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US 5,540,513 AGranted
File indexing system
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorJon R. Wyant
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Abstract
An indexing member comprising a card having a generally rectangular shape; a tab-yielding panel, along one edge of the card, folded inwardly and secured inwardly to the card; and at lease two inwardly folded tabs at spaced locations along the edge of the card, each tab being defined by a rupturable tear line adjacent the edge of the card and being retained in an inwardly folded portion by the rupturable tear line until the rupturable tear line is broken and each tab being foldable to outside the one edge of the card.
Claims12
An indexing member consisting essentially of:
- a card having a generally rectangular shape;
- a tab-yielding panel, along one edge of the card, folded inwardly and secured inwardly to the card to form a pocket between the card and the tab-yielding panel;
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- at least two inwardly folded tabs at spaced locations along the edge of the card, each tab being defined by a rupturable tear line adjacent to the edge of the card and being retained in an inwardly folded position by the rupturable tear line until the rupturable tear line is broken and each tab being foldable to a position outside the edge of the card, the tab-yielding panel including cutouts adjacent to the rupturable tear line to facilitate rupturing the tear line and folding the tab outwardly.
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