Patent ID: 6899405

Claim:
Apparatus for organizing loose sheets of material in an orderly manner that includes: an open top housing that contains a pair of spaced apart parallel rails mounted in the top section of the housing; at least one frame assembly supported upon said rails so that said frame assembly can be passed into and out of the housing through said open top; at least one envelope to be supported by said at least one frame assembly; said at least one frame assembly includes a hanger means mounted upon a support member for removably supporting a series of said envelopes upon said support member so that the envelopes hang down inside said housing, each said at least one envelope having a capacity to hold a number of sheets therein; a slide member that is arranged to move over said support member between a first open position and a second closed position, said slide member further including a closure panel that closes over said hanger means when the slide member is in a closed position to prevent envelopes mounted upon said hanger means from being dislodged and for exposing said hanger means when said slide member is in an open position to permit envelopes to be removed from or placed upon said hanger means; and a latching mechanism for retaining the slide member in one of the open position and the closed position, said latching mechanism including a detent member engageable with at least one recess when said frame member is moved to one of said open and closed positions.