Abstract: A method for fabricating a visible file pocket support panel (120) for use in supporting "n" (where "n" is any whole integer) file pockets (100) having front and back upper and lower pocket tips (102, 103, 104, 105) coextensive with the upper and lower edges of the file pocket and a hinge pin (110) extending transversely through the file pocket (100) adjacent the upper edge (108) thereof and projecting laterally beyond the sides of the file pocket with hinge elements (112) nonrotatably mounted on the projecting ends of the hinge pin (110); and, which can be readily fabricated from two basic lightweight elements--viz.

Abstract: Visible index systems having hinged pockets to which cards or other information bearing components can be detachably affixed. A novel tip fixed to the main body of the pocket forms recesses into which information bearing components can be inserted to hold them against the faces of the main pocket component.

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.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved information organizing device fashioned from a sheet material in which columns of parallel slits are made. These slits form columns of opposing, downwardly converging legs of material. Between these legs of material is placed a pinch crease that imparts a twist in the legs raising certain edges of the legs and thus facilitating the insertion of information vehicles such as memo cards.

Abstract: A security token, such as a bank note or identity card, comprises a sheet-like substrate made up from film of transparent bi-axially oriented polymer coated with layers of opaque and heat activated adhesive material. The opaque layer is applied in such a way as to leave a transparent area for inspection of a security device, for example, a diffraction grating, incorporated in the polymer film. The substrate may bear printed or other identifying indicia and is protected with an intimately bonded layer of transparent polymeric material.

Abstract: A container for computer software diskettes and instructional materials. The top and bottom covers are interconnected along one edge through a semi-rigid back and have wall sections along the other three edges. The wall sections are in abutment with the covers closed together whereby a substantially enclosed cavity is defined by the back, wall sections and top and bottom covers. A three ring binder unit provided along the connected edge of the bottom cover is adapted to hold the instructional materials and a pocket provided on the top cover is adapted to hold the diskettes.

Abstract: A thermoplastic album page molded as a single piece, includes an integral flap and is assembled with other such pages to form a bound album. The resulting album requires no extrinsic binding hardware, locks each photograph or other displayed item in place within a page, and permits an album of any thickness to be assembled and to be opened flat to any page.

Abstract: A new page type holder adapted to store, e.g., computer disks. A finished page of the disk holder is generated from a single oversize piece of paper in order to provide a desired finished size page with at least one disk pocket on both the front and back face thereof. The disk pockets on the page are established by the overlying relation of the oversize unfolded page's top edge or bottom edge portions in combination with a binding element that (a) holds all finished pages and covers together one with the other in book configuration, and (b) holds each folded page together to define one side edge of the pockets on that page. The other side edge of the pockets, and the bottom edges of the pockets, on the finished page are defined by the folded configuration of the oversize unfolded page when it is in the finished page form.

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: An address book foldable about a center fold line, and including pockets having pocket openings adjacent to the fold line, so that address labels, inserted into the pockets, cannot accidentally fall out.

Abstract: A material display which incorporates removable material swatches and type matched fixed material swatches. The removable swatches, once removed, may be returned to the display as desired, the fixed swatches showing the proper position for the removable swatches and covering the fixed swatches when in position.

Abstract: An album leaf with insertion pockets for mounting of planar rectangular articles and comprising at least two superimposed layers of especially plastic, the lower or intermediate layer being opaque while the other layer or layers being transparent, the layers being joined together along the peripheral leaf edges and along frame lines defining the article pockets, the album leaf having a horizontally oriented rectangular format with a margin along one of the short sides of the leaf for binding purposes, the leaf with reference to the binding margin being symmetric relative to the longitudinal center axis of the binding margin, so that the leaf may be turned around said axis and the leaf having a length on the short side being substantially at least equal to the sum of the length of one short and one long side of an article, while having a length on the long side being substantially equal to twice the length of the article on the long side.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a card rack having a plurality of slots each aligned with an inclined channel adapted to receive a card. The rack has at least one longitudinally extending trough which communicates with each channel so that a portion of each card will be exposed in the trough. A card stripper is provided for stripping cards from the channels and through their associated slots. The card stripper has a portion receivable in the trough for contacting the ends of the cards as the stripper is moved along the trough.

Abstract: A carrier for displaying a plurality of envelopes may be mounted in a conventional loose-leaf binder, and is generally rectangular in configuration. The carrier is formed by folding a sheet about a medial line to form front and back panels, with the front panel including flap portions that are folded over and bonded to the back panel. Elongated slots are provided in the front and back panels, generally parallel to the folded edge of the carrier, and display envelopes may be partially inserted through each said slot, and carried by the carrier for display purposes. In the method for displaying envelopes, a loose-leaf binder and a plurality of such carriers are provided, and each display envelope is partially inserted into selected slots of the carrier whereby at least a portion of each envelope is visible for display purposes, and with each envelope being releasably disposed in the carrier.

Abstract: Dental radiographic film holder in one embodiment comprising two sheets with aligned openings and detachable portions adjacent the openings, to be detached to form larger openings for larger films. The openings in the back sheet include widened edge portions for insertion of film into the holder. In another embodiment a single sheet has first front and back, spaced apart, sheet portion to form slots to receive films, sections of the sheet portions being detachable to form a larger opening that is bounded at least in part by second, spaced apart, front and back sheet portions.

Abstract: A picture album comprising picture carriers which are formed by flat cells of double-walled plastic film, the flat cells being filled with an elastic material and being joined together by strip-like weld areas which form a folding hinge means. According to the invention each two flat cells are joined by a weld area to form double flat cell arrangements. Further there is formed in the weld area of a double flat cell arrangement, an insertion opening which extends in the longitudinal direction of the weld area, for at least one further double flat cell arrangement, and there is provided in the weld area of the further double flat cell arrangement a respective slot extending inwardly thereof from each of the upper and lower edges whereby a plurality of double flat cell arrangements are adapted to be joined together to constitute a book form by insertion of at least one of the further double flat cell arrangements into the insertion opening.

Abstract: A two-ply stamp album page in which cut-outs in the upper-positioned ply form recessed compartments for maintaining the stamps in place therein, and wherein the compartments are completed by plastic strips attached in spanning relation across the cut-outs and functioning as partial closures or covers for the compartments. The recess of the compartments, as well as an inert chemical coating on the compartment surfaces adjacent each stamp rear adhesive surface, obviates any inadvertent adhesive attachment to said stamp surface, said recess preventing the direct application of weight or pressure upon the stamp as might contribute to said inadvertent attachment.

Abstract: An arrangement for providing a pocket sheet (10) having inserts (42) located in pockets of the pocket sheet with information placed on the inserts exposed. The arrangement involves providing an insert sheet (34) having substantially the same length and width as the pocket sheet, the insert sheet having a plurality of inserts (42) on which the information may be placed, after which the inserts may be separated from each other and placed in the pockets.

Abstract: A machine for the manufacture of a panel file for the storage of flat, flexible data elements is herein disclosed. A sheet of flexible resilient material is unrolled from an arbor. The material is cut into strips and rolled onto reels. The strips are substantially narrower than the depth of the pockets to be formed in the panel file. The reels are mounted on a strip aligning mechanism so that as the strips are unloaded from the reels they are in a parallel overlapping relationship. The strips are then pulled through an accumulator and placed in a heat sealing die. In the heat sealing die, the strips are joined to each other proximate the ends thereof to form a layered panel of overlapping pocket entrances. Also in the heat sealing die, a pocket forming sheet is attached to the back of the layered panel of strips.

Abstract: The disclosed structure holds a rectangular thin-piece such as a photographic transparency on a base sheet between at least two holding portions formed on the base sheet and a thin-piece seat being recessed relative to the holding portions. A push-in area is formed on the base sheet adjacent to both the seat and at least one of the holding portions. One edge of the thin-piece is once pushed in between the push-in area and the holding portion adjacent thereto to an extent sufficient for clearing the thin-piece from the remainder of the holding portions, and then the thin-piece is moved back from the push-in area onto the seat where an abutting member abutts the thin-piece to keep the thin-piece in position. A plurality of the thin-piece holding structures are formed on one base sheet to form a slide filing sheet.

Abstract: A frame for a self-service sales display device is provided with pockets on each side of the frame. Guide members are provided on the entry side or wall of the frame and on the side or wall of the frame opposite the entry side for guiding the flat members into and out of the pockets in the frame. A cutout is provided through the entry wall into each pocket for ease in gripping the edge of a poster or flat member for removal from the frame. The frames have shaped pivots which extend into openings formed in surfaces of the display device such that the frame can be pivoted into a picture book position on the device.

Abstract: A low cost photographic print album having a plurality of individual leaves affixed to the cover by gluing. Each leaf includes a paper filler member enclosed within a synthetic resinous envelope which forms an interstice on each side of the filler for the reception of a print. A pair of paper spacers is provided between the surfaces of the filler member and the envelope adjacent the edge of the leaf which is secured to a cover enclosing a plurality of leaves, so that as the album is filled with prints, the cover does not raise during the expansion of the leaves.

Abstract: A storage device for microfiche and the like, wherein a pair of sheets are secured in facing relation, one of which is provided with a plurality of parallel slits each having downturned end portions to define a flap swingable forwardly to open a slot for removably receiving microfiche, and the other sheet is cut to define a plurality of inverted generally U-shaped sheet formations having their upper bight regions secured to the flaps for outward swinging therewith and unobstructed reception of microfiche into said slots.

Abstract: A panel file, for the storage of flat, flexible data elements, consists of plural, vertically spaced pockets, the entrances of which are formed by a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending strips of resilient material. The strips are arranged so as to have an upper edge which overlaps the lower portion of the next upwardly adjacent strip. The strips are fastened together at their lateral margins. The lower portions of the pockets are formed by a support sheet which is attached to the panel on the surface opposite the pocket entrances. The support sheet is cut so as to have a column of inverted "V"-shaped straps, each having a vertex which is attached to the back of strips above overlapped portions thereof. The strips have an upwardly indented bottom edge with a central vertex at the point where the support sheet strap is attached to the next downwardly adjacent strip.

Abstract: A film and card holder constructed of a plurality of terraced V-shaped pocket panels held in a semi-rigid frame, the pocket panels being spaced selected distances from one another by spacing tabs integrally formed in and extending from the bottoms of adjacent panels. The frame includes apertures for receiving a foldable stand for positioning the holder in an upstanding position for use.

Abstract: A slide holder tray is disclosed which includes therein a plurality of slide holder cells, each of which is adapted to selectively receive a single flat article such as a photographic slide therein. Each of the slide holder cells is provided with an integrally formed flexible retaining spring which is resiliently bowed into one of two positions, only one of which overlies the top edge of the article to retain the article in the slide holder cell. Each slide holder cell also includes a tilting mechanism so that the article may be tilted out of the slide holder cell for easy insertion and removal. The slide holder tray also has rails extending outward from the periphery thereof to facilitate the stacking of a plurality of slide holder trays in a rack, cabinet, or similar enclosure.

Abstract: A self-supporting plate for holding photographic slides includes a unitary plate having a plurality of depressions spaced apart in lateral and longitudinal relationship and surrounded by two side partition walls and two end partition walls and having a substantially flat bottom wall. Each depression is adapted to receive a photographic slide therein. The self-supporting plate further comprises projections provided on and along part of the opposite side surfaces of the side partition walls, the projections being adjacent to one of the end partition walls in parallel spaced relation to the flat bottom and projecting inwardly of each depression. A groove is provided in the flat bottom of the depression between the mutually opposing projections of each depression, with its opposite side partition walls positioned on the opposite sides of a line on the bottom wall of the depression in parallel thereto.

Abstract: Compartments are arranged in a fixed frame and defined by a front cover sheet and a rear cover sheet spaced apart in the vicinity of the compartments by a substantially greater distance than the thickness of the picture. Insert openings extend in the insert direction along an inclined plane. Lateral guides are spaced by the width of the picture frame and a stop defines an end position for the picture. The two cover sheets have parallel recesses adapted to the picture size.

Abstract: A multislide holder and editor comprises a rectangular plate-like body having a plurality of rectangular slide-receiving pockets formed between two sets of parallel ribs disposed at right angles to one another. Upon insertion into its respective pocket each slide enters two spaced parallel open-ended side edge engaging channels, each channel comprising two spaced edge-engaging members. One of these edge engaging members comprises at least two longitudinally spaced portions with a gap between them, while the other cooperating member is disposed opposite this gap and is of not greater length than the gap, so that the entire body can be formed by a single molding operation with linearly-moving relatively simple mold parts.

Abstract: Holder for data carriers and procedure for manufacturing such a holder. The holder includes a plurality of members, each being approximately rectangular in shape. Through the provision of a tongue and slot on each member, the members can be arranged into an overlapping arrangement with the tongue of one member being secured in the slot of the adjacent lower member. Clamping members are then used to secure the lateral sides of the members together so as to form a unit.

Abstract: A stock sheet for postage stamps and the like that can be used alone, or in multiples to form an album, consists of two sheets of inert, transparent plastic material heat sealed to one another and folded about an intervening record sheet of card on which information can be written. The record sheet can be viewed through the transparent sheets which are heat sealed to one another along their edges in two respective sets. The two sheets of each set are also joined to one another by heat-sealed lines to form a plurality of enclosures for receiving the stamps and the like. Entrance to the enclosures is by cuts in the outer sheet of each pair spaced from the immediately-adjacent joint line to provide a space for the reception and retention of the edge of a stamp therein. The two sets are fastened securely to each other and to the record sheet by heat-sealing through one or more apertures, such as elongated slots, in one edge of the record sheet.