Adjustable tab folder
AssigneeStaples The Office Superstore, LLC
InventorsMichael Kent, Chad Kendall, Kara Brunetta, Patrick Conway, Irene Wong
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to dividers and folders with tabs adjustable along at least two edges thereof. One embodiment is directed to a folder comprising a first panel, a second panel coupled to the first panel, at least one tab mating feature associated with the second panel, and a tab configured to mate with the at least one tab mating feature. The at least one tab mating feature is configured such that the tab is positionable in at least two positions along a first axis adjacent a first edge of the second panel and in at least two positions along a second axis adjacent a second edge of the second panel, wherein the first axis is transverse to the second axis.
Claims17
A folder comprising:
- a first panel comprising a first inner-facing surface and a first outer-facing surface;
- a second panel, coupled to the first panel, comprising a second inner-facing surface and a second outer-facing surface, wherein the first and second panels are arranged such that at least a portion of the first inner-facing surface is adjacent at least a portion of the second inner-facing surface;
- at least one tab mating feature associated with the second panel;
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- a tab configured to mate with the at least one tab mating feature;
- wherein the at least one tab mating feature is configured such that the tab is positionable in at least two positions along a first axis adjacent a first edge of the second panel and in at least two positions along a second axis adjacent a second edge of the second panel, wherein the first axis is transverse to the second axis;
- wherein the at least one tab mating feature comprises a track and the tab is configured to slide along the track;
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- wherein the track comprises a first track portion oriented along the first axis, a second track portion oriented along the second axis, and a corner track portion adjoining the first and second track portions such that the tab is slidable from the first track portion to the second track portion via the corner track portion.
A method of adjusting a tab on a folder, the folder comprising a first panel, a second panel coupled to the first panel, at least one tab mating feature associated with the second panel, and a tab configured to mate with the at least one tab mating feature, the method comprising:
- introducing at least one item between the first and second panels;
- moving the tab from a first position along a first edge of the second panel to a second position along a second edge of the second panel;
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- providing the tab with information relating to the at least one item;
- wherein moving the tab comprises sliding the tab from the first position to the second position along a track;
- wherein the track comprises a first track portion adjacent the first edge, a second track portion adjacent the second edge, and a corner track portion adjoining the first and second track portions;
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- wherein moving the tab comprises sliding the tab from the first track portion to the second track portion via the corner track portion.
A folder comprising:
- a first panel comprising a first inner-facing surface and a first outer-facing surface;
- a second panel, coupled to the first panel, comprising a second inner-facing surface and a second outer-facing surface, wherein the first and second panels are arranged such that at least a portion of the first inner-facing surface is adjacent at least a portion of the second inner-facing surface;
- a track comprising a first track portion adjacent a first edge of the second panel and oriented along a first axis, a second track portion adjacent a second edge of the second panel and oriented along a second axis transverse to the first axis, and a corner track portion adjoining the first and second track portions;
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- a tab comprising a track-mating portion configured to couple the tab to the track in a manner such that the tab is slidable along the track from the first track portion to the second track portion via the corner track portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.