# US 5,343,648 A · Garment indicia strip

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- Number: US 5,343,648 A
- Document ID: US5343648A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/643,769
- Filed: 1991-01-18
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1988-07-22
- Assignees: Haggar Apparel Company
- Inventors: Frank D. Bracken
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343648A

## CPC

- G09F 3/00: Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means (medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40); Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer
- G09F 21/02: by a carrier person or animal
- G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B)
- G09F 2003/0201: {Label sheets intended to be introduced in a printer, e.g. laser printer}
- G09F 2003/0202: {printed before use}
- G09F 2003/0205: {Coupon}
- G09F 2003/0264: {Shapes or borders}
- G09F 2003/0276: {Safety features, e.g. colour, prominent part, logo}
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of size labeling of claim 1 further comprising:
mounting said second major surface of said strip onto a release liner such that said release liner keeps said adhesive material from contacting other objects prior to affixing said strip to said pants; and
removing said release liner from said strip prior to affixing said strip onto said pants.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method of labeling of claim 1 further comprising:
affixing a plurality of said strips onto a continuous length of silicon-coated release liner; and
removing each of said strips from said liner prior to affixing said strip onto said pants.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of labeling of claim 3 further comprising:
rolling said liner and said affixed strips into a roll after said strips are affixed to said liner, whereby said roll provides a means for storing and dispensing said flexible strips of material for attachment to said pants.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of labeling of claim 1 further comprising:
attaching a plurality of said flexible strips of material together to form a continuous length of said strips and including means for separating one of said strips from another of said strips of flexible material;
affixing said second major surface of said attached strip onto a continuous length of release liner;
detaching said strips from the length of attached strips; and
removing said strips from said liner prior to affixing each of said strips to said pair of pants.