Product piercing tag
AssigneeBedford Industries, Inc.
InventorsDavid Schiller, Jay Milbrandt
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Abstract
A tag is configured to be inserted into a product. The tag includes a label portion and an insertion portion. The label portion has a first width. The insertion portion extends from the label portion, has a second width that is less than the first width, and has a length. An elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion. The tag has sufficient rigidity to enable a user to hold the label portion and force the insertion portion into the product. In another aspect, a method of attaching a tag to a product is described. The method includes holding the label portion and forcing the insertion portion into the product.
Claims19
A method of forming a tag comprising:
- providing a first layer;
- disposing a wire on the first layer;
- introducing a molten polymer onto the first layer to encase the wire;
- integrating the first layer, wire and polymer to form an assembly;
- curing the assembly, resulting in the polymer having a hardness range of about 90 Rockwell R to about 110 Rockwell R;
- and
- forming the assembly into the tag, the tag comprising:
- a label portion having a first width;
- and
- an insertion portion:
- extending from the label portion at a first end of the insertion portion;
- having a second width that is less than the first width;
- and
- having a length terminating at an arrow-shaped head at an opposed second end of the insertion portion, the arrow-shaped head comprising a tip and a barb that extends laterally from the wire;
- wherein the wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion.
A method of forming a tag comprising:
- providing a first layer;
- disposing a wire on the first layer, wherein the wire has a tensile strength in a range of about 90 ksi to about 125 ksi and a diameter in a range of from about 0.5 mm to about 0.8 mm, and wherein the wire exhibits a dead-fold property;
- introducing a molten polymer onto the first layer to encase the wire;
- integrating the first layer, wire and polymer to form an assembly;
- curing the assembly;
- and forming the assembly into the tag, the tag comprising:
- a label portion having a first width;
- and
- an insertion portion:
- extending from the label portion;
- having a second width that is less than the first width;
- and
- having a length;
- wherein the wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.