Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Fastener
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-04
2001-08-07
Davis, Cassandra (Department: 3628)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Fastener
C040S658000, C248S222120
Reexamination Certificate
active
06269573
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Information tags in general are known for displaying information of any kind. In one type, the information tag has a body that is provided with a strap for connection to a support or product. The strap may not be convenient to use or provide a sufficiently stable connection, and is often too long, leaving a tail behind in use.
The invention seeks to mitigate or to at least alleviate such problems by providing an improved information tag.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, there is provided an information tag for use on a elongate object, which tag comprises a tag body having a surface for displaying information and an engagement part, and a separate clamp for connecting the tag body to said object, which clamp is openable to present two ends and subsequently closable for connection to said object, with said two ends being restricted close together by the engagement part of the tag body.
Preferably, the clamp is substantially cylindrical when it is closed, and is split on one side as between its two ends.
Preferably, the clamp comprises two parts having respective said ends.
More preferably, the two clamp parts are integral with each other, and a weakened fold line is formed between them.
In a preferred construction, the two clamp ends together form a protrusion on one side of the clamp when the clamp is closed.
More preferably, the protrusion has a conical head and a neck connecting the head to the clamp.
Conveniently, the engagement part is an integral part of the tag body.
In a preferred embodiment, the engagement part comprises a hole for restricting the two clamp ends close together by surrounding them, as a result of the engagement part and the clamp ends being push-fitted together.
More preferably, the engagement part is in the form of a ring.
Further more preferably, the protrusion has a conical head and a neck connecting the head to the clamp, and a notch is formed in the tag body immediately behind the ring for accommodating the head of the protrusion while the ring surrounds the neck.
It is preferred that either one of the engagement part and the two clamp ends together has a substantially circular cross-section, such that when they are inter-engaged the tag body is rotatable relative to the clamp over 360°.
Advantageously, the clamp is provided, on its inner side, with at least one resilient member for gripping said object.
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BHS International Inc.
Davis Cassandra
Rabin & Champagne, P.C.
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