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US 9,309,037 B2Granted
Product tag with expandable loop and sachet, and method of manufacture
AssigneeBedford Industries, Inc.
InventorCurtis J. Heinrichs
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Abstract
A product tag comprising a sachet portion having a sealed interior, and an elastomer portion bonded to the sachet portion and having an expandable loop.
Claims8
A method for manufacturing multiple product tags, the method comprising:
- advancing a web of a material in a longitudinal direction, the web having a front segment and a rear segment, wherein a front surface of the rear segment faces a rear surface of the front segment;
- sealing portions of the front segment to portions of the rear segment to define multiple sachet portions having interior regions, wherein each sachet portion is partially unsealed to provide access to the interior region;
- laminating an elastomer film to a rear surface of the rear segment of the web to form a bonding zone between the elastomer film and the rear surface of the rear segment;
- cutting the laminated elastomer film to form multiple expandable loops;
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- forming lines of weakness in the front segment and rear segment of the web at the sealed portions to define the multiple product tags, wherein each of the multiple labeling tags includes one of the sachet portions and one of the expandable loops.
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