"Bar-coded label for ""attempt to deliver"" parcels"
US6021942A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42D15/006
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A package delivery facilitating business form, and method of facilitating delivery of the package, are easy to use and implement. A business form typically is a sheet with three sections each backed with repositional adhesive and one of the sections having bar coding which indicates a number of different reasons for non-delivery of a package. If a package cannot be successfully delivered on a first attempt the third section of the form is detached and adhesively secured at the attempted delivery location and the identification bar code and reason for non-delivery bar code on the first section are scanned into the computer, and the first section is adhesively secured to the non-deliverable package. If a second attempt is also unsuccessful a release liner is removed from the adhesive on the second section, and a second section is adhesively secured at the attempted-delivery section. Business forms preferably are provided in a pad and include blank spaces to allow handwritten addition to be easily filled in, and include common machine and human-readable addition on all sections.
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