Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Barrel- – can- or round box-carried indicia
Patent
1998-08-06
2000-07-04
Green, Brian K.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Barrel-, can- or round box-carried indicia
40666, 40667, 24429, 24615, G09F 300, G09F 316, G09F 308
Patent
active
060820306
ABSTRACT:
An identifier tag for identifying the owner of a beverage can having a beverage can top equipped with a lever tab with a gripping end having a gripping end tab aperture formed therein, and a securing rivet securing an affixed end of the lever tab to the beverage can top. The identifier tag includes at least one identifier tab cover that is securable to the gripping end of the lever tab and includes an identifier tab cover including a molded plastic cover member and a lever tab locking structure. The molded plastic cover member has a lever tab insertion opening formed therein in connection with a lever tab receiving cavity sized to receive the gripping end of the lever tab. An outer top surface of the cover member is provided with an erasable marking surface. The lever tab locking structure includes a resilient locking prong retraction member and a curved locking prong. The resilient locking prong retraction member includes a horizontal portion and a vertical portion.
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Caine Margaret
Kesselring Valarie Lyn
Breaux Joseph N.
Green Brian K.
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