US 10,008,133 B2Granted

Label sheet assembly and method of making the same

AssigneeCCL Label, Inc.

InventorsLe H. Hong, Michael Novak, Jerry Hodsdon, Gildardo Ramirez Villegas, Alejandro Gerardo Veyna Hernandez, Florence M. Brisee, Ronald Ugolick

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Abstract

A label sheet assembly including a liner sheet, a carrier sheet, and a facestock sheet. The facestock sheet includes cut lines defining labels and cut lines defining at least a portion of a carrier strip. The carrier sheet can include cut lines defining at least a portion of the carrier strip. The carrier strip can be removed from the label sheet assembly to expose at least a portion of a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the labels. The label sheet assembly has a uniform thickness in an area that includes the carrier strip and the labels.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A label sheet assembly, comprising:

a carrier sheet having first and second sides;
a facestock sheet releasably coupled to the first side of the carrier sheet with a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive;
a liner sheet releasably coupled to the second side of the carrier sheet with a layer of adhesive;
cut lines in the facestock sheet defining a set of labels;
cut lines in the facestock sheet defining at least a portion of a carrier strip;
and
the carrier strip including a portion of the carrier sheet and a portion of the facestock sheet;
wherein:
the labels are formed into a foldable butterfly pattern that includes an upper portion and a lower portion attached along a fold line;
the carrier strip and the set of labels are configured to be removed from the label sheet assembly with the set of labels attached to the carrier strip;
and
the label sheet assembly is configured to have a uniform thickness in an area including the carrier strip and labels before removal of the carrier strip and the set of labels.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/880,896Filed 12 Oct 2015 · continuation in part
Priority: 9 May 2006
Published: US 2016/0035254 A14 Feb 2016
Granted: 26 Jun 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G09F 3/02
Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means ; Seals; Postage or like stamps: forms or constructions
B32B 7/06
Interconnection of layers: permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12
Interconnection of layers: using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 37/12
Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding: characterised by using adhesives

Family

Application60/799,238Us provisional application · filed 9 May 2006
Application11/590,409Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Oct 2006
Application12/617,710Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Nov 2009
US 7,934,751 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 3 May 2011
US 2016/0035254 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Feb 2016
US 9,159,250 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2007/0262578 A1Published application
US 2010/0109316 A1Published application
US 10,008,133 B2This patent

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