Document handling system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to a manual document handling system which provides for an easy and organized way of classifying, temporarily storing, and moving documents from one department to another or from one person within a department to another person in the same department.
The apparatus of this invention for accomplishing this organization and classification of documents is a simple structure which is relatively easy to manufacture, assemble and install with relation to other items of furniture within the office, such as tables, storage cabinets and the like.
This equipment makes possible the easy insertion and retrieval of the documents in the trays of the system.
It makes the identification of the documents and the transportation of the documents from one station to another a relatively easy task with less chance of errors and of losing the documents.
The structure of the support for the trays makes the hanging of the trays and removal of the trays from the support relatively easy and less burdensome than in conventional type of storage systems.
The system makes a highly visible display of the "active" documents.
It makes for a neat appearing but otherwise visible display of such documents.
The present invention makes the employee working in the office with the use of this system more productive at his job.
It provides secondary benefits in supervisory/management control and planning, elimination of duplicate sorting processes, and faster documents movement and increased employee knowledge of what is occurring as these "active" documents are worked on and transmitted from place to place.
The present invention makes for a wide variety of different shapes of trays for different sizes and shapes of documents and allows for a number of trays of different shapes and sizes to be used in any given space.
Having described very briefly the various objects and advantages of the present invention, reference is now made to the drawings wherein: