Vehicle locator and identification card

• US 7,249,432 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2004
• Issued: 07/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Marjen Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Marjen Incorporated
• Inventors: Lewis, Mark W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Silbermann; Joanne
• Application Number:
  US11/007,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20060117631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• Field of Search: 40/6, 403/30, 406/34, 406/74
• US Class Current: 40/673
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/04 to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion by a separate adhesive layer G09F3/10
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/10 by an adhesive layer

Abstract

A vehicle identification and locator card for vehicle parking and servicing establishments includes an upper portion made of paper board and a lower portion made of synthetic paper. An ignition key tag is die cut from the lower synthetic paper portion, which retains its strength when wet. The lower portion has a backing of a dry release laminate patch. The lower portion may be attached to the upper portion by an adhesive tape or it made be attached by having a part of the dry release laminate patch extend beyond the lower portion and beneath the upper portion.

Claims

1. A vehicle locator card, comprising:

an upper portion formed of a sheet of paperboard,

a lower portion formed of synthetic paper which retains it strength when wet and including cuts in said synthetic paper forming an arrow shaped key tag, said upper portion and said arrow shaped key tag carrying the same vehicle identification indicia,

a dry release laminate patch on one side of said lower portion covering one side of said key tag, said key tag being hand removable from said lower portion and said dry release laminate patch, and

a tape securing said lower portion to said upper portion in an end to end relationship.

2. The vehicle locator card of claim 1 wherein said arrow shaped key tag includes an arrow shaped head, a shank and a tail having a T-shaped slot formed by a channel parallel to said shank and a slit at the end of the channel nearest to said head for receiving said shank when said head is inserted through said channel.

3. The vehicle locator card of claim 2 wherein said channel is narrower than the width of said shank.

4. A vehicle locator card, comprising:

an upper portion formed of a sheet of paperboard,

a lower portion formed of synthetic paper which retains its strength when wet,

a tape securing said lower portion to said upper portion in an end to end relationship

a dry release laminate patch adhered on one side of said lower portion, said patch having a bottom plastic layer and a top plastic layer, an adhesive on top of said top plastic layer and a dry release adhesive between said top and bottom layers, and

die cuts through said lower portion and through said top layer of said patch forming a key tag, said key tag being hand removable from said lower portion and from said dry release laminate patch, said upper portion and said key tag carrying the same vehicle identification indicia.

5. The vehicle locator card of claim 4 wherein said die cuts form an arrow shaped key tag with an arrow shaped head, a shank and a tail having a T-shaped slot formed by a channel parallel to said shank and a slit at the end of said channel nearest to said head for receiving said shank when said head is inserted through said channel to form a ring for an ignition key.

6. The vehicle locator card of claim 5 wherein said channel is narrower than the width of said shank.