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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Michael D. Rowe, Medway, OH (US);
Edward P. Busam, Mason, OH (US);
Kenneth P. Richied, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Elizabeth M. Lacher, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Michael D. Rowe, Medway, OH (US);
Edward P. Busam, Mason, OH (US);
Kenneth P. Richied, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Elizabeth M. Lacher, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Acco Brands Corporation, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
A tab status indicator system including a generally planar body portion and a tab coupled to the body portion and protruding generally outwardly therefrom. The system further includes an indicator movable between a deployed position, in which the indicator generally overlaps with the tab in a direction generally perpendicular to a plane of the body portion, and a retracted position, in which the indicator does not overlap with the tab or overlaps with the tab less than when the indicator is in the deployed position.