Lost personal accessory item identification and return method and articles

Abstract

A method and articles by which registered lost personal acessory items such as keyrings containing keys can be returned by U.S. Mail to their owner without compromise of security, consisting of an identification tag with a unique barcode indicia or similar identifier, a registration card with identical barcode and owner-written address information requiring no transcription, and a central registry capable of entering, storing, and retrieving one from among an unlimited number of registrations by laser and computer technology, with separate, redundant storage methods for registry protection.

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