Visible index systems

Abstract

A visible index system including a panel, inserts removably attachable to the panel, and labels on which information can be typed or otherwise imprinted, provision being made for attaching the labels to the inserts.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A visible index system comprising: a rectangular insert support means having parallel facing flanges at opposite edges thereof; a plurality of elongated rectangular inserts of a thin, flexible material, each of said inserts being of sufficient length to span the support means, each said insert having recesses at the ends thereof and the flanges on the insert support means having means for selectively engaging said recesses, respectively, so as to removably affix said inserts to said support means with one of the major surfaces of each said insert fully exposed; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface of generally the same width as the insert, said label being of a material on which the information can be entered by a multiple copy producing type of process; and means for attaching said label to said insert, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of the insert. 
     
     
       2. A visible index system as defined in claim 1, wherein each said insert consists of first and second members bonded together by an adhesive and wherein, at both ends of the insert, said members extend beyond the adhesive and are engageable with the opposite sides of the support means flanges. 
     
     
       3. A visible index system as defined in claim 1, wherein said insert support means comprises a main body member and reinforcing strips at the opposite edges of said main body member on at least one side thereof which constitute the insert engageable flanges, the outer edge portions of said reinforcing strips being fixed to the main body member to secure said strips thereto and the inner edge portions being free of attachment to said main body member. .Iadd. 4. A visible index system comprising: an insert support means; a plurality of elongated, rectanguar inserts of a thin, flexible material, each of said inserts being of sufficient length to span said support means; means incorporated in said inserts or said support means or in both said inserts and said support means for removably affixing said inserts to said support means with one of the major surfaces of each said insert fully exposed; an adhesive free label having an information receiving surface of generally the same width as the insert for each of said inserts, said labels being of a material on which information can be entered by a multiple copy producing type of process; and means for permanently attaching said labels to said inserts, said last-mentioned means being an adhesive layer on the exposed surface of each said insert; and said labels being free of adhesive. .Iaddend..Iadd. 5. The visible index system of claim 4, wherein each said label is a segment of a bound assemblage of superimposed sheets of copy paper, there being a series of transversely extending, spaced apart lines of perforations in said sheets, whereby information can be simultaneously imprinted on the corresponding segments of the several sheets of said assembly and said segments thereafter detached from said assembly. .Iaddend.