US2915177A

US2915177A - String tags

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Publication number: US2915177A
Application number: US693606A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl A Flood
Original assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1957-10-31
Filing date: 1957-10-31
Publication date: 1959-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1976-12-01

Description

C. A. FLOOD Dec. 1, 1959 STRING TAGS Filed 001;. 31, 1957 INVENTOR. 6dr! vii land United States Patent STRING TAGS Carl A. Flood, 'Framingham, Mass., assign'or to Dennison Manufacturing Company, Framingham, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application October 31, 1957, Serial No. 693,606

2 Claims. (Cl. 206-56) This invention relates to the art of tags or tickets which are attached to merchandise or other articles by means of a string, usually in the form of a loop, having at one or both ends a tag device such as a price tag, or a bar or button to attach the string to a tag or other article, as disclosed in my copending application Ser. No. 404,645, filed January 18, 1954, of which this is a continuation-in-part. Inasmuch as the tag devices are usual- 1y very small they are difiicult to handle, particularly when inserting them through fabric, openings in tickets and the like. When the device is in the form of a bar as disclosed in my prior Patent 2,063,155 and the aforesaid application, the bar is usually threaded through the fabric or ticket opening or both by means of a needle device such as disclosed in the aforesaid application and my Patent 2,069,878.

Objects of the present invention are to expedite the shipment and use of string tags, to facilitate the printing and punching of such tags, to expedite the attachment of the strings to tag devices such as price tags, bars or buttons, and generally to improve the art of string tags.

According to this invention a plurality of tag strings are grouped together in a row with portions of the strings in parallel juxtaposition and with a tag device on one end of each string, and a strip of adhesive material extends along the row in detachable contact with the parallel portions of the strings, these portions being spaced from the tag devices to provide short lengths of strings which can be flexed, so that each device may be manipulated independently of the other devices before its string is detached from the strip. The aforesaid device may comprise atag or a tag-attacher of any suitable type, as for example the bar B or the button 0 of the aforesaid application. Preferably each string has a tag on one end and a tag-attacher on the other end. In the preferred embodiment each string is in the form of a loop and each side of each loop is secured to the strip of adhesive material. Preferably the tags are arranged in groups, each group comprising a predetermined number of strings and the groups are spaced apart lengthwise of the tape so that the tape may be severed between groups to dispense predetermined numbers of tag strings without counting the strings.

For the purpose of illustration a typical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view of two groups mounted on adhesive tape;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the tape and one string; and

2,915,177. Patented Dec. 1, 1959 ICC Fig. 3 is a side view of one string with a tag-attaching device on each end.

The particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of illustration comprises a plurality of tag strings 1 arranged in groups of twenty-five each, each group having portions 2 arranged in parallel juxtaposition and secured to adhesive tape 3 which is preferably of the pressure-sensitive type permitting each string to be peeled off the tape for use in attaching a tag to fabric or the like. As shown the tape has a transverse row of perforations between each two adjacent groups to facilitate the separation of the groups. However it will be understood of course that when the groups are thus separated the tapes may be readily separated without providing perforations. Mounted on one end of each string loop is a bar B and on the other end a button O, the bars and buttons preferably being constructed as disclosed in the aforesaid application.

In use the bar B at one end of a group of strings is threaded first through the eye of a ticket and then through the fabric or other merchandise to attach the ticket to the merchandise. To thus thread the bar through the ticket and fabric it is preferably inserted in a needle as disclosed in the aforesaid application. When employing a needle the string is preferably detached from the tape after the bar has been inserted in the needle and before the needle is passed through the ticket and fabric. After the bar has been passed through the fabric the needle is withdrawn, leaving the bar seated flatwise against the far side of the fabric. By thus attaching the tickets they may be printed or punched or both before they are connected to the strings, thereby greatly facilitating the printing and punching operations.

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

I claim:

1. For attaching tags to articles, a plurality of elongate string loops with corresponding portions of the loops in parallel juxtaposition, tag-attaching devices se cured to corresponding ends of the loops respectively, and a strip of material adhesively joined to said parallel portions, the strip being joined to both sides of each loop close to said ends so that the short lengths of the loops between the strip and devices hold the devices up in position to be grasped individually without tangling.

2. For attaching tags to articles, a plurality of groups of elongate string loops with corresponding portions of the loops in parallel juxtaposition, tag-attaching de vices secured to corresponding ends of the loops respectively, and a strip of material adhesively joined to said parallel portions, the strip being joined to both sides of each loop close to said ends so that the short lengths of the loops between the strip and devices hold the devices up in position to be grasped individually without tangling, said groups being spaced apart so that the strip may be severed between the groups.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,886,842 Shaw Nov. 8, 1932 2,063,155 Flood Dec. 8, 1936 2,379,934 Seiferth July 10, 1945