Desktop printable file folder blank and filing system
AssigneeSmead Manufacturing Company
InventorSteve C. MacWilliams
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Abstract
A file folder blank can be folded to form a file folder. The file folder blank is designed for single side printing. The file folder blank can be folded to reveal printed indicia to two directions of a single panel. The printed indicia can be printed by a standard desktop type of printer. The printed indicia can include graphics, location indicator, content indicators, pictures, graphs or the like. In addition, top taps or side tabs are integrally formed with the file folder blank that can be printed with identifying indicia. In some applications, the identifying indicia comprises a repeating set of color bars that can be individualized during printing of the folder blank.
Claims31
A folder blank comprising a first panel and a second panel, said first panel being connected to said second panel and said first and second panels capable of being folded to form a folder sized to hold documents of the type ordinarily found in a business office, said first panel comprising an elongated tab extending at least partially along one side of said folder blank, said tab comprising a length, a width and an edge surface that extends along said length of said tab, said tab being foldable along a first fold line extending along the length of said tab and extending parallel to said one side of said folder blank, whereby when said tab is folded along said first fold line any identifying indicia which may be printed on the tab on one side of said first fold line can be seen from a front of the folder and any identifying indicia which may be printed on the tab on the other side of said first fold line can be seen from a back of the folder, said second panel including an elongated portion extending at least partially along said one side of said folder blank, said elongated portion comprising a length, a width and an edge surface that extends along said length of said elongated portion, said elongated portion being foldable along a second fold line extending along the length of said elongated portion and extending parallel to said one side of said folder blank, whereby when said elongated portion is folded along said second fold line said elongated portion reinforces at least a portion of said second panel.
A folder blank comprising a first flap and a second flap, said first flap and said second flap being separated by a first flap fold line, said first flap having a first length and a first width, said second flap having a second length and a second width, said blank also comprising a first tab and a second tab, said first tab being foldable about a first tab fold line and said second tab being foldable about a second tab fold line, said first tab fold line being disposed such that when said first tab is folded about said first tab fold line an indicia which may be printed on said first tab on one side of said first tab fold line can be seen from a front side of said folder and any identifying indicia which may be printed on said first tab on an opposite side of said first tab fold line can be seen from a back side of said folder.
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