Patent ID: 7005027

Claim:
A method of manufacturing reinforced tags comprising the steps of: providing a continuously moving web of tag material having a first and a second major surface; providing a feed of reinforcing patches wherein each individual patch has at least a transverse dimension; intermittently adhering patches onto the first major surface of the continuously moving web of tag material wherein a first portion of the patches is adhered to the first major surface and a second portion of said patches extends beyond the first major surface; folding the second portion of the reinforcing patches on the continuously moving web of material using a stationary folder at least partially defined by an extent of a curved surface and adhering said second portion to the second major surface; forming the web of tag material into individual tags each having at least a transverse dimension, each of which has a folded patch thereon; and wherein the transverse dimension of individual patches are less than the corresponding transverse dimension of individual tags.