Key storage tag

In combination a key storage tag which stores a key blank having a defined area, a head with upper and lower surfaces and a blade with upper and lower surfaces;

• said key storage tag and said key blank capable of being housed in a key storage container having an internal storage cavity with a cross sectional area the key storage tag including a longitudinal axis and comprising:
• a. a substantially planar tag main body having a first area with a perimeter edge dimensioned to fit within the storage cavity of the key storage container and including first and second spaced apart linear junction elements;
• b. a substantially planar key to tag interface having a second area and including means for detachably coupling the interface to the lower surface of the key head and a third junction element, the key to tag interface extending below and overlapping a portion of the key head;
• c. a substantially planar junction body having a third area and a linear junction surface defining a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the key storage tag, the junction surface including spaced apart first and second junction segments aligned with the lateral axis for joining the junction body to the first and second junction elements of the tag main body and a third junction segment positioned between and aligned with the first and second junction elements for joining the junction body to the third junction element of the key to tag interface, the tag main body, the key to tag interface and the junction body defining a continuous perimeter of the key storage tag with the tag main body lying on a first side of the lateral axis and the junction body lying on a second side of the lateral axis;
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• d. a hinge aligned with and moveable about the lateral axis of the key storage tag for enabling the tag main body to be deflected about the lateral axis between a key blank storage configuration where the tag main body, key to tag interface and junction body all lie within a first plane and are positioned substantially parallel to and below the key blank and a key duplication configuration where the tag main body is deflected into a second plane displaced away from the key to tag interface and the lower surface of the key blank while the key to tag interface is maintained within the first plane, thereby opening a window within the perimeter of the key storage tag.