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Merchandise information tag

CA 1214327 A · Owner: Fast Industries, Ltd. · Inventors: Fast, Jacob

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A product identification tag is fabricated from plastic and, in one embodiment, snap-fits onto a support member for a peg board hook without requiring removal of the hook from the peg board or the displayed merchandise from the hook. Support structure on the tag includes two holes spaced to correspond to the spacing between two legs in the hooked support member which are insertable into two peg board holes, respectively. Access channels are cut from a nearby mounting edge of the tag to the holes to permit the legs to be inserted into the respective holes only when portions of the tag which bound the access channels are flexed. In a second embodiment, using the same or a different form of …

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  • Granted November 25, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 25, 2003.
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FiledMarch 15, 1983
GrantedNovember 25, 1986
Term endedNovember 25, 2003
Patent numberCA 1214327 A
Classification (IPC)G09F3/18 +2 more

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMarch 15, 1983Patent grantedNov 25, 1986Term endedNov 25, 2003

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