File storage box

Abstract

Files or file folders are held in an upright position within a partially filled storage box that is constructed of corrugated paper stock or similar sheet material by providing a plurality of stops, or file supports, that extend inwardly from either the box ends or the box sides or both box ends and sides. The file support stops may be formed from a panel that is partially cut out from a box wall leaving one end of the panel attached to the wall through a folded hinge. The other panel end is provided with a tab that locks into a tab slot in the box wall to provide a folded panel face that extends generally perpendicularly to the box wall to thereby engage and support files that are placed within the box.

I claim:  
     
         1 . In a storage box for files that is constructed of corrugated paper board and is assembled by the user, the improvement comprising: 
 means for holding files placed in a partially filled box in a generally upright attitude, said means including at least one pair of stops positioned on opposite box walls and extending inwardly from said walls, each of said stops being constructed from a portion of the box wall as a partial cut-out to form a panel that is hinged at one end from its respective box wall and having a vertical fold line intermediate its ends, said cut-out panel having an outwardly extending tab at the end opposite the hinge, said tab arranged for insertion into a tab slot formed in said box wall at a location whereat the panel segment between said hinge and fold line is caused to form a stop face that is generally perpendicular to said box wall when said tab is positioned within said slot.    
     
     
         2 . The storage box of  claim 1  wherein said box is of rectangular shape having side walls and end walls, the width of said box sized to accommodate a letter-size file and the length sized to accommodate a legal-size file.  
     
     
         3 . The storage box of  claim 2  wherein said stops are positioned on opposite side walls.  
     
     
         4 . The storage box of  claim 2  wherein said stops are positioned on opposite end walls.  
     
     
         5 . The storage box of  claim 2  wherein at least two pairs of stops are positioned on opposite box walls.  
     
     
         6 . The storage box of  claim 2  wherein at least one pair of stops is provided on said side walls and at least one pair of stops is provided on said end walls.  
     
     
         7 . The storage box of  claim 1  wherein said stops are positioned in the upper portion of said box walls.  
     
     
         8 . The storage box of  claim 1  wherein the walls of said box comprise two layers of corrugated paper board and wherein said stops are formed from the inner one of said layers.  
     
     
         9 . The storage box of  claim 1  wherein said stops are positioned in the upper part of the box walls.  
     
     
         10 . The storage box of  claim 9  wherein said stops are positioned at a height that is about two-thirds to three-quarters of the distance from the bottom of the box to the top of the box wall.