US1181903A - Pin-tag. - Google Patents

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PIN TAG.

APPLICATION EILED Nov. I5, 191.5.

'PiIIenIed May 2,1916.

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PIN TAG.l APPLICATION FILED NOV. l5. |915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

'WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.,`ASSIGI\TOR OF ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM Gr. IDUNHAIVI, OF 'MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

:PIN-TAG'.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

To all whom t may concern VBe it known that I, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, a citizen of the' United States, residing at New York, in the county of the Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Tags; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

vThis invention relates to improvements in tags or tickets, particularly designed for use on merchandise to receive descriptive letters, numerals, or marks indicative of the quality or price of the article to which the tag is applied, and which .are commonly termed pin tickets or tags.

The object of the invention is to provide a tag of this character so constructed that when applied7 it will be securely locked to 'the article and the pin point protected against accidental penetration of adjacent objects.

Vith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a plan view ofone form of the tag showing it attached; Fig. 2 is a longi-` tudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is .a detail perspective View of the ticket detached; Fig. 4 is a plan View of a ticket showing a slightly different arrangement of the attaching pin; Fig. 5 is a longi tudinal section taken on the line 5-5 of` Fig.

4; Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the ticket detached; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a ticket showing another form of applying the pin thereto; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the pin shown in Fig. 7 detached; Fig. 9

' is a plan view of another form of tag showing it applied to the goods; Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section taken on the Iline 10-10 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing this form of tag arranged in a strip such as is used for feeding through a machine; Fig. 12 is an inverted perspective view; and Fig. 13 is a transverse section taken onthe line 13-13 of Fig. 9.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, a ticket or tag 1 is shown which may be composed of any suitable material preferably of cardboard, and of any desired size, said ticket being provided at one edge with an inwardly extending straight walled slit 2 the walls of which are parallel and which have the appearance of a single line owing to the fact that the Walls thereof normally contact and thereby prevent the free ends of said walls from engaging adjacent objects, such as would be liable to tear 0H" one of said walls and release the ticket. This ticket l is designed for containing indicating marks according to the use for which it is designed.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a pin 3 has one end extended through the ticket 1 and bent toward the slit edge of the ticket and disposed fiat against the face of the ticketon the side opposite that which is engaged by the body portion of the pin. This bent ticket penetrating end 4 may be of anyv desired length, and when applied, is arranged substantially parallel with the body portion thereof. The pointed end 5 of the pin projects beyond the slit edge of the ticket 1 a sufficient distance to adapt it to be bent inwardly and clamped against the face of the ticket on the side opposite that which carries the body portion of the pin. This pointed end 5 is of a length suiicient to adapt it to be inserted in the slit 2 and bent with the bent portion thereof interlockingly engaging said slit, whereby the pin and ticket are held in locked engagement against lateral movement by the straight parallel walls of the slit, the pointed end of the pin being extended inwardly and disposed flat against the face of the ticket adjacent the terminal of the bent end 4 of the pin. I

`From the above description, it will be obvious that in the use of this ticket formed j its point arranged as above described, whereby an article engaging loop 6 is formed on the rear face of the ticket which securely connects the ticket to the goods.

In the form shown in Figs. 4L to 6, ther-pin 3VV has one end 4 extended through the v ticketl and bent flat against the opposed face thereof. The pin is then again inserted through the ticket at a point 7, forming a clamping loop S on the side of the ticket `opposite to. that on which the end 4cy is disposed. This pin, at its second point of passage through the ticket is'oflset as shown Y at 9, and the body portion thereofextended toward the -slitfedge'v of the ticket with its pointed end projecting beyond 'said edge,

' similar to the deviceV above described and yshown in Figs.` 1 to 3. The pointed end of this 'fpin 3 is then bent inwardly through the slit 2 in theticket, with its terminal dis-` posed adjacent to the offset "portion 9 thereof. This, it isof course understood, is done ,y after the kpin yhas been passed through the article to which the ticketli's to be, attached,

