Means for attaching a key tag to key ring or chain

Claim 1

Means for attaching a key tag to a key ring or chain comprising, a separately formed single attaching strip of plastic material which is molded to a preformed U-shaped configuration in transverse section with spaced parallel sides connected by an arcuate-shaped end portion having spaced sides in the same plane as the spaced parallel sides, with a preformed opening adjacent each of the opposite free ends of the strip and with the openings alined, an annular embossed or raised surface surrounding each of said openings, said arcuate-shaped end portion positioned around a key ring or chain to permit said key ring or chain to be freely manually rotated within said arcuateshaped end portion, said free ends of the strip being positioned on the opposite sides of a key tag with the openings alined with the key tag opening, and a fastening member extending through said openings and clinched at its opposite ends to engage said annular embossed surfaces but with the clinched ends inwardly of the outer plane of the embossed surfaces to prevent engagement with a contacting surface and for permanently fastening said strip to said key tag and joining said key tag to said key ring or chain.