File apparatus having movable racks as supports for binders

Claim 2

A rolling rack supporting structure comprising a first pair of spaced parallel posts, a second pair of spaced parallel posts disposed in parallel opposed spaced relation to the first pair, brace means maintaining the two pairs of posts in said opposed spaced relation, a first channel member removably anchored at opposite ends between the first pair of posts at a selected leVel, and a second channel member removably anchored at opposite ends between the second pair of posts at a level corresponding to that of the first channel member, the two channel members defining a pair of parallel tracks adapted for reception of end rollers of a rolling track; wherein the posts are of tubular construction each having a back wall and adjacent sidewalls, the side walls having a series of slots spaced along their length, the first channel member having a tongue projecting from each end slidably fitted in a slot at a selected level in a sidewall of the corresponding post, fastener means fixing each tongue to the backwall of the related post, and the second channel member having a tongue at each end similarly received and fixed in a slot at a corresponding level in a sidewall of the corresponding post.

Claim 3

File apparatus comprising a rectangular panel defining a horizontal cover for the apparatus; legs supporting the cover in an elevated plane; a pair of horizontal tracks suspended in parallel spaced relation to each other from the panel; each track being defined by an outer sidewall depending from the panel, a relatively narrow bottom wall extending inwardly from the sidewall, and a lip extending upwardly from the bottom wall in parallel spaced relation to the sidewall; a tubular rack square in cross section extending transversely and at a distance below the tracks; a pair of parallel uprights; each upright being mounted atop an opposite end area of the rack and carrying a roller at its upper end engaged in a separate one of the tracks; the rollers being rollable along the tracks so as to carry the rack in suspended relation with them to selectable positions; the tracks being open at corresponding ends through which open ends the rollers are exitable from the tracks; the panel being spaced above the lip portions of the tracks a distance greater than the diameter of the rollers so as to enable the rollers to be raised clear of the lip portions and free of the tracks; the rack having a longitudinal slot extending lengthwise of a bottom wall thereof; a T-member having a crosspiece slidably received in the rack through an open end thereof and having a plate depending loosely through the slot adapted for supporting work data; and the tracks being adapted to carry a plurality of such racks.

Claim 4

File apparatus comprising a rectangular panel defining a horizontal cover for the apparatus; legs supporting the cover in an elevated plane; a pair of horizontal tracks suspended in parallel spaced relation to each other from the panel; each track being defined by an outer sidewall depending from the panel, a relatively narrow bottom wall extending inwardly from the sidewall, and a lip extending upwardly from the bottom wall in parallel spaced relation to the sidewall; a tubular rack square in cross section extending transversely and at a distance below the tracks; a pair of parallel uprights; each upright being mounted atop an opposite end area of the rack and carrying a roller at its upper end engaged in a separate one of the tracks; the rollers being rollable along the tracks so as to carry the rack in suspended relation with them to selectable positions; the tracks being open at corresponding ends through which open ends the rollers are exitable from the tracks; the panel being spaced above the lip portions of the tracks a distance greater than the diameter of the rollers so as to enable the rollers to be raised clear of the lip portions and free of the tracks; the rack having a longitudinal slot extending lengthwise of a bottom wall thereof; a T-member having a crosspiece slidably received in the rack through an open end thereof and having a plate depending loosely through the slot adapted for supporting work data; and the tracks being adapted to carry a plurality of such racks.

Claim 5

File apparatus as in claim 2, characterized in that a top wall of the rack projects at opposite ends beyond the sidewalls of the tracks, to at least one end of which top wall an identification support is detachably mounted, the support being movable with the rack as a unit.

Claim 6

File apparatus as in claim 3, characterized in that the support is a clip having an external visible surface adapted for carrying data identifying the associated rack.

Claim 7

File apparatus as in claim 3, characterized in that the rack is open at opposite ends, the bottom wall and sidewalls of the rack extend beyond opposite ends of the top wall of the rack so as to define a well adjacent each open end of the rack, the extended bottom wall of each well serving as a support upon which the crosspiece of the T-member may be rested preparatory to entering the T-member into the rack through a selected open end thereof, and the extended side walls serving as a guide to such entry.

Claim 8

A rolling rack for supporting data material, comprising a tubular member of square cross section having at least one open end and having a slot extending centrally and lengthwise of a bottom wall thereof, roller means supported at opposite end areas of the tubular member in elevated relation to the upper surface of a top wall of the tubular member, the roller means being adapted for rolling engagement in a pair of overhead tracks and for suspending the tubular member in a horizontal plane from the tracks, a T-bar received in the tubular member having a crosspiece supported upon the interior surface of the bottom wall for longitudinal slidable movement in the tubular member and having a stem plate loosely dependinG through the slot adapted for supporting data material; characterized in that the bottom wall and sidewalls of the tubular member extend beyond its top wall so as to define a well adjacent the open end, the extended bottom wall providing a support upon which the crosspiece of the T-bar may be rested preparatory to entering the T-bar into the open end of the tubular member, and the extended sidewalls serving as a guide to such entry.

Claim 9

A rolling rack for supporting data material, comprising a tubular member of square cross section having at least one open end and having a slot extending centrally and lengthwise of a bottom wall thereof, roller means supported at opposite end areas of the tubular member in elevated relation to the upper surface of a top wall of the tubular member, the roller means being adapted for rolling engagement in a pair of overhead tracks and for suspending the tubular member in a horizontal plane from the tracks, a T-bar received in the tubular member having a crosspiece supported upon the interior surface of the bottom wall for longitudinal slidable movement in the tubular member and having a stem plate loosely dependinG through the slot adapted for supporting data material; characterized in that the bottom wall and sidewalls of the tubular member extend beyond its top wall so as to define a well adjacent the open end, the extended bottom wall providing a support upon which the crosspiece of the T-bar may be rested preparatory to entering the T-bar into the open end of the tubular member, and the extended sidewalls serving as a guide to such entry.