IP Library Granted Patent US 10,189,588
Granted Patent B2
US 10,189,588 · App. 15/622,879 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Bundling article with elastic loop and cooperating tag

Inventors: Jay A. Milbrandt (Worthington, MN); Troy Lang (Fulda, MN); Eric Milbrath (Brewster, MN); David Schiller (Sioux Falls, SD); Trevor Wintz (Round Lake, MN)
Assignee: Bedford Industries, Inc.
B65B13/02B65B13/22B65B13/24B65D63/109B65D63/1027
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,189,588
App. No.
15/622,879
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bundling article includes a stretchable portion and a tag portion. The stretchable portion includes a fastening opening having a first width. The tag portion overlaps the stretchable portion at an overlap area, wherein the stretchable portion and the tag portion are bonded together at the overlap area. The tag portion includes a notch, the notch including two opposed shoulders separated by a second width. The second width is substantially equal to or greater than the first width.

Claims (13)

1. A bundling article including:

a stretchable portion including a fastening opening having a first width; and

a tag portion overlapping the stretchable portion at an overlap area, wherein the stretchable portion and the tag portion are bonded together at the overlap area, and the tag portion including a notch, the notch including two opposed shoulders separated by a second width, wherein the second width is substantially equal to or greater than the first width.

2. The bundling article of claim 1 , wherein each shoulder terminates at a point.

3. The bundling article of claim 1 , further including an adhesive layer.

4. The bundling article of claim 3 , wherein the adhesive layer is located on the tag portion.

5. The bundling article of claim 4 , wherein the adhesive layer is located on a surface of the tag portion that is between the overlap area and the notch.

6. The bundling article of claim 1 , wherein the fastening opening is defined by a loop of stretchable material, and wherein the stretchable portion further includes a finger grip extending from the loop in a direction away from the overlap area.

7. The bundling article of claim 1 , wherein the tag portion includes an outer perimeter, and wherein the notch is located on the outer perimeter.

8. The bundling article of claim 7 , wherein the outer perimeter includes two opposed side edges, and wherein each of the two opposed shoulders is located on one of the two opposed side edges.

9. The bundling article of claim 7 , further including a round end tab located on an end of the tag portion opposite the overlap area.

10. The bundling article of claim 7 , wherein the notch is one of a plurality of notches located on the outer perimeter.

11. The bundling article of claim 1 , wherein the tag portion includes an outer perimeter, and wherein the notch does not reach the outer perimeter.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62359364 · Jul 7, 2016
Related Publication 20180009556A1 · Jan 11, 2018
Cited By (1)
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