Patent ID: 8156673
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. Separable tags for bags or other containers and for use as coupons, manufacture's rebates, cross branding, recipes, and promotional advertisements, and comprising a series of tags, each said tag having upper and bottom layers, said bottom layer extends throughout the length of the tag, and said bottom layer including a bottom portion, and having a neck portion extending integrally upwardly therefrom, said series of tags being linked together but capable of being separated for individual usage at the top of each integral neck, said series of tags are separable at their upper neck portions by a line of perforations, each tag capable of being connected to a bag or other container during usage, the integral neck being substantially narrower than the tag bottom portion to facilitate its connection to a bag or other container, said integral neck extending upwardly from said bottom portion approximately centrally thereof, the upper layer of said tag overlying both the bottom portion and the integral neck of said tag, said upper layer being adhered to the bottom portion by an adhesive whereby the upper layer being separable from said bottom portion of the tag during usage, said adhesive comprising a release coat, and said adhesive being one of ultraviolet silicone, release type adhesive, release coat, and a polymer adhesive, the upper layer of each tag being made of one of paper, polymer film, polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, and polyvinylchloride film, the bottom layer of said tag and its integral neck being formed of one of paper, plastic, polymer film, polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, and polyvinylchloride film and other synthetic printable material, the upper layer and the bottom portion of the bottom layer of each tag capable of being printed to provide for the disclosure of indicia upon the exposed surfaces of said layers of each formed tag, the upper layer of each tag can be peeled from the bottom layer, the upper layer remains adhered to the neck while the upper layer on the bottom portion capable of being separated therefrom, and there being a line of separation between the upper layer provided on the neck and the releasable upper layer of the tag at the bottom portion, wherein said series of tags being connected together continuously for forming a roll of said tags, and the upper layer of the tag and the bottom portion of the bottom layer of each tag capable of being printed to provide for the disclosure of indicia upon the exposed surfaces of said layers of each formed tag, and the neck portion and bottom portion of the upper layer of each tag capable of individual separation from the bottom layer of said tags.