Business card attaching strip

An elongated strip of sheet material is adapted to be attached along the bottom edge of a business card to convert the card to an index card suitable for filing in a card file, such as a rolodex, without having to punch holes in the business card. The elongated strip of sheet material has predetermined openings along one edge for attachment to a card file and an adhesive coating along the opposite edge thereof for attachment to the business card. A strip of adhesive covering material covers the adhesive.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a system for converting a business card 
into an index card for insertion into a card file such as a rolodex 
without having to punch holes in the business card. 
There are known perforated filing strips which are used to enable 
non-perforated documents, catalogs, folded drawings or the like to be 
filed in files or binders having ring, tongue, or pin fasteners without 
having to punch holes in the documents. Specifically, these filing strips 
consist of a cardboard or plastic strip of a length equal to or shorter 
than that of the edge of the document to be filed. One such filing strip 
consists of plastic material with a self-adhesive coating along its inner 
edge, a plurality of perforations disposed along its outer edge, and a 
fold between the two edges such that the outer part is adapted to be 
folded back over the document which is attached. The prior art filing 
strips however, do not incorporate the special shape and special edge 
openings converting a business card into an index card nor do they have 
special openings to permit converted business cards to be inserted in a 
card index such as a rolodex. 
The present invention deals with an attaching strip for quickly attaching 
to a business card. The strip has special edge openings along its outer 
edge for inserting the business card in a card index file, such as a 
rolodex. The inner edge of elongated strip has a self-adhesive band 
covered with a wax paper or the like to protect the adhesive band. The 
outer edge of the strip has a pair of edge openings in a spaced 
relationship to each other, each having an enlarged aperture with a 
narrowed opening to the outer edge. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a filing strip attachment which includes 
an elongated strip of sheet material having predetermined holes therein 
positioned for attaching to a card index file for the purpose of 
converting a business card into an index card. The elongated strip of 
material has an adhesive band along its inner edge and a strip of adhesive 
covering material covering the adhesive band whereby the adhesive covering 
can be removed when attaching the strip to a business card. The covering 
material protecting the adhesive band can be wax paper. The outer edge of 
the filing strip has predetermined shaped edge openings therein positioned 
and shaped for attaching to a card index. It also has an elongated visible 
line parallel to the adhesive band, for proper alignment of a business 
card so that the length of the and is parallel to the length of the strip.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Referring to FIGS. 1 thru 4 of the drawings, a transparent polymer strip 11 
having two specially punched holes 12, therein, an adhesive coating 13 
covered with a covering material, waxed paper or the like, 14. The edge of 
the adhesive coating is marked by a line 9 which line assists in aligning 
the business card being attached to the strip 10. Covering 14 has been 
removed in FIG. 2 and a business card 15 has been attached to the adhesive 
coating 13 along the line 9 to convert the business card 15 into an index 
card. Since the strip of material 11 is a transparent polymer, the printed 
material on the business card 15 is not interfered with. The strip of 
adhesive 13 surface is attached to the back of the business card 15 so 
that the front of the business card will have nothing attached thereto. In 
FIG. 3, the business card 15 has two holes 12 punched in predetermined 
position and a predetermined shapes to fit into the business card index 16 
which can be any of several standard existing card holders. FIG. 4 shows a 
business card 15 with the strip 11 attached inserted in a holder for index 
cards 16.