METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO AN ARTICLE

摘要

A method of providing information relating to an article of commerce (15) includes the steps of providing a unitary plastic fastener (11) with the information relating to the article being formed therein and tagging the fastener to the article, such as using a conventional tagger gun. The unitary-plastic fastener includes a filament (21), a paddle (19) at one end of the filament, and a cross-bar (17) at the other end of the filament. The paddle of the fastener is either embossed, cut-out and/or shaped to display the information (31) relating to the article to which the fastener is to be attached. Types of information which may be formed into the paddle of the fastener include, among other things, a brand name associated with the article, a company name associated with the article, a logo associated with the article, size information relating to the article, instructional information relating to use of the article, identification information relating to the article, and certification information relating to the article.