Improved Apparatus For Carrying Data Storage Carriers

Abstract

An apparatus ( 10 ) for carrying one or more data storage carriers ( 12 ) for safe keeping and protecting against loss includes a lanyard ( 14 ) adapted to be worn around a body part of a person, such as the wrist or the neck. A split ring ( 18 ) is connected to the lanyard ( 14 ), and a desired number of tags ( 20 ) are connected to the split ring ( 18 ). Each tag ( 20 ) has an adhesive surface on one side for attaching a respective carrier thereto. The tag also has a hole ( 22 ) through which the split ring ( 18 ) passes to thereby connect the carrier ( 12 ) to the split ring ( 18 ).

1 . An apparatus for carrying one or more data storage carriers for safe keeping and protecting against loss, the apparatus comprising a lanyard adapted to be worn around a body part of a person, a split ring connected to the lanyard, and one or more tags connected to the split ring, the or each tag having an adhesive surface for attaching a respective carrier thereto, the tag also having a hole through which the split ring passes to thereby connect the carrier to the split ring. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the adhesive surface of the tag is provided at a lower part of one side of the tag, and the hole is provided through an upper part of the tag adjacent to the adhesive surface such that the tag, when attached to the carrier, extends partly outwardly from the carrier. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the adhesive surface has a protective peel-away cover. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the adhesive surface of the tag is attached to the rear of the carrier. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the body part is the wrist or the neck. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the split ring is hinged and has two semicircular arms extending from a hinge point, the extremities of each arm defining respective first and second interengagable clip portions that are spring biased to assume an interengaged condition, with the clip portions being separable against the spring bias.