Pennant and method of making a pennant

Claim 1

An improved pennant of felt, cloth, plastic, and the like, said pennant having at least one side printed to depict scenes, names, insignias and the like, the pennant cut from a larger piece of material from which is provided a desired outer configuration, the pennant being of one thickness permitting groups of like pennants to be stored, shipped and displayed in a flat condition, said pennant in its finished cut condition including a long end adjacent which there is formed at least two pairs of substantially parallel cuts made through the pennant, each pair of cuts being disposed a short distance from the edge of said long end, said cuts being disposed at right angles to said long end edge with one pair of cuts being disposed near one side edge of the pennant and another pair disposed near the opposite side edge, said cuts being spaced from each other so that strip portions between said parallel cuts may be displaced from the same side of the plane of the pennant to provide loops through which a stick, rod and the like may be inserted for carrying and displaying the pennant in a flat manner, and a suspending removable tab member having a hole therethrough and adapted to slide on and off a pin, nail, rod and the like by which the pennant may Be suspended for display, said tab being attached to the long end at its edge by means of an incompletely cut through portion which is easily pulled, cut, torn and the like to cause separation of this tab from the pennant when and where such separation is desired.

Claim 6

The method of making a pennant of felt, cloth, plastic and like sheet material, said pennant when completed having at least two loop means which may be displaced from their normal condition in the plane of the pennant to provide retaining loops for the mounting of the pennant so that said pennant may be displayed in a flat plane while being supported by and on a rod, stick and the like, said steps for making this pennant including: (a) advancing sheet material to a printing means; (b) printing on at least one side of the sheet material a plurality of colors to provide the desired pennant design; (c) transporting the printed sheet material from the printing means for further handling; (d) forming a steel rule die so as to cut the desired outer pennant configuration which includes a suspending tab member extending from the long end of the pennant; (e) mounting at least four short rule die portions in and within the outer die cutting configuration and in substantially parallel alignment and like lengths and spaced to provide means for making at least two pairs of cuts through the pennant, said short rule die portions positioned a short distance from a long end of the pennant; (f) providing and mounting a rule die so as to make an incomplete cut at the line where this suspending tab joins the pennant, this incomplete cut being made during die cutting operations; (g) advancing the die into the sheet material so as to cut the desired outer pennant configuration and at least two pairs of substantially parallel cuts made through the pennant, each pair of cuts being disposed a short distance from the edge of a long end of the pennant, said cuts being disposed at substantially right angles to said long end edge with one pair of cuts being disposed near one side edge of the pennant and another pair disposed near the opposite side edge, said cuts being spaced from each other so that strip portions between said parallel cuts may be displaced from the plane of the pennant to provide loops through which a stick, rod and the like may be inserted for carrying and displaying the pennant in a flat manner and at the pennant end to provide an incomplete cut at the attaching line of the suspending tab to this pennant end, and (h) separating said die cut pennant from the strip of stock for storage and display of the pennant.

Claim 7

The method of making a pennant of felt, cloth, plastic and like sheet material, said pennant when completed having at least two loop means which may be displaced from their normal condition in the plane of the pennant to provide retaining loops for the mounting of the pennant so that said pennant may be displayed in a flat plane while being supported by and on a rod, stick and the like, said steps for making this pennant including: (a) advancing sheet material to a printing means; (b) printing on at least one side of the sheet material a plurality of colors to provide the desired pennant design; (c) transporting the printed sheet material from the printing means for further handling; (d) forming a steel rule die so as to cut the desired outer pennant configuration which includes a suspending tab member extending from the long end of the pennant; (e) mounting at least four short rule die portions in and within the outer die cutting configuration and in substantially parallel alignment and like lengths and spaced to provide means for making at least two pairs of cuts through the pennant, said short rule die portions positioned a short distance from a long end of the pennant; (f) providing and mounting a rule die so as to make an incomplete cut at the line where this suspending tab joins the pennant, this incomplete cut being made during die cutting operations; (g) advancing the die into the sheet material so as to cut the desired outer pennant configuration and at least two pairs of substantially parallel cuts made through the pennant, each pair of cuts being disposed a short distance from the edge of a long end of the pennant, said cuts being disposed at substantially right angles to said long end edge with one pair of cuts being disposed near one side edge of the pennant and another pair disposed near the opposite side edge, said cuts being spaced from each other so that strip portions between said parallel cuts may be displaced from the plane of the pennant to provide loops through which a stick, rod and the like may be inserted for carrying and displaying the pennant in a flat manner and at the pennant end to provide an incomplete cut at the attaching line of the suspending tab to this pennant end, and (h) separating said die cut pennant from the strip of stock for storage and display of the pennant.