# US 10,482,794 B2 · Self-laminating rotating cable marker label with breakaway portion

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- Number: US 10,482,794 B2
- Document ID: US10482794B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/383,955
- Filed: 2019-04-15
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2008-05-09
- Assignees: Panduit Corp.
- Applicants: Panduit Corp.
- Inventors: Jack E. Caveney; David Scott Morrison; Michael Scott Adams
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482794B2

## CPC

- G09F 3/0295: {Labels or tickets for tubes, pipes and the like}
- B32B 37/142: {Laminating of sheets, panels or inserts, e.g. stiffeners, by wrapping in at least one outer layer, or inserting into a preformed pocket}
- G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B)
- G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer
- G09F 3/205: {specially adapted for electric cables, pipes or the like}
- B32B 2519/00: Labels, badges
- G09F 2003/0255: {laminated}
- Y10T 428/14: Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
- Y10T 428/149: Sectional layer removable
- Y10T 428/15: Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness
- Y10T 428/28: Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
- Y10T 428/2839: with release or antistick coating
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A self-laminating rotating cable marker label is constructed of a transparent film having a first adhesive area, an adhesive-free smooth area, and a second adhesive area. A print-on area forms one side of the transparent film, the print-on area adapted to receive indicia identifying the cable about which the marker label is applied. A perforation extends across the transparent film providing a line of separation of the transparent film. When wrapped around a cable, the second adhesive area overlies the print-on area such that the cable identifying indicia is visible through the transparent second adhesive area. As the transparent film is wrapped around the cable, the first adhesive area adheres to the cable. The remainder of the transparent film is rotated, breaking the perforation, whereby the smooth area of the film in contact with the cable provides smooth rotation of the label around the cable.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A self-laminating cable marker comprising:
a first portion with at least part of an underside of the first portion having adhesive configured to adhere the first portion to a cable;
a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the second portion having an adhesive free underside wherein a lateral width of the second portion is wider than a lateral width of the first portion;
a third portion adjacent to the second portion, at least part of an underside of the third portion having adhesive such that the underside of the third portion can adhere to a top side of the second portion when the self-laminating cable marker is wrapped around the cable; and
a separable boundary between the first portion and the second portion configured such that when the underside of the first portion is adhered to the cable and then the cable marker is wrapped around the cable such that the underside of the third portion is adhered to the second portion, separating the second portion from the first portion allows the cable marker to rotate relative to the cable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The self-laminating cable marker of claim 1 wherein the separable boundary is a perforation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The self-laminating cable marker of claim 1 wherein the second portion separates the first portion from the third portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The self-laminating cable marker of claim 1 wherein the third portion tapers inward from a junction with the second portion.