Patent ID: 8096097

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a product having first and second ends; using a scale to weigh said product; moving said product from a first position to a second position via a delivery conveyor; using a ram located on a first side of the delivery conveyor to push said product off of said delivery conveyor and into a product horn located at a side of the delivery conveyor opposite the ram, the product horn having a first end and a second end, the first end of said product horn being adjacent to the delivery conveyor and the second end of said product horn being remote from the delivery conveyor; providing a tubular material having first and second ends and a length measured between said ends, said tubular material is open at a first end and is open at said second end; inserting said product into said tubular material such that said first end of said product is proximate to said open first end of said tubular material and said second end of said product is proximate to said second open end of said tubular material; feeding a tag handle through a printer which is in data communication with said scale, said printer printing information on said tag handle, said tag handle having first and second ends and a length measured between said ends which is greater than the length of said tubular material; using a clipper located at the second end of the product horn to place a first clip on said tubular material and said handle to close said first end of said tubular material and attach said first end of said handle to said first end of said tubular material; and using said clipper to place a second clip on said tubular material and said handle to close said second end of said tubular material and attach said first end of said handle to said first end of said tubular material, said handle being of such a length such that a hand can be placed between said first and second ends of said handle and said tubular material when said product is encased in said tubular material.