Key tag

Claim 1

The combination of a tag having a numerical indicating device and a key chain, comprising: a front plate having a plurality of parallel slotted openings arranged in two equal numbered sets, and a pair of window openings arranged at a common end of said slotted openings, one window opening being substantially coextensive with one set of said slotted openings and the other window opening being coextensive with the remaining slotted openings; a back plate of geometry closely approximating that of said front plate and affixed to said front plate with a space therebetween said back plate including a plurality of sets of equally spaced openings arranged in lines of nine openings each registering respectively with the slotted openings; one elongated resilient striplike slide for each slotted oPening having numerals 0 through 9 consecutively arranged on a surface thereof received within the space between the front and back plates with the numerals facing toward the front plate said slide being adapted for sliding movement within said space in a direction parallel to the slotted openings, whereby said numerals are consecutively displayed through said window openings; a single projection means on the surface of each slide facing the back plate for engaging the openings in the back plate and of such dimensions as to permit full receipt within each of said openings for temporarily securing the positioning of slides; and separate knoblike means affixed to the end of each slide and extending outwardly through the associated slotted opening adapted for hand manipulation to position the slides along the slotted openings and present any desired numeral in the window openings; each of said striplike slides being initially bowed about a transverse axis, such that when received within the space between the front and back plates, said slides will be biased to resiliently contact said back plate.