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US 9,741,267 B2Granted
Gripping element for data carrier for vegetables, fruits, and indoor plants
OwnerJoost Arie de Jonginventor
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Abstract
A gripping element for a data carrier, e.g. a label, for vegetables, fruits, and indoor plants can be used to attach information to vegetables (e.g. vine tomatoes), fruits and indoor plants, among others. The data carrier may be a three-dimensional gripping element obtained from folding and gluing a piece of punched or cut paper, cardboard, or other thin material.
Claims10
A gripping element and a data carrier with which gripping element and the data carrier can be clicked onto a branch of vegetables or fruits, or a stem, branch or stake of a plant, or as a tie up element for plastic bags,
- wherein the gripping element in its fabricated state is an essentially two dimensional object made from thin material, and which can be folded into a three dimensional gripping element,
- wherein the gripping element in its three dimensional ready for use state comprises several attachment lips with which the gripping element is attached to the data carrier and a gripping section located between the attachment lips, the gripping section comprising two surfaces forming legs of a triangle with an angle between them in said ready to use state of the gripping element which from a side view give the gripping section a triangular shape,
- wherein each of said surfaces comprises a capture hole,
- wherein each of said surfaces comprises a longitudinal cut, and
- wherein each of said surfaces comprises a transverse cut provided at an end of the corresponding longitudinal cut and lying at the side of its corresponding attachment lip interspaced from the capture hole with the longitudinal cut extending between them.
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