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US 4,580,360 AGranted
Food label device, kit of components therefor, and methods of constructing and utilizing same
OwnerRobert J. Gribbinventor
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Abstract
Each label on a sheet of labels is marked or markable with the name of a food item or category and/or the days of the week. The sheet is affixed to a backing member which has a magnetic strip to facilitate attachment to a substrate such as the wall of a refrigerator. Each label has a tab to facilitate removal from said sheet. A pencil is removably attached to backing member to facilitate marking the labels.
Claims5
A food label device, comprising in combination:
- a stiff backing member having a front side and an opposing rear side;
- a magnetic strip attached to said rear side of said backing member for affixing said backing member to a magnetized substrate;
- a plurality of sheets each containing a plurality of individually removable, pressure-sensitive, adhesive labels;
- said plurality of sheets being affixed to said front side of said backing member;
- means for removably securing a writing instrument to said front side of said backing member;
- said securing means being constructed from a closed U-shaped loop of material emanating from the front side of said backing member;
- each of said labels is marked with the name of a food item;
- and
- each of said plurality of labels includes a tab that can be gripped and pulled for removing said label from said sheet, and the plurality of labels on any sheet are separated from each other by perforated borders so that they may be individually, randomly removed.
6 more elements
A kit of components for a food label device, comprising in combination:
- a stiff backing member having a front side and an opposing rear side;
- said backing member having a magnetic strip attached to said rear side;
- a plurality of sheets each containing a plurality of individually removable pressure-sensitive, adhesive labels;
- said labels being marked with the name of a food item and with indicia representing the days of the week;
- means for affixing said plurality of sheets to the front side of said backing member with said labels facing away from said backing member;
- a writing instrument for writing on said labels, and a means for releasably securing said writing instrument to said backing member;
- each of said plurality of labels includes a tab that can be gripped and pulled for removing said label from said sheet, and the plurality of labels on any sheet are separated from each other by perforated borders so that they may be individually, randomly removed.
4 more elements
The method of constructing a food label device, comprising the steps of:
- securing a stiff backing member having a front side and an opposing rear side;
- attaching a means for attaching said backing member to a substrate on said rear side of said backing member;
- affixing a plurality of sheets each containing a plurality of individually removable, pressure-sensitive and adhesive labels to said front side of said backing member;
- affixing a U-shaped loop of material for releasably securing a writing instrument to said front side of said backing member;
- marking each of said plurality of labels with indicia;
- and
- forming a tab which can be gripped and pulled on each of said plurality of labels, and forming perforated borders between the plurality of labels on any sheet so that they may be easily, individually, randomly removed.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.