US 12,347,343 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 Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,082.
Application 17/669,539 is a division of application No. 16/689,245, filed on Nov. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,295,636, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Application 18/360,082 is a continuation of application No. 17/669,539, filed on Feb. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,756,453.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/776,607, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0368704 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09F 3/02 (2006.01); B65C 3/06 (2006.01); G09F 3/04 (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)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article including:
a first sleeve formed from a first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet, the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet having opposed first and second edges, wherein the first sleeve is formed by bonding a first part of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet to a second part of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet at a first overlap zone along a first seam proximate the first edge;
a portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet that extends between the first seam and the second edge; and
a tag bonded to the portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet proximate the second edge at a second overlap zone of the tag and the portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet, the tag extending beyond the second edge;
wherein the first seam is substantially linear, and wherein a height dimension of the tag parallel to the first seam is equal to or less than a length of the first seam between first and second open ends of the first sleeve; and
including a neck disposed on the portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet, the neck having a dimension measured parallel to the height dimension of the tag that is less than the height dimension of the tag.