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US 7,900,814 B2Granted
File folder
OwnerRuby McBrideinventor
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Abstract
A file folder having front and rear panels, two side panels and a bottom panel which are joined to one another along foldable edges has an arrangement of fold lines which enable the folder to be readily moved between a fully opened condition for use and a collapsed condition for storage. The arrangement of fold lines includes a first fold line which extends across the front panel, and each side panel includes a second fold line which extends downwardly along each of the side panels from the top of the folder toward the bottom panel thereof. Each side panel further includes a third, fourth and fifth fold lines which extend from either an edge of the front panel or from a corresponding corner of the folder to a location at which the third, fourth and fifth fold lines intersect one another.
Claims6
A file folder comprising:
- a front panel having two opposite side edges and opposite top and bottom edges which extend between the side edges of the front panel;
- a rear panel having two opposite side edges and opposite top and bottom edges which extend between the side edges of the rear panel;
- two side panels which are joined between the front and rear panels to provide two sides for the folder and wherein each side panel includes a forward edge to which a side edge of the front panel is joined and a rearward edge to which a side edge of the rear panel is joined, and each side panel further includes opposite top and bottom edges which extend between the forward and rearward edges of the side panel;
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- a bottom panel which is joined between the front, rear and side panels to provide a bottom for the folder and wherein the bottom panel meets the front panel and the side panels at two forward corners of the folder and wherein the bottom panel meets the rear panel and the side panels at two rearward corners of the folder and so that the front, rear, side and bottom panels collectively define an interior for the folder and wherein the front panel, the rear panel and the bottom panel are formed out of a single blank of material so that the front panel is contiguous with the bottom panel along the bottom edge of the front panel and so that the rear panel is contiguous with the bottom panel along the bottom edge of the rear panel, and wherein the top edges of the front, rear and side panels collectively define a top through which the interior of the folder is accessible, and each of the front panel, rear panel, side panels and bottom panel can be pivoted relative to the adjacent panel about the corresponding edge to which the adjacent panel is joined;
- the front panel defining a first fold line which extends from one side panel to the other side panel so that the front panel is divided by the first fold line into an upper portion and a lower portion;
- each side panel defining a second fold line which extends downwardly from the top edge of the side panel toward the bottom panel so that the side panel is divided by the second fold line into a forward portion and a rearward portion, each side panel further defining a third fold line which extends rearwardly along the side panel from the location at which the first fold line meets the side panel to the second fold line, and each side panel further defining a fourth fold line which extends from the location at which the second fold line meets the third fold line to a forward corner of the folder and a fifth fold line which extends from the location at which the second fold line meets the third fold line to a rearward corner of the folder
- so that the folder can be folded from an open condition into a collapsed condition by folding the forward and rearward portions of the side panels against one another along the second fold line and by folding the upper and lower portions of the front panel against one another along the first fold line while each of the second panels is folded upon itself about its third, fourth and fifth fold lines and while each of the front panel, rear panel, side panels and bottom panel is pivoted relative to the adjacent panel about a corresponding edge to which it is joined;
- a four-edged auxiliary panel which is attached to one of the front or rear panels along three edges of the auxiliary panel and within the interior of the folder so that the auxiliary panel and the one of the front and rear panels collectively defines an auxiliary compartment disposed within the interior of the folder for accepting a diskette-sized item placed therein for storage, and
- wherein the front panel has a front surface and the folder further comprises a transparent sheet which is attached to the front surface of the front panel so that by positioning an indicia-bearing sheet between the front surface of the front panel and the transparent sheet, the indicia-bearing sheet is viewable through the transparent sheet, and
- wherein the rear panel has a rear surface and the folder further comprises an amount of anti-slip substance which is attached to each of the front surface of the front panel and the rear surface of the rear panel adjacent the top of the folder so that as the folder is grasped with the fingers of a user about the front and rear surfaces for purposes of lifting the folder, the fingers engage the anti-slip substance to thereby reduce any likelihood that the folder will slip from between the fingers when lifted thereby.
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A file folder comprising:
- a front panel having two opposite side edges and opposite top and bottom edges;
- a rear panel having two opposite side edges and opposite top and bottom edges;
- two side panels which are joined between the side edges of the front and side panels to provide two sides for the folder and having bottom edges;
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- a bottom panel which is joined between the bottom edges of the front panel, rear panel and side panels to provide a bottom for the folder and so that the front, rear and side panels collectively define a top through which access is provided to the interior of the folder and wherein each of the front panel, rear panel, side panels and bottom panel can be pivoted relative to the adjacent panel about the corresponding edge to which the adjacent panel is joined and wherein the front panel, the rear panel and the bottom panel are formed out of a single blank of material so that the front panel is contiguous with the bottom panel along the bottom edge of the front panel and so that the rear panel is contiguous with the bottom panel along the bottom edge of the rear panel;
- the front panel having a first fold line which extends laterally thereacross and which divides the front panel into an upper portion and a lower portion, and each of the side panels having a second fold line which extends downwardly from the top of the folder and divides each side panel into a forward portion and a rearward portion, having a third fold line which extends laterally therealong from a location at which the first fold line meets the side edge of the front panel to the second fold line, having a fourth fold line which extends angularly therealong from the location at which the third fold line meets the second fold line to a corresponding front corner of the folder, and having a fifth fold line which extends angularly therealong from the location at which the third fold line meets the second fold line to a corresponding rear corner of the folder
- so that the folder can be folded from an open condition into a collapsed condition by folding the side panels along the second fold line so that the forward and rearward portions of each side panel engage one another and so that the side panels are folded about the fourth and fifth fold lines while each of the front panel, rear panel, side panels and bottom panel is pivoted relative to the adjacent panel about a corresponding panel to which it is joined and then by folding the front panel about the first fold line as each side panel is further folded about the third fold line;
- a four-edged auxiliary panel which is attached to one of the front or rear panels along three edges of the auxiliary panel and within the interior of the folder so that the auxiliary panel and the one of the front and rear panels collectively defines an auxiliary compartment for accepting a diskette-sized item placed therein for storage within the interior of the folder, and
- wherein the front panel has a front surface and the folder further comprises a transparent panel which is attached to the front surface of the front panel so that by inserting a sheet between the front surface of the front panel and the transparent panel, the inserted sheet is viewable through the transparent sheet;
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- wherein the rear panel has a rear surface and the folder further comprises an amount of anti-slip substance which is attached to each of the front surface of the front panel and the rear surface of the rear panel adjacent the top of the folder so that as the folder is grasped with the fingers of a user about the front and rear surfaces for purposes of lifting the folder, the fingers engage the anti-slip substance to thereby reduce any likelihood that the folder will slip from between the fingers when lifted thereby.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.