A document storage system for removably storing individual documents. A shelved cabinet has a track receptacle mounted to the lower shelf surface adjacent the cabinet front. The track receptacle has a plurality of tracks extending from the cabinet front to the cabinet rear. Each track has an open slot extending from the front to the rear of the cabinet. The track also has a rearwardly extending lip providing a rearwardly directed open notch. The cabinet further includes a back with an inner surface and a pair of ohmic conductors mounted on the inner surface and extending laterally thereof. An electronically searchable flexible file folder has a thin main body portion and a header secured to the top of the main body portion. The header is dimensioned to be removably received in any track of the track receptacle with the main body portion slidably received in the slot. The header portion has visible indicator mounted on a first end; and a latch pawl located on the first end engageable with the notch when the file folder is installed in the track. A pair of probe pins is mounted on the other end of the header and are engageable with the pair of ohmic conductors when the file folder is installed in a track.

A placeholder device for quickly providing a visual indication of the location of where to return a file folder from a stack of file folders. The placeholder has a first leaf, a second leaf, and a tab. The second leaf extends from the first leaf in a perpendicular direction to form an L-shape with the first leaf. The tab may be pivotal between an extended position and a generally flattened position along the second leaf. A colored emblem may be attached to the tab of the placeholder an a corresponding colored emblem may be attached to a file folder to match the file folder with the placeholder.

A tab system for a folder (10a), and a method of making same is disclosed. The tab is enlarged to carry more information/indicia. The visual indicia space (16a), i.e. the viewable space on the front (32a, 36a) of the folder which allows viewing of the enlarged tab is achieve without violating the overall size restrictions (40a) of the file folder. Instead, the front of the folder adjacent to the tab on the back panel, is cut away (32a,34a) to expose a greater portion of the back panel (14a) and allow an increase in visual indicia space. The remaining portion of the front panel, not adjacent to the tab may also be cut away (34a) to allow other enlarged tab files, with offset tabs, (22d, 21a) to be viewable behind the present file.

A secure document receptacle for use in file cabinets having slidable drawers with laterally spaced support rails for removable supporting file folders. The secure document receptacle has a single support brace along the top edge with downwardly opening channels for removable engagement with the drawer support rails. The receptacle has a closed top edge and openings to the interior of the receptacle on the side edge or the bottom edge of the receptacle. Documents can only be inserted and removed via the open side or bottom edges. The receptacle must be partially or completely removed from the drawer support rails before a document can be removed from the receptacle. This interrupts contact between the brace channels and the support rails, an event which can be detected by cabinet sensing circuitry.

A secure document receptacle for use in file cabinets having slidable drawers with laterally spaced support rails for removable supporting file folders. The secure document receptacle has a single support brace along the top edge with downwardly opening channels for removable engagement with the drawer support rails. The receptacle has a closed top edge and openings to the interior of the receptacle on the side edge or the bottom edge of the receptacle. Documents can only be inserted and removed via the open side or bottom edges. The receptacle must be partially or completely removed from the drawer support rails before a document can be removed from the receptacle. This interrupts contact between the brace channels and the support rails, an event which can be detected by cabinet sensing circuitry.

A placeholder device for quickly providing a visual indication of the location of where to return a file folder from a stack of file folders. The placeholder has a first leaf, a second leaf, and a tab. The second leaf extends from the first leaf in a perpendicular direction to form an L-shape with the first leaf. The tab may be pivotal between an extended position and a generally flattened position along the second leaf. A colored emblem may be attached to the tab of the placeholder an a corresponding colored emblem may be attached to a file folder to match the file folder with the placeholder.

A vertically mountable and horizontally orientable document container for mounting on a surface. The container includes a base, a cover, and a latch. The base has a base wall and four perimeter walls extending away from the base wall. The cover has a cover wall and three perimeter walls extending away from the cover wall. The cover slidingly engages with the base and matingly fits over the base to form a document storage chamber. Each of the cover three perimeter walls forms a primary-grooved channel, and the base is in fitted-sliding engagement with the cover. The latch is formed by the base and the cover as a catch and a lever. The lever snap-fits together with the catch to secure the cover in a temporarily locked position when the cover is located covering the base and providing an environmentally-secure zone in the document storage chamber.