US3645437A - Covered file box - Google Patents

Abstract

The file primarily for suspended folders comprises a box and a cover therefor, both made of inexpensive material, such as paperstock. The file may be sold in a knockdown kit comprising two prescored and precut blanks, one for the box section and the other for the cover. The cover is attached to the box section by flaps which permit a hinged opening and closing movement and also slidable movement away from the top of the box when it is fully open. Plastic strips are also provided to be placed on the top edges of the sides of the box to facilitate easy sliding movement for the means suspending the folders and other contents within the box.

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[54} 1CWE1R1E1D lFllLlE 155 01311 [72] lnvenlors: @llllfllfily 1E, Giehel, 328 Tremont Street, Monroe, Mich. 48161; Marilyn 1F. livelier, 313 East 78th St, New York, NY. 10021 3,358,725 12/1967 Bussard et a1 .2211/73 2,567,832 12/1951 Vancler "HQ/M1 1 3,157,343 11/1964 Kendall 223/4 1 h,

Primary Examiner-Davis "1'. Moorhead [22] lFiled: July 17, 1971) Attorney-Charles P. Bauer [21] Appl. l lo; 55,7115 [57} AIESTRAET u The file primarily for suspended folders comprises a hem and a iffi' g "229/ cover therefor, both made of inexpensive iinzile L1, suel .gg i 35 36 paperstoelc. The file may be sold in a knockdown mil L is J A t 0 229/214 b g ing two pieseored and preeut blanks, one for the hon eeiioi'i and the other for the cover. The cover is attached to the hm: section by flaps which permit a hinged opening 21ml hlosiizg b6] HEM/gums Cited movement and also slidable movemem away from the mp 01 UMTED STATES PATENTS the boll when 11 is fully open. Plastic: strips 2116 also provided 10 be placed on the top edges of the sides 01' the box to facilitate 546,767 9/1895 lfinobeloch ..229/31 FS wsy sliding movement f the means suspmdgng thg {QM/en; 2 gfnobeloeh and other contents within the box ayne 2,364,829 12/1944 Tichenor ..229/44 X 5 (Ilazlms, 1111 Dion/ling ll igiii'w :12 6 e4 1 w 7 es- I 6 1 l l 5 I A 7 21" H- ll. I S" 11 1 v l: o r u "1A 1 1-: 222 J I i I as I 3 16 I 1 ,1 I; 5+ 2 I; V 18 g PATENTEDFEBZQ I972 3, BASAST SHEET 1 BF 4 24 3? Q \37 Q 36%: as 34 I5 31F WNVEWTORS BUDDY E. GIEBEL and MARILYN F. REITER ATTORNEYS PAIENTEDFEB29 I972 SHEET 2 OF d FIG. 2

IINVENTORS BUDDY E. GIEBEL and MARILYN F. REITER ATTORNEYS PAIENTEDFEBZQ I972 3.645.437

SHEEI 3- [1F 4 ATTORNEYS l m INVENTOKS BUDDY E. GIEBEL 7 and"MARILYN"F. REITER' PATENTEDFEB29 I972 SHEET l 0F 4 FIGS Fl 6 mv m'rons BUDDY E. GIEBEL ahd MARILYN F. REITER ATTORNEYS tially over the surfaces of each other to form a double layer end wall and securing means to maintain said rear flaps attached to each other, a cover for said box, said cover comprising a top, sides and a front end overlapping the corresponding sides and front end of the box, a rear flap attached to said top, opposite to the front end thereof and along a scored transverse folding line which serves as a hinge line for the cover, said rear cover flap having end portions separated from the top and defined by score lines at right angles to the hinge line to permit said ends to infold 180 along said score lines with respect to the main body of the flap, said infolded end portions being positioned between the surfaces of said rear end flap of the box and said rear flaps of the sides adjacent said rear end flap, to thereby secure said cover to said box and permit sliding movement between the cover and the rear end flap of the box when the cover is in full open position.

2. A file as set forth in claim 1 wherein said securing means comprise tongue formations extending from one of said rear flaps and a receiving slot formation in the other rear flap, said tongue formation having score lines along which the tongue formation may be folded to retain it in the slot formation.

3. A file as set forth in claim 2 wherein each side has front flaps extending from the front edge of each side, said flaps ex tending at right angles to the sides and being provided with tongue and slot formations as the corresponding rear flaps of the sides and cooperating to form a double layer wall, and wherein said front end has an extending flap which is infolded to encompass the adjacent front flaps of the sides, said front flap having tab formations at its outer edge for insertion in slot formations formed in the bottom to thereby retain the flap of the front end in its 180 position.

4. A file as set forth in claim 2 wherein the top edges or" said sides are below the top edges of said ends, and wherein strips of U-shaped cross section are placed over said side edges to take up the wear and facilitate sliding movement of the tile contents suspended from said side edges.

5. A file as set forth in claim 4 wherein said strips are made of a resilient plastic to thereby cause the legs of the U to exert a spring action on the surfaces of the sides.

Claims (5)

1. A file comprising a box having a bottom, sides, a front end and a rear end, an infolded rear flap extending from the rear edge of each side at right angles thereto, a flap extending from the rear end and infolded 180* with respect to said rear end to encompass said infolded rear flaps of the sides, the outer edge of said rear end flap being provided with a tab formation which is insertable in a corresponding slot formation provided in the bottom when the rear flap is infolded in its 180* position, said rear flaps of the sides extending substantially over the surfaces of each other to form a double layer end wall and securing means to maintain said rear flaps attached to each other, a cover for said box, said cover comprising a top, sides and a front end overlapping the corresponding sides and front end of the box, a rear flap attached to said top, opposite to the front end thereof and along a scored transverse folding line which serves as a hinge line for the cover, said rear cover flap having end portions separated from the top and defined by score lines at right angles to the hinge line to permit said ends to infold 180* along said score lines with respect to the main body of the flap, said infolded end portions being positioned between the surfaces of said rear end flap of the box and said rear flaps of the sides adjacent said rear end flap, to thereby secure said cover to said box and permit sliding movement between the cover and the rear end flap of the box when the cover is in full open position.

2. A file as set forth in claim 1 wherein said securing means comprise tongue formations extending from one of said rear flaps and a receiving slot formation in the other rear flap, said tongue formation having score lines along which the tongue formation may be folded to retain it in the slot formation.

3. A file as set forth in claim 2 wherein each side has front flaps extending from the front edge of each side, said flaps extending at right angles to the sides and being provided with tongue and slot formations as the corresponding rear flaps of the sides and cooperating to form a double layer wall, and wherein said front end has an extending flap which is infolded 180* to encompass the adjacent front flaps of the sides, said front flap having tab formations at its outer edge for insertion in slot formations formed in the bottom to thereby retain the flap of the front end in its 180* position.

4. A file as set forth in claim 2 wherein the top edges of said sides are below the top edges of said ends, and wherein strips of U-shaped cross section are placed over said side edges to take up the wear and facilitate sliding movement of the file contents suspended from said side edges.

5. A file as set forth in claim 4 wherein said strips are made of a rEsilient plastic to thereby cause the legs of the U to exert a spring action on the surfaces of the sides.

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