Storage container for cards and similar articles

• US 4,366,904 A
• Filed: 09/30/1981
• Issued: 01/04/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carl-Eric B. Roskvist
• Original Assignee: Carl-Eric B. Roskvist
• Inventors: Roskvist, Carl-Eric B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixson, Jr., William T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ehrhardt, Brenda J.
• Application Number:
  US06/307,292
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 206/425, 206/45.15, 206/45.11, 206/449, 206/44 B, 206/561, 220/22, 220/22.1, 220/22.2, 220/22.3, 229/43, 70/63, 40/403, 40/380, 40/388
• US Class Current: 206/425
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 17/12 Dividing means

Abstract

A storage container for cards and similar articles, having a base tray upon which a series of index separator panels are received in a spaced-apart arrangement that accommodates the ordered stacking of cards between panels. The base tray has a series of slot apertures through which are inserted tabs of respective separator panels. Adjacent each aperture, are a pair of ridge members on the base tray. The ridge members have configurations that cooperate with those of lugs on the tabs of the separator panels to limit the pivotal movements of such panels and prevent their accidental withdrawal from the base tray.

Claims

1. A storage container for cards and the like, which comprises a base tray;

means defining a plurality of apertures in said base tray;

a plurality of index separator panels, each of said panels having at least one tab received in a corresponding one of said apertures to support the panel upon the base tray for limited pivotal movement relative thereto, said tab having a projecting lug and a tapered rib; and

a pair of oppositely disposed ridge members on said base tray adjacent said one aperture;

said ridge members having respective configurations co-operating with those of said lug and tapered rib to limit the pivotal movement of said panel;

said lug and tapered rib of the tab co-operating with said ridge members to prevent removal of the tab from the corresponding aperture except when the tab is at a predetermined inclination with respect to the base tray.

2. A storage container according to claim 1 including a cover receivable upon said base tray for support thereby.

3. A storage container according to claim 2 including lock means operable to secure said cover to said base tray.

4. A storage container according to claim 1 wherein each of said index separator panels has a pair of said tabs disposed in spaced-apart relation transversely on the panel, each of said tabs of the panel being received in a corresponding slot aperture of said base tray.

5. A storage container according to claim 1 wherein said tab has generally flat forward and back surfaces and said lug projects from the forward surface of the tab.

6. A storage container according to claim 1 wherein said ridge members have surfaces inclined with respect to a reference surface of the base tray.

7. A storage container according to claim 1 wherein said lug member has surfaces disposed for respective engagement with corresponding surfaces on a pair of said ridge members to limit the pivotal movement of the corresponding panel in a forward direction and to limit such pivotal movement in a backward direction.