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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Bedford Industries, Inc., Worthington, MN (US);
Colin M. O'Donnell, Worthington, MN (US);
Curtis J. Heinrichs, Sibley, IA (US);
Jeffrey Tschetter, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Mike Schultz, Worthington, MN (US);
David Schiller, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Bedford Industries, Inc., Worthington, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for using an attachment tag with a product includes affixing an adhesive layer of the attachment tag to the product. The attachment tag includes an elastomer portion and a tag portion bonded to the elastomer portion along a bond zone, wherein the adhesive layer is disposed on the tag portion. The method also includes expanding the elastomer portion by at least partially separating at least two of a plurality of leg segments of the elastomer portion and securing the expanded elastomer portion around at least a portion of the product.