Hang tag for displaying an object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000322-B2
Application number	US-201615251928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A hang tag includes a main body and a retaining portion. The main body includes a ridge that extends in a direction from a top of the main body to a bottom of the main body. The ridge divides the main body into a first region at a first side of the ridge and a second region at a second side of the ridge. The retaining portion includes (a) prongs configured to, when the portion of the object is inserted in the retaining portion, engage with side grooves in opposite sides of the object to prevent the object from rotating, and (b) ribs configured to support the prongs when the prongs are forced towards the ribs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hang tag for an object, the hang tag comprising:
a main body including a ridge that (a) extends along a longitudinal axis from a top of the main body to a bottom of the main body, (b) divides the main body into a first portion at a first side of the ridge and a second portion at a second side of the ridge, and (c) is a vertex of an obtuse angle formed at an exterior surface of the main body,
a retaining portion into which a portion of the object is insertable and including
(a) prongs configured to, when the portion of the object is inserted in the retaining portion, engage with side grooves in opposite sides of the object to prevent the object from rotating, and
(b) ribs configured to support the prongs when the prongs are forced towards the ribs,

wherein:
the vertex is tangent to a plane that is parallel to a surface of the retaining portion,
the first portion extends away from the plane by a first acute angle, and
the second portion extends away from the plane by a second acute angle.

2. The hang tag of claim 1 , wherein:
the retaining portion is structured to receive a drill bit as the object; and
the prongs fit within the side grooves of the drill bit, each of the side grooves being a closed groove on a shank of the drill bit, the closed groove being a depressed region of an outer radial surface of the shank of the drill bit, an entire perimeter of the depressed region being surrounded by a raised region of the outer radial surface of the shank of the drill bit.

3. The hang tag of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one guide member protruding from the surface of the retaining portion, the at least one guide member being configured to mate with at least one other groove of the object.

4. The hang tag of claim 3 , wherein:
the retaining portion includes a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion;
each of the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion is configured to receive the object;
an orientation of the first cylindrical portion is approximately perpendicular to an orientation of the second cylindrical portion; and
the at least one guide member is positioned at least partly within at least one of the cylindrical portions.

5. The hang tag of claim 1 , further comprising:
a protrusion that extends from a bottom of the ridge of the main body and into the retaining portion.

6. The hang tag of claim 1 , wherein an angle measure of the first acute angle is equal to an angle measure of the second acute angle.

7. The hang tag of claim 1 , further comprising:
a recess structured to receive a security sensor,
wherein an entirety of the recess is positioned within the first portion or the second portion.

8. The hang tag of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first support member that supports a first portion of the main body in relation to the retaining portion; and
a second support member that supports a second portion of the main body in relation to the retaining portion.

9. A hang tag for an object, the hang tag comprising:
a main body including a ridge that extends along a longitudinal axis from a top of the main body to a bottom of the main body and that divides the main body into a first portion at a first side of the ridge and a second portion at a second side of the ridge; and
a retaining portion into which a portion of the object is insertable and including
(a) prongs configured to, when the portion of the object is disposed in the retaining portion, engage with side grooves in opposite sides of the object to prevent the object from rotating,
(b) ribs configured to support the prongs when the prongs are forced towards the ribs, and
(c) a protrusion extending from a bottom of the ridge of the main body and into the retaining portion, the protrusion being structured to cover a corresponding part of the object when the object is disposed within the retaining portion.

10. The hang tag of claim 9 , wherein:
the object is a drill bit, and
the protrusion is wider than a groove of the drill bit such that the protrusion provides an abutment surface for the drill bit when the drill bit moves towards the protrusion.

11. A hang tag for an object, the hang tag comprising:
a main body including a ridge that extends along a longitudinal axis from a top of the main body to a bottom of the main body and that divides the main body into a first portion at a first side of the ridge and a second portion at a second side of the ridge; and
a retaining portion into which a portion of the object is insertable and including
(i) a first structure with an inner region that includes
(a) prongs configured to, when the portion of the object is inserted in the retaining portion, engage with side grooves in opposite sides of the object to prevent the object from rotating, and
(b) ribs spaced from the prongs along the longitudinal axis and configured to support the prongs when the prongs are forced towards the ribs, and

(ii) a second structure spaced from the ribs along the longitudinal axis, the second structure surrounding a periphery of a corresponding part of the object when the object is disposed within the retaining portion.

12. The hang tag of claim 11 , wherein:
the first structure is a first cylindrical portion,
the second structure is a second cylindrical portion;
an orientation of the first cylindrical portion is approximately perpendicular to an orientation of the second cylindrical portion.

13. The hang tag of claim 11 , wherein the first cylindrical portion includes (a) a surface as a base and (b) an opening that is positioned opposite to the surface and exposes a corresponding part of the object when held in the retaining portion.

14. The hang tag of claim 13 , further comprising:
a guide member protruding from at least the surface of the first cylindrical portion, the guide member being configured to mate with a groove of the object.

15. The hang tag of claim 11 , further comprising:
a rail protruding from an interior surface of the second structure, the rail being configured to engage with a groove of the object to prevent a rotation of the object when the object is disposed within the second structure.

Assignees

• Bosch Tool Corp
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Nowacki Chris
• Vagnoni Adrian
• Bosatelli Simone
• Winkler Dominic

Classifications

• B65D85/24

  for needles, nails or like elongate small articles · CPC title

• B25H3/003

  Holders for drill bits or the like · CPC title

• B65D73/0064 Primary

  the articles being supported by or suspended from a tag-like element · CPC title

• B65D47/147

  for snap-on caps · CPC title

• B65D83/08

  for dispensing thin flat articles in succession (for surgical scalpel blades A61B17/3215) · CPC title