Horticulture label stake
AssigneeCCL Label, Inc.
InventorsLe-Hoa Hong, Jay Sato
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Abstract
A label sheet assembly is shown and described herein. The label sheet assembly includes a label construction comprising label portion and a stake portion, where the stake portion is detachable from the label portion. The label construction is configured to adhere to a container, such as a container for holding a plant, and the stake portion can be separated from the label at a later time as desired by an end user.
Claims13
A sheet assembly comprising a liner layer, a face layer, and an adhesive disposed between the face layer and the liner layer, the sheet assembly defining a label construction, the label construction comprising:
- a label portion;
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- a stake portion adjacent the label portion, wherein an inner edge of the label portion and an inner edge of the stake portion are defined by a shared cut line such that the stake portion and the label portion are separable from one another;
- wherein the adhesive layer is disposed under the label portion, with one of the provisos that:
- (i) a patch of adhesive is disposed along an outer edge of the stake portion, and an interior portion of the stake portion is free of adhesive;
- (ii) the adhesive is disposed under the label portion and the stake portion, the stake portion is formed by a cut through the face layer, the adhesive, and the liner such that when the stake portion is separated from the label portion, the liner under the stake portion remains with the stake portion;
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- (iii) the adhesive is disposed under the label portion and the stake portion, the stake portion comprises a first section and a second section, the first section and the second section being mirror images of each other, and the stake section is formed, after separation from the label construction, by folding the first section to mate with the second section.
A sheet assembly comprising a liner layer, a face layer, and an adhesive disposed between the face layer and the liner layer, the sheet assembly defining a label construction and comprising:
- a label portion defined by die cuts through the face layer and removable from the liner;
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- a stake portion disposed on the face layer and overlying an area of the label portion, the stake portion releasably adhered to the face layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.