Designation strip assembly

Claim 1

A designation strip assembly including an elongated base portion of relatively rigid material of indefinite length having sides longitudinally thereof and having a suitable thickness, said base portion extending in straight lines along the length thereof and being symmetrical with respect to a base portion center plane extending along the base portion length, said base portion having an outer face along the length thereof part of which is formed by shoulders extending laterally from the sides of the base portion, said base portion outer face having a concave portion adjacent each shouldered part and extending along the length of the base portion, a channel-shaped locking strip of transparent springable material of indefinite length, said locking strip having its web portion dimensioned to extend transversely across the outer face of the base portion and having flange portions terminating in continuous beading, the flanges being dimensioned to extend over the base portion shoulders with the beading located below the base portion shoulders for locking action, said locking strip being thin enough and having sufficient elasticity so that it can be pressed into or peeled out of locking engagement progressively along the entire length of said locking strip, said locking strip accommodating, between its flanges at the outer face of said base portion, a flexible designation strip carrying desired markings, a designation strip being normally insertable in or removable from a locking strip only when the latter is free of the base portion, said locking strip and designation strip being cuttable to desired length by scissors, said concave portions taking up a small part of the base portion width whereby initiation, at an end of the locking strip, of removal of such strip from a base portion is facilitated.