Tag
AssigneeA. J. Sparks & Company
InventorWilliam J. Stehouwer
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Abstract
A tag has a body carrying printed indicia and a tie extending from an edge of the body and having a flexible wire core surrounded by a resilient polymeric material. The tie is bonded to the body by ultrasonic welding to provide an integral construction which assures the body of the tag will not be separated from the tie once attached to an object. Such construction permits the tag to be attached to nursery stock for example, by wrapping the embedded wire tie around a branch.
Claims18
A nursery tag comprising:
- a polymeric body for carrying indicia thereon;
- and
- a tie extending centrally from an edge of said body and having an end overlapping a relatively small portion of said body, said tie having a flexible wire core surrounded by a resilient polymeric material, said tie integrally ultrasonically bonded to said body in the overlying portion of said body and tie.
A method of bonding a tie including a wire surrounded by a polymeric material to a sheet of polymeric material to form a nursery tag comprising the steps of:
- positioning the tie with respect to the body in overlapping relationship;
- engaging the overlapped area between the tie and body with welding electrodes having a plurality of diagonally extending contact lines;
- and
- applying ultrasonic frequency energy to the junction of the tie and body to bond the tie to the body.
A nursery tag comprising:
- a generally rectangular body made of a thin polymeric material, said body of sufficient size to carry plant identification and care information thereon;
- and
- a separate tie extending centrally from an edge of said body and extending in alignment with the centerline of said body and overlapping said body a distance significantly less than the centerline length dimension of said body, said tie including at least one flexible wire core surrounded by a resilient polymeric material and means for integrally bonding said tie to said body, said bonding means including a plurality of spaced aligned ultrasonically formed channels extended in said body and tie in the region of overlap of said tie and body to securely attach said tie to said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.