a is an exploded view of the angled divider with spring and pigtail ends extended.
b is an exploded view of angled divider with spring and pigtail ends retracted.
c is an unfolded view of a preferred embodiment of the adjustable divider of
a is a front view of a preferred file card.
b is a rotated front view or back view of the preferred file card shown in
a is a front view of a preferred divider card
b is a rotated front view or back view of the preferred divider card shown in
The box container invention 10 as shown in
For embodiments with fixed angled ends and fixed numbers of cards, as new cards 6 are added, corresponding cards 8 are removed to prevent overfilling of the container to interfere with the user's ability to flip the cards 8 for viewing.
The movable angled end divider 5, or an alternative fixed piece construction divider 5a, are shown in
a and 4b are exploded views of the movable angled end divider 5 with a compression spring 15 having pigtail ends 16, which fits within a tube (or sleeve) 15a of a length, which allows its ends 18 to compress towards its center when the spring 15 is compressed. The movable angled end divider 5 is made of folded cardboard or chip board forming an angled face 6 with interior finger slides 14, which are operably associated with an interior compression spring 15 with pig tail ends 16, which fit within holes 17 in the ends 18 of the angled divider 5. As the finger slides 14 are squeezed together, the spring 15 is compressed as shown in
c is an unfolded view of the movable adjustable divider 5 of
a is a front view of a preferred file card 8. It has text writing field areas 8a, 8b, which are symmetrical so that the cards 8 may be rotated and/or reversed to display their content to be read from a variety of directions. For example, one indexing system may be filled in on the front of the card 8 field 8a, and used when viewing the box container 2 from one direction. Another indexing system may be used on the back of the card 8 field 8b when viewing the box container 2 from the opposite direction. The text writing field areas 8a, 8b are thus filled out by a user in accordance with the user's preferred indexing system, such as alphabetical, by topic, subject, etc. The use of cards 8 and dividers 9 with reverse sides is optional—particularly for divider 9. Also, cards 5b and dividers 6b could be rotated for front views or back views.
b is a rotated front view or back view of the preferred file card 8 shown in
The margins 8c of the file cards 8 are asymmetric allowing larger margins on either the left or right hand side for gripping by either the right or left hand fingers without obscuring text placed in the writing field areas 8a, 8b.
a is a front view or back view of a preferred divider card 9. The divider cards 9 are taller than the cards 8 to reveal a title writing field area 9a which extends above the separated file cards 8. A user then fills in title writing field area 9a with the desired indexing notation for separation display. Again, the margins 9b of the divider cards 9 are asymmetric allowing larger margins on either the left or right hand side for gripping by either the right or left hand fingers without obscuring the text placed in the writing field areas 9c.
b is a rotated front view or back view of the preferred divider card shown in
The box container 2, file cards 8, and divider cards 9 may vary in size to match the needs of a user and accommodate a variety of different card sizes and types.
The materials selected for the box container 2 are dependent on the requirements of a user. If one piece water resistant construction is required, injection molding materials may be employed. For more decorative box containers, woods, rigid paper box with printed box wraps, or patterned cardboard with decorative coverings may be employed. The lid 1 may be opaque or transparent.
The invention 10 thus provides a universal card file and indexing system, which may be adapted to a number of different indexing categories to suit the preference of different users.
Although this specification has referred to the illustrated embodiments, it is not intended to restrict the scope of the claims. The claims themselves recite those features deemed essential to the invention.
This application is a continuation-in-part of the provisional patent application filed May 22, 2006, Ser. No. 60/802,234 entitled “Card Indexing Apparatus and Method.
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60802334 | May 2006 | US |