Label hangers for intravenous bottles

A label hanger assembly for suspending an intravenous (I.V.) bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. stand, comprising:

• a label sheet;
• a hang strip cut from said label sheet, said hang strip being integral at both ends thereof with said label sheet, and said hang strip being removable out of and away from said label sheet and having a sufficient length to clear the bottom of an I.V. bottle and to engage with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• a plurality of breakable ties disposed between said label sheet and said hang strip, said ties securing said hang strip within said label sheet prior to a user pulling said hang strip out of said label sheet;
• an adhesive coating applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, said adhesive coating substantially covering said label sheet except for the area defined by said hang strip, so that said hang strip is free of adhesive;
• said label sheet adherent to an I.V. bottle by said adhesive coating and defined as having a top edge positioned nearer to the bottom end than to the open end and a bottom edge positioned nearer to the open end than to the bottom end of the I.V. bottle;
• said label sheet having a transverse axis defined as extending around the circumference and a longitudinal axis defined as extending parallel to the axis of the I.V. bottle;
• the ends of said hang strip respectively positioned near the sides of said label sheet, said hang strip having two approximately 180-degree turns;
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• said hang strip having an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, the ends of said middle portion being integral with a respective end of said upper and said lower portion at said 180-degree turns, said portions being substantially transverse.

A label hanger for suspending an intravenous (I.V.) bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. dolly or stand, comprising:

• a label sheet having a pair of hang strips cut therefrom and an adhesive coating applied thereon, said label sheet being adherent to an I.V. bottle;
• each said hang strip having one end thereof integral with said label sheet and the other end thereof removable out of and away from said label sheet and engageable with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• each said hang strip having a plurality of breakable ties for securing said hang tab to said label sheet prior to a user pulling said engageable end thereof out of said label sheet;
• said adhesive coating applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, substantially covering said label sheet except for the area defined by said hang strips, so that said hang strips are free of adhesive;
• said label sheet having a top edge positioned nearer to the bottom end than to the open end and a bottom edge positioned nearer to the open end than to the bottom end of an I.V. bottle when adhered thereto;
• said label sheet having a transverse axis corresponding with the circumference and a longitudinal axis corresponding with the height of an I.V. bottle when adhered thereto, said label sheet having a transverse middle;
• each said hang strip folding along said integral end thereof and extending beyond the bottom end of an I.V. bottle a sufficient distance to enable said engageable ends to engage with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• said integral end of one of said hang strips positioned near a first side of said label sheet, and said engageable end of the same said hang strip positioned between said transverse middle and a second side of said label sheet, said hang strip being positioned in substantially the top half of said label sheet;
• said integral end of the other said hang strip positioned near said second side of said label sheet, and said engageable end of the same said hang strip positioned near said first side of said label sheet, said hang strip being positioned in substantially the bottom half of said label sheet;
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• the transverse length of said hang strip positioned in the bottom half of said label sheet substantially equal to the sum of the transverse length the other said hang strip plus the longitudinal distance between said hang strips, whereby the respective portions of said hang strips which extend beyond the bottom of the I.V. bottle have substantially equal lengths.

A label hanger assembly for suspending an intravenous (I.V.) bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. stand, comprising:

• a label sheet;
• a hang strip cut from said label sheet, said hang strip being integral at both ends thereof with said label sheet, and said hang strip being removable out of and away from said label sheet and having a sufficient length to clear the bottom of an I.V. bottle and to engage with a hook of an I.V. stand, said hang strip having a middle portion;
• a plurality of breakable ties disposed between said label sheet and said hang strip, said ties securing said hang strip within said label sheet prior to a user pulling said hang strip out of said label sheet;
• an adhesive coating applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, said adhesive coating substantially covering said label sheet except for the area defined by said hang strip, so that said hang strip is free of adhesive;
• said label sheet adherent to an I.V. bottle by said adhesive coating and defined as having a top edge positioned nearer to the bottom end than to the open end and a bottom edge positioned nearer to the open end than to the bottom end of the I.V. bottle;
• said label sheet having a transverse axis defined as extending around the circumference and a longitudinal axis defined as extending parallel to the axis of the I.V. bottle, said label sheet having a longitudinal middle portion;
• the ends of said hang strip positioned substantially in said longitudinal middle portion of said label sheet, and said middle portion of said hang strip positioned in the upper portion of said label sheet;
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• said hang strip curving transversely outwardly and upwardly from the ends thereof to said middle portion thereof, so that the length of said hang strip is sufficiently long to allow the middle portion of the hang strip to extend over the bottom of an I.V. bottle to engage with a hook thereof.

