Luggage tag and method

• US 5,381,617 A
• Filed: 09/28/1993
• Issued: 01/17/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Schwartztol, Secundino Ferreiro
• Original Assignee: Robert Schwartztol, Secundino Ferreiro
• Inventors: Schwartztol, Robert, Ferreiro, SecunDino
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE
• Application Number:
  US08/127,768
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 40/6, 40/633, 40/665, 40/299, 40/304, 40/302, 283/86, 283/81
• US Class Current: 40/6
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0254 Luggage tag
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/14 by strings, straps, chains, or wires

Abstract

Disclosed is a luggage tag cutout of a blank board, usually in groups, in which each tag has a display plate, the reverse side of which is an identification plate (ID plate) and a strap extends longitudinally from the plate which can be looped around the handle or other extension of the luggage and then pass through a slot in the plates and secured to a locking assembly at the strap end of the plates after being passed through the plate and then adhesively secured to the locking assembly and ultimately secured in place by means of locking ears which are adhesively coated on one side to fold over the lower portion of the strap and secure the luggage plate to the appropriate piece of luggage is disclosed.

Claims

1. A luggage tag comprising, in combination,

a plate portion formed from a blank of material having two sides,

a strap receiving means at one end of the plate portion,

a strap extending from the plate to a remote end a distance of at least the length of the plate,

said strap having a locking assembly adjacent the plate portion to which adhesive has been applied, and including a pair of opposed folding tabs to which adhesive is applied which may be reversely folded,

and a tab end portion on the remote end of the strap for reversely looping the strap passing through the strap receiving means and thereafter being secured to the adhesive on the locking assembly between the opposed folding tabs and the folding tabs reversely folded to secure the tab end portion thereby defining a loop of the strap which encircles a member to which the tag is to be secured.

2. In the luggage tag of claim 1,

strap stops formed by opposed relieved areas between the strap and the strap remote end to assist in spacing the strap remote end on the adhesive applied portion of the locking assembly when the tag is secured to another member.

3. In the luggage tag of claim 1,

a removably secured adhesive shield supplied atop the adhesive applied portion of the locking assembly.

4. The method of securing a luggage tag to a member of luggage, which luggage tag includes a plate, a strap, and a locking means intermediate the strap and the plate, and in which the plate has a slot for receiving the strap, and the locking means has a shield over an adhesive portion, which adhesive portion includes a body and a pair of opposed tabs, comprising the steps of:

removing the shield;

passing the strap around a member on the luggage and then through the plate slot on the plate and reversely folding the strap upwardly to where the strap tab overlies the adhesive portion of the locking means,

securing said end to the adhesive portion of the locking means,

and reversely folding the tabs over the strap to thereby secure the entire luggage tag to a member on the luggage.

5. In the method of claim 4 above,

applying color coded indicia to the plate coordinating with a position in a vessel where the luggage is intended to be.