Label for Sports Netting

Abstract

A label includes a body including a front surface configured to display graphics with the label attached to the sports netting and a rear surface including a central adhesive region, a plurality of tabs extending radially outward from the body, and a plurality of foldable regions wherein each of the plurality of tabs is connected to the body by one of the plurality of foldable regions, respectively. Each of the plurality of tabs have a rear surface including a second adhesive region, respectively. Each of the plurality of foldable regions includes an adhesive-free rear surface configured to contact the sports netting with the label securely attached to the sports netting. The central adhesive region and each of the respective second adhesive regions are sized and located such that contact is absent between the adhesive regions and the sports netting with the label securely attached to the sports netting.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A label configured to attach to sports netting, the label comprising:
 a body including a front surface configured to display graphics with the label attached to the sports netting and a rear surface including a central adhesive region;   a plurality of tabs extending radially outward from the body, each of the plurality of tabs having a rear surface including a second adhesive region, respectively; and   a plurality of foldable regions wherein each of the plurality of tabs is connected to the body by one of the plurality of foldable regions, respectively, an adhesive-free rear surface of the plurality of foldable regions configured to contact the sports netting with the label securely attached to the sports netting,   wherein the central adhesive region and each of the respective second adhesive regions are sized and located such that contact is absent between the adhesive regions and the sports netting with the label securely attached to the sports netting.   
     
     
         2 . The label of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of tabs is defined by an edge that extends from a first attachment to the body at a first end of one of the plurality of foldable regions to a second attachment to the body at a second end of the one of the plurality of foldable regions, and
 wherein the edge forms an acute angle at a distal end of the tab.   
     
     
         3 . The label of  claim 2 , wherein the edge forms an obtuse angle at the first attachment to the body, and
 wherein the edge forms an obtuse angle at the second attachment to the body.   
     
     
         4 . The label of  claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the central adhesive region and a radial length of each of the second adhesive regions are selected to establish a dimension of the adhesive-free rear surface of the plurality of foldable regions such that contact is absent between the adhesive regions and the sports netting with the label securely attached to the sports netting. 
     
     
         5 . The label of  claim 1 , wherein the graphics are applied to the front surface of the body using a heat transfer technology. 
     
     
         6 . The label of  claim 5 , wherein the body is manufactured of a synthetic material including elastane. 
     
     
         7 . The label of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a label outer edge; and   a plurality of fold lines each of the plurality of fold lines defined as a linear region substantially centered in one of the plurality of foldable regions and extending between a first intersection of the respective fold line with the label outer edge and a second intersection of the respective fold line with the label outer edge, respectively.   
     
     
         8 . The label of  claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of tabs is defined by an acute triangle formed in a region between one of the plurality of fold lines, a first portion of the label outer edge that extends from the first intersection to a distal end of the respective tab and a second portion of the label edge that extends from the second intersection to the distal end, the first portion and the second portion meeting at an acute angle. 
     
     
         9 . The label of  claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of tabs is defined by a parallelogram formed in a region between one of the plurality of fold lines, a region of the label outer edge located at a distal edge of tab, a first portion of the label outer edge that extends from the first intersection to the distal edge of the respective tab and a second portion of the label outer edge that extends from the second intersection to the distal edge of the respective tab. 
     
     
         10 . The label of  claim 9 , wherein the parallelogram includes one of a square shape and a rectangular shape. 
     
     
         11 . The label of  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of tabs include at least four tabs. 
     
     
         12 . A label configured to attach to sports netting, the label comprising:
 a body including a front surface configured to display graphics with the label attached to the sports netting and a rear surface including a central adhesive region;   a plurality of tabs extending radially outward from the body, each of the plurality of tabs having a rear surface including a second adhesive region, respectively;   a plurality of foldable regions wherein each of the plurality of tabs is connected to the body by one of the plurality of foldable regions, respectively, each of the plurality of foldable regions including an adhesive-free rear surface,   a label outer edge, and   a plurality of fold lines each of the plurality of fold lines defined as a linear region substantially centered in one of the plurality of foldable regions and extending between a first intersection with the label outer edge and a second intersection with the label outer edge, respectively,   wherein each of the plurality of tabs is defined by an acute triangle formed in a region between one of the plurality of fold lines, a first portion of the label outer edge that extends from the first intersection to a distal end of the respective tab and a second portion of the label edge that extends from the second intersection to the distal end, the first portion and the second portion meeting at an acute angle.   
     
     
         13 . The label of  claim 12 , wherein the central adhesive region and each of the respective second adhesive regions are sized and located such that contact is absent between the adhesive regions and the sports netting with the label securely attached to the sports netting. 
     
     
         14 . The label of  claim 13 , wherein the label outer edge defines a first obtuse angle at a location of the first intersection, and
 wherein the label outer edge defines a second obtuse angle at a location of the second intersection.