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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1990
Karen M O'Brien, Bellingham, MA (US);
Lee A Carlson, Southboro, MA (US);
Dennison Manufacturing Company, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An index tab and assemblages thereof to be used in conjunction with hanging file folders and the like, in lieu of individual plastic tab holder and paper insert combinations of the prior art. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality of paper or plastic tabs, backed by pressure-sensitive adhesive, are carried on a release sheet, comprising tab stock. Each such tab includes opposing bilaterally symmetric portions. The shape of each half of such tabs may be generally similar to the clear individual plastic tabs holders of the prior art, including a message portion and a base portion. A message is places on the message portion of either, or both halves of a tab. The tab is then peeled from the release paper and the two adhesive-backed opposing halves folded together. In this configuration the base portion may be inserted into the tab slots of a file folder. In lieu of mounting adhesive-backed tabs to a release sheet, the tabs may be interconnected by lands, or may be defined by score lines or perforations. In these variations, the adhesive may be omitted, and a single tab may be provided rather than bilaterally symmetric tabs wherein messages are inscribed on opposite faces of the tab before severing from the tab stock.