Locking tag for banded merchandise
US5697177A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F3/14
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The locking tag for fastening to band material on merchandise is made of sheet material having an information part and a header part united together. The information part is for printed matter, which may include a scannable product identification marking. The header part has an open mouth in its outer perimeter edge and a holding orifice inwardly spaced from the open mouth. A slit entry channel extends from the open mouth along a line terminating as a slit entrance into the orifice. Fingers on opposite sides of the entry channel extend in opposite directions. One finger is an elongated hooking finger, and the other finger is a camming finger having a camming surface and a terminal hook lock at the entrance of the entry channel into the orifice. A band material in the holding orifice is substantially irreversibly locked in the orifice. The elongated hooking finger is easily latched over a section of band material to cause movement of the band material along the camming surface into the holding orifice with one sweeping hand movement.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.