ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,370, issued on April 7, was assigned to Brady Worldwide Inc. (Milwaukee).
"Flag label" was invented by Jon J. Giaimo (Grand Haven, Mich.) and Christopher R. Gauthier (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The flag label for attachment around an elongated object has a pair of faces oppositely facing from one another surrounded by a peripheral edge, One of the pair of faces is bifurcated into uneven portions at a line. Those uneven portions include an adhesive-bearing portion having adhesive received thereon and further include a non-adhesive bearing portion not having adhesive thereon. The non-adhesive bearing portion may be ...