Patent ID: 8471717

Claim:
A device for enabling the management of objects distributed in an object location space, said device comprising: a receptacle for an object, said receptacle having at least four electrically conductive members, at least one of said electrically conductive members being provided to receive address signals supplied by a source, said receptacle comprising a file folder having a pair of support braces, one of said support braces containing said at least four electrically conductive members; said one of said support braces comprising an elongate body structure formed from an electrically non-conductive material with a pair of opposite ends, each end having a downwardly opening cut-out channel provided with a pair of spring contacts secured to the elongate body structure, each spring contact being electrically coupled to a different one of said at least four electrically conductive members, each said spring contact having a free end which is received in a corresponding slot formed in said elongate body structure adjacent the ends thereof so that each said spring contact provides both electrical and mechanical connection to associated non-conductive support rails each having two conductive portions on opposite sides thereof when said file folder is installed on said support rails; an address decoder circuit associated to said object, said address decoder circuit having a unique system address, said address decoder circuit being carried by said one of said support braces, said address decoder circuit further having at least four electrically conductive terminals in electrical contact with said at least four electrically conductive members; and an indicator coupled to said address decoder circuit for activation whenever said address decoder circuit detects an address signal present on said at least one of said plurality of electrically conductive members and representative of said unique system address.