An Improved Label.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1898
An Improved Label.
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I, JAMES BARING GOULD, of 54, Lambton Quay, Wellington, in the Colony of
New Zealand, Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
improved label," and in what manner the same is to be performed to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to labels used upon luggage or other articles to indicate
the owner or name thereof or for purposes of indentification and the object of the
invention is to provide a label which may be readily affixed and detached, cheap
to manufacture, light in weight, and give ample room for writing an address,
name, or description.
I am aware that label carriers designed more especially for luggage have been
made of leather, and with a strap and buckle for attaching and detaching the
same. Within such carriers the label proper is inserted and the cost of manu-
facture is considerable. By my invention the trouble of inserting is avoided and
the cost of manufacture materially reduced.
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In manufacturing the label I use strong paper, prepared linen, or other similar
pliable material which may be written upon. The body of the label may
oblong or other suitable shape and one end is cut to form a neck with an enlarged
tip.
To attach the label this said neck is folded around some portion of the article
such as a handle, and the wings forming the enlargement of the tip are folded
back upon the neck. When so folded the tip is passed through a suitable hole
formed in the label near the root of the neck. The wings are then spread out
to effectually prevent the withdrawal of the neck, and the point of the tip is
tucked into another hole to ensure further security and give a neat finish and
appearance.
A used label may be unfastened for use upon other articles, but when a label
is to remain permanently upon an article the wings may be fastened down by any
suitable adhesive substance.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this
specification it being understood that the invention is not limited to the exact
details shewn as these may be varied without departing from the spirit of my
invention.
Figure 1 is an illustration of the label attached to an ordinary travelling trunk.
Figure 2 is a view of the label with the neck spread open.
Figure 3 shews the same with the fastening of the neck secured.
Figure 4 is a representation of the fastenings of the neck folded ready for pass-
ing through the body of the label.
Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the views.
The body (1) of the label has one end formed into a neck (2) the tip (3) of which
is enlarged by wings (4) capable of being folded as shewn in Figure 4. The
wings in this position do not increase the width of the neck, but will readily pass
through the slot or hole (5) in the body of the label and when they are spread
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page_text: out will prevent withdrawal of the neck as shewn in Figure 3. The pointed
tip (3) is then passed through the slot or hole (6) as a further security and neat-
ness. The neck may be reinforced by folding the edges (7) to form a double
thickness of material. In affixing the label to an article, the neck.(2), is passed
around any convenient part such as a strap, cord, handle or bar.
The bottom of the label is perforated as shewn by dotted lines in Figures 2
and 3 and may be torn through at those lines. The name is written or otherwise
delineated upon the body of the label and the address upon the lowest of the
strips (8, 9, 10 or 11). When a fresh address is required a strip (11) for example
is torn off and strip (10) utilized for the new address, and so on until the whole of
the strips have been employed. In this manner a label may be used several times.
When the label is intended to remain permanently in position the wings (4)
are fastened down to the body of the label by gum, paste, or other suitable adhe-
sive matter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A label for the purposes set forth comprising a body part a neck having
reinforced edges, wings upon the neck capable of being folded and afterwards
spread out, slots in the label to receive the tip and point of the neck, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth herein.
2. A label for the purposes set forth having a fastening for securing the same
consisting of a neck having wings capable of being passed through a slot in the
label and afterwards spread out to prevent withdrawal of the neck, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth herein.
3. A label for the purposes set forth comprising a body part and a fastening
for securing the same consisting of a neck having wings, slots in the label in com-
bination with detachable strips, substantially as, and for the purposes set forth
lierein.
4. The improved label for the purposes set forth comprising parts constructed
and arranged, substantially as and for the purposes set forth herein.
Dated this 7th day of September 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.