US 5,172,936 A · In-mold label having removable coupon portion

Abstract

The present invention relates to a label, particularly for in-mold application, and containers and articles having such a label. The label of the present invention is one designed for attaching to a surface and is adapted to allow removal of at least one portion of the label from the surface. The label has at least one permanent portion and at least one removable portion, with the permanent portion(s) having a sufficient amount of adhesive to provide permanent adhesion to the surface while the removable portion(s) is provided with an amount of adhesive to provide relatively less adhesion so as to allow the removable portion to be removed from the surface. Preferably, such lesser amount of adhesive provides a degree of adhesion less than both the tear modulus and the proportional limit of the removable portion(s).

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Dependent claims

A label for attaching to a surface and adapted to allow removal of at least one portion of said label from said surface, said label comprising:

(1) at least one permanent portion and
(2) at least one removable portion, each of said portions having adhering and display sides;
said display sides having indicia thereupon;
and wherein said adhering side of said at least one permanent portion is provided with an adhesive coating providing sufficient adhesion to adhere said at least one permanent portion to said surface
and wherein said adhering side of said at least one removable portion is provided with an adhesive coating providing less adhesion than said adhesion provided by said adhesive coating on said adhering side of said at least one permanent portion so as to allow said at least one removable portion to be adhered to said surface while being capable of being removed from said surface.

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An in-mold label for attaching to a molded surface and adapted to allow removal of at least one portion of said label from said surface, said label comprising;

(a) at least one permanent portion and
(b) at least one removable portion each of said portions having adhering and display sides;
and display sides having indicia thereupon;
and wherein said adhering side of said at least one permanent portion is provided with a first amount of adhesive to provide sufficient adhesion to adhere said at least one permanent portion to said molded surface so as to maintain said at least one permanent portion substantially completely adhered to said molded surface;
and wherein said adhering side of said at least one removable portion is provided with a second lesser amount of said adhesive to provide less adhesion than said adhesion provided by said first amount in proportion to the respective areas to which each said amounts are applied, so as to maintain said at least one removable portion substantially completely adhered to said molded surface and whereby the adhesion between said molded surface and each said at least one removable portion is less than the tear modulus of each said at least one removable portion respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

In-mold label having removable coupon portion

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In-mold label having removable coupon portion

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Abstract

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