Secured By Means Engaging Aperture In File Item Or File Item Support Patents (Class 40/404)
  • Patent number: 6618971
    Abstract: A rotary card holder comprises a rotary card wheel, which at its respective opposite ends is non-rotatably secured to hand wheels, with a stationary axle, about which the card wheel rotates, extending through the card wheel and the hand wheels and having secured non-rotatably to its opposite ends respective end caps with which respective free ends of a wire support frame are non-rotatably secured. Each end cap carries a flexible polypropylene strip which has a free end extending from the periphery thereof to engage in a selected one of a series of grooves in the inside periphery of the hand wheels. In this way the card wheel is retained in its adjusted position each time it is adjusted and a ‘clicking’ indication is produced during adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Rotadex Systems Limited
    Inventors: Jack Ingram, Simon Richard Andrews
  • Patent number: 6547283
    Abstract: A system for mounting a component to a portfolio including a tongue located on the component, the tongue having a tail portion and a tip portion, and a portfolio having a tongue opening formed therein. The top can be inserted into the tongue opening and component rotated relative to the portfolio until the tongue is generally received through the tongue opening to couple the component to the portfolio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Marc L. Moor
  • Patent number: 6533236
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding interconnectable cards on either side of a computer monitor. The holder includes a one-piece construction having a side fold, a pair of ells, a body, and a fastener portion. An adhesive is affixed to the side fold and interconnectable instructional cards are attached to the fastener portion, whereby the adhesive remains affixed to the side fold and allows the holder to be repeatably affixable and removable from either side of the monitor, and the fastener portion allows the user to flip through and view the instructional cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Auto Club Group
    Inventors: Josene A. MacLellan, David J. Angel, Suzette A. Timoszyk
  • Publication number: 20020129521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a holder for business cards with a rectangular area having holes at its corners into which the corner of a business card are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Spencer Kovner
  • Patent number: 6430856
    Abstract: A variety of mounting systems are provided for mounting display cards, photographs, or other material to a computer display device of a computer system. The display cards may include printed indicia showing, for example, a summary of useful software commands for use with software programs running on the computer system. In one embodiment, a pair of mounting units or hinges are provided for pivotably mounting the display cards to the computer display device so that selected cards may be pivoted into a position adjacent to a front surface of the display screen for ease of viewing. In another example, a transparent pocket is provided for receiving the display cards, with the pocket being pivotably mounted to the display device via the mounting units. By providing a pocket, the display cards are protected while in use. Also, the display cards need not include any mounting holes or other attachment elements for direct attachment to the mounting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Left Coast Interactive
    Inventor: Russell J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6401372
    Abstract: Disclosed is a holder for business cards with a rectangular area having holes at its corners into which the corner of a business card are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Spencer Kovner
  • Patent number: 6209246
    Abstract: A card assembly for use with a computer display device. The card assembly includes at least one card and a card holder for holding the card. In addition, the card assembly also includes a mounting unit that is connected to the card holder. This mounting unit rigidly and detachably affixes the card holder to the computer display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Left Coast Interactive
    Inventor: Russell J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6119383
    Abstract: A card holder providing a stand, the stand having a base portion, a support portion projecting upwardly from the base portion, and at least one wing projecting outwardly from an upper end of the support portion; a head portion, the head portion being substantially loop-shaped and having a longitudinal slit therethrough, the slit being sized to receive the upper end of the support portion therethrough for removable attachment thereto, the head portion being adaptable to removably receive at least one card, the at least one card being slidingly moveable about the head portion between a first position and a second position thereof; the at least one wing having a U-shaped cut-out therethrough adjacent to the upper end of the support portion for receiving the head portion; and, the upper end having a tapered portion defining at least one slot for receiving an edge of the head portion slit therebehind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Inventor: Albert H. Gruneisen, III
  • Patent number: 6095625
    Abstract: A file for storing and displaying cards is disclosed. The card file consists of a base, a cover, and a tray, the cover being pivotally attached to the base and the tray being slidably disposed with respect to the cover and pivotally coupled to the base. The tray is attached to the base in such a way that when the cover is opened, the tray pivots downwardly, thereby presenting the cards at an angle. The weight of the address cards keeps the device in either the open or closed orientation chosen by the user. The card file in accordance with the present invention can be suitably adapted to display a picture or time keeping instrument in the face of the cover, so that when the cards are concealed, the card file serves as an office accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Berol Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Harris, Mark S. Koehneke, John M. Fuller, Jonathan P. Van Dore, Jeff E. Schiedegger
  • Patent number: 5845772
    Abstract: A device for the secure storage of computer diskettes includes a pocket closed on three sides and a flap releasably closing the fourth side of the pocket to securely retain the diskette within the pocket. The pocket device also includes retaining devices to fixedly or releasably retain the pocket in a document or file folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventor: Stanley M. Cieplak
  • Patent number: 5819456
    Abstract: A card assembly for use with a computer display device. The card assembly includes at least one card and a card holder for holding the card. In addition, the card assembly also includes a mounting unit that is connected to the card holder. This mounting unit rigidly and detachably affixes the card holder to the computer display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Left Coast Interactive
    Inventor: Russell J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5572815
    Abstract: Disclosed is a holder for business cards with a rectangular area having holes at its corners with slits extending outward so that business cards larger than the standard business card may be removably mounted to the card holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Spencer Kovner
  • Patent number: 5230173
    Abstract: A support structure is arranged for mounting within an associated vehicle for use with a cellular phone to provide for the mounting of an aligned row of index cards readily mounted to and supported by the apparatus. A modification of the invention includes illumination as well as magnification structure for cooperation with the organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Inventor: Michael P. Riley
  • Patent number: 5076490
    Abstract: Combination mailer comprising postcard-weight stock having therein at least two areas, a first right hand area for an address and postage and a left hand area which includes a partially perfed (die cut) index card which may be removed from the combination mailer. The index cards may be standard small size or a larger size depending on the size of the mailable card used. The index card may be oriented horizontally or vertically. A vertical boundary between the left and right side areas is defined by a scoring, perf line, printed line or dashes in order to assist in removing the index cards from the mailer. Only partial perforations are used to define the index card margins to prevent the mailer from being folded, mutilated, lost or delayed in the mailing. Microperfs are preferred. Preferably, the index card is oriented vertically with only the T-shaped notches along the bottom margin being perfed out, leaving the bottom margin or top margin to be cut with scissors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Inventor: Jacques M. Dulin
  • Patent number: 4802575
    Abstract: A coupon organizing system having a carrying case sized to receive a coupon filing assembly, a plurality of shopping tools and a sorter. The filing assembly includes a plurality of pages having first indicia means and a plurality of substantially overlapping and staggered pockets formed therein. Each pocket is defined by a pair of walls of unequal heights and has a lip formed adjacent the top of one wall and second indicia means mounted thereto. A method for sorting and retrieval of coupons according to product type and expiration date is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Inventor: Dorothy B. Martin
  • Patent number: 4713901
    Abstract: A file-index card system for retaining and displaying conventional business cards is disclosed. The system includes a frame in which is held a multiplicity of file cards in the form of planar sheets. Each file card has an area of adhesive covering a portion thereof, with a protective peel-off covering placed over the area of adhesive. Registration markings are provided on each file card to at least one side of the area of adhesive, the registration markings serving to delimit the edge of a conventional business card to be affixed to the file card. In use, the protective peel-off covering is removed to expose the adhesive. A conventional business card is then aligned with the registration markings and is affixed to the file card to thereby be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Gerald B. Klein
    Inventors: Virginia J. Wells, Gerald B. Klein
  • Patent number: 4659109
    Abstract: A binder for multi-leafed devices has a pair of spaced brackets each of which has a plurality of prongs extending toward the other bracket. The prongs of one bracket are longer than those of the other bracket and are spaced so as to permit the prongs to be inserted into a multi-leafed device. A stop member is swingably mounted adjacent the bracket with the longer prongs for engaging the prongs and preventing inadvertent release of the multi-leafed device. The stop member is locked in operative position by a projection thereon snugly received in a recess formed in a portion fixed relative to the binder. A folder is provided with a notch therein permitting one of the shorter prongs to be inserted within the folder even though the folder is of greater length than conventional multi-leafed devices used with the binder. The folder defines a first pair of open-ended pockets, a pair of integral flaps on the folder overlying the open ends of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Inventor: Robert G. Donovan
  • Patent number: 4602447
    Abstract: A window envelope 10 for a card file having a pair of parallel bottom guide rails includes a back panel 11 and a pair of front panels 12 and 13 formed of transparent resin sheet material and joined together to form a pair of laterally adjacent pockets for storing viewable objects. Seams along the top 21, the lateral sides 22 and 23, and a lower line 24 extending between lateral sides 22 and 23 close three sides of each pocket, and the pocket openings are along a central vertical gap where the edges 32 and 33 of the front panels are spaced apart. Notches 25 in bottom region 26 allow the envelopes to be mounted and leafed in guide rail card holders for filing 35 millimeter slide mounts 15, coins 16, stamps, and other thin objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Inventor: Irene B. Feingold
  • Patent number: 4231175
    Abstract: Microfiche cards and the like are held in a file enclosure between file-segregator cards. The segregator cards are shaped to fit on and slide along longitudinal rails. To promote fanning of the segregator cards when they are compressed in a particular way, they have added thickness in a zone near their bottom edges. Two independently adjustable compressors are provided, one above and one below the added-thickness zone. By manipulation of the compressors a user can fan the file to a desired extent, controlling the fraction of the group of segregator cards which fans, and the angle between the adjacent fanned segregator cards, or can maintain the file tightly closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: Baxter Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Baxter
  • Patent number: 4192425
    Abstract: An accessory device detachably mountable on a telephone unit is disclosed herein suitable for supporting a writing pad and a writing implement. The device includes a support piece or base having an attachment portion detachably connectable with the well and cradle portions of a conventional telephone and having a support portion cantilevered outwardly therefrom incorporating a writing pen and pad well. A display area is defined on the mounting portion for carrying advertising message or the like. A holder for a card file is detachably carried on the support portion with the writing pad well. A retainer plate is adjustably carried by the holder for retaining a plurality of index cards or the like on parallel runners in cooperation with a snap-lock release device. The latter device releasably secured the holder to the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Inventors: Paul H. Landau, Harolyn S. Landau
  • Patent number: 4145830
    Abstract: An album leaf and method of making it is disclosed. The leaf has a peripheral frame of metal or other suitable material which includes a bead and inwardly extending skirts for holding a base sheet therebetween. Adhesive means on the surface of the skirt retain a mat thereon, securing a photograph beneath the mat. A hinge segment is attached to the binding edge of the leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Inventors: Claude Desmarais, Gerard Desmarais
  • Patent number: 4142312
    Abstract: A mobile radiotelephone station set base is provided with a pushbutton dialing pad in a first face and has a rectangular card-receiving slot in an adjacent face and opening into a card-receiving pocket extending into the base parallel to the first face. A flexible rectangular card for inscribing frequently used numbers is provided and suitably dimensioned so that when the card is in the base slot and pocket it is deformed for frictionally engaging the pocket walls. This engagement holds the card at any manually selectable degree of penetration into the pocket and such penetration is selected by a user so that a desired number inscribed on the card is indexed at the slot adjacent to the pushbutton dialing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1979
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Rembert R. Stokes