Who owns the patent on the method for adhering label information to clothing (rather than having tags)?
Technology Initiatives: Tagless to the Rescue Tagless labeling technology allows for increased consumer comfort, branding opportunities, cost savings and security management. Itching, scratching, sticking, annoying. Unfortunately many garment labels leave this type of unpleasant impression on the consumer. Researchers have innovated a new tagless, or label-less, way to label a garment. The new methods create an end result which not only is comfortable to the wearer but also accommodates other government mandated labeling requirements, such as the inclusion of the fiber content, country of origin, manufacturing identification and care instructions. The industry-accepted definition of the tagless label process is: the application of a tag which is applied to a garment from a roll or cut single transfer in the presence of heat (260 degrees Fahrenheit (F) to 410 degrees F) and pressure (30 psi). Advantages of tagless technology This new technology is unique in that the consumer can see but
