Luggage tag codispensable with passage tickets and convertible into a handle encircling tag and method
AssigneeRand McNally & Company
InventorMurray Dawson
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Abstract
A disposable luggage identifying ticket convertible into a luggage handle encircling baggage tag. The ticket comprises a pair of elongated generally coextensive sheets of stock secured to each other, each sheet having a pair of parallel sides and a pair of parallel ends, and configured to be separable into a main portion and a loop forming strap, once removed, being adhesively securable to the main portion. A method of forming a baggage tag from the ticket, and the baggage tag so formed are also described.
Claims14
A disposable luggage identifying ticket convertible into a luggage handle encircling baggage tag, said ticket comprising
- a pair of elongated generally coextensive sheets of stock secured to each other, each said sheet having a pair of parallel sides and a pair of parallel ends, and configured to be separable into a main portion and a loop forming strap adhesively securable to said main portion,
- said sheets being adhesively secured in an overlying confronting relationship along one of their respective confronting sides, and
- a line of severance dividing one of said sheets along a line between, and generally parallel to, its sides into a strap zone on one side of the line of severance and being separable from said one sheet, said strap zone when separated being adapted to be formed into a loop, and a second zone on the other side of the line of severance, said other side being adhesively secured to the other sheet.
A baggage tag having a loop forming strap encircling a luggage handle, said tag comprising an elongated looped strap and a main body portion, both formed from a pair of elongated sheets of paper stock,
- said strap being separated from a first side of a first of said pair of sheets, the second side of said first sheet being adhesively secured to an underlying generally coextensive second side of the second of said sheets, the first side of said second sheet being folded over and adhesively secured to said second sides to form said main body portion, and
- means adhesively securing each end of said elongated strap to said main body portion, whereby said strap is looped to encircle a luggage handle and said main body portion projects from said loop.
A method of providing a luggage handle encircling baggage tag, said tag being formed from a pair of elongated, generally coextensive, confronting sheets of stock secured to each other, each said sheet having a pair of parallel sides and a pair of parallel ends, and configured to be separable into a main portion and a loop forming strap adhesively secured to said main portion, the steps comprising
- adhesively securing said sheets in an overlying confronting relationship along one of their respective confronting sides,
- providing a line of severance dividing one of said sheets along a line between, and generally parallel to, its sides into a strap on one side of the line of severance and a second zone adhesively secured to the other sheet on the other side of the line of severance,
- separating said strap along said line of severance from said one sheet,
- folding the other sheet along the line of severance so that a folded portion of the second sheet overlies and adheres to the second zone to form a main body, and
- adhesively securing the ends of said strap to one end of the main body to form a loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.