Baggage tag and method for using baggage tag

• US 20040262404A1
• Filed: 03/01/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OJI Paper Company Limited (Oji Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: OJI Paper Company Limited (Oji Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Koga, Yasuji, Fujiki, Yasutake
• Granted Patent: US 7,063,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/488
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/42 Devices for identifying luggage; Means for attaching same
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/10 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/368 Arrangements or installations for routing, distributing or loading baggage
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07728 the record carrier comprising means for protection against impact or bending, e.g. protective shells or stress-absorbing layers around the integrated circuit
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0254 Luggage tag

Abstract

A baggage tag in which a recording layer is formed on one side of a laminate, a circuit element is placed on the side opposite to the recording layer of the laminate, the laminate is a laminate of a paper sheet and a plastic film. The Clark degree of the laminate including the record layer in the recording direction, prescribed by JIS P8143, is 50 to 200. Therefore, the baggage tag is substantially free from problems due to defective printing and is free from the danger that the circuit element will come off and the baggage tag will be pulled off during the transport of the baggage.

Claims

1. A baggage tag, comprising:

a laminate in which a recording paper and a plastic film are laminated; and

a circuit element disposed at the plastic film side of the laminate, wherein

the Clark degree of the laminate in a recording direction of the recording paper, prescribed by JIS P8143, is 50-200.

2. A baggage tag according to claim 1, wherein the laminate, an adhesive layer, and a backside protection sheet are laminated in this order,

the circuit element is held between the laminate and the backside protection sheet, and

at least a predetermined portion of the backside protection sheet is made peelable.

3. A baggage tag according to claim 1, wherein the recording paper includes a paper layer, and a contact-record type recording layer which is formed on the paper layer.

4. A baggage tag according to claim 3, wherein the recording layer is a thermal recording layer.

5. A baggage tag according to claim 3, wherein a protection layer is provided on the recording layer.

6. A baggage tag according to claim 5, wherein the protective layer includes polyvinyl alcohol and/or colorant.

7. A baggage tag according to claim 1, wherein the plastic film is a polypropylene film.

8. A baggage tag according to claim 1, wherein the recording paper and the plastic film of the laminate are bonded to each other via a binder.

9. A baggage tag according to claim 8, wherein the binder is a dry-laminate type binder.

10. A baggage tag according to claim 1, wherein bar code recording is made on the recording paper.

11. A baggage tag according to claim 1, wherein record is made on the recording paper, and at least a part of the recording is made in a portion superimposed with the circuit element viewed from the top of the tag.

12. A method for using the baggage tag of claim 1, comprising the step of:

making the tag in a loop shape to attach to a baggage.