A label hanger for suspending an intravenous (I.V.) bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. dolly or stand, comprising:

• a label sheet having at least one hang strip cut therefrom and an adhesive coating applied thereon, said label sheet being adherent to an I.V. bottle;
• said hang strip having at least one end thereof integral with said label sheet, and the remainder of said hang strip being removable out of and away from said label sheet and engageable with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• said hang strip having a plurality of breakable ties for securing said hang strip to said label sheet prior to a user pulling the remainder of said strip out of said label sheet;
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• said adhesive coating being applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, substantially covering said label sheet except for the area defined by said hang strip, so that said hang strip is free of adhesive.

A label hanger and intravenous (I.V.) bottle assembly, wherein said label hanger suspends said I.V. bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. stand, comprising:

• an I.V. bottle;
• a label sheet having a pair of hang tabs cut therein, each said hang tab being integral at one end thereof with said label sheet and engageable at the other end thereof with the hook of the I.V. stand;
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• an adhesive coating applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, said adhesive coating substantially covering all areas of said label sheet except for the areas defined by said hang tabs which are free of adhesive;
• the area of said I.V. bottle beneath said ties free of adhesive both before and after said ties are broken and said hang tabs are extended to engage with the hook of the I.V. stand;
• said label sheet being wrapped around said I.V. bottle and being adhered thereto by said adhesive coating;
• said label sheet being substantially rectangular, having a transverse axis corresponding with the circumference of said I.V. bottle, and having a transverse middle;
• said integral end of one of said hang tabs positioned near one of the sides of said label sheet, and said engageable end of the same said hang tab positioned toward said transverse middle of said label sheet;
• said integral end of the other said hang tab positioned at or near said transverse middle of said label sheet, and said engageable end of the same said hang tab positioned toward the other side of said label sheet;
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• said hang tabs having break-away ties for holding said tabs to the remainder of said label sheet as said label hanger is being applied to said I.V. bottle.

A label hanger assembly for suspending an intravenous (I.V.) bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. stand, comprising:

• a label sheet;
• a hang strip cut from said label sheet, said hang strip being integral at both ends thereof with said label sheet, and said hang strip being removable out of and away from said label sheet and having a sufficient length to clear the bottom of an I.V. bottle and to engage with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• a plurality of breakable ties disposed between said label sheet and said hang strip, said ties securing said hang strip within said label sheet prior to a user pulling said hang strip out of said label sheet;
• an adhesive coating applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, said adhesive coating substantially covering said label sheet except for the area defined by said hang strip, so that said hang strip is free of adhesive;
• said label sheet being adherent to an I.V. bottle by said adhesive coating and defined as having a top edge positioned nearer to the bottom end than to the open end and a bottom edge positioned nearer to the open end than to the bottom end of the I.V. bottle;
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• said label sheet having a transverse axis defined as extending around the circumference and a longitudinal axis defined as extending parallel to the axis of the I.V. bottle.

A label hanger for suspending an intravenous (I.V.) bottle upside-down from a hook of an I.V. dolly or stand, comprising:

• a label sheet having a pair of hang tabs cut therefrom and an adhesive coating applied thereon, said label sheet being adherent to an I.V. bottle;
• each said hang strip having one end thereof integral with said label sheet and the other end thereof removable out of and away from said label sheet and engageable with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• each said hang strip having a plurality of breakable ties for securing said hang tab to said label sheet prior to a user pulling said engageable end thereof out of said label sheet;
• said adhesive coating applied in a pattern to one side of said label sheet, substantially covering said label sheet except for the area defined by said hang strips, so that said hang strips are free of adhesive;
• said label sheet having a top edge positioned nearer to the bottom end than to the open end and a bottom edge positioned nearer to the open end than to the bottom end of an I.V. bottle when adhered thereto;
• said label sheet having a transverse axis corresponding with the circumference and a longitudinal axis corresponding with the height of an I.V. bottle when adhered thereto, said label sheet having a transverse middle;
• each said hang strip folding along said integral end thereof and extending beyond the bottom end of an I.V. bottle a sufficient distance to enable said engageable ends to engage with a hook of an I.V. stand;
• said integral end of one of said hang strips positioned near one of the sides of said label sheet, and said engageable end of the same said hang strip positioned toward said transverse middle of said label sheet;
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• said integral end of the other said hang strip positioned at or near said transverse middle of said label sheet, and said engageable end of the same said hang strip positioned toward the other side of said label sheet.

A label and backing sheet assembly for the application of hang tab type labels to intravenous bottles, comprising:

• a backing strip layer coated with a release coating;
• a label layer overlying said backing strip layer;
• said label layer including a plurality of spaced individual labels, each said label including at least one die cut hang strip having ties holding said hang strip in place on said label;
• pressure sensitive adhesive between each said label and said backing strip layer in the areas of said label other than said hang strip;
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• the self-sustaining layers of said assembly consisting solely of said backing strip layer and said label layer;
• whereby when said labels are applied to an intravenous bottle, said hang strips may be partly pulled loose from the balance of said label by breaking said ties, with the bottle being exposed in each area where a hang tab is pulled away from the bottle, and said hang strips permitting support of the bottle from said hang strips, with the bottle inverted.