ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,052, issued on April 21, was assigned to CCL Label Inc. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Horticulture label stake" was invented by Le-Hoa Hong (Brea, Calif.) and Jay Sato (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A label sheet assembly is shown and described herein. The label sheet assembly includes a label construction comprising label portion and a stake portion, where the stake portion is detachable from the label portion. The label construction is configured to adhere to a container, such as a container for holding a plant, and the stake portion can be separated from the label at a later time as desired by an end user."
The pa...