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US 5,829,789 AGranted
Primary label with removable self-adhesive labels
AssigneesPharmagraphics (Midwest), L.L.C., Pharmagraphics (Southeast), L.L.C.
InventorsCarl W. Treleaven, Glenn Grosskopf, Robert Gerstung, James Hennessy, Robert Pavetto
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Abstract
A label product for attaching to a package and having, as a part thereof, at least one removable portion which the user may detach from the package and reapply to a second package.
Claims30
A label product made up of first and second types of labels formed integrally together in which the first type includes primary information to be used on a first type of package and the second type includes secondary information to be used on a second type of package, said label product comprising:
- a) a permanent portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and said lower surface being coated with a first, permanent adhesive, said first adhesive operative to substantially permanently secure said permanent portion to the first package such that said permanent portion cannot be removed from the first package without damaging either of said permanent portion and the first package;
- b) a primary label integrally formed with and permanently secured to said permanent portion such that said primary label cannot be removed from the permanent portion without damaging either of said primary label and said permanent portion so that said primary label is substantially permanently secured to the first package when said permanent portion is substantially permanently secured to the first package, said primary label having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a primary indicia thereon, said primary indicia representing the primary information concerning said first type of package;
- c) at least one temporary portion integrally formed with but removably secured to said permanent portion such that said temporary portion may be selectively removed from the first package;
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- d) a secondary label forming at least a part of said temporary portion, said secondary label having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a secondary indicia thereon and said lower surface being coated with a second adhesive, said secondary indicia representing the secondary information concerning said second type of package, said label product including a varnish coating underlying said secondary label, said secondary label adhesively and releasably adhered to said label product by said varnish coating and said second adhesive such that said secondary label may be selectively removed from said label product and applied to one of said second types of package.
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