Method and apparatus for forming prefabricated self-forming self-adhering pull bow and pull bow formed thereby

A method for constructing a self-forming self-adhering pull bow for application to an object, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a pair of ribbon band segments, each having a first width, a major surface, a first end and a second end;
• (b) providing a pair of drawstrings, each having a second width less than the first width, a major surface, a first end and a second end, with at least a portion of the major surfaces of the drawstrings being coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive;
• (c) aligning the pressure sensitive adhesive coated major surfaces of the drawstrings;
• (d) adhering the drawstrings to each other by placing the pressure sensitive adhesive layers in contact with each other;
• (e) aligning the major surfaces of the ribbon bands;
• (f) interposing the reciprocally adhered drawstrings between the aligned ribbon bands;
• (g) bonding the first ends of the drawstrings and the ribbon bands together;
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• (h) bonding the ribbon bands together in paired locations on opposite sides of the drawstrings to form fold lines.