Composite label web and method of making same

A composite web of pressure sensitive labels, comprising:

• a composite web including a web of supporting material and a web of label material having a patterned coating of pressure sensitive adhesive releasably securing the label material to the supporting material web, longitudinally spaced, lateral cuts dividing the label material into a series of labels, the adhesive being disposed along two laterally spaced, relatively wide, longitudinally extending zones and a relatively narrow, longitudinally extending intervening zone, a longitudinally extending adhesive-free zone between each relatively wide adhesive zone and the relatively narrow adhesive zone, the thicknesses of the relatively wide and narrow adhesive zones being substantially the same, and longitudinally spaced feed holes disposed at the lateral cuts and extending through the composite web and through the relatively narrow adhesive zone and the adhesive-free zones on the label material without extending into the relatively wide adhesive zones on the label material, wherein the feed holes are spaced from the relatively wide adhesive zones.

A composite web of pressure sensitive labels, comprising:

• a composite web including a web of supporting material and a web of label material having a patterned coating of pressure sensitive adhesive releasably securing the label material to the supporting material web, longitudinally spaced, lateral cuts dividing the label material into a series of labels, the adhesive being disposed along two laterally spaced, relatively wide, longitudinally extending zones and a plurality of relatively narrow, longitudinally extending intervening zones, a longitudinally extending adhesive-free zone between each relatively wide adhesive zone and the adjacent relatively narrow adhesive zone and between adjacent relatively narrow adhesive zones, the thicknesses of the relatively wide and narrow adhesive zones being substantially the same, and longitudinally spaced feed holes disposed at the lateral cuts and extending through the composite web and through the relatively narrow adhesive zones and the adhesive-free zones of the label material without extending into the relatively wide adhesive zones of the label material.

A composite web of pressure sensitive labels, comprising:

• a composite web including a web of supporting material and a web of label material having a patterned coating of pressure sensitive adhesive releasably securing the label material to the supporting material web, longitudinally spaced, lateral cuts dividing the label material into a series of labels, the adhesive being disposed along two laterally spaced, relatively wide, longitudinally extending zones and a plurality of relatively narrow, longitudinally extending intervening zones, a longitudinally extending adhesive-free zone between each relatively wide adhesive zone and the adjacent relatively narrow adhesive zone and between adjacent relatively narrow adhesive zones, the thicknesses of the relatively wide and narrow adhesive zones being substantially the same, and longitudinally spaced feed holes disposed at the lateral cuts and extending through the supporting material and through the relatively narrow adhesive zones and the adhesive-free zones on the label material without extending into the relatively wide adhesive zones of the label material, wherein the feed holes are spaced from the relatively wide adhesive zones.