Abstract A vertically suspendible filing folder configured for temporarily linking adjacent filing folders to one another for convenience in locating, handling, grouping, sorting and storing. A filing folder is affixed to suspension bars, the ends of which are fitted with suspension hooks suitable to permit a suspendible filing folder to glide between two parallel horizontal rails. A permanent magnet is affixed to one of the two suspension bars so as to expose the magnet toward the outside of the filing folder. The other suspension bar has a region of ferromagnetic material exposed toward the outside of the folder in opposing position to the magnet. The magnetic attraction between the permanent magnet affixed to the suspension bar of one folder and the ferromagnetic region of the suspension bar of an adjacent folder of similar design accomplishes the provisional linking. In this manner, a convenient and temporary combining between two or more adjacent filing folders is effective so as to maintain the folders in customary and attractive appearance. The linked folders are separated with the same convenience when the need to do so arises.
Inventors
👤 Chantal de Nouel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-09 02:08
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42F; B42F15/00; B42F15/02; B42F15/023
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A vertically suspendable filing folder comprising: a pair of suspension bars having means at the ends thereof to engage a support; an envelope with a closed bottom affixed at its upper ends to said suspension bars; a non-magnetizeable housing attached to one of said suspension bars for mounting a magnetic element thereto; a permanent magnet disposed within said non-magnetizeable housing and surrounded thereby so as to have a surface thereof facing outwardly from said one of said suspension bars; and, a region of ferromagnetic material disposed facing outwardly on the other of said suspension bar in opposing position to said magnet for magnetically engaging the magnet of an adjacent folder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A vertically suspendable filing folder comprising: a pair of suspension bars having means at the ends thereof to engage a support; an envelope with a closed bottom affixed at its upper ends to said suspension bars; a non-magnetizeable housing attached to one of said suspension bars for mounting a magnetic element thereto; a permanent magnet disposed within said non-magnetizeable housing and surrounded thereby so as to have a surface thereof facing outwardly from said one of said suspension bars; and, a region of ferromagnetic material disposed facing outwardly on the other of said suspension bar in opposing position to said magnet for magnetically engaging the magnet of an adjacent folder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A filing folder as recited in claim 1, wherein said suspension bars are comprised entirely of ferromagnetic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A filing folder as recited in claim 1, wherein said ferromagnetic material of said other suspension bar is openly exposed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A filing folder as recited in claim 1, wherein said permanent magnet is of rectangular shape and affixed to the central portion of said suspension bar.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A filing folder as recited in claim 1, wherein a title-holder bar is affixed to one of said suspension bars.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A filing folder as recited in claim 1, wherein said non-magnetizeable housing comprises a substantially rectangular member having an internal chamber sized to receive said magnet, a first and second catch extending along the major sides of the rectangular member and a first and a second web extending along the minor sides of the rectangular member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
A filing folder as recited in claim 6, wherein said one of said suspension bars has a substantially rectangular window sized to receive said non-magnetizeable housing therein, said suspension bar having housing tabs and housing hollows disposed adjacent to said window, said tabs receiving and retaining said catches and said hollows receiving and retaining said webs when said housing is disposed within said window.