Books – strips – and leaves – Book – element thereof – or accessory therefor – Covers
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-28
2001-03-27
Fridie, Jr., Willmon (Department: 3722)
Books, strips, and leaves
Book, element thereof, or accessory therefor
Covers
C281S045000, C040S359000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206425
ABSTRACT:
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a file folder, in particular for lateral files, comprising a front wall and a rear wall which can be folded against one another about a fold line, it being the case that on its border edge which runs perpendicular to the fold line one of the two walls has a text tab which projects beyond the border edge of the other wall, the tab comprising two strips which are located congruently one above the other.
From U.S. Pat. No. 3,937,493, there is known a file folder in which a tab which projects beyond the other border edge functions as a carrier for riders which can be adhesively associated therewith. Moreover, the tab-free wall is also cut back somewhat with respect to the basic format, with the result that the wall which in this case serves as front wall has a smaller surface area. Moreover, the tab also continues into a head tab.
A file folder in which the text tab is formed from two strips which are located congruently one above the other is commercially available. For this purpose, a [lacuna] which is provided for in the folding blank is folded in in the region of the border edge which is to be formed and is adhesively bonded to that region of the inside of the front wall and also of the rear wall which is in the vicinity of the border. This leads to a doubling of the number of layers in this region. In the case of a narrow stack or row of files, this results in a raised section which disrupts the parallelism of the fine folders.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to configure a file of this type by straightforward means such that it is more advantageous in terms of use.
This object is achieved first and foremost in the case of a file folder wherein the two strips can be folded out of their position in which they are located congruently one above the other into a position in which they are located on a level one beside the other to the wall, and the two strips are fixed to the wall both in the position in which they are located congruently one above the other and in the position in which they are located one beside the other. This means that, together with the front wall and rear wall, it is not necessarily possible to go beyond three layers. By folding the strips out to the maximum extent in order to achieve the largest possible text tab, even this three layer arrangement is not exceeded; the double-layered arrangement of this text tab is located outside the basic contour of the file folder. When not in use, the strips are located one beside the other. If the file folder is intended to have a marking function, the positioning of the strips one above the other is effected. In both cases, fixing takes place on the inside of the relevant wall. The setting up of such a file folder is easier in that there is connected to the free border edge of one of the strips a grip flap which rests flat on the inside of the wall in both positions of the strips. Taking account of the possibility of selection, it has proven favourable, then, for the fixing to be achieved by adhesion. Such a reversible arrangement makes it possible for the file folder at any time to be changed over again or transformed into the original state, i.e. for the strips to be brought into the position in which they are located one beside the other and for the grip flap to be allowed to disappear in a protective manner in the interior of the file folder. In specific terms, the adhesion is such that it is formed by a self-adhesive layer which comes into engagement in each case against a non-stick mating layer. An adhesion counterpart is thus associated with each of the basic positions which can be achieved. Alternatively, however, another solution which is advantageous in terms of use is one in which the fixing is achieved by push-in flap insertion, preferably of the push-in flap. Accordingly, the design is such that the push-in flap of the grip tab terminates in two push-in slits of the wall, which are associated with the positions. Corresponding storage positioning does not require the text tab including the grip tab to be folded in to the full extent since it is not yet subject to the demands of use. It is only in the two positions that such anchoring is expedient or welcome. Finally, there is a further extended stage for a text tab, with formation of a position in which the strips are located one beside the other substantially outside the contour of the wall. In this case, the rear side of the grip flap is used advantageously for fixing purposes, the self-adhesive section being used here as well and the uncoated border strip of the grip flap being covered over the full surface area. The border strip is always underlapped.
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Farber Martin A.
Fridie Jr. Willmon
Mappei-Organisationsmittel GmbH
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