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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1996
Lloyd Tinklenberg, Worthington, MN (US);
John B Linquist, Sibley, IA (US);
Gary L Lowe, Worthington, MN (US);
Bedford Industries, Inc., Worthington, MN (US);
Abstract
The marking tag for banded merchandise has a resilient flat sheet with printed matter on at least one surface and an outer perimeter defining the outer limits of the body. Entirely within the outer perimeter is a pair of openings in spaced relationship and a slit connecting the pair of openings and forming a resilient bluntly pointed tongue in the body. The tongue has opposing straight side portions in an angular relationship greater than 40 degrees and less than 80 degrees and the opposing sides converge toward each other and are conjoined at the bluntly pointed tip. The bluntly pointed tongue is easily temporarily deflected from the plane of the body by finger pressure to readily insert the tip underneath a band about banded merchandise and slide the tongue fully under the band to seat the band in the pair of openings. The tag is thus placed in a substantially flush condition against the banded merchandise.