Patterned adhesive label structures

A label for resealing a container comprising:

• a label;
• means for permanently securing a portion of said label to an object, said means including a full coverage coating of a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive on a first area at one end of the label;
• a light, fine pattern of the same permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive on a second area of said label, and constituting means for sealing and resealing said second portion of said label, said fine coverage area including discontinuous fine areas of said permanent adhesive which are so small as to permit sealing and unsealing of said label without impairing the integrity of the label despite the permanent nature of the adhesive;
• said label having an adhesive-free area at the opposite end of said label from said first area for gripping said label to peel it back;
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• said permanent adhesive having a peel force of at least three pounds per inch.

A labelling product comprising:

• a backing strip formed of flexible sheet material;
• a release coating on said backing strip;
• a plurality of separate labels each having a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive coating thereon, mounted on said backing strip with the adhesive material in engagement with the release coating;
• said pressure-sensitive adhesive material being in a fine pattern including bare areas and adhesive coated areas forming said fine pattern in at least one area of said label, wherein said fine pattern has no substantial areas of adhesive which are more than one-eighth inch square, and wherein said label has varying percentage coverage of adhesive over its surface, including an area having a heavier percentage covering of adhesive and an area having a lighter percentage covering of adhesive;
• all of said adhesive on said labelling product being of the same permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive;
• said labelling product including means for providing an area unsecured by the area having a heavier percentage coverage for readily permitting peeling and resealing of said labels in the area having a lighter percentage coverage, of said varying percentage coverage of adhesive, said fine coverage area including discontinuous fine areas of said permanent adhesive which are so small as to permit sealing and unsealing of said label without impairing the integrity of the label despite the permanent nature of the adhesive;
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• said permanent adhesive having a peel force of at least three pounds per inch.

A combined dispensing label and product container comprising:

• a product container having means for providing a dispensing opening, with a first portion of said container closing said opening, and with said first portion being in closing proximity with a second portion of said container;
• label means having a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon, for extending across and reclosing said opening;
• said label having substantially full permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive coverage in one area thereof engaging said first portion of said container to permanently secure said label to said first portion of said container adjacent said opening;
• said label having a light, fine pattern of said permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive extending across said opening and selectively into engagement with said second portion of said container, and constituting means for resealably engaging said second portion of said product container to resealably close said opening;
• the permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive in said full adhesive coverage being of the same composition as that in said light, fine pattern of adhesive, so that the entire adhesive pattern on said label may be applied to said label in a single coating operation;
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• said label having an adhesive-free area between the full coverage area and the light, fine pattern of adhesive coverage.