Compartmented file folio

Abstract

A pocket file folio with inside pocket or pockets attached to the leaves only at hinges perpendicular to the main folio hinge is improved by adding means allowing pockets to open partially, while preventing them from falling open completely, when the folio is opened, and for restraining the folio itself from opening completely, thereby providing enhanced access and security to any pocketed sheet material and also enabling the entire folio to stand stably in an upright orientation.

1 . A filing folio fabricated of sheet material comprising at least two panels hingedly joined on a vertical line having at least one internal flap hingedly joined on a horizontal line and means causing the flap or flaps to open partially when the folio is opened while restraining them from opening completely. 
     
     
         2 . A filing folio fabricated of sheet material comprising at least two panels hingedly joined on a vertical line and at least two internal flaps hingedly joined to the panels on horizontal lines with means interconnecting the flaps so as to cause the flaps to open partially when the folio is opened while restraining them from opening completely. 
     
     
         3 . The filing folio of  claim 2  in which the interconnecting means has no direct attachment to the panels. 
     
     
         4 . The filing folio of  claim 3  in which the hinge lines of the internal flaps when the folio is completely open and flat lie on the same line. 
     
     
         5 . The filing folio of  claim 3  in which the interconnecting means is folded from the stock material of the folio. 
     
     
         6 . The filing folio of  claim 5  wherein said means comprises a bridge member that is an extension of each of said flaps along at least a portion of said mutually corresponding edges of said flaps. 
     
     
         7 . A dual panel file folio fabricated from sheet material comprising in combination:
 A. a first rectangular back panel;   B. a second rectangular front panel hingedly joined to said first panel along a mutually corresponding inner vertical edge;   C. a first lower rectangular flap hingedly joined to said first panel along a mutually corresponding lower horizontal edge;   D. a second lower rectangular flap hingedly joined to said second panel along a mutually corresponding lower horizontal edge, each of said flaps joined to said panels only along said mutually corresponding lower horizontal edges; and   E. a flexible bridge member linking the mutually corresponding inner edges of each of said flaps, said bridge member arranged to limit the outward extension of each of said flaps from each of said panels when said folio is arranged in an upright opened position.   
     
     
         8 . The file folio of  claim 7  wherein said bridge member comprises an extension of each of said flaps along at least a portion of said mutually corresponding inner edges of each of said flaps. 
     
     
         9 . The file folio of  claim 8  wherein said mutually corresponding inner edges of each of said flaps are diagonally opposed and said bridge member comprises two triangularly shaped panels each hingedly joined on one side to one of said diagonally opposed edges and hingedly joined to each other along a mutually corresponding vertical edge aligned with said mutually corresponding inner vertical edge of said panels. 
     
     
         10 . The file folio of  claim 9  further including:
 A. a first upper rectangular flap hingedly joined to said first panel along a mutually corresponding upper horizontal edge;   B. a second upper rectangular flap hingedly joined to said second panel along a mutually corresponding upper horizontal edge, each of said flaps joined to said panels only along said mutually corresponding upper horizontal edges; and   C. a flexible bridge member linking the mutually corresponding inner edges of each of said flaps, said bridge member arranged to limit the outward extension of each of said flaps from each of said panels when said folio is arranged in an upright opened position.