Business card filing organization

A rotary filing system is arranged to include a plurality of card holders, with each card holder including at least a forward transparent window arranged to coextensively extend over a pocket to receive a business card. A modification of the invention includes readily mounted tab and marking structure to indicate various categorizing of the business cards mounted within the structure.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The field of invention relates to business card filing structure, and more 
particularly pertains to a new and improved business card filing 
organization wherein the same is arranged to provide for pocket structure 
relative to a filing member to house business cards therewithin. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The wide spread contemporary use of business cards for information is 
present in the prior art, wherein filing systems to support business card 
members have been heretofore presented in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,963,049 to 
Pearson having an elongate strip of material accommodating a business card 
thereon. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,905,392 to Klein sets forth an adhesive backed business 
card for mounting to a file card. 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,930,928 to Ristuccia, Sr. sets forth a business card plate 
having slots to receive a business card thereon, and similarly U.S. Pat. 
No. 4,849,056 to Ristuccia, Sr. sets forth a similar type organization. 
Accordingly, it may be appreciated that there continues to be a need for a 
new and improved business card filing organization as set forth by the 
instant invention which addresses both the problems of ease of use as well 
as effectiveness in construction in accommodating in a releasable manner 
various business card components and in this respect, the present 
invention substantially fulfills this need. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of 
business card filing structure now present in the prior art, the present 
invention provides a business card filing organization wherein the same is 
arranged to selectively mount business cards. As such, the general purpose 
of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater 
detail, is to provide a new and improved business card filing organization 
which has all the advantages of the prior art business card filing 
structure and none of the disadvantages. 
To attain this, the present invention provides a rotary filing system 
arranged to include a plurality of card holders, with each card holder 
including at least a forward transparent window arranged to coextensively 
extend over a pocket to receive a business card. A modification of the 
invention includes readily mounted tab and marking structure to indicate 
various categorizing of the business cards mounted within the structure. 
My invention resides not in any one of these features per se, but rather in 
the particular combination of all of them herein disclosed and claimed and 
it is distinguished from the prior art in this particular combination of 
all of its structures for the functions specified. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, 
additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter 
and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which 
this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the Public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and 
improved business card filing organization which has all the advantages of 
the prior art business card filing structure and none of the 
disadvantages. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved 
business card filing organization which may be easily and efficiently 
manufactured and marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and 
improved business card filing organization which is of a durable and 
reliable construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved business card filing organization which is susceptible of a low 
cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which 
accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming 
public, thereby making such business card filing organizations 
economically available to the buying public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new and 
improved business card filing organization which provides in the 
apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, 
while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally 
associated therewith. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 to 8 
thereof, a new and improved business card filing organization embodying 
the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally 
designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described. 
More specifically, the business card filing organization 10 of the instant 
invention essentially comprises a support rack 11 having a rotary dial 12 
mounting a rotary axle 13 thereto. The rotary axle 13 includes a plurality 
of annular support bands 14 concentrically mounted about the support axle 
in a fixed relationship, with the support bands spaced apart a 
predetermined spacing. A plurality of card holders 15 are arranged for 
mounting to the support bands 14 to a support tab 22 mounted to a bottom 
frame rail 20 of the frame 18. The frame 18, as illustrated in the FIG. 2 
for example, includes a U-shaped configuration having top, bottom, and a 
side rail 19, 20, and 21 respectively. The bottom frame rail 20 includes 
the support tab 22 having T-shaped slots 23 that are spaced apart the 
predetermined spacing to receive the support bands 14 therewithin. The 
card holder 15 includes at least a transparent forward wall 16, and 
optionally a transparent rear wall 17, that are arranged in a parallel 
coextensive relationship relative to one another. In this manner, a pocket 
24 is defined between the forward and rear walls 16 and 17 and include 
respective forward and rear thumb recesses 26 and 27 that are 
coextensively directed into right side edges of the forward and rear walls 
16 and 17 to accommodate a business card 25 within a pocket 24 defined 
between the forward and rear walls 16 and 17. 
The FIG. 3 illustrates the use of a tab plate 33 having positioning legs 29 
fixedly and orthogonally directed downwardly relative to the tab plate 33. 
Each positioning leg 29 includes a leg lower pointed conical end 30 having 
a ledge 31 at an inner face between the conical end 30 and the leg 29, 
with the ledge 31 arranged substantially orthogonally relative to an axis 
of the leg 29. A glue ring 32 having a frangible shell containing a fluid 
glue therewithin is mounted on the ledge and is accordingly ruptured upon 
projection of the legs 29 within the associated receiving bores 28 that 
are orthogonally directed through the top rail 19. In this manner, a 
business card 25 is fixedly secured within the associated pocket 24 to 
prevent displacement or movement thereof relative to the pocket structure. 
The FIGS. 5 and 6 for example illustrate the use of thumb recesses 26 
mounted into opposed sides of the card holder 15 for ease of access to the 
card structure 25 to each side of the pocket structure, as opposed to 
having entrance to the pocket 24 through only a right side of the card 
holder 15. 
The FIGS. 6-8 illustrate the use of a plunger 34 reciprocatably mounted 
orthogonally through the top rail 19 having a plunger shank 34a received 
within a top frame rail cavity 35. The plunger shank 34a includes a 
plunger shank piercing tip 39 at a lower distal end of the plunger shank 
positioned above a dye capsule 36. The dye capsule 36 is mounted to a 
cavity floor 37 of the cavity 35. The cavity floor 37 includes a plurality 
of apertures 38 directed therethrough in communication with the pocket 24, 
whereupon projection of the plunger 34 downwardly into the cavity 35 
effects projection of the indicator dye 40 contained within the dye 
capsule 36 into the cavity to coat an associated business card to note 
relative importance of the business card. In this manner, various 
translucent fluid dye 40 may be utilized for such purpose of various 
coloration for notation of various significance of business cards 25 
positioned within each card holder 15. 
As to the manner of usage and operation of the instant invention, the same 
should be apparent from the above disclosure, and accordingly no further 
discussion relative to the manner of usage and operation of the instant 
invention shall be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.