US 5,308,119 A · Packaging label including negotiable instrument

Abstract

A label for affixing to a container and delivering a foldable document is constructed from an opaque base layer, a folded strip or document, and a transparent outer layer. The outer layer attaches the folded strip or document to the base layer and encloses it between the base layer and outer layer. The outer layer is designed to be severed along one edge so as to allow access to the folded strip or document. The strip or document has at least one line of perforation for separating it into at least two parts. One part is a product information label which forms an outer panel when the strip or document is folded. Another part is a negotiable instrument which is immediately negotiable by either a customer or retailer. The opaque base layer contains indicia which is similar to the product information label, except for some visually noticeable difference. The reverse side of the negotiable instrument contains a questionnaire to be filled out by the customer, thereby providing market research data associated with the customer purchase of a product in the container.

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Dependent claims

A label for affixing to a container comprising:

(a) an opaque base layer having an adhesive side for affixing to the container and an imprinting side for printing indicia thereon, the imprinting side having oppositely disposed edges flanked by a product information portion;
(b) a longitudinally foldable strip having a perforation running perpendicular to the longitude, the perforation separating the strip into two parts, one part being a negotiable instrument intended to be severed from the strip along the perforation and the other part being a product information label, the strip being folded into a plurality of overlying panels by fold lines with at least a portion of the product information label forming an outer panel, the folded strip overlying the opaque base layer's product information portion;
and
(c) a transparent top layer permanently attached to at least a part of
(i) the strip's outer panel;
and
(ii) both oppositely disposed edges of the base layer,
thereby attaching the strip to the base layer and enclosing the strip between the top layer and the base layer, the transparent top layer being severable along one edge so as to allow access to the negotiable instrument.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Packaging label including negotiable instrument

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