File folder management system

Abstract

A file folder management system comprising means for releasably attaching file folders to one another.

1 . A file folder, comprising: 
 a first side panel having outer and inner edges;    a second side panel having outer and inner edges;    a binding edge interposed between said inner edges of said first and second side panels for coupling said first and second side panels; and    two linking members arranged on the outside surface of at least one of said side panels, said linking members being adapted to interlock with another similarly equipped file folder, each of said interlocking members comprising at least two ribs that extend substantially perpendicularly to said binding edge.    
   
   
       2 . The file folder of  claim 1  wherein said linking members are arranged substantially parallel to the lateral edges of said side panel.  
   
   
       3 . The file folder of  claim 1  wherein said linking members extend along the majority of the distance between said binding edge and the outer edge of said side panel.  
   
   
       4 . A master file system comprising at a first file folder of  claim 1  and a second file folder of  claim 1  wherein at least one linking member on said first file folder is releasably engaged with a linking member on said second file folder.  
   
   
       5 . A kit for adapting file folders to a master file system, said kit comprising 1) at least one linking member comprising a multiplicity of parallel, narrowly spaced, elastically deformable ribs projecting from a base sheet; the ribs comprising a stem portion attached to and substantially upright from the base sheet and at least one flange attached to each side of the stem portion and spaced from the base sheet; the cross-sectional profile formed by the ribs being substantially uniform over the length of the ribs and 2) means for attaching said linking member to the surface of a file folder.