side and vertically offset first and second descriptive field areas on said front side;
wherein when said first and second divider sheets and said table of contents sheet are in an aligned position, said first descriptive field area is horizontally aligned with said first tab and said second descriptive field area is horizontally aligned with said second tab;
first and second labels secured to said front side, wherein custom indicia can be printed on said labels and on said first and second descriptive field areas in a manner such that said first label visually corresponds to said first descriptive field area and said second label visually corresponds to said second descriptive field area;
first adhesive means for adhering said first label with the custom indicia printed thereon to said front side and for allowing a user to remove said first label from said front side after the printing thereon and thereafter adhering said removed first label to said first tab;
and
second adhesive means for adhering said second label with the custom indicia printed thereon to said front side and for allowing a user to remove said second label from said front side after printing thereon and thereafter adhering said removed second label to said second tab.

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A user-customizable index divider sheet set and table of contents sheet assembly, comprising:

first and second index divider sheets, each having along an outer edge thereof outwardly-extending respective first and second index tabs, said first and second tabs being at least partially vertically offset from one another, with said divider sheets aligned;
a table of contents sheet having a front side, and generally on an outer portion of said front side, first and second at least substantially vertically-spaced descriptive field areas, said descriptive field areas being positioned such that with said divider sheets and said table of contents sheet aligned, said first descriptive field area is horizontally aligned with said first tab and said second descriptive field area is horizontally aligned with said second tab;
a first label attached to said front side of said table of contents sheet, releasable therefrom by a user and then adhesively securable by the user to said first tab;
a second label attached to said front side of said table of contents sheet, releasable therefrom by a user and then adhesively securable by the user to said second tab;
and
first, second, third and fourth indicia printed in a single pass through a printer of said table of contents sheet with said first and second labels attached thereto and on said first label, said second label, said first descriptive field area and said second descriptive field area, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.