US2546012A

US2546012A - Price ticket

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Publication number: US2546012A
Application number: US751375A
Authority: US
Inventors: Haddon S Owen
Original assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1947-05-29
Filing date: 1947-05-29
Publication date: 1951-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1968-03-20

Description

March 2o, 1951 H. s, OWEN 2,546,012

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Patented Mar. 20, 1951 PRICE TICKET HaddonS. Owen, Framingham,

Dennison Manufacturing Company,

ham, Mass., a corpora Mass., assigner to Framingtion of Massachusetts Application May 29, 1947, Serial No. 751,375

3 Claims.

and the like and more particularly to tickets which carry not only price marks and coded indicia giving a more or less comprehensive description and history of the merchandise, but also performations for facing, sorting and classifying the tickets for accounting and statistical purposes, the present application being a continuation-inpart of my co-pending application Serial No. 718,948 led December 28, 1946 now abandoned.

Heretofore, these tickets have been made in the form of one ticket divided into two narrow sections by a weakened line, each section carrying the aforesaid indicia, and one section alone carrying the sorting and classifying perforations adjacent the elongate edge opposite the weakened line, the other section having a space for use in attaching the ticket to a garment or the like. When the article is sold, the one section is detached for transmission to the merchandise oilice and accounting department for facing, sorting and ling, to the garment. Because this type of ticket is often associated with small articles of merchandise, the size of the ticket is normally restricted and the principal disadvantages of theabovedescribed tickets follow from the resulting restricted size of the ticket sections. Not only is the detached section of inconvenient size to handle in the facing, sorting and filing operations, but the sorting and classifying perforations must of necessity be inconveniently small and only one edge of the section may be utilized for sorting and classifying perforations without danger of seriously weakening the section.

Objects of the present invention are to provide price tickets of the character described which eliminate the above disadvantage, which are of convenient size for handling in the facing, sorting and classifying operations, which provide adequate space for classifying and sorting'perforations of convenient size without detracting from the strength and durability of the ticket, and which make possible easy and inexpensiveduplication of each ticket for record purposes, Other objects of the invention are to provide price tickets of the character described which are quickly and easily attached to an article of merchandise, which are conveniently and easily separated from one another when desired, which are of simple construction and inexpensive to the other section remaining attached,

manufacture, and which are pleasing in appearance.

l In one aspect, the present invention involves .a

, 2 i ticket pad comprising a plurality of superposed tickets interconnected at one end, certain of the tickets having a weakened line spaced inwardly from their connected end and extending transversely of the ticket from one edge to a point spaced inwardly from the opposite edge and having a cut extending obliquely away from the connected end from said point toward the opposite edge of the ticket, and meansat the connected ends of the tickets for attaching the pad to an article of merchandise whereby certain of the tickets may be detached fromthe pad along the weakenedlines and cuts while leaving other of the tickets attached to the merchandise. While the cut may extend obliquely away from the connected end from said point toward and into communication with the opposite edge of the ticket, in this invention the out may extend approximately to but terminate short of said opposite edge thereby to eliminate any tab point at the edge of the ticket which might tend to catch on clothing or the like and become bent and unsightly and to impart strength and rigidity to the ticket adjacent its weakenedportion.

In another aspect the invention involves a price ticket pad comprising a plurality of superposed tickets interconnected at one "end, certain of the tickets having a weakened line spaced inwardly from their connected end` and extending transversely of the ticket from one edge to a point spaced inwardly from the opposite edge and having a cut extending obliquely away from theA connected end from said point toward the opposite edge of the ticket, a perforation spaced inwardly of and adjacent the weakened line and the one. edge of the ticket and a perforation at each' corner of the opposite end of the ticket for aligning the ticket with other similar tickets,` each of the tickets having a row of coded perforations adjacent to and extending along each of their edges for sorting purposesV and means at the connected end of the tickets for attaching the pady to an article of merchandise.

In a preferred aspect the tickets are long and tickets may have narrow and certain of the perforation spaced inwardly of and adjacent the, weakened line and the one elongate edgeand perforation at each corner 'of the opposite end of the ticket for aligning the ticket with other,v

similar tickets, each of the tickets having a row of coded perforations extending lengthwise of the ticket and adjacent each of the elongate edges for sorting purposes and having a long narrow zone intermediate the rows of coded perforations for rows of identification indicia extending According to well known practice, selected openings are extended out to the edge of the ticket by notching the margin of the ticket, the selected openings corresponding to characteristics of the article. It is to be noted that in the modied embodiment of Fig. 6, the opening It nearest to the connected end `of ticket 2 is spaced a suicient distance lengthwise of the ticket from the extended end of the cut I9 and from the narrow portion I4 to permit the opening to be notched without the notch in any way communicating with said cut or narrow portion i4. Then, after the tickets have been stacked and faced as aforesaid, all tickets of like characteristics may be separated by needles inserted through the openings I5 and I6 in a well known manner.

Extending lengthwise of each ticket and intermediate the rows of openings I5 and I6 are rows I 3 and I9 of suitable indicia giving in code a comprehensive Ydescription of the merchandise. Intermediate the row of openings I5 and row of indicia I8 of the ticket I, there is provided a narrow Zone 2l] for the store name extending lengthwise of the ticket, and intermediate the row of openings i6 and row of indicia I9 of the same ticket is a similar narrow zone 2l for advertising indicia extending lengthwise of the ticket.

