Patent ID: 8028451
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A tag holder comprising: a first tab having an aperture defined therein for receiving a hanger, such that said tag holder is suspended from said hanger; a second tab having at least one protuberance extending outwardly therefrom; a third tab disposed adjacent to said second tab in a spaced apart position, in which said third tab is spaced apart from said second tab with said at least one protuberance spaced apart from said third tab and extending from said second tab toward said third tab; a connecting portion extending between said second tab and said third tab, such that one of said second tab and said third tab is movable toward an other of said second tab and said third tab along said connecting portion, from said spaced apart position to a lock position, in which said at least one protuberance of said second tab extends into said third tab; wherein said first tab, said second tab and said third tab are together configured for mounting a hang tag thereto, such that said aperture of said first tab is disposed adjacent to a hanger aperture of a hang tag, said connecting portion is disposed adjacent to an edge of the hanger aperture, said second tab and said third tab are disposed with a body of the hang tag located there-between, and movement of said one of said second tab and said third tab from said spaced apart position to said lock position moves said at least one protuberance through the body of the hang tag and into the third tab; wherein said tag holder is formed as a single stamping of a material to define a singular body comprising said first tab, said second tab, and said third tab; and wherein said second tab is cut from a portion of said first tab to define said aperture in said first tab for receiving the hanger by which said tag holder is suspended, and then folded along said connecting portion to move from within said first tab to being disposed in said spaced apart position, adjacent said third tab.