Merchandise labeling
AssigneeBedford Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert B. Ludlow, John B. Linquist, Colin M. O'Donnell, Ryan M. Korpela
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Abstract
A unitary sheet-like merchandise labeling article that has a labeling tag flatly conjoined along a unifying flat bond zone with a flexible elastic layer that extends away from the tag and includes an elastic fastening loop. The loop sides that define the loop are wider than the thickness of the elastic layer. Further, the flexible elastic layer that extends away from the tag has a thickness greater than the thickness of the tag and has a dispersion zone adjacent the unifying flat bond zone. The dispersion zone allows dissipation of elastic loop in-line stretching forces sufficiently to reduce transmission of such forces into the bond zone.
Claims19
A labeling article including:
- a material sheet including a first edge;
- and
- an elastic sheet including an aperture and a second edge;
- wherein the material sheet and the elastic sheet overlap at an overlap portion defined between the first and second edges,
- wherein the material sheet and the elastic sheet are bonded together at the overlap portion, and
- wherein the aperture of the elastic sheet is not located on the overlap portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.