Dual-function label
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1. A method of labeling objects with a dual-function label, said method comprising the steps of providing a medium having a front side for receiving information, a back side completely coated with adhesive material, and a fold line physically formed in and completely bisecting the medium into two halves with each half being a mirror image of the other;
- selectively providing a separate fastening element;
determining whether the dual function label is to be used as an adhesion label or as a tag label; and
selectively either affixing the adhesive back side of the medium to an object in an unfolded state when the label is to be used as an adhesion label, or folding the medium along the full length of the fold line into two matching halves having their adhesive back sides joined together to capture said fastening element therebetween so that the folded medium may be attached to an object by the fastening element when the label is to be used as a tag label.
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Abstract
An adhesive backed label is perforated or scored along its mid-line. The same label either can be used as a standard adhesive label or it can be folded along its midline to capture the ends of a string and can be used as a tag label.
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1. A method of labeling objects with a dual-function label, said method comprising the steps of providing a medium having a front side for receiving information, a back side completely coated with adhesive material, and a fold line physically formed in and completely bisecting the medium into two halves with each half being a mirror image of the other;
- selectively providing a separate fastening element;
determining whether the dual function label is to be used as an adhesion label or as a tag label; and
selectively either affixing the adhesive back side of the medium to an object in an unfolded state when the label is to be used as an adhesion label, or folding the medium along the full length of the fold line into two matching halves having their adhesive back sides joined together to capture said fastening element therebetween so that the folded medium may be attached to an object by the fastening element when the label is to be used as a tag label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- selectively providing a separate fastening element;
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