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US 11,715,393 B2Granted
Label for wet applications
AssigneesCollotype Services Pty Ltd., Avery Dennison Materials Pty Ltd.
InventorJohn Frankhuisen
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Abstract
A label for a bottle where the label is comprised of a laminate where an outer layer (3) is a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when made wet, and an inner layer (5) behind this first layer which is a material that is opaque, and such that it will maintain such opaqueness when wet.
Claims20
A label of laminate construction, comprising:
- an outer layer;
- and
- an under layer,
- wherein the outer layer is a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when wet and the under layer is made from a material that remains opaque when wet,
- wherein the under layer is a biaxial polypropylene plastic,
- wherein the biaxial polypropylene plastic is a five layer extruded film with a cavitated inner core, and
- wherein the biaxial polypropylene plastic has opaqueness greater than 0.54 as measured by a Tobias densitometer.
4 more elements
A label for a container wherein the label is a laminate, comprising:
- an outermost layer upon which there is printed indicia having a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when wet;
- and
- a lower or more inner layer of the laminate behind this first layer, which is a material that is opaque, and maintains substantial opaqueness when wet,
- wherein the lower or more inner layer is biaxial polypropylene plastic,
- wherein the biaxial polypropylene plastic is a five layer extruded film with a cavitated inner core, and
- wherein the biaxial polypropylene plastic has opaqueness greater than 0.54 as measured by a Tobias densitometer.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.