Abstract A combination filing and personal record keeping and storing folder for use in facilitating preparation of income tax returns made of a single piece of cardboard and including a single thickness cover panel having descriptive listings of major expense transactions thereon, folded over a double thickness body panel separated from the cover panel by a main fold area and in which the overlying thickness portion of the body panel is provided with a line of interrupted cut outs of the central zone thereof defining a row of pocket mouths separated by expansion permitting webs, the free end of the overlying thickness being folded under and adhesively secured to the underlying thickness along a line spaced from the fold area so as to provide an expandable pocket bottom with the portion of the overlying thickness on the other side of the line of cut outs being adhesively secured to the underlying thickness. An integral identification accommodating tab cut out of the material of the overlying thickness of the body panel is not folded over so that it projects outwardly of the free edge of the body panel.
Inventors
👤 G Tous
👤 R Casas
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-28 12:40
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D27/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
250 words
A combination filing and personal record keeping and storing folder comprising an elongate rectangular one piece structure of paperboard, cardboard or similar material and including a cover panel portion and a body panel portion foldably interconnected with the cover panel portion along a lateral fold line, said body panel portion comprising a double thickness of material having an underlying thickness contiguous with the cover panel portion and an upper thickness folded over laterally to extend from a marginal outer edge toward the cover panel portion, said upper thickness having a row of interrupted cut-outs therein extending laterally along a central zone thereof and generally parallel to the marginal outer edge to define a series of spaced apart document accommodating pocket mouths, the lateral regions of upper thickness between the pocket mouths comprising webs, the end portion of said upper thickness being folded along two spaced parallel fold lines to comprise a pocket bottom-forming area between the fold lines and to comprise an adjacent securing strip terminating the end portion, said securing strip being adhesively connected to the underlying thickness in spaced relation to the foldable interconnection with the cover panel, and the portion of said upper thickness between said row of interrupted cut-outs and said marginal outer edge being secured to the underlying thickness whereby said webs and pocket bottom-forming area permit pocket expansion and retraction by movement of the region of upper thickness between the row of cut-outs and securing strip away from and toward the marginal outer edge.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
250 words
A combination filing and personal record keeping and storing folder comprising an elongate rectangular one piece structure of paperboard, cardboard or similar material and including a cover panel portion and a body panel portion foldably interconnected with the cover panel portion along a lateral fold line, said body panel portion comprising a double thickness of material having an underlying thickness contiguous with the cover panel portion and an upper thickness folded over laterally to extend from a marginal outer edge toward the cover panel portion, said upper thickness having a row of interrupted cut-outs therein extending laterally along a central zone thereof and generally parallel to the marginal outer edge to define a series of spaced apart document accommodating pocket mouths, the lateral regions of upper thickness between the pocket mouths comprising webs, the end portion of said upper thickness being folded along two spaced parallel fold lines to comprise a pocket bottom-forming area between the fold lines and to comprise an adjacent securing strip terminating the end portion, said securing strip being adhesively connected to the underlying thickness in spaced relation to the foldable interconnection with the cover panel, and the portion of said upper thickness between said row of interrupted cut-outs and said marginal outer edge being secured to the underlying thickness whereby said webs and pocket bottom-forming area permit pocket expansion and retraction by movement of the region of upper thickness between the row of cut-outs and securing strip away from and toward the marginal outer edge.