US 6,553,701 B1 · Identification holder

Abstract

An improved identification holder suitable for use in environments conducive to sign deterioration, and having changing subject applications and particular viewing requirements, and that permits easy insertion, and intentional removal and replacement of a flexible information sheet, while substantially preventing intentional or accidental removal or displacement of the information sheet by either small children and the like or elements such as sleet, hail, wind, rain, and other such elements. An information sheet can be removably seated into an undercut portion within an interior display chamber and cannot be easily removed without applying pressure against the inner wall of the information sheet via a sheet removal tool inserted through a selected orifice located at the back side of the display chamber, or alternatively by accessing a selected edge of the information sheet via a sheet removal tool inserted into the undercut portion via one or more selected passages configured to allow the sheet removal tool to penetrate the undercut portion of the identification holder.

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Dependent claims

An identification marker, comprising:

a housing comprising a flange defining an opening, a side wall, a back wall, the back wall and the side wall defining a cavity, the side wall having a plurality of notches facing toward the cavity, the back wall having one or more apertures, each aperture defining a void area and a perimeter such that any point in the void area has a dimension extending to the perimeter of no greater than one quarter inch, the back wall having a first surface proximate the notches in the side wall and having a concave shape;
a flexible identification sheet comprising a face portion having a perimeter of generally the same shape as the opening defined by the flange and tabs extending therefrom such that the tabs extend from the perimeter only in such places as correspond to the notches in the side wall of the housing;
and
an elongate stake extending from the housing;
wherein the opening, the side wall and the notches are sized such that the flexible identification plate may be retained by the housing in a flat and uncompressed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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