Patent Application
20220343801
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The disclosure relates to vehicle identification tag devices and more particularly pertains to a new vehicle identification tag device for tagging keys with full vehicle details. The present device includes a tag with a vertical vehicle identification number (VIN) field. There is an attached adhesive clear plastic protector to fold over the information fields once filled to prevent smudging.
The prior art relates to vehicle identification tag devices. Known devices include information fields that are often not large enough to accommodate the VIN. These devices lack a plastic adhesive protector to cover written information.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tag body having a tag front side, a tag back side, a tag top edge, a tag bottom edge, a tag left edge, and a tag right edge. The tag body has at least one keychain aperture extending from the tag front side through the tag back side. The keychain aperture is configured to selectively engage a keychain. A plurality of information fields is coupled to the tag body. The plurality of information fields is coupled to the tag front side and defines areas to receive written vehicle information. A protector is coupled to the tag body. The protector is foldably coupled to the tag right edge and has an adhesive protector inner face. The protector inner face is adhered to the tag front side once the plurality of information fields has been filled. A backing is coupled to the protector. The backing is selectively engageable with the protector inner face.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of information fields 30 is coupled to the tag body 12. The plurality of information fields 30 is coupled to the tag front side 14 and defines areas to receive written vehicle information. The plurality of information fields 30 may include a vehicle identification number (VIN) field 32. The VIN field 32 may be oriented vertically adjacent the tag right edge 24. The plurality of information fields 30 may also include a new box 34, a used box 36, a sticker number box 38, and a plurality of descriptor fields 40 for the year, make, model, color, and series.
A transparent protector 42 is coupled to the tag body 12. The protector 42 is foldably coupled to the tag right edge 24 and has an adhesive protector inner face 44. The protector inner face 44 is adhered to the tag front side 14 once the plurality of information fields 30 has been filled. Each of the tag body 12 and the protector 42 may have rounded corners and the same dimensions. The protector 42 has a pair of protector apertures 46 extending from the protector inner face 44 through a protector outer face 48. The pair of protector apertures 46 aligning with the pair of keychain apertures 26 when the protector inner face 44 is adhered to the tag front side 14.
A backing 50 coupled to the protector 42. The backing 50 is selectively engageable with the protector inner face 44 to prevent inadvertent adhesion before use. The backing 50 may have a pair of squared outer backing corners 52 extending past the protector 42 to easily be peeled off when desired.
In use, the vehicle identification keychain tag apparatus 10 allows for a method of use 60 comprising a step 62 comprising having a keychain. A step 64 comprises vehicle identification keychain tag apparatus 10. A step 66 comprises filling in the plurality of information fields 30. A step 68 comprises removing the backing 50 from the protector 42. A step 70 comprises adhering the protector inner face 46 to the tag front side 14. A step 72 comprises engaging the keychain aperture 26 of the tag body with the keychain 28.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