Price marks 22 are printed transversely across the opposite end of each ticket between the openings I2 and I3 and enough blank space is left to print additional price marks inwardly of the marks 22 when an article is re-priced.

From the foregoing it is evident that in use each of the tickets is printed with the price marks 22, the rows of indicia I3 and I9, the store name 2i), and the advertising indicia 2I, as desired. The rows of openings are notched for the selected classification of the article in a well-known manner as, for example, in the illustration of Figs. 1 and 2, the classification selected is 951,726. It is to be noted that the notching of one ticket causes a corresponding notch to be made on the other ticket, so that the classincation of ticket I is an exact duplicate record of the classication of ticket 2. The ticket pad is then attached to the appropriate article of merchandise by means of the string 5. When the garment is sold, the ticket 2 is detached from the pad, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and is stacked with other similar tickets 2 for facing and sorting, as above described. The ticket I remains on the article and serves as a complete record of the article in case it is lost or mislaid in shipment or is returned for credit.

While in a typical embodiment as herein described the printed matter appearing on ticket 2 is illustrated as printed on the rear face thereof, it is to be understood that. the invention is not to be so limited and that by the simple expedient of interposing a one-time carbon between the rear face of ticket I and the front face of ticket 2, the printing of both tickets may be accomplished simultaneously by the printing of the front face of ticket I.

1t is further to be understood that the invention is not limited to a pad of two tickets and that a plurality of detachable tickets 2 may be interconnected to the pad at one end in a similar manner to the interconnection of ticket 2 of the typical embodiment above described, the printing of the additional tickets v2 being accomplished as above described with the use of interposed carbon sheets.

Further, it should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that the invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: l

1. A price tag comprising a pair of superposed price tickets interconnected at one end, one ticket having a weakened line spaced inwardly from. its connected end for separating said ticket into a stub and main section, the weakened line extending transversely of the ticket from one edge to a point spaced inwardly of the opposite edge and thence extending obliquely across the adjacent corner of the main section toward said opposite edge of the ticket whereby when the main section is detached from the stub along the weakened line it has a cut-off corner for facing purposes, means at the connected end of the tickets for attaching the connected tickets to an article of merchandise whereby when the main section of the said one ticket is detached along the weakened line for facing and sorting purposes the other ticket remains vattached to the merchandise, said main section having a perforation in each of the remaining corners for facing purposes, and each of the tickets having a space intermediate their edges for rows of printed identification indicia, said main section having a row of coded perforations, corresponding in part to said printed identification indicia, extending along and adjacent each of its edges, the corresponding portion of the other ticket having corresponding rows of coded perforations in registry with the coded perforations of said main seotion, whereby opportunity is afforded for utilizing each of the edges of the main section of the said one ticket and the corresponding edges of the other ticket for said coded perforations and insuring that the corresponding edges of the other ticket become a facsimile of the main section of the said one ticket.

2. A price tag comprising a pair of superposed price tickets interconnected at one end, one ticket having a weakened line spaced inwardly from its connected end for separating said ticket into a stub and main section, th weakened line extending transversely of the ticket from one edge to a point spaced inwardly of'the opposite edge and thence extending obliquely across the adjacent corner of the main section toward said opposite edge ofthe ticket whereby when the main section is detached from the stub along the weakened'line it has a cut-off corner for facing purposes, the other ticket extending continuously across said oblique line,'means at the connected end of the tickets for attaching the connected tickets to an article of merchandise whereby when the main section of the said one ticket is detached along the weakened line for facing and sorting purposes the other ticket remains attached to the merchandise, said main section having a perforation in each of the remaining corners for facing purposes, and each of the tickets having a space intermediate theirV edges for rows of printed identification indicia, said main section having a row of coded perforations, corresponding in part to said printed identication indicia, extending along and adjacent each of its edges, the corresponding portion of the other ticket having corresponding rows of coded perforations in registry with the coded perforations of said main section, whereby opportunity is aorded for utilizing each of the edges of said main section of the said one ticket and the corresponding edges of the other ticket for said coded perforations and insuring that the 7, corresponding.' edges of they other ticket become a facsimile of the main section of the said one ticket.

3. A price tag comprising a pair of superposed price tickets interconnected at one end, one ticket having a weakened line spaced inwardly from its connected end for separating said ticket into a stub and main section, the weakened line extending transversely of the ticket from one edge to a point spaced inwardly of the opposite edge and thence extending obliquely across the adjacent corner of the main section toward but terminating short of said opposite edge of the ticket whereby when the main section is detached from the stub along the weakened line it has a cut-off corner for facing purposes, means at the connected end of the tickets for attaching the connected tickets to an article of merchandise whereby when the main section of the said one ticket is detached along the weakened line for facing and sorting purposes the other ticket remains attached to the merchandise, said main section having a perforation in each of the remaining corners for facing purposes, and each of the tickets having a space intermediate their edges for rows of printed identification indicia, said main section having a row of coded perfora- 8, tions, corresponding inpart to said printed identifcation indicia, extending along. and adjacent each of. its edges, the corresponding portion of the other ticket having corresponding rows of coded perforations inregistry with the coded perforations of said main section, whereby opportunity is aiorded for utilizing each ofY the edges of the main sectionY of the said one ticket and the corresponding edges of the other ticket for said coded perforations and insuring that the corresponding edges of the other ticket become a facsimile of the main section of the said one ticket.

HADDON S. OWEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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