Index divider label application and alignment kit and method of using same

A label sheet, comprising:

• a backing sheet having a thin coating of a releasing agent disposed on the front face thereof;
• a face sheet removably affixed to said front face of the backing sheet in an overlying aligned manner, said face sheet having at least one set of precut pressure sensitive divider tab labels affixed removably thereto;
• said divider tