Patent ID: 8123031

Claim:
A merchandise display tag system comprising: a substantially rigid planar display tag having a front surface, an aperture, and a hanging portion for hanging said display tag on a merchandise display rack, a detachable fastener including a screw and a nut, said screw having a head and a threaded post, said post being freely received in said aperture, said nut having a threaded hole, an inner face, an annular perimeter edge, and an annular ridge, said post threadedly engaged with said hole, said annular perimeter edge having a knurled gripping surface, said annular ridge surrounding said threaded hole and projecting inwardly from said inner face, said annular ridge having a diameter smaller than the aperture of said display tag and being closely received in the aperture of said display tag for centering said nut relative to said aperture, the head of said screw and said nut each having a diameter larger than said aperture, said screw and said nut capable of being disengaged from each other using finger-tip pressure, and one or more articles of merchandise, each article of merchandise having an upwardly extending attachment flap having an opening, the post of said screw removably received in said opening, said attachment flap of at least one of said one or more articles of merchandise detachably held between said nut and said front surface of said display tag, such that by disengaging and re-engaging said screw and said nut said at least one of said one or more articles of merchandise can be removed from and reattached to said display tag without destroying said fastener.