U.S. patent number 3,722,118 [Application Number 05/103,194] was granted by the patent office on 1973-03-27 for attachable label.
Invention is credited to Xaver Burgi.
United States Patent |
3,722,118 |
Burgi |
March 27, 1973 |
ATTACHABLE LABEL
Abstract
An attachable label characterized by a wider portion which
serves to receive an inscription and which is provided with one
part of a fastening means, and by a narrower portion which
constitutes an elongated strip and which carries the other part of
the fastening means, the whole arrangement being such that when the
elongated strip is bent over one fastening part can be brought into
operative connection with the other fastening part.
Inventors: |
Burgi; Xaver (Aarau,
CH) |
Family
ID: |
4273576 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/103,194 |
Filed: |
December 31, 1970 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Mar 20, 1970 [CH] |
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4304/70 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
40/665 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G09F
3/04 (20130101); G09F 3/08 (20130101); G09F
2003/0254 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
G09F
3/08 (20060101); G09F 3/04 (20060101); G09f
003/14 () |
Field of
Search: |
;40/2,21,22,302 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Michell; Robert W.
Assistant Examiner: Contreras; Wenceslao J.
Claims
I claim :
1. An attachable label comprising a first portion integrally
connected to a relatively narrow second portion, the said first
portion adapted to display an inscription, fastening means
comprising two parts, each of said parts being fixed to one of said
portions, one of said parts being constituted by a pin having an
enlarged head and the other part being constituted by an aperture
adapted to receive the said pin and to lock the head therethrough,
and wherein the said second portion is a narrow rectangular strip
and said first portion has a substantially rectangular shape having
a width wider than the strip, the said narrow strip being connected
to the second portion near one corner thereof and extends along a
longitudinal edge of the rectangular shape portion.
2. A label as recited in claim 1, wherein one part of the fastening
means is located at the free end of the said strip and the other
part of the fastening means is located in the corner of the
rectangular portion perpendicularly adjacent the end of the strip,
whereby the strip forms a triangular aperture when the two parts of
the fastening means are fastened together.
Description
The present invention relates to an attachable label which is
intended for fastening on useful objects for the purpose of
identifying the latter. Such objects may for example be pieces of
luggage, suitcases, travelling bags, briefcases, and other personal
effects which are to be marked with the name of the owner or with
some other inscription. The attachable label is however also
intended for use for marking certain objects only temporarily by
providing them with an attachable label on which the name of the
owner or some other marking can be inscribed.
Attachable labels are already known for such purposes, but their
fastening on the object to be identified is complicated. For
example, these known labels are tied to the object in question, but
this does not permit rapid and simple fastening. Moreover known
labels can usually be removed without difficulty from the object,
which may lead to misuse. The fastening means of known labels are
furthermore frequently of such a kind that the labels may become
detached from the object and consequently lost, which may have
disagreable consequences for the owner of the object.
The aim of the invention is now to provide an attachable label
which is exempt from the abovementioned disadvantages.
The attachable label according to the invention is characterized by
a wider portion which serves to receive the inscription and which
is provided with one part of a fastening means, and by a narrower
portion which is in the form of an elongated strip and which
carries the other part of the fastening means, the whole
arrangement being such that when the elongated strip is bent over
one fastening part can be operatively connected to the other
fastening part.
Examples of embodiment of the invention are explained in greater
detail below with reference to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of the attachable label, and
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the label illustrated in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the label in its attached
position.
The label, which may for example be made of paper, cardboard, or
plastics material, has a wide, substantially rectangular portion 1
serving to receive an inscription. From one corner of this part 1 a
longer, narrow band 2 extends, which at its free end 3 carries a
fastening pin 4 provided with a head 5. At the corner lying
opposite the previously mentioned corner, in the direction of the
width of the part 1, an eye 6 is provided which is intended to
receive the connection pin 4,5. The diameter of the eye 6 is made
smaller than the diameter of the head 5 of the connecting pin
4.
The abovedescribed attachable label is fastened by bending over the
elongated narrow strip 2 in the direction of the eye 6 in the wide
portion 1 of the label. The connecting pin 4 is then pressed by its
head 5 into the eye 6. In consequence of the abovedescribed
construction of the connecting pin 4 and of the eye 6, these
fastening parts are held firmly together in such a manner that
their detachment, and consequently the removal of the label from an
object, are made very difficult or at least can be effected only
after destruction of the label.
According to another embodiment, which is not illustrated, the
connecting pin is disposed in the wide portion of the label which
serves to receive the inscription, and the eye forming the other
fastening part is disposed at the end of the narrow elongated strip
of the label.
Instead of a connecting pin 4 it would also be possible to use an
element in the form of a plastics peg provided with barbs. When a
plastics peg of this kind is pushed into a hole or into an eye, the
barbs are first pressed towards the axis of the peg and then, after
passing through the hole, expand outwardly.
In this embodiment of the invention extremely rapid and reliable
fastening of the attachable label to an object is also ensured.
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