Tag with attached fold-over transparent cover element

Claim 1

As assembly having a plurality of tag-cover element units in which the cover element associated with a tag includes a portion adapted to be adhered to a surface of the tag after the application of identification data thereto, the assembly including (1) a web of tag material having an upper surface and a lower surface, (2) a web of transparent cover element material carrying a layer of transparent pressure sensitive adhesive on one of its surfaces, (3) the layer of transparent pressure sensitive adhesive on the web of cover element material being releasably joined to the lower surface of the web of tag material to form the assembly, the improvement wherein: (4) a series of spaced slits extend through the web of tag material to define a plurality of individual adjacent tags; (5) a series of spaced slits extend through the web of cover element material and layer of pressure sensitive adhesive carried thereon to define a plurality of individual adjacent cover elements, there being one cover element associated with each tag, the cover element associated with each tag having a connecting portion adhered to the lower surface of the tag and a flap adhered to the lower surface of an adjacent tag; (6) each tag and its associated cover element being detachable from the assembly along the aforesaid slits to provide a tag-cover element unit including a flap extending beyond an edge of the tag and an exposed portion of the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the flap, the flap being foldable over said edge of the tag and adherable to the upper surface of the tag for protection of identification data applied thereto.