US1650538A - Folding pin ticket - Google Patents

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M. RABINOWITZ FOLDING PIN TICKET Nov. 22, 1927. d

Filed April 27, 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 22, i927.

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Application filed April 427', 1927. :Serial No. 187,058. y .i

The present inventionis concerned with improvements in folding pin tickets ofthe character commonly employed for tagging garments, cloth, or various other,articlesv of textile.merchandise. j v g n i One of the most. comniion inconveniences encounteredV in connection with` the use of pin tickets has been the failure to `provide any efficient meansforprotectlng the `pin ends. In consequence, the ,people `handling the goods frequently scratch and tear their hands and clothing on the exposed ends Aof the pins, not onlyy when removing the tickets, but in the ordinary course of handling the merchandise.

A prime object of the present invention to overcome this difficulty by the provision of a folding pin ticket so arranged that when in applied position, there will be'no projecting or accessible pin ends upon which persons handling the Nmerchandise may scratch themselves.

A further object of the invention is to provide a folding pin ticket which may be applied and removed with expedition and facility and without danger of scratching or pricking the fingers during the manipula tion of the ticket.

Still other objects of the invention are to provide a pin ticket of simple, practical construction which will be rugged, durable and eflicient in use, and well suited to the requirements of economical manufacture.

W'ith the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and `combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointedl out in the claims. The invention may be more fully understood from the `following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- F 1 is a perspective view of a pin ticket embodying the present invention prior to its application to the goods to be marked.

2 is a plan view showing the ticket in applied position.

Figv is a plan View of the blank from which the ticket is formed.

Fig. 4 is av greatly enlarged transverse sectional viewonthe line 44-4 of Fig. 2.

The ticket of the present invention is preferably formed from a. generally rectangularL elongated blank 10 provided with a transverse fold line 11 dividing theticket into a pair of similarly shaped sections 12 and 13 .additionally provided with la' adaptedlto lieven opposite sides of an article of merchandise tofwhich the ticket is attacked;` i The `free edge of the section 13' is A l relatively short flap 14 adapted to be folded inwardly 'on the line`l15. j

Adjacent the free edge of the section-12 v there is mounted a double pointed pin, the intermediate portion of which 1s bent as at 16 aroundkthe edge of the section 12, and j the endsof which passed through the section 12 are inwardly offset as at 17 and terminate in ampair of pin rportions 1 8 disposed inapproXimate parallelism with eachother and normally at right angleslto the surface of thesection 12. j Y ,j j `lThefin'wardly vfolding vflap 14 is provided witha pairof openings 19 throughl which the pins `18 are adapted to pass afterthey have penetrated the fabric 42,0 of the merchandise. "Arranged lnear the free edge fof the section y18 are a pair of oppositel'y disposed keyhole slots 21, the enlarged inner ends 22 of which align with the openings 19 and permit free passage of the pins 18 therethrough.

In applying the ticket to .a fabric such as 20, two sections 12 and 13 lie on opposite sides of the fabric; the pins 18 passl through the fabric and through the aligned openings 19 and 22. The pins are then manually bent in opposite directions againstthat face of the flap 14 which lies adjacent the section 13. The keyhole slots 21 permit such bending of the pins, and due to the inherent resiliency of therpaper or cardboard material ofthe ticket, flap 14 will spring' slightly away fromthe section 13, and the pin. ends will be entirely inaccessible from the outer surface of the section 13. These pin ends lie under th'e'keyhole slots and against the face of the tab. Thus, the fabric or other article of manufacture `2() may b-e carelessly handled without any danger of tearing the hands on the projecting ends of the pins. When it is desired to remove the pin ticket from the fabric, the operator simply grasps the two inner corners of the ticket, vflexing the same transversely to expose the pins, then manually bends the pins back into approximate parallelism and removes the ticket by sepa rating the two ends of the sections y12 and 13 to withdraw the pins from the fabric.

While Ihave shown the slots 21 as of general keyhole shape, itwillrbe apparent that `any equivalent shape might be used in this connection, it is also to be understood that theparticular manner of attaching or v anchoring the pin portion of the ticket to the section 12is subject to a Wide range of variation and any conventional method of attaching the pin may be employed. The present invention is particularly concerned with the provision of the means which prevents projection of the pin ends when the ticket is applied and the merchandise han# Y such ,changes'and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit'and scope of the appended l claims.

I claim:

l. A pin ticketV including generally similarly shaped sections adapted to lie on opposite sides of a fabric and hingedly con nected at one edge, a double pointed pin carried .by one section adjacent the free edge of Lthe latter; an inwardly folding tab connected to the free'edge of the other section, said tab having' openings therein through which 3* the pins are adapted to pass after they have penetrated the fabric7 said tab-bearing section having slots therein aligned with the openings in the tab and of sufficient lengt-h to permit the pin ends to be bent back through the slots against the face of the tab through which the pins have passed, said slots being of general narrow elongated shape with their inner ends aligned with the openings in the tabs and their other ends extending in opposite directions toward the side edges of the slotted section.

2. A fastener for tickets, envelopes or the like including a pin bearing member and a flap member, a double pointed pin carried by the pin bearing member, an inwardly folding tab connected lo the free edge of the Hap member7 said tab having openings therein through which the pins are adapted to pass, said flap having slots therein aligned with the openings in the tab and of sutilcient length to permit the pin ends to be folded back through the slots against the face of the tab through which the pins have passed, said slots being of general narrow elongated shape with their inner ends aligned with the openings in the tabs and their other ends extending in opposite directions toward the side edges of the flap.

MENDEL RABINOWITZ.

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