US 11,756,453 B2
Tag attachment by shrink film
David Schiller, Sioux Falls, SD (US); and Eric Milbrath, Brewster, MN (US)
Assigned to Bedford Industries, Inc., Worthington, MN (US)
Filed by Bedford Industries, Inc., Worthington, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,539.
Application 17/669,539 is a division of application No. 16/689,245, filed on Nov. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,295,636.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/776,607, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0165183 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G09F 3/02 (2006.01); G09F 3/04 (2006.01); B65C 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 3/02 (2013.01) [G09F 3/04 (2013.01); B65C 3/065 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0226 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0251 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0269 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0273 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article comprising:
a flat heat-shrinkable polymer sheet having a circular central area and a plurality of slits disposed through the sheet, at least one of the plurality of slits oriented to partially surround the central area and oriented to be concentric with the central area; and
a tag bonded to the sheet;
wherein the central area and plurality of slits form a product attachment portion of the article, and wherein the article further includes a neck formed as part of the sheet and disposed between the product attachment portion and the tag.