Composite material for secondary container packaging

A secondary container packaging label material consisting essentially of:

• a natural kraft paper material;
• a transparent plastic film laminated to said paper material through an adhesive layer;
• and
• a layer of printing on the plastic film visible in reverse through the plastic film.

A secondary container packaging material consisting essentially of:

• a paper material having an internal tearing resistance less than that required for said secondary container packaging material;
• a transparent plastic film having a tensile load less than that required for said secondary container packaging material;
• said plastic film being laminated to said paper material through an adhesive layer;
• and
• a layer of printing on the plastic film visible in reverse through the plastic film.

A packaging material for providing an outer decorative wrap enclosing a plurality of individual containers in a multiple container package comprising:

• an innermost layer of paper material adapted to be located adjacent and in intimate supporting contact with the individual containers;
• an outermost layer of relatively thin, transparent plastic film material;
• a decorative image permanently affixed to the inner surface of the plastic film material and being visible through the outer surface thereof, the thickness of the film material protecting the image against abrasion by objects located in contact with the outer surface of said film material during handling and shipment of the multiple package container;
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• an adhesive material affixed to the image containing surface of said plastic film and the outer surface of said innermost layer of paper material permanently affixing said plastic film material to said paper material without diminishing the visibility of said image, the paper material, plastic film material, and adhesive material of the packaging material being selected to provide in combination sufficient tensile load and tear strength to enable the multiple container package formed thereform to support the collective weight of the individual containers therein without additional sheet materials.