Bundling strap

US6684464B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Kirit C. Mody · Shoreview, US
• Michael W. Mills · Cottage Grove, US
• Ronald W. Ausen · Windom, US
• Shou-Lu G. Wang · Woodbury, US
• Alan J. Sipinen · Windom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/2708
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a mechanical fastener bundling strap comprising a bundling strap having a first face and a second face with a bar code readable through hook elements on a first face. The first face is formed by a thermoplastic hook strip material having a first face and a second face. The hook strip first face has an array of upstanding hook projections which form at least in part the first face of the bundling strap, the second face of the hook strip comprises a film which film is provided with a printed UPC code readable through the hook strip first face.