Luggage identification tag

• US 6,671,987 B1
• Filed: 02/17/2000
• Issued: 01/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tumi Incorporated (Tumi Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tumi Incorporated (Tumi Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fenton, Timm
• Primary Examiner(s): DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE
• Application Number:
  US09/506,666
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 406/36, 406/46, 406/611.2, 406/63, 406/64, 406/65
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/20 for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels

Abstract

A luggage identification tag has an envelope having a front wall member and a rear wall member, the wall members being of a sheet material and being joined along opposite side edges and one end edge so as to enable the envelope to receive and hold an identification card. The front wall member has a hole through which a color card received in the envelope between the identification card and the front wall member is visible. The particular color card in the envelope is selected by a user from several color cards of different colors that are furnished with the identification tag by the supplier of the luggage. A tether joined to the envelope enables the envelope to be fastened to an item of luggage.

Claims

1. A luggage identification tag, comprising

an envelope having a front wall member and a rear wall member, the wall members being of a sheet material and being joined along opposite side edges and one end edge so as to enable the envelope to receive and hold an identification card and the front wall member having a hole;

a grommet received in the hole;

a color card of a color or colors selected by a user received in the envelope between the identification card and the front wall member so that the selected color card is visible through the hole; and

a tether joined to the envelope and adapted to be fastened to an item of luggage.

2. The luggage identification tag according to claim 1, wherein the grommet includes a plate portion extending from the hole and fastened to the tether.

3. A luggage identification tag system, comprising

an envelope having a front wall member and a rear wall member, the wall members being of a sheet material and being joined along opposite side edges and one end edge so as to enable the envelope to receive and hold an identification card and the front wall member having a hole;

a plurality of color cards of different colors, each shaped and sized to be received in the envelope between the identification card and the front wall member so that a color card selected by a user is visible through the hole;

each of the color cards having at least one first color on one side and at least one second color different from the first color on the other side; and

a tether joined to the envelope and adapted to be fastened to an item of luggage.

4. The luggage identification tag system according to claim 3, wherein each of the color cards has two different first colors on one side and at least two second colors different from the first colors on the other side so that two colors are visible through the hole.

5. A luggage identification tag system, comprising

an envelope having a front wall member and a rear wall member, the wall members being of a sheet material and being joined along opposite side edges and one end edge so as to enable the envelope to receive and hold an identification card and the front wall member having a hole;

a grommet received in the hole;

a plurality of color cards of different colors, each shaped and sized to be received in the envelope between the identification card and the front wall member so that a color card selected by a user is visible through the hole, and

a tether joined to the envelope and adapted to be fastened to an item of luggage.

6. The luggage identification tag system according to claim 5, wherein the grommet includes a plate portion extending from the hole and fastened to the tether.

7. A luggage identification tag, comprising

an envelope having a front wall member and a rear wall member, the wall members being of a sheet material and being joined along opposite side edges and one end edge so as to enable the envelope to receive and hold an identification card and the front wall member having a hole;

a plurality of color cards of different colors, each shaped and sized to be received in the envelope between the identification card and the front wall member so that a color card selected by a user is visible through the hole;

the rear wall member having a window through which the identification card can be viewed; and

a tether joined to the envelope and adapted to be fastened to an item of luggage.

8. The luggage identification tag system according to claim 7, wherein the rear wall member has a flap that covers the window and that can be folded back to enable an observer to view the identification card.

9. A luggage identification tag, comprising

an envelope having a front wall member and a rear wall member, the wall members being of a sheet material and being joined along opposite side edges and one end edge so as to enable the envelope to receive and hold an identification card and the front wall member having a hole;

the rear wall member having a window through which the identification card can be viewed and a flap that covers the window that can be folded back to enable an observer to view the identification card;

a color card of a color or colors selected by a user received in the envelope between the identification card and the front wall member so that the selected color card is visible through the hole; and

a tether joined to the envelope and adapted to be fastened to an item of luggage.

10. The luggage identification tag according to claim 9, further comprising a releasable fastener securing the flap in covering relation to the window.