Patent ID: 7969309
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B65C,G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a label to an article, wherein the label is tacked on a backing paper, the label is fixed to a tag-fixed portion on which a RFID tag comprising an IC chip and a communication antenna are fixed, the tag-fixed portion has a side edge articulated with a common label portion, and the label has a partition line extending across the common label portion to partition the common label portion between a first label portion with which the fixed tag portion articulates and a second label portion at which the tag fixed portion is positionable; and the partition line also partitioning the label into the tag-fixed portion and the common label portion, the method comprising: folding the common label portion with respect to the tag-fixed portion to raise the tag fixed portion from the common label portion, the folding being along the side edge of the tag-fixed portion articulated with the common label portion or along the partition line; and then applying the label to the article.