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US 5,227,209 AGranted
Array of separable decals
OwnerDean Garlandinventor
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An array of separable decals are provided to address the difficult problem of working with very tiny or narrow decals with the fingers of the human hand. The decal array is comprised of a longitudinally extending printed laminar paper strip having an upper exposed surface and an opposite surface coated with pressure sensitive adhesive. A laminar backing sheet coated with a release agent is disposed in contact throughout with the adhesive coated side of the printed strip. Transversely extending indicia, such as identification information, are printed on the exposed surface of the printed strip at longitudinal intervals therealong. The printed strip is transversely scored above each of the transversely extended indicia. Both the printed strip and the backing sheet beneath are transversely scored below each of the transversely extending indicia. The scoring is such that the printed strip separates more readily at the scoring above the transverse indicia than at the scoring below it. In this way a decal bearing a single indicia may be detached from the array by means of a handling tab which may be separated from the decal once the decal has been affixed to the desired support.
An array of separable decals comprising a longitudinally extending printed sheet of paper having a front surface with a plurality of transversely extending, longitudinally spaced indicia thereon and a back surface coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive, a backing sheet having a release agent thereon disposed in contact throughout with said back surface of said printed sheet, a scored demarcation extending transversely on said printed sheet immediately above each said indicia, another scored demarcation extending transversely on both said printed sheet and said backing sheet immediately beneath each said indicia, wherein said demarcations beneath each said indicia and above the next longitudinally adjacent indicia are spaced longitudinally apart from each other a sufficient distance to define a temporary handling tab therebetween capable of being gripped between the thumb and forefinger of a human hand, and wherein both of the aforesaid scored demarcations for each said indicia are such that said sheet of paper separates more readily at said demarcation above each said indicia than at said demarcation beneath each said indicia.
An array of separable decals comprising a longitudinally extending printed laminar strip having an upper, exposed surface, and an opposite surface coated with pressure sensitive adhesive, a laminar backing sheet having an upper surface coated with a release agent and disposed in contact throughout with said surface of said printed strip that is coated with adhesive, a plurality of transversely extending indicia printed on said exposed surface of said printed strip at repetitive longitudinal intervals therealong, transverse scoring across only said printed strip above each of said transversely extending indicia, and other transverse scoring across both said printed strip and said backing sheet below each of said transversely extending indicia, wherein said scoring is such that said printed strip separates more readily at said scoring above said transverse indicia than at said other transverse scoring below said transverse indicia, and the longitudinal distance between said longitudinal intervals is sufficient to define a temporary handling tab for each indicia extending between said other transverse scoring below each indicia and said transverse scoring above the next adjacent indicia, said handling tab being of a size large enough to be gripped between the thumb and forefinger of a human hand.
An array of separable decals comprising:
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