US478185A

US478185A - Thomas c

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Publication number: US478185A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-07-05
Anticipated expiration: 1909-07-05

Description

(No Model.)

T. C. BARNUM.

TAG.

No. 478,185. Patented July 5, 1892..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. BARNUM, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,185, dated July 5, 1892.

Application filed July 6, 1891. Serial No. 398,576. (No model.)

. citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Tag, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in tags for marking trees and for other like purposes.

The object of my improvement is to provide a tag which is adapted t0 be secured to the limb of a tree or like object Without the use of strings, wires, or like attaching devices.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a plan of the blank from which the tag is formed when cut to shape preparatory to being folded. Fig. 2 is a plan of the complete tag. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 illustrate the manner in which the tag is applied to the limb of the tree, being, respectively, a side elevation, a top view, and an edge view. Fig. 7 shows the tag in position on the limb of the tree. Fig. 8 is a plan of the tag having an auxiliary marking-strip attached thereto. Fig. 9 is an edge View of the same. Fig. lO is a plan of the auxiliary strip.

In the drawings, A designates an oblong strip of paper or light sheet metal having near each end a perforation F.

B and C are like notches cut in diagonallyopposite corners of the blank, and D D are slits cut from theinner corners of the notches to the perforations F F, respectively.

The blank having been cut in the manner above described and printed is folded upon itself lengthwise in such a manner that the holes F register with each other, and the notches B and C are covered on opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 2. The opposite parts, eX- cept those embraced between the notches B and C, are secured together by cement or inany other suitable manner, and the tagis then complete and ready for use. In applying the tag to a limb or to any other object not larger indiaineter than the holes F one of the notches B or C is brought opposite the limb, the limb resting against the exposed surface of the op posite fold and the overlapping parts G and I-I, which have not been fastened together, are then forced apart, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,

and the limb passes first into the.opposite notch and then down into the openings F. The parts G and H then close together and effectually prevent the accidental removal of the tag from the limb.

Inthe modification shown in Figs. 8, 9, and lO the blank is provided with a narrow slotI at the line of folding, (indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 1,) and a T-shaped strip J is thrust through this slot, and its arms are secured between the folds of the body of the tag, as clearly shown.

A tag is thus formed which may be cheaply made and is quickly applied without the use of strings or wires.

I claim as my inventionl. The above-described tag, consisting of an oblong strip of sheet material having near each end a perforation F, notches B and C, cut in the ends near diagonally-opposite corners, and slits D D, connecting said notches respectively with said perforations, said strip THOMAS O. BARNUM.

Witnesses:

H. P. Hoon, ABEL Hoon.