Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400715 | Prepaid telephone calling card with distinct PIN numbers A prepaid long-distance telephone calling card has two or more distinct PIN numbers each obscured by opaque scratch-off material. Each PIN number is associated with prepaid value. A user can scratch off the opaque material for PIN numbers one by one, and the value f... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7371008 | Tamper-indicating resealable closure A tamper indicating, resealable closure for a package includes first and second film layers releasably adhesively joined together such that the first and second film layers are at least partially separable when the second film layer is pulled away from the first fil... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7316088 | Vehicle locator card A vehicle identification and locator card for vehicle parking and servicing establishments includes three segments which can be detached from one another. All three carry the same vehicle identification number. A first segment is placed in the vehicle, a second segm... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7297383 | Newspaper cover with attached advertising overlay and detachable coupon and process A combination paper cover and attached overlay with a detachable advertising coupon attached to the overlay. A method of making the cover and overlay using a folded sheet of heat sealable material for the cover and a printed single sheet of a heat-sealable material ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290703 | Method and apparatus for providing multiple transaction cards in assembly A transaction card assembly and method for forming a transaction card assembly. The transaction card assembly may include two or more transaction cards that are each useable with different issuers. A first transaction card may be useable only with a first issuer, an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7246459 | Service hang tag A vehicle locator and service hang card for vehicle parking and servicing establishments includes an upper portion with a tag number and space for entering customer information and a lower portion made of synthetic paper which an ignition key tag is die cut. The key... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7143536 | Label with special fixing A label has a film and an adhesive, as with a common bracket label. The label is divided into two functional regions (A) and (B) by a separating line. One region essentially supplies information, for example, by imprinting, and the other region assumes the hanging f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140135 | Flag label A flag label for attaching to a product has adhesive faced transparent over-laminate and under-laminate layers on opposite sides of a printed layer. This assembly is releasably mounted on a release liner prior to use. The over-laminate defines an pressure sensitive ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7055275 | Wall-mounted display assembly for simultaneously displaying a plurality of items An elongated display assembly for removably inserting and simultaneously displaying a plurality of separate flexible and generally flat items to be displayed comprises an elongated open display housing having a flat back panel with an upper front flange and a lower ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7007423 | Adhesive label resealable package and label web The invention relates to an adhesive label, a resealable package provide with such a label and a label web. The package has an openable flap (14) defined by an arcuate indication (16). The label (12) is adhesively fixed to the package body for t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005027 | Reinforced tag and method of manufacturing A method of manufacturing reinforced tags using a press is disclosed which includes providing a continuously moving web of tag material. A web of reinforcing material is also provided and die cut into reinforcing patches. The reinforcing material has a pressure sens... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994304 | Utensil support apparatus Disclosed is a utensil support apparatus constructed of paper and includes a main body and a utensil supporting section formed on the main body. The utensil supporting section is folded upwards along a lateral edge and a pair of outer sections formed on the utensil ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938566 | Garment adapted for label attachment A garment adapted for attachment of a label subsequent to the substantially complete manufacture of the garment, where the garment comprises a joining seam between two garment components joined together to form a collar portion of the garment; and a strip which cove... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935057 | Tags of double thickness, for marking electronic elements Printed tags of double thickness for marking electronic elements include first and second parallel, spaced apart strips. Tags of first and second sets have outer ends detachably connected to inner edges of the first and second strips, respectively, and extend toward... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6898880 | Claim tag assembly A claim tag assembly has a first layer of card stock and a second layer of card stock with a liner sandwiched therebetween. Score lines are cut through the layers of card stock and the liner to define a first identification portion and a second identification portio... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6763623 | Printed rigid multiple tags, printable with a thermal transfer printer for marking of electrotechnical and electronic elements Printed multiple tags for marking electro technical and/or electronic elements, include a rigid injection molded plastic plate made of thermoplastic material and including several comb shaped units, each comb shaped unit including interpenetrating teeth which form t... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6688023 | Identification badge with integral neck strap An identification badge having a front panel and a back panel affixed to the front panel. An extended section extends from the back panel and has a perforation pattern formed thereon. The perforation pattern defines a neck strap when the perforations are ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6612059 | Billboard tab A billboard tab which includes a uniformly thin flat sheet of synthetic resin material having at least first and second sections integrally connected along a mutually adjacent edge by a tearable perforated joint. The first section has a display surface ar... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6413345 | Methods for forming a label A method of forming a label for displaying information includes providing a release liner having an upper surface. A discrete patch of leaflet adhesive is applied to the upper surface of the release liner. The leaflet adhesive patch has an end edge. A lea... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408552 | Advertising device An advertising device fabricated of a single piece of flexible material and cut to form an inverted T-shaped structure. The device comprises a top section and a base section, the two sections being separated in part by perforations, the base section being... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6295747 | Baggage tag The present device provides a baggage tag attachable to the handle of a piece of baggage for displaying indicia of the identification and destination of a passenger owning the baggage. The tag has a first or base ply and a second tear resistant ply or lin... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6279960 | Label sheet for annular labels for compact disks A label sheet having at least two labels for a compact disc. The compact disc has a read side and a reverse side with an outer diameter of the readable or writable area of the read side being less than the outer diameter of the disc and having a first inn... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6219947 | Baggage tag The present device provides a baggage tag attachable to the handle of a piece of baggage for displaying indicia of the identification and destination of a passenger owning the baggage. The tag has a first or base ply and a second tear-resistant ply or lin... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6035568 | Primary label with removable self-adhesive labels A label product, and method for forming the same, for attaching to a package and having, as a part thereof, at least one removable portion which the user may detach from the package and reapply to a second package.... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5970640 | Integrated shelf talker and method of making same An integrated shelf talker, comprising a paper substrate having a front surface and a back surface, each of the front and back surfaces having first and second end edges and a medially disposed portion, the substrate having a vertical perforation along th... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5924561 | Packaging for surgical suture material A packaging for surgical suture material has a stuck-on label (3). The label (3) has a main section (10) provided on the back with contact adhesive, and a transfer part (12) which is punched out of the main section (10) and the back of which, likewise pro... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5887368 | Cable tag having separable sub-label and method of using same A cable tag allows information about the identity of a communications or power cable and its route to be secured to the cable. The cable tag is secured to a cable in such a way that it can be readily removed and re-secured if necessary. For installation, ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5573825 | Laser imprintable data-tag system A data-tag system for enabling data-tags to be serially printed in a laser printer in a continuous manner having a polyester substrate coated with a receiving layer for receiving toner images and non-conducting, plastic snap-grommets for reinforcing the d... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5493801 | Display device having alterable product indicia A device for use in displaying product, the device including a first section including a surface selectively affixable to a first unit of product, and a second section including a surface selectively affixable to a second unit of product, the second secti... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5423139 | Combination care and inventory label A two-part garment label is provided. A first detachable part includes inventory information that may be separated along a perforation from the garment care part of the label that is sewn into the garment. The part of the label carrying the inventory info... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5271642 | Marking label for a product A marking label for a component product P to establish the physical movements thereof in the course of a production cycle in which this component product P is incorporated as a component of a composite product. The label comprising a single support having... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5240755 | Perforated label web and method of producing such web Labels and a label web without a carrier web which labels are formed by perforating a web with a perforator having 20-120 spaced teeth per inch and which provide ties securing the label to the web which have a maximum dimension in the direction of the lab... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5227209 | Array of separable decals An array of separable decals are provided to address the difficult problem of working with very tiny or narrow decals with the fingers of the human hand. The decal array is comprised of a longitudinally extending printed laminar paper strip having an uppe... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5225162 | Disposable tamper evident locking device A locking device in the shape of a unitary body formed from a bio-degradable material which includes an element with at least one free end formed integral with said body. The severable element is designed to engage and secure a container lock mechanism wh... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5217775 | Dispatch goods label and process for making it A dispatch goods label consists of a loop section and an adjoining section which are both detachably connected with one another via a perforation. A respective adhesive layer of the loop section and the adjoining section ends at a distance from the perfor... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5207746 | Package label A label construction formed of a first bottom panel with an adhesive backing for affixation to a pharmaceutical container and ad second series of panels in the form of a folded leaflet. The first panel contains product identifying indicia thereon as well ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5207458 | Multi-layered label In the case of a multi-layered label for adhesively affixing to containers, reading information on the top sheet (4) and on intermediate sheets (3) can be facilitated by not only the top sheet (4) having a tear-open perforation (7) at its adhesively bonde... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5203962 | Method of manufacturing and utilizing cellulosic fiber identification tags for wooden articles Identification and inventorying of logs, particularly those to be made into paper pulp, is provided utilizing a cellulosic fiber (paper) based identification tag. The tag is printed, as by ion deposition, with variable information, such as bar coding and ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5139836 | Tag construction A tag assembly has a carrier sheet to which there is applied an adhesive. Covering the adhesive is a tag sheet which is cut to provide discrete tags which may be removed from the carrier sheet. The tags are adapted to receive printed material.... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5129682 | Business form with labels A business form having a removable label associated with it is made from a paper ply and a piece of transfer tape. The adhesive face of the transfer tape is attached to the paper ply rear face with the side edges of the transfer tape between tractor openi... | 07/14/1992 |
