Beverage identification tags for cup handles
US5261176A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F3/00
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed tag system is comprised of a plurality of split ring tags, each defining a substantially enclosed opening larger than the cross section of the handle of a container, such as a coffee cup intended for holding a customer's beverage. Each tag has sufficient stiffness to normally retain its opposed end edges aligned, maintaining a gap therebetween smaller than the handle cross section. Each tag is resilient and has a shape memory, to allow manual tag flexing so as to allow any specific tag to be fitted onto or remove it from the container handle. The system provides that the tags are visually distinct, allowing a coded identification between specific tags and beverages and the visual identification of the beverage in or intended for a tagged container corresponding to the tag thereon.
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