Reinforcement of hang tags

摘要

Hang tags are provided for mounting on merchandise in a retail setting. The hang tags include a card with a plurality of edges, with a region of reinforcing material located at or adjacent to the top edge of the card, surrounding an aperture through which a fastener is received. The region defines the shape of a pair of intersecting elongated shapes such as ovals or ellipses, thereby positioning the reinforcing material in the locations where it is most needed to prevent theft-based removal of the tag from the merchandise, while omitting reinforcing material from the locations where it is not needed. Also provided is an attachment device, such as an applicator gun, for substantially simultaneously applying the reinforcing material to the tag and fastening the tag to a piece of merchandise.

主权项

1. A merchandise hang tag comprising:
a card having a plurality of edges, including a top edge; a region of reinforcing material disposed on an exterior surface of the card and having RFID properties and located at or adjacent to the top edge, wherein
the region defines the shape of a pair of substantially identical elongated shapes which intersect at an area,each of said elongated shapes has a major axis, with the respective major axes of the elongated shapes being substantially perpendicular to each other, andone major axis is generally vertically oriented with respect to the top edge of the card; anda fastener-receiving aperture positioned within the area where the elongated shapes intersect, the aperture being positioned at a location spaced away from the top edge by a distance greater than midway along the major axis that is generally vertically oriented wherein proportionally more reinforcing material is disposed on the card in a first direction leading from the aperture towards the top edge of the card than is disposed on the card in a second direction leading from the aperture towards any one of the remaining plurality of edges of the card.