Two-position tab
AssigneeEsselte N.V.
InventorsAndrew Goodfellow, Braden Jones, Brian Causse
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Abstract
A tabbing apparatus is provided that includes a pocket and a tab element disposed within the pocket in a retracted position. The tab element includes an indexing segment configured for protruding from the pocket in an extended position as a tab and for being received within the pocket in the retracted position, an anchor portion attached to the pocket, and an intermediate portion connecting the anchor portion and indexing segment and configured for folding to allow the indexing segment to move between the retracted position and the extended position. The indexing segment is configured for displaying writing thereon for indexing a file.
Claims23
A tabbing apparatus, comprising:
- a pocket;
- and
- a tab element disposed within the pocket in a retracted position and including:
- an indexing segment protruding from the pocket in an extended position as a tab and being received within the pocket in the retracted position, the indexing segment configured for displaying writing thereon for indexing a file,
- an anchor portion, and
- an intermediate portion pivotably connecting the anchor portion and indexing segment;
- wherein the anchor portion is anchored to pocket so that, the intermediate portion pivots during the movement of the index segment between the retracted and extended positions.
A tabbing apparatus, comprising:
- a pocket;
- and
- a tab element having an indexing segment configured for protruding from the pocket in an extended position as a tab, being received within the pocket in the retracted position, and having a mid position between the retracted and extended positions, wherein the indexing segment is configured for displaying writing thereon for indexing a file;
- wherein the pocket comprises a resilient member associated with the tab element for biasing the indexing segment away from the mid position toward the extended or retracted position depending on which side of the mid position the indexing segment is positioned on.
The tabbing apparatus of 21, wherein the tab element in the retracted, mid, and extended position has a substantially U-shape from the indexing segment to the anchor portion when viewed from a lateral cross-section, one of the hinges being at a bottom of the U-shape in each of the said positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.