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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Eric Rodney De Beer, Gauteng, ZA;
Klaus Peter Mathias, Gauteng, ZA;
Stuebing Automatic Machine Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Grip Binders (Proprietary) Limited, Gauteno, ZA;
Abstract
A filing arrangement includes a folder. A pair of filing prongs are fixed to the folder to be received through openings defined in sheets to be filed in the folder. A base member is fastened to an inner surface of the folder. A pair of flexible, elongate elements are arranged on, and extend from, the base member. The elongate elements are displaceable between a first position in which the elongate elements extend upwardly from the base member and a second position in which the elongate elements are substantially parallel to the inner surface of the folder. One engaging member is arranged on a free end of each elongate element and is engageable with a free end of each filing prong. When the elongate elements are in their first position, one engaging member is releasably engageable with the free end of each filing prong.