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US 4,787,158 AGranted
Easy removal tamper-indicating label
OwnerMatt J. Vitolinventor
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OwnerMatt J. Vitolinventor
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An easy removal pressure-sensitive adhesive-backed label includes a tamper indicator which is especially useful as a pricing label for consumer goods is provided. The label includes nonadhesive finger grip which may be grasped with the fingers to assist in removal of the label from the surface to which it has been applied. The label further includes a score line which causes it to separate completely into two sections, thus bisecting the information on the label, when removal of the label is attempted. Reapplication of the label to another surface, such as might be attempted by an unscrupulous consumer desiring to switch labels, requires precise alignment of the label sections to avoid detection. A method for producing this tamper indicating pressure-sensitive adhesive label which may be readily adapted to conventional laminate production line procedures is also provided.
A tamper indicating label for removable application to a substrate including a first sheet having a first, information-conveying surface and a second adhesive-receiving surface opposite said first surface, a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive adjacent to and completely covering said second surface, finger grip means on said second surface for grasping the edge of the label immediately interior of and adjacent to the perimeter of the label comprising a zone where the adhesive has been neutralized to render the zone nonadhesive, marking means on said first surface for marking the location of said finger grip means, tamper indicating means for indicating the unauthorized removal and reapplication of the label to the substrate, and a second backing sheet including a low adhesion portion in mating contact with the adhesive layer of the first sheet.
A method for producing an easy removal tamper indicating pressure-sensitive adhesive label including the steps of:
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