Abstract: A strip for tamper evidencing has a first layer and one or more reinforcing layers. An adhesive is provided on a first portion of the strip to selectively adhere the first portion of the strip onto the first layer of a second portion of the strip, wherein the first layer is such that removal or attempted removal of the first portion of the strip from the second portion of the strip will be evidenced by the first layer. The reinforcing material may be arranged such that portions of it are bonded to each other at a plurality of locations spaced along the length of the strip. A security system may include a tamper evidencing device and a receipt portion having corresponding unique identifiers, wherein the receipt portion includes a zip tab securing portion for securing zip tabs or luggage locking points and the evidencing device includes a trackable identifier.

Abstract: A tie comprising a strap (1) having two end portions (1A, 1B) respectively provided with a female portion and a male portion of a fastening system is characterized in that the female portion of the fastening system is an opening (2) in the strap that is bordered by a cleavable region (2A-2C) of the strap. Said tie can be used to create an animal identification band whose diameter can be increased without removing the band from the animal.

Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.

Abstract: A tag has an in-mold graphic plate portion with a slot therein. Extending outwardly from the plate portion is an extension or tongue that has a neck and locking tip. The locking tip has an aperture adapted to receive a lock. The neck of the tongue is flexible such that the locking tip is received by and extends through the slot.

Abstract: A recipe and related shopping card system comprising: at least one sheet having a face and containing at least one recipe imprinted on the face; at least one removable shopping card in removable communication with the face, wherein at least one removable shopping card has a first side and a second side, the first side contains a list of ingredients from a recipe and the second side has at least one of a title, a category of recipe, a group of ingredients and an aisle for ingredients on a second side; at least one attachment means in communication with the removable shopping card; and at least one carrying means for receipt of at least a portion of the attachment means.

Abstract: A promotional hang tag having clasping and flag portions and a line-of-weakness delimiting the portions in furtherance of disengaging the flag portion from the clasping portion is provided. The clasping portion includes an anchor and an anchor retainer. The anchor retainer includes an elongate slot and opposingly paired slits extending from opposing ends of the elongate slot. The elongate slot is characterized by an axis of elongation and is dimensioned to receive a free end portion of the anchor, the anchor received by the anchor retainer and retained within the elongate slot.

Abstract: An improved combination card and card retaining member for removably securing the card to the card retaining member, the card having formed within it an aperture and a slot connecting the aperture with an edge of the card, and the card retaining member being a member, such as a ring, which may be passed through the slot and into the aperture to secure the card to the card retaining member. The aperture and slot are configured and located on the card in such a manner as to improve the ease of attachment and detachment of the card to and from the card retaining member while minimizing the risk of accidental detachment of the card from the card retaining member. One or more cards may be used simultaneously with a single card retaining member. A preferred use of the invention is to retain and organize credit cards.

Abstract: A parking facility which includes a multitude of parking spaces for individual cars containing a plurality of removable tickets at each parking space. Each ticket identifies its associated parking space so that an individual can park a car in one of the parking spaces and remove one of the tickets to help him or her locate the parking space at a later time. The tickets may be color coded to identify different regions of the parking facility, and, preferably, contain advertising and/or promotional material.

Abstract: A hangtag is provided wherein the hangtag material has viable seeds embedded therein or attached thereto so that, when the hangtag is planted, the seeds can grow to produce plants and preferably flowers. Also provided are methods of making and planting the hangtag.

Abstract: A hang tag provides for the accommodation of electronic article surveillance (EAS) marker. The hang tag includes a housing for supporting the EAS marker therein. A securement head is provided for accommodating a securement strap for coupling the housing to an article which is to be protected. The head is coupled to the housing in such a fashion that it permits continuous rotation with respect to the housing to thwart and attempt to improperly sever the securement strap from the article.

Abstract: A removable wire label. The wire label has a labeling tab attached to an elongated flexible prong. The flexible prong is wrapped around a cable and passed through a locking slot in the labeling tab. Teeth on the flexible prong engage the locking slot and prevent the flexible prong from disengaging. The locking slot has a special elliptical slot which requires the flexible prong to be rotated in order to pass through. The flexible prong's natural tendency to straighten then locks it in place. The device is easily removable, in that a user need only rotate the portion of the flexible prong sticking through the locking slot in order to release it and unwrap the flexible prong from the cable. The labeling tab allows the user to print hand-written messages on the device. As an alternative, pre-printed messages can be provided.

Abstract: A game tag holder has a front panel and a rear panel connected by a living hinge. The two panels are preferably made of a transparent plastic (e.g., polypropylene) and have integral attachment hardware: protrusions and reinforced receptacles for closing the two panels and a barbed strip and aligned openings for securing the tag holder to the downed game.

