US 5,605,230 A · Sealed label having anti-counterfeit construction

Abstract

A container, such as the type having a base portion, and an upper neck portion, a shoulder portion between the neck and base portion and a removable closure applied to the neck portion in a sealed relation therewith, is provided with an anti-counterfeit multi-layer label construction. The multi-layer construction includes a label which is adhesively applied to the back side of a container. A printed indicia is provided on the front side of the label so as to be readable by the customer upon removal of an overlying sleeve which is placed over the label. The sleeve is in the form of a protective film which is heat shrunk into a conforming, sealed relationship around the container and which covers at least a portion of the label. A release coat is provided over the underlying printing. A background coat is provided over the release coat so as to cover the underlying printing. Top indicia is provided on the background coat with a varnish thereon. An adhesive is applied on the inside of the sleeve and is brought into contact and sealed with the coatings on the label upon shrinking the sleeve onto the container. Upon removal of the sleeve, the top indicia and the background coatings are removed. The release coat serves as a removable base for the overlying printing. Upon removal of the sleeve, only the underlying printing on the label is exposed.

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Dependent claims

A container of the type having a base portion, an upper neck portion and a removable closure means applied to the neck portion in a sealed relation therewith, the container including a label thereon, the label comprising:

a label base having a front side and a back side,
an adhesive applied to the back side of the label base for adhesively securing the label to the base portion of the container,
a protective film sleeve heat shrunk into a conforming, sealed relation around the container and covering at least a portion of the label base,
a sleeve adhesive provided between the front side of the label base and the sleeve, the sleeve adhesive forming a bond between the label base and the sleeve such that removal of the portion of the sleeve covering the label removes a portion of the printing on the front side of the label base, and
a printed indicia on the label base, the printed indicia including
an underlying printed message applied to the front side of the label base,
a release coating covering at least a portion of the underlying printing, and
an overlying printing applied over the release coating and covering at least a portion of the underlying printing,
the sleeve adhesive being secured upon activation to at least the overlying printing and separable from the underlying printing by means of the release coating,
whereby removal of the sleeve causes removal of the overlying printing above the release coating and exposing the underlying printing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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