US1854149A - Price tag - Google Patents

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April 1932B F. w. LAENCHER 1,854,149

PRICE TAG Filed Aug. 19, 1951 INVENTOR- TORNEY- Patented Apr. 12, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK W. LAENQHER, OF ELMHURST, YORK, ASSIGNOR TO A. KIMBALL GOM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK PRICE TAG Application filed August 19, 1931. Serial No. 557,961.

This invention relates to price tags for merchandise.

It is an object of the invention to provide a price tag which may be securely attached to articles of merchandise without the use of metal attaching devices such as pins or staples, and without likelihood of damage to delicate fabrics such as silk hose, for example.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a'plan view of a strip of price ta 5.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are similar sectional views showing the method of attaching the tag to the goods.

Figures 6 and 7 are front and rear views, respectively, showing the tag attached to the goods.-

The price tag 1 is preferably formed of a single thickness of relatively stiff paper or cardboard cut to the desired shape and' slze. The tags may be formed singly, or if desired, may be made in strips as illustrated in Figure 1, for convenience in printing the tags in marking machines.

For purposes of attaching the price tag to the goods, a tab 2 is provided, which, as illustrated, lies entirely within the marginal edge of the tag.

The tab is preferably formed integrally with the body of the tag, and may be formed by cutting-the tag stock at the same time the tags or tag strips themselves are cut. Preferably the tab is so formed that two of its edges 3 and 4 are spaced from the adjacent edges 5 and 6 of the tag body so as to provide slots or spaces 7 therebetween for the reception of the goods to be tagged. The third edge 8 of the tab, however, should closely abut the adjacent edge 9 of the tag, so, that when the goods are placed between the tab and tag body, as hereinafter explained, there is substantial resistance to movement of the tab through the plane of. the tag body.

Preferably the abutting edges of the tab and tag are provided with mating irregularities such as saw teeth which aid in providing the desired gripping action and help to prevent accidental loosening of the tags from the goods to which they have been attached.

If desired the upper ends of the slots 7 may terminate in circular apertures 10 which tend to prevent tearingof'the tag when the tab is bent in gripping the-goods, as might otherwise occur if the slots were left with square corners. They also provide additional space for the easy reception of the goods to be gripped.

These price tags may be used on many classes of merchandise where it is undesirable to use a metal pin or staple because of the danger of injuring the goods. For example, they have been found to be par'ticularly useful in marking silk hose.

When using the tags, the tab is pushed out of the plane of the body of the tag, as illustrated in Figure 3, so as to permit the goods to be inserted between the tab and the tag body as illustrated in Figure 4. As will be understood, because of the provision of the slots or spaces 7 between the side edges of the tab and the adjacent edges of the tag-body, it is easy to insert the goods so that the tab may grip the goods well below the edge which is inserted. As soon as the goods are thus gripped, the tab is bent in an opposite direction, as illustrated in Figure 5. and is forced to pass through the plane of the tag body to the opposite side thereof, so that the goods are gripped securely between the edge 8 of the tab and the abutting edge 9 of the tag body. tag can only be removed from the goods by vpressing on the tag to force it back through the plane of the tag body. Any pull on the goods which are gripped merely serves to wedge the abutting edges of tab and tag more tighzly together to prevent removal of the '00 s.

b It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified and embodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A price tag having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginal edge of the tag,

The V i the said tab havin threeedges two of said from the ad acent edges of the tag body, so as to form open spaces edges being space therebetween, and a third edge abutting closely the adjacent edge of the tag body.

2. A price tag having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginal edge of the tag,

the said tab having three edges two of said edges being spaced from the adjacent edges of the tag body, so as to form 0 en spaces therebetween, and a third edge 0 irregular shape abutting closely the mating adjacent irregular shaped edge of the tag body.

3. A price tag having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginal edge of the tag, the said tab having three edges, two of said edges being spaced from the adjacent edges of the tag body, so as to form open spaces therebetween, and a third edge of saw tooth shape abuttin closely a mating saw tooth edge of the tag ody.

4. A price tag formed of a single thickness of paper stock having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginal edge of the tag, said tab having three edges, two of said edges being s aced from the adjacent edges of the tag b0 y, so as to form open spaces therebe-.

tween, and a third edge abutting closely the adjacent edge of the tag body, so that there is substantial resistance to movement of the tab through the plane of the tag body whenever fabrics are engaged between the tab and tag body.

5. A price tag having a tab formed. therein entirely within the marginal edge of the tag, said tab being spaced from the body of the tag along two symmetrically disposed portions of its periphery but abutting closely the body of the tag along the remainder of its periphery.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 17th day of August, 1931.

FREDERICK W. LAENCHER.

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