Patent ID: 7108169

Claim:
A system for storing an object so that the object can be filed among a plurality of objects occupying a minimal amount of space while allowing the object to be retrieved from among the plurality of objects, comprising: a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve comprising: a sheet of material having at least one fold-line, the fold-line defining a back and a front, wherein the back is joined with the front along the fold-line such that when the front is folded towards the back and the edges of the back and the front that extend from the fold-line are secured together, a pocket is formed having a length from the fold-line to a top edge of the back; and a plurality of detachable index tabs extending from the back along a tear line such that the plurality of detachable index tabs span end-to-end over the length of the pocket, each of the plurality of detachable index tabs having a surface for applying a label; wherein each of the plurality of detachable index tabs has substantially the same shape as each other of the plurality of detachable index tabs, so that a label sized to be placed on any one of the detachable index tabs can be placed on any other of the plurality of detachable index tabs; wherein the one or more index tabs for any two sleeves positioned adjacent to one another can be arranged so that at least one of the one or more index tabs for each of the two sleeves is visually unobstructed.