Claims
- 1. An indexing member consisting essentially of:
- a card having a generally rectangular shape;
- a tab-yielding panel, along one edge of the card, folded inwardly and secured inwardly to the card to form a pocket between the card and the tab-yielding panel; and
- at least two inwardly folded tabs at spaced locations along the edge of the card, each tab being defined by a rupturable tear line adjacent to the edge of the card and being retained in an inwardly folded position by the rupturable tear line until the rupturable tear line is broken and each tab being foldable to a position outside the edge of the card, the tab-yielding panel including cutouts adjacent to the rupturable tear line to facilitate rupturing the tear line and folding the tab outwardly.
- 2. The indexing member of claim 1 wherein the rupturable tear line is a line of perforations.
- 3. The indexing member of claim 1 wherein the indexing member further includes a plurality of apertures which allow the indexing member to be used in a ring binder or notebook.
- 4. The indexing member of claim 1 wherein the card is formed from card stock, having a basis weight of 80 to 125 pounds.
- 5. The indexing member of claim 1 wherein the indexing member is a file folder, having a front leaf and a rear leaf.
- 6. The indexing member of claim 5 wherein the indexing member includes three tabs.
- 7. The indexing member of claim 1 wherein the indexing member is an index card.
- 8. The indexing member of claim 7 wherein the indexing member has three tabs.
- 9. The indexing member of claim 1 wherein the rupturable tear line is a score line having at least one nick therein for retaining a tab in an inwardly folded position.
- 10. The indexing member of claim 9 wherein the cutouts have a semicircular shape.
- 11. The indexing member of claim 10 wherein the tear line includes at least one nick on each side of each cutout.
- 12. The indexing member of claim 11 wherein the indexing member has three tabs.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/187,606, filed Jan. 26, 1994, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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