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theAloop formed between the bent fportion of the pin and the offset portion 9 thereof being designed to connect the ticket to the In the Vform shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the ticket l'1 is'the same as that shown in the other figures, but the pin 10A is shown differently/k connected therewith. Thispin 10 is shown T`shaped with the head'formed by Y) ticket, thereby Ypositioning vthe other side l `4bending one end of the pin into an elon- 'gatedfloop 11,the side member 12 of `which is engaged with one face of the ticket 1, and the 'ends thereof Aextending through the member 13 off the loopon the opposed face ofv the ticket. This loop-shaped head is formed by bending the wire from which the Y pinfi's constructed laterally at right angles tothepin, theninwardlyfin a plane parallel withthe right angular portion and extending itbeyond the opposite side ofthe pin, andthenbending its terminal inwardly and positioningl itladjacent to and in alinement j with the right angular portion. The shank i member 12 of the loop 11 and isv'protected thereby against accidental engagement with adjacent objects. l

From the above description, 1t will be vseen that'this' ticket, while simple in construc- A tion, may bejreliably connected and locked to thenarticle' towhich it islto be applied, by

means of the interlocking` engagement of the pin with the slit 2 of the ticket.

In the form shown in Figs. 9 to 13, the tickets 15 are shown connected in the forni of a strip designed to be fed through a machine for printing symbols or price marks thereon. Each of these tickets 15 is constructed exactly the same as those shown in the other figures except that at the inner end of the slit 2 which is formed in one end thereof and the walls of which normally contact, is an aperture 16, here shown'round, although obviously it may be of any other desired shape. This aperture 16 is designed to perform the doublefnnction of a locklfor the pin and as a guide for the feeding mechanism when the strip is fed through a printing machine. After the pin is inserted through the slitand bent linto engagement with the' ticket at the side of the aperture 16 opposite the slit 2', the walls of this slit will return to contacting closed position and prevent all possibility of the ticket slipping 0H the merchandise or of the goods being pulled around over the pin, or of the walls ofthe lslit being engaged with surrounding objects.

Tny the'use of the tickets :shown in Figs. 9 to 13,V it is ofcourse understood that the tickets lare separated individually from the strip and the pin lOithereof which is exactly like the pin lll-shown in Figs. 7 and 8,',is passed through thematerial of the article to which thetag is to be applied, and'said pin isthen bent inwardly through the slit 2 acrossthe aperture 16, and into engagement with'the outer face oftheftag, as is shown clearly in Fig. 9, the bent portion of said pin engaging the inner wall of the opening, and by means kof which lthe pin is heldl against lateral movement.

Y Iv'claim as` my invention:

1. A Vpin tag comprisinga ticket having. a pin 'fixed at one end-thereto with its point projecting beyond one edge of the tag, said edgehaving a. slit formed therein and disposed under Vsaid pin to adapt the point thereof toentertherethrough when bentinwardly,1theouter ends of the walls of said slit beingparallel and normally contacting to provide a smooth unindented edge through whichsaid slit extends topreyent engagement of the walls of said slit with adjacent objects.

2. Apin tag comprising a ticket having a slit extending inwardly from one edge thereof, ya T-shaped pin formed from a single piece of wire, the head thereof being engaged with said ticket and extending in a plane at right angles to said slit, saidihead comprising alined loops extending laterally at right angles on opposite sides of the pin shank, 1 the side members of one loop being in longitudinal alinement with those of the other and spaced apart a distance Substan- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tially equal to the thickness of the ticket to my hand in presence of two subscribing Witbe clamped between them, and one side nesses.

member of each loop arranged on one face WILLAM LXVINGSTUN. 5 0f said ticket and the other on the opposite itnesses:

face thereof, the shank of said pin being ar- Lome BRILL,

ranged in alinement With said slit. (l1-IAS. FORBERT.

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