Abstract: A prior art security seal is molded one piece thermoplastic having a flag for receiving indicia such as serial number and so on and a strap extending from the flag. A locking socket depends from the flag at the junction with the strap. One or more projections extend from the flag from a surface opposite to the socket. The flag is too small for certain implementations which require a flag for receiving large labels. A large flag capable of receiving such labels is attached to the seal via the seal flag and projection. The flag has a channel for receiving the seal flag in an axial direction parallel to the plane of the flags and an opening for receiving the one or more projections, the opening having a contour that matches that of the projection(s). Snap fit latches secure the seal at flanges thereof as the projection(s) is inserted in the opening in a direction normal to the plane of the flags. The seal flag is releasably held in two normal directions to the large flag.

Abstract: A fixture of an indication tag has a magnetic body and is used as a marker for preventing, for example, items in a store or furnishings in public facilities from being removed without permission. The fixture is formed by connecting an engagement male portion (2) to one end side of a filamentous coupling portion (4) and an engagement female portion (3) to the other end side to form a loop (R) by engaging the engagement male portion (2) and the engagement female portion (3). The filamentous coupling portion (4) is formed with a filament (40) having a soft magnetic material fiber (41) in order to obscure the location of the magnetic body for the marker preventing it from being removed.

Abstract: A security identification tag having an elongated body and a label, the elongated body including a leading end and a second end, an opening for receiving the leading end at a point between the leading end and the second end and an elongated aperture for receiving at least a portion of the label, the label having an area for receiving identification information.

Abstract: A security identification tag having an elongated body and a label, said elongated body including a leading end and a second end, an opening for receiving the leading end at a point between the leading end and the second end and an elongated aperture for receiving at least a portion of the label, said label having an area for receiving identification information.

Abstract: A merchandising system can display merchandise on a display rack. The system has a pair of articles to be worn by a person (for example, gloves). The articles have a right main body and a left main body, each with a user (or hand) opening. The pair of articles have an attachment subsystem for providing an outlying attachment locus for the articles. The attachment subsystem includes a right extremity and a left extremity secured at the user opening of the right main body and the left main body, respectively. The right and the left extremity are each able to reach out of the user opening. The attachment subsystem also includes a display arrangement including a panel. The attachment subsystem is arranged to detachably secure the articles together with the panel, and the right extremity and the left extremity. The attachment subsystem is adapted to hang on the display rack and support the articles.

Abstract: A tamper-proof seal assembly for discouraging and detecting tampering of containers onto which the tamper-proof seal assembly is installed. The container includes a closure assembly. The closure assembly defines an opening. The tamper-proof seal assembly includes a security tag and a button assembly. The security tag includes a flag and a stem. The flag and stem are integral but are easily severable. The button assembly includes an outer button and an inner button. The button assembly is mounted on the container proximate the closure assembly. The stem is inserted through the closure assembly opening and into the button assembly, where the stem is secured against withdrawal by a ratchet.

Abstract: An electronic tracking tag 10 may be attached to various types of physical assets to assist in asset identification. The plastic material tag body 12 includes a receiving cavity 60 therein so that a drawer 14 and an RFID transponder 16 may be slid into the receiving cavity and mechanically locked in the inserted position within the receiving cavity. A visual display cavity 54 is provided on the tag body, and a display label 56 may be selectively positioned on the tag body. The tag body with the electronic transponder therein may be secured to the physical asset by screws or other conventional securing members 46 positioned in respective securing holes 42, 44 provided in the tag body. Alternatively, one or more flexible straps 18, 19 may extend through a respective tie down hole 46, 48 in the tag body for strapping the tag body to the physical asset.

Abstract: A transparent plastic envelope made up of a front panel and a back panel secured together by parallel sealing lines around the periphery, and a line of mounting holes between the lines for receiving a mounting tie. The back panel is made up of two sections to form an opening for insertion of a sign element into the envelope. A plastic sealing zipper is secured to the meeting edges of the two sections.

Abstract: A packaging system is provided for displaying merchandise on a rack which includes at least two separate pieces of merchandise and a header for engaging the rack. The header includes a pair of opposing shoulders disposed in a spaced apart relationship with a bottom of the header, and filaments enable coupling of the pieces of merchandise to one another and to the opposing pair of shoulders in a manner enabling the merchandise to be removed from the rack with the header, inspected and tested, without affecting the coupling of the merchandise to one another or to the header.

Abstract: A tag adapted to be attached to an article of clothing or the like with a fastener of the type comprising an elongated plastic member having a cross-bar at one end. In one embodiment, the tag comprises a continuous sheet of plastic material heat sealed to a backing sheet in a blister pack type configuration so as to define a pocket into which the cross-bar may be inserted, the pocket having a sidewall which includes a guide notch. The tag is attached to an article of clothing by inserting the cross-bar of the fastener first through the article of clothing and then through the plastic sheet into the pocket, using the needle on a tagger gun to penetrate the article of clothing and also to penetrate the plastic sheet and using the notch on the plastic sheet to assist in positioning the needle of the tagger gun.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing easily replaceable reflective surfaces for highway barricade barrels. A plurality of plastic bands are provided for securing around the exterior surfaces of the barricade barrels. The plastic bands have outer sides through which a plurality of holes extends. Strips of a reflective tape are secured to the outer sides of the plastic bands. The reflective tape has an adhesive backing which is used for securing the tape to the outer sides of the plastic bands. Mechanical fasteners are passed through the holes to fasten the plastic bands to the barricade barrels. The bands are fastened to the barrels with reflective surfaces of the reflective tape facing outward, away from the barricade barrels.

Abstract: A packaging system for displaying merchandise on a rack system having a rack member. At least two pieces of merchandise are intended to be displayed together on the rack system. Each of the pieces of merchandise has a reinforcing member secured in the merchandise to provide at least one reinforced opening through each piece of the merchandise. A coupling mechanism extends through the reinforced opening in each piece of merchandise securing the pieces of merchandise to each other and supports the pieces of merchandise on the rack member. The at least two pieces of merchandise can be displayed on the rack system by hanging the coupling mechanism on the rack member and the at least two pieces of merchandise can be removed from the rack member and inspected and tested without affecting the attachment of the pieces of merchandise to each other.

Abstract: An identification tag for eyeglasses, spectacles and the like is formed from a flexible member having two opposed end portions and a central portion disposed therebetween. Each end portion has a pair of slots and ribs in parallel arrangement with each other. The slots and ribs are perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the member. A peripheral edge of the tag is narrower at the central portion of the tag. The parallel slots and rib members coact for receiving a stem portion of an eyeglass frame to maintain the tag at a select position on the stem. An end portion of the tag can be folded back over on itself so that the slots at that end portion are brought into registration with each other for receiving the frame stem which is threaded through the aligned slots.

Abstract: An identification tagging device which has a rectangular base unit with raised sides to form a tag receiving region is disclosed. The sides are provided with tabs to retain the removable label. A shaft, which includes a plurality of enlarged areas, extends from one end of the base. A locking device, placed in the base, consisting of a circular section having a diameter slightly greater than the enlarged locking areas, and a smaller circular section, with a diameter less than the enlarged locking areas. An alternate permanent locking device is also provided.

Abstract: A packaging system for displaying merchandise on a rack system having a rack member. At least two pieces of merchandise are intended to be displayed together on the rack system. Each of the pieces of merchandise has a reinforcing member secured in the merchandise to provide at least one reinforced opening through each piece of the merchandise. A coupling mechanism extends through the reinforced opening in each piece of merchandise securing the pieces of merchandise to each other and supports the pieces of merchandise on the rack member. The at least two pieces of merchandise can be displayed on the rack system by hanging the coupling mechanism on the rack member and the at least two pieces of merchandise can be removed from the rack member and inspected and tested without affecting the attachment of the pieces of merchandise to each other.

Abstract: An identification tag used in combination with a cable tie is disclosed. The cable tie having a locking head with a channel therethrough and a strap having a tail for passage through the head channel, supports the identification tag. The tag includes a marking surface for supporting identifying indicia and means for securing the tag to the cable tie. An opening in the tag is disposed in alignment with the locking head channel to permit passage of the cable tie tail through the opening as well as through the locking head channel to further secure the tag to the cable tie.

Abstract: A user authorization tag for the wearer thereof is rendered tamper resistant by forming the tag as an integral unit having a flat panel portion and a flexible loop portion extending from the panel portion. The loop is dimensioned for threading through a clothing opening, for example through a zipper pull, a button hole, or the like. Once the loop is threaded through the clothing opening, the panel is passed through the loop, to thereby secure the loop to the clothint opening. A relatively large ticket, carrying user authorization information such as bar code data, is then nonremovably secured to the panel. The size of the ticket is such that the panel with its attached ticket cannot pass back through the loop if an attempt is later made to remove the tag from the clothing.

Abstract: Improved continuously connected plastic fastener stock for attaching price tags to garments and other joining applications. The fastener stock includes two side members connected by a series of filaments, one of the side members comprising a series of severally connected T-bars. The T-bar connectors are defined by saw-tooth-like indentations in that end bar, having a perpendicular or slightly angled surface which is eventually engaged by the plunger when ejecting the severed T-bar.

Abstract: A merchandise information tag for use with a wire-type rack of a refrigerator or like case in supermarkets and other stores, has attachment elements enabling the tag to be suspended either from longitudinal front-to-back extending rods of the rack or to transverse rods, with the body of the tag still being oriented toward the front of the rack. The tag has suspension elements forward on fold-back tabs which enable the alternative suspension modes dependent on the orientation of the tabs.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the card holder includes a U-shaped keeper bar movably attached to one end of a chain. At the other end of the chain is a rectangular, stopper plate. The chain runs through holes in each of the credit cards. The holes are located in like corner regions in each credit card. The cross-sectional area of the chain plus the keeper bar is less than the diameter of the holes.

Abstract: A tag has an in-mold graphic plate portion with a slot therein. Extending outwardly from the plate portion is an extension or tongue that has a neck and locking tip. The locking tip has an aperture adapted to receive a lock. The neck of the tongue is flexible such that the locking tip is received by and extends through the slot.