Peel-able, tamper-evident security label for concealing information
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorJeremy VANSLETTE
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Abstract
A visual-information security system that includes an information security label positioned to conceal visual information on a substrate. The information security label may include a spiral-shaped cut (or other complex shape) within the body of the label and a pull-tab, such that when a user pulls on the tab, the label peels off of the substrate in a spiral pattern, revealing the information concealed beneath the label. The complex-shaped cut makes reapplication of the label difficult and evident, thus providing security to consumers. The label may include multiple layers of material, for example, a peel-off layer and an adhesive layer.
Claims29
A visual-information security system, comprising:
- a substrate having visual information thereon;
- and
- a tamper-evident label disposed over and concealing the information, the label comprising a peel-off layer comprising a pull-tab and having a cut therethrough, wherein the peel-off layer is adhered to the substrate,
- wherein the cut of the peel-off layer is at least three times as long as a maximum in-tact length of the label, and
- wherein when the pull-tab is pulled away from the substrate, the peel-off layer separates along the cut to peel off of the substrate in the form of a continuous strip to reveal the information.
An information security label for removably concealing information, the label comprising:
- a concealing layer comprising a pull-tab and having a continuous, smooth cut therethrough,
- wherein the cut defines a spiral pathway of the label, the spiral pathway originating at the pull-tab and terminating within the label at a position spaced away from any outer edge of the label.
A visual-information security system, comprising:
- a substrate having visual information thereon;
- and
- a tamper-evident label disposed over and concealing the information,
- wherein, when a user pulls the label away from the substrate, the label splits apart along a curved cut to peel off of the substrate in the form of a continuous strip to reveal the information.
A transaction card, comprising:
- confidential information disposed on a surface of the transaction card;
- and
- a tamper-evident label disposed over the confidential information and temporarily adhered to the surface of the card, the label concealing the confidential information when adhered to the surface of the card, the label being configured to be removed from the surface of the card to show the confidential information disposed below it, the label having a single continuous spine oriented in different directions, the single continuous spine coming together to cover the confidential information when adhered to the surface of the card, the single continuous spine coming apart to show the confidential information when removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.