Claims
- 1. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; an elongated insert; means for detachably affixing said insert to said panel; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface; a means for attaching said label to said insert, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of the insert whereby the desired information can be placed on said label and said label then attached to said insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and a plurality of loop-type retainers fixed to said support member in aligned, spaced apart relationship and at locations between and spaced from the sides of said member, there being apertures in said panel opposite one edge thereof in the same aligned and spaced relationship relative to each other as are the retainers and said retainers extending through said apertures, whereby said panel can be assembled on and selectively displaced from one side of the supporting member to the other to expose selected one of the labels fixed to the panel by the inserts to which the labels are attached.
- 2. The visible index system of claim 1, wherein the insert is affixable to the panel by co-operating means which include parallel, facing flanges at opposite edges of said panel and recesses in the ends of the insert, the flanges on the panel being engageable in said recesses.
- 3. The visible index system of claim 2, wherein said insert is of multi-ply construction, wherein the plies are bonded together by an adhesive, and wherein the plies extend beyond the adhesive at both ends of the insert, thereby producing the recesses in the ends of the insert.
- 4. The visible index system of claim 2, wherein said panel comprises a main body member and reinforcing strips at the opposite edges of said main body member on at least one side thereof, the outer edge portions of said strips being fixed to the main body member to secure said strips thereto and the inner edge portions being free of attachment to said main body member and thereby providing the insert engageable flanges of the panel.
- 5. The visible index system according to claim 1, which includes a plurality of panels constructed and attached to said support member as hereinbefore defined.
- 6. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; a plurality of elongated inserts; means for detachably affixing said inserts to said panel which includes parallel, facing flanges at opposite edges of said panels, said inserts being made of a thin flexible material and being of elongated rectangular configuration and sufficiently long to span the panel and the flanges on the panel being engageable with said inserts to removably affix the inserts to the panel with a surface of each insert exposed; adhesive free labels having information receiving surfaces; means for attaching said labels to said inserts, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of each said insert, whereby the desired information can be placed on a label and the label then attached to an insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and means for so fixing said panel to said support member that said panel can be displaced relative to the support member.
- 7. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; a plurality of elongated inserts; means for detachably affixing each said insert to a selected one of the two sides of the panel which includes parallel, facing flanges at opposite edges of said panels and on both sides thereof and recesses in the ends of said inserts, said inserts being made of a thin flexible material and being of elongated rectangular configuration and sufficiently long to span the panel and the flanges on the panel being engageable in said recesses to removably affix the inserts to the panel with the surfaces of the inserts exposed; adhesive free labels having information receiving surfaces; means for attaching said labels to said inserts, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of each said insert, whereby the desired information can be placed on a label and said label then attached to an insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and a plurality of loop-type retainers fixed to said support member in aligned, spaced apart relationship and at locations between and spaced from the sides of said member, there being apertures in said panel opposite one edge thereof in the same aligned and spaced relationship relative to each other as are the retainers and said retainers extending through said apertures, whereby said panel can be assembled on and selectively displaced from one side of the supporting member to the other to expose selected ones of the labels fixed to the panel by the inserts to which the labels are attached.
- 8. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; an elongated insert; means for detachably affixing said insert to said panel; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface, said label being a segment of a bound assemblage of superimposed sheets of copy paper, there being a series of transversely extending, spaced apart lines of perforations in said sheets, whereby information can be simultaneously imprinted on the corresponding segments of the several sheets of said assembly and said segments thereafter detached from said assembly; a means for attaching said label to said insert, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of the insert whereby the desired information can be placed on said label and said label then attached to said insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and a plurality of loop-type retainers fixed to said support member in aligned, spaced apart relationship and at locations between and spaced from the sides of said member, there being apertures in said panel opposite one edge thereof in the same aligned and spaced relationship relative to each other as are the retainers and said retainers extending through said apertures, whereby said panel can be assembled on and selectively displaced from one side of the supporting member to the other to expose selected one of the labels fixed to the panel by the inserts to which the labels are attached.
- 9. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; an elongated insert, said insert being a segment of an assemblage comprising a first sheet of thin, flexible material, said sheet being divided by a series of transversely extending, weakened lines into a plurality of separable, elongated, rectangular segments; a second sheet of material adhesively fixed to the first sheet, said second sheet being weakened along the same lines as said first sheet for separation therewith; and a coating of adhesive on the exposed surface of the second sheet; means for detachably affixing said insert to said panel; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface; a means for attaching said label to said insert, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of the insert whereby the desired information can be placed on said label and said label then attached to said insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and a plurality of loop-type retainers fixed to said support member in aligned, spaced apart relationship and at locations between and spaced from the sides of said member, there being apertures in said panel opposite one edge thereof in the same aligned and spaced relationship relative to each other as are the retainers and said retainers extending through said apertures, whereby said panel can be assembled on and selectively displaced from one side of the supporting member to the other to expose selected one of the labels fixed to the panel by the inserts to which the labels are attached.
- 10. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; an elongated insert; means for detachably affixing said insert to said panel; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface, said label being of a material on which the desired information can be entered by a multiple copy producing type of process; a means for attaching said label to said insert, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of the insert whereby the desired information can be placed on said label and said label then attached to said insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and a plurality of loop-type retainers fixed to said support member in aligned, spaced apart relationship and at locations between and spaced from the sides of said member, there being apertures in said panel opposite one edge thereof in the same aligned and spaced relationship relative to each other as are the retainers and said retainers extending through said apertures, whereby said panel can be assembled on and selectively displaced from one side of the supporting member to the other to expose selected one of the labels fixed to the panel by the inserts to which the labels are attached.
- 11. A visible index system, comprising: a panel; a rectangular insert support means having parallel facing flanges at opposite edges thereof; a plurality of elongated rectangular inserts of a thin, flexible material, each of said inserts being of sufficient length to span the support means, each said insert having recesses at the ends thereof and the flanges on the insert support means having means for selectively engaging said recesses, respectively, so as to removably affix said inserts to said support means with one of the major surfaces of each said insert fully exposed; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface of generally the same width as the insert, said label being of a material on which the information can be entered by a multiple copy producing type of process; means for attaching said label to said insert, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of the insert; and panel support means which includes a support member and means for so fixing said panel to said support member that said panel can be displaced relative to the support member.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 403,986 filed Oct. 5, 1973 (now abandoned). The latter is a division of application Ser. No. 188,743 filed Oct. 13, 1971, (now U.S. Pat. No. 3,778,914).
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