No Sew Border Label
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorMathieu DE BACKER
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Abstract
A frame web assembly for securing a label to an apparel item is provided. The assembly includes a substrate, a label, and a frame web. The frame web includes a carrier web having first and second faces, the first face having an adhesive, and at least one frame element with the first side having an adhesive and the second side in contact with the first face of the carrier web. The present invention also includes a method for branding the apparel item which includes applying a frame element over the woven label and then adhering the woven label and frame element to an apparel item.
Claims23
An assembly for securing a label to a substrate, comprising;
- a substrate having first and second surfaces;
- a label having first and second sides and having an external perimeter, the label having adhesive on a second side and indicia on the first side;
- a frame web, comprising:
- a carrier web having first and second faces, the first face having an adhesive;
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- a frame element having first and second sides, the first side having an adhesive and the second side in contact with the first face of the carrier web, the frame element having an inner perimeter smaller than the external perimeter of the label and an outer perimeter larger than the external perimeter of the label.
A method for making a branded apparel item, comprising the steps of;
- providing an apparel item;
- creating an image on a label, the label having a peripheral edge;
- applying the label to a surface of the apparel item;
- applying a frame web on a carrier layer, the frame web having at least one frame element thereon over the label such that at least a portion of the frame element is at least in contact with the peripheral edge of the label;
- and
- removing the carrier layer from the frame element, leaving the label attached the apparel item with the frame element.
A frame web for attaching a label to an article, comprising:
- a carrier web having first and second faces, the first face having an adhesive disposed on a portion of the carrier web;
- at least one frame element having first and second sides, the first side having an adhesive and the second side in contact with the first face of the carrier web and the adhesive.
A labeled apparel article, comprising;
- an apparel article having first and second surfaces;
- a label having first and second sides and having an external perimeter, the label having adhesive on a second side and indicia on the first side, with the label attached to a portion of the apparel article;
- a frame element having first and second sides, the second side in contact with the label, the frame element having an inner perimeter smaller than the external perimeter of the label and an outer perimeter larger than the external perimeter of the label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.