Polymeric articles with electronic code formed thereon and process of making the same
AssigneeBerry Global, Inc.
InventorsJared B. Waterman, Jonathan Eickhoff, Jennye Scott, Kirk Birchler, Jeffrey A. Mann
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Abstract
A polymeric article includes a body and encoded visual indicia formed on the body. The encoded visual indicia may be scanned to generate instructions. A method of providing the polymeric article includes applying polymeric materials to a mold to provide an article-blank web having formed therein an article preform of a desired shape with encoded visual indicia formed in the article preform.
Claims20
A method of providing and using a polymeric article with encoded visual indicia formed thereon, the method comprising
- providing a sheet comprising polymeric materials,
- applying the sheet to a mold to provide an article-blank web having formed therein an article preform of a desired shape with encoded visual indicia formed in the article preform, and
- separating the article preform from the article-blank web to provide the polymeric article with encoded visual indicia formed thereon after molding the sheet.
A method of providing a polymeric article with encoded visual indicia formed thereon, the method comprising steps of
- applying polymeric materials to a mold to provide an article preform of a desired shape and
- forming encoded visual indicia in the article preform with the mold.
A polymeric article comprising
- a body and
- encoded visual indicia formed on the body and configured to be scanned by an optical camera to generate computer readable instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.