US 5,588,239 A · Expanded content label adapted for application to curved surfaces

Abstract

An expanded content label (ECL) having a segmented base label that allows the label to conform to a curved surface. A booklet and covering overlaminate are secured to the spaced-apart segments of the base to interconnect the segments. The gap between the segments enhances the ability of the label to flex and move along a supporting curved surface to conform to the surface without buckling or wrinkling. The label is produced by die cutting a web to form a segmented base label, securing a booklet to the segmented base label, and optionally securing an overlaminate to the booklet. At least one of the booklet and the overlaminate bridge the segments of the base label. In an alternative embodiment, the overlaminate is eliminated and the booklet includes a coversheet that extends across the gap between the base label segments.

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Dependent claims

An expanded content label comprising:

a base label having first and second unconnected base label segments, each of said segments having upper and lower surfaces, said first segment having longitudinally opposed inner and outer side edges, said inner side edge facing said second segment;
adhesive on said lower surface of each of said segments;
a booklet including longitudinally opposed bound and free edges, said booklet including a bottom sheet secured to said upper surface of said first base label segment and not to said second base label segment, said booklet oriented with said bound edge toward said outer side edge and said free edge toward said inner side edge;
and
an overlaminate adhered both to said booklet and to said second base label segment, said overlaminate including a perforation means for providing access to said booklet, said perforation means located proximate said free edge of said booklet.

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Expanded content label adapted for application to curved surfaces

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Expanded content label adapted for application to curved surfaces

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Abstract

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