Abstract: A single-channel microfiche master housing a strip of microfilm containing one or more frames of reduced scale images, the master being manipulatable in one axial direction only by optical readers and other microfiche-handling machines. The master is constituted by a rectangular tab having a pair of keyhole notches at spaced positions in the lower edge thereof and a single channel transparent jacket accommodating the microfilm strip, one end of the jacket being secured to the tab at a position intermediate the notches to form a T-shaped structure. The microfiche master may be stored in a standard pull-out drawer by a raised pair of rails which is bridged by the tab, the rails passing through the notches whereby the jacket is suspended therebelow in the drawer.

Abstract: A wall display device, particularly suitable for displaying record albums including a plurality of blocks, one for each corner of the album having upper vertical corner channels to hold the bottom corners of the album and vertical side channels to hold the upper corners of the album where each block can support the corners of four different albums.

Abstract: An exhibiting device in the form of a cabinet having a base, side walls and a top wall extending across the side walls thereof above the base, the side walls thus forming compartments between the top wall and the base with open fronts for the compartment. Rotors are centrally and vertically disposed in the compartments and have at one end a conic termination for the rotor in the base and engage supporting means in the base receiving the conic termination, the rotors having at the other end a drive termination and a supporting member engaging the top wall. A panel configured as a regular polygon and constructed of rigid material is supported proximate the drive means on the rotor. A hanger is disposed centrally along each side of the polygon for hanging displaying panel members or advertising elements and located in such relationship that the displaying panel members occupy different planes spaced longitudinally of the rotor. A hinged convex curved member overlies the top wall.

Abstract: A display device for displaying generally planar items such as photographs, cards, letters and the like is formed from a plurality of horizontally extending parallel strips arranged to provide a plurality of leaves in lapping relationship. The outer lower portion of each leaf is formed to provide a pocket for receiving therein the lower margin of the planar element. The upper margin of the element to be displayed may be received under the outer portion of a higher leaf or under the leaf below such higher leaf depending on the height of the element to be displayed.

Abstract: An article supporting device is disclosed having a generally triangular shape with a base, an upright side and an inclined side. The inclined side has a slot near the base into which a resilient moulded lip is snap-fitted. The lip is bendable to admit the lower edge of an article in order to nip the latter against the inclined side causing the article to stand upright. The upright side has a window for engagement with the corresponding projection of a column.

Abstract: Wire paper clips are firmly secured in slits formed in a layer of sheet material to provide a paper holding and displaying device on which notes can be attached by sliding them under the portions of the clips on the front face of the sheet. Portions of the clips on the rear face of the sheet are held frictionally between elements which can be parallel ribs in the case of an extruded sheet, corrugations in the case of a corrugated laminate, or small heat-sealed areas in the case of two back-to-back sheets heat sealed together. In another version, the slitted sheet is a relese liner on a section of foam adhesive tape, and the portion of the clip on the rear face of the release liner is held between the release liner and the tape.

Abstract: A photo display apparatus utilizing an assembly of slats having dados for permitting them to be meshed together in two or three dimensional configurations and provided with grooves in the sides for supporting the photographs.

Abstract: A flip-type album for protectively storing and displaying photos in an orderly sequence. The album has a pair of front and rear covers which are hinged together, the covers having a tray-like configuration such that when the front cover is superposed over the rear cover, it forms an enclosed box therewith. Each tray-like cover includes parallel side walls whose spacing substantially matches the width of the photos, a series of holes being formed at corresponding positions along the inner surfaces of these walls to define a set of bearings at each position. Supported by the bearing sets are flexible swing bars having a length greater than the width of the photos, the opposing ends of the bars being inserted in the bearing sets by first bowing the bars to shorten the distance between the ends.

Abstract: A bingo card holder, for supporting a plurality of bingo cards to be played simultaneously by a single player, includes at least a pair of holding means, such as longitudinal slots, each of which is capable of supporting at least one bingo card, with such cards being holdable so that one is substantially horizontal, preferably inclined downwardly and forwardly toward a player, and the other is substantially vertical, preferably inclined upwardly and away from the player. The holders are usually molded of a synthetic organic polymeric thermoplastic material, are adaptable to be joined together, may be nested for storage, may include recess means for holding bingo playing materials and incidentals, and preferably include projections in the walls of the slots for better holding the cards.

Abstract: A wine list display container provides a horizontal barrel having a horizontal division cut therethrough providing bisymmetrical upper lid and lower base portions, each having coinciding mating face portions. At least one hinge is provided for connecting the upper and lower base portions together in a hinged fashion, the lid being movable on the hinges between closed and open positions. A pair of spaced feet are attached to the base for securely supporting the horizontal barrel on a flat surface, such as a table. An inner rack mounted within the barrel and on the barrel base supports a plurality of substantially equally sized information cards which can contain for example individual information on differing wines. A plurality of equally sized information cards are provided which removably and temporarily can be attached to the rack within the barrel with the cards and the rack being contained within the barrel when the lid assumes a closed position with the face portions mating.

Abstract: A tag and label holder for displaying merchandise is molded as a unitary structure with end sections delineated by narrow, weakened webs. The end sections can be broken away from the central portion of the label holder and discarded to alter the length of the label holder to the size of the price tag or merchandise identification label to be mounted therein.

Abstract: A method and system for displaying hardware items so as to facilitate the disposition of the items or products in appropriate places on panels in a time period much shorter than is conventionally encountered.

Abstract: A lightweight magnetically attractive display device includes a relatively thin sheet-like intermediate layer which is adapted to be magnetically attractive at spaced intervals and which is supported in a generally planar configuration, and an outer face sheet adapted to be attached to the device in front of and adjacent the intermediate layer so that magnetized indicia characters can be removably attached to the device, against the outer layer, by the magnetic attraction between the intermediate layer and the magnetic portions on the indicia characters. As preferably embodied, the intermediate layer comprises a lightweight mesh screen made of magnetically attractive material. Alternatively, the intermediate layer may comprise a plurality of closely spaced magnetically attractive strands or a sheet of lightweight material having magnetically attractive particles dispersed therein.

Abstract: A work control center system which incorporates a planar member formed of a porous resilient material adapted for mounting of sheet material through insert of tack members. The planar member includes classification elements where the materials being mounted may be classified into distinct topic areas. Additionally, the work control center system has a plurality of receptacles which are structurally adapted to contain various utensils, work material and monies. One of the receptacles is generally cup shaped in contour and is specifically adapted for insert of the hand of a user in order that small elements such as coins may be easily inserted and retracted. The work control center system further includes hook members mounted on a lower surface thereof for mounting of other types of sheet materials such as calendars.

Abstract: A storage device for filamentous material formed by a base sheet and a cover sheet. The base sheet has a vertical row of peaked or arched slots and the cover sheet a corresponding number of horizontal slots. The slots in the base sheet define parallel ribbons and the slots in the cover sheet define horizontal ribbons. The cover sheet is secured to the base sheet by spot-welding. The peaks of the base sheet ribbons are welded to the horizontal ribbons and the sheets are welded at the sides to form thereby a partition defining intermediate pockets for the filamentous material.

Abstract: Seasonal greeting cards, other cards, and bulletins are fastened with a stapler to one, or several spaced sturdy tapes held stretched just off a vertical wall or door or in a doorway. Each tape may be looped over an upper slat hooked or otherwise fastened on a molding, and adjustably looped below on a double hook slung by resilient means to a lower slat fastened to a baseboard. Spacing off plane vertical surfaces is provided by slat mountings consisting of lengths of Z-section extrusions or the like. Space is allowed for the lower jaw of the stapler to slip behind the tape. The lower portion of the tape is passed around the middle of the double hook and adjusted for length and tension by a slide. A slot over the middle of each hook guides and stabilizes the tape. Tapes may be mounted horizontally, and also singly, by suitable links in the shape of stirrups, frames, and the like.

Abstract: A scheduling board providing for the orderly listing of jobs or operations scheduled and/or contracted to be performed and the progress thereof in relation to the time allotted to each for their completion, said board incorporating an elongate, relatively narrow-width slideway extending along one side edge thereof for the reception of a plurality of discrete "day-date" tabs arranged in column formation therein, and further incorporating a wider channel disposed to the side of said slideway adapted to be filled with a multiplicity of transversely extending semi-rigid strips inscribed on their face with job or operation data, the vertical height of each of said strips being a known fraction of the vertical height of the day-date tabs, said column of day-date tabs being slidable upwardly in response to upward push force applied to the lowermost or lower tabs upon each uppermost tab having been removed from the slideway, and said topmost strip(s) being manually liftable from said channel by bowing force applied f

Abstract: A magazine for holding a plurality of microfiche carriers is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed side walls each of which is formed with an elongated arcuate protrusion, a top, a bottom and a front wall having a window therein. The back of the magazine is open to receive the microfiche carriers.

Abstract: A display system for the interchangeable presentation of art prints or other substantially flat display objects, and for the storage of a number of such prints not being displayed. Magnets are disposed within recesses in a background member or plaque and these magnets engage metallic plates or foil elements permanently affixed to the back of a picture to be displayed for secure mounting thereof to the plaque in a predetermined orientation. A mat may be provided surrounding the displayed picture and it may also be maintained in position by magnetic means.

Abstract: Method and apparatus is disclosed for editing and mounting segments of recording tape containing prerecorded visual information, such as segments of an electrocardiogram (ECG) recording tape. The disclosed apparatus includes an editor for storing and feeding the tape past a window through which the tape may be viewed. Upon detection of a desired tape segment, the tape is halted and marked with the aid of a scale mounted adjacent the window opening. Thereafter, the tape is severed at each mark to form a segment having a longitudinal length corresponding to the particular type of information contained on the severed tape segment. In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus is adapted to process electrocardiogrphic recording tape and the editor scale includes a zero mark and a plurality of index marks spaced from the zero mark by distances corresponding to the desired longitudinal length of various groups of lead segments such as ECG leads I-III, V.sub.1 -V.sub.6, aVR, aVL and aVF.

Abstract: A novel packaging system for use in packaging and distributing medicines, comprising a portable means supporting a plurality of packages in vertical, depending position, these packages having a flimsy, non self-supporting, sheet forming a lower, compartmentalized, medicine-holding means and also having, integrally connected to the package, an upstanding, upper, label of relatively rigid, self-supporting cardboard, which includes downwardly facing bearing surfaces formed by the laterally projecting bottom edges of the label for cooperation with, and to facilitate suspension on, the aforesaid portable apparatus.