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US2811796A

Identification and display price tag

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US2811796A, drawing sheet 1
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2 claims: 1 independent, 1 dependent

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    What is claimed is:1. As an article of manufacture a unit comprising in
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    2,811,796 IDENTIFICATION AND DISPLAY PRICE TAG 5 Norman A. Schoelles, Harrington Park, N. J., assignor to Buxton, Incorporated, Springfield, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application December 3,1953, Serial No. 395,961 10 2 Claims. (Cl. 40—2) This invention relates to an improved identification 15 and display price tag for articles such as billfolds. Among the objects of the invention is to provide a device for the purpose which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which is securely attached yet easy to apply and remove, which is arresting in appearance and which 20 does not interfere with the full inspection of the article. Other and further objects will be made apparent in the disclosure of the drawings and the following specification and claims. In the accompanying drawings, 25 Fig. 1 is a front view of a billfold with a price and identification tag embodying the invention attached;Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the tag of Fig. 1 removed from the billfold;Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified 33 structure;and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a different modification, parts being broken away. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 the device is shown as comprising a sheet or strip 1 of transparent plastic sheeting, 35 such as cellulose acetate. The material of the strip, while flexible, is sufficiently stiff to be self-supporting and to return to its original shape after distortion in applying or removing the device from the billfold as later explained. The strip 1 is folded or creased intermediate its ends at 2 to form a front panel 3 and a rear panel 4. The front panel portion is folded or creased at 5 to form an inwardly and downwardly extending flap 6 while the rear panel portion is folded or creased at 7 to form an inwardly and downwardly extending flap 8. The front panel 3 has a vertical dimension corresponding to the vertical height of the front wall of the billfold and the rear panel has a vertical height of the rear wall of the billfold. As shown in Fig. 1 the tag is applied to the billfold, generally indicated at 9, by seating the lower edge of the billfold in the fold 2 with panel 3 extending upwardly over the front face thereof and panel 4 similarly extending upwardly over the rear face, the flaps 6 and 8 being inserted downwardly into the bill compartment of the billfold with the upper edges of the front and rear walls 10 and 11 seated respectively on the folds or creases 5 and 7. The flaps 6 and 8 are dimensioned to extend sufficiently into the bill compartment to securely but releasably hold the tag in place. The transverse width of the strip and panels 3 and 4 are such as to provide a substantial display area and to preferably cover a major portion of one end section of the billfold, that is the width of the strip is preferably not greater than one half of the overall length of the billfold. Prior to the folding of the strip 1, what will become the inner face of the tag is provided with identifying and price indicia, as generally indicated at 12, by printing or other suitable means. As will be understood the indicia or other matter when applied to the rear side will be applied in “reverse” so as to be read or otherwise ap2,811,796 combination a sales promoting display element and a billfold having superposed front and rear wall members connected together along one edge, the opposite edges being free, said display element comprising a strip of thin, stiffly flexible, crease retaining transparent plastic sheeting folded and creased intermediate its ends to form a seat to receive the said one connected edge of the billfold wall members and form front and rear panel portions extending upwardly from said seat along the front and rear faces, respectively, of said front and rear wall members, the end portions of the strip being folded inwardly and downwardly and creased to form seats to respectively receive the said free edges of said front and rear wall members of the billfold and provide flaps extending downwardly along the inner faces of said wall members to releasably hold said several edges in their respective seats, the transverse width of the strip being no greater than half the length of the billfold, said panel portions carrying sales promoting matter printed thereon, whereby, when said element is so interengaged with the billfold wall members, unintentional removal of the element is prevented while affording clear viewing of the surface of the billfold through the unprinted portions of the element and permitting free normal movement and manipulation of the members of the billfold for selling and demonstration purposes. 2. The combination recited in claim 1 wherein the end portion of said flap which extends downwardly along the inner face of the rear wall member is reversely folded to form a support for a price card. References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 891,505 Smith________________June 23,1908 1,146,254 Hirner________________July 13,1915 1,294,948 Rand________________Feb. 18,1919 1,625,154 Rand________________Apr. 19,1927 1,846,726 Isaacks________________Feb. 23, 1932 2,159,547 Bjorkquist______________May 23, 1939 2,336,867 Huber_______________ Dec. 14,1943 FOREIGN PATENTS 769,953 France________________ Sept. 5, 1934
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