Alphanumeric color-coded filing method and system therefor

• US 5,197,764 A
• Filed: 07/11/1991
• Issued: 03/30/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Reynolds and Reynolds Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: The Reynolds and Reynolds Company
• Inventors: Hicinbothem, Joseph S., Jeter, Jack W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US07/727,848
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 283/36, 283/70, 283/81, 283/114, 40/359, 40/360, 229/1.5 R, 229/69 R, 229/75
• US Class Current: 283/81
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 21/04 Tabs permanently fastened to sheets, papers, cards, or suspension files

Abstract

An alphanumeric color-coded filing system comprising a plurality of coded labels of different sizes having visually-perceptible characteristics corresponding the specific alphanumeric information and a folder having a front and back cover. The back cover has a unitary flap extending substantially the entire length thereof outwardly of the corresponding edge of the front cover, and the flap has a unitary tab extending outwardly therefrom along a portion of its length. The flap including the tab is marked with a plurality of placement guides corresponding in size to the front section of the labels. The placement guides on the tab are all the same size for guiding placement of labels of the same size. The tab defines a location for the placement of primary information, while the remaining portions of the flap defines locations for the placement of supplemental information.

Claims

1. A coded filing system comprising:

a plurality of coded labels of different sizes, said labels having a front section and a back section, said labels having visually-perceptible characteristics corresponding to specific alphanumeric information; and

a folder having a front cover and a back cover, each of said covers having an inner face, an outer face, opposed top and bottom edges and opposed side edges, three of said edges of said back cover being aligned with the corresponding edges of said front cover, and the other of said edges of said back cover having a unitary flap extending substantially the entire length thereof outwardly of the corresponding edge of said front cover, said flap having front and back faces unitary with said inner and outer faces, respectively, of said back cover, a unitary tab extending outwardly therefrom along a portion of its length, and a plurality of placement guide means marked on said front face thereof corresponding in size to said front section of said labels for guiding placement of said front section of said labels on said front face of said flap, said front and back faces of said flap having sufficient widths to receive said front and back sections, respectively, of said labels, and at least some of said placement guide means being positioned on said tab;

wherein said tab defines a location for the placement of primary information, and the remaining portions of said flap define locations recessed from said tab for the placement of supplemental information.

2. An alphanumeric color-coded filing system comprising:

a plurality of alphanumeric, color-coded labels of different sizes, said labels having a front section, a back section, and a color-coded section overlapping at least a portion of said front and back sections, the size of each of said labels in conjunction with the size and color of said color-coded section corresponding to specific alphanumeric information; and

a folder having a front cover and a back covers, each of said covers having an inner face, an outer face, opposed top and bottom edges and opposed side edges, three of said edges of said back cover being aligned with the corresponding edges of said front cover, and the other of said edges of said back cover having a unitary flap extending substantially the entire length thereof outwardly of the corresponding edge of said front cover, said flap having front and back faces unitary with said inner and outer faces, respectively, of said back cover, and a plurality of placement guide means marked on said front face thereof corresponding in size to said front section of said labels for guiding placement of said front section of said labels on said front face of said flap, said front and back faces of said flap having sufficient widths to receive said front and back sections, respectively, of said labels;

wherein said flap includes a unitary tab extending outwardly therefrom along a portion of its length, and wherein at least some of said placement guide means are positioned on said tab; and

wherein said tab defines a location for the placement of primary information, and the remaining portions of said flap define locations recessed from said tab for the placement of supplemental information.

3. The filing system of claim 2, wherein at least one of said front and back sections of at least some of said labels has said specific alphanumeric information marked thereon.

4. The filing system of claim 2, wherein said front and back sections of said labels have said specific alphanumeric information marked thereon.

5. The filing system of claim 2, wherein one of said front and back covers has marked thereon a form for the entry of at least some of said alphanumeric information represented by said labels.

6. The filing system of claim 2, wherein at least some of said placement guide means are positioned adjacent each other to receive labels representing a sequence of alphanumeric information.

7. The filing system of claim 2, wherein said tab is positioned centrally on said flap.

8. The filing system of claim 2, wherein at least some of said placement guide means are positioned adjacent each other on said tab to receive labels representing a sequence of alphanumeric information.

9. The filing system of claim 2, wherein said front and back covers are joined together along their bottom edges, and wherein said flap extends from one of said side edges of said back cover.