US814950A - Filing-folder. - Google Patents

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, Y 1 `PATENTEDMAR- 1s, 1906.

G. 'R. EVANS. FILING FOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 10, 1905.`

material, suchl as heavy pa er or bristol- UNITED sTATEs CLARENCE RICHARD EVANS,`

PATENT oEEICE.

CE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FILING-FOLDER.

lTo (r1/,ZZI whom it may concern: y y n Beit known that I, CLARENCE RICHARD g EVANS, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland,

' 5 have invented new and useful Improvements in Filing-Folders, of whichv the'follow-- ing isaspeciication. y

, This invention relates to folders for iiling papers, and has especial reference to that class of filing-folders which are madeof light board, vand are com osed of a s hin ed together and provide at their sides with deviceswhich limit the extent to which the ,foldermay be opened and at the same time permit the flaps to-be readily closed.

The object of the inventlon is to `provide an improved filing-folder of this character which will permit of providing am le Capacity for containin the papers to be led therein and-which wi l be simple and'economical in construction. l

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

folder constructedin accordance with my 1nvention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the folder when openedto its fullest extent.

1 indlcates the filin -folder, made of pasteboard or other suitab e light and economical material, preferablyformed in one piece and having the fla s 2 and 3 and the hinge 4.

The hln e 4 is ormed b means of-a lait 5 ofsuch wi th as when un olded flat wi l form a bottom 6 for thefolder.proportionally equal A 35.

` I tainin devices orhinge 8 on either side of in width to the lower end 7`of` the foldingrethe fo der. The flaps 2 and 3 are connected at their sides by hinges 8, consistin of thinmaterial-such as paper, linen, or ot er suitable materialfsec'ured to the flaps 2 and-3 in any suitable manner, either by pastin or otherwise, and are formed to fo d 1 Specification of Letters' Patent. Application filed Nov-einher 10l 1905. Serial No. 286,748.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a filing-- nwar ,as

'.liatented March 13., 1906.

hinges 8 the-,folder may be o ened to the extent shown in Fig. 1 or to t atshown In l Fig.V 2. v

nstead of a single plait 5 the hinge'4 may consist of severalplaits, the side hinges 8 be ing proportional'in width to the width of the several. laits when unfolded. f Ther older herein described is especially adapted for use in'banks and otherbusiness laces and when completely filled is removed om such filing-cases and stored as' a permanent file.l v

' As shown, the to of the flap 2 is lower than the top of the ap 3.. By means of this construction when a number of these vertical folders are located in a vertical filing-case the Aindex or other entry on the tops of the outside of the fla 3 ofan adjacent folder may be easily read w en the-flap 3 is drawn back.

Having described my invention, I'clai1n-- As a new article of manufacture,l a filing,- folder, consisting 4of flaps having a plaitcd hinge, constituting 'an extensible bottom for the folder, and folding hinges connectingthe s idesof the flaps, and having their `lower end located above the plait of the hlnge, and tapering from top to bottom in proportlon yto the wldth of the laited hinge when extended, as herein set rth.

CLARENCE RICHARD EVANS. 4 In presence u J. A'LEx. HILLEARY, Jr.,

R. R. RoBER'rs.

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