Garment indicia strip
AssigneeHaggar Apparel Company
InventorFrank D. Bracken
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Abstract
A garment indicia strip and method for size labeling a pair of folded pants. A strip of flexible material has indicia repeatedly printed along a first major surface thereof. The indica are printed using symbols having a height no greater than the width of an edge of said folded pants. A second major surface of said strip has a pressure sensitive adhesive material bonded thereto. In use, the second surface of the strip is affixed to a pair of pants at a predetermined position whereby sizing information of said pants can be determined by reading said strip when said pants are folded.
Claims5
A method of size labeling a pair of pants for display in a vertical stack, comprising:
- printing sizing information for said pair of pants repeatedly on a first major surface of a flexible strip of material;
- providing a second major surface of said strip with a pressure-sensitive adhesive material suitable for releasably affixing said flexible strip to said pair of pants;
- affixing said strip onto a leg of said pair of pants with said strip substantially parallel to an outseam of said pair of pants;
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- folding said pair of pants such that said strip is affixed to an outer surface of said folded pants and such that said strip spans a fold of said folded pants, whereby the size of said pair of pants can be readily determined when said pair of pants is displayed in a stack of garments on a store shelf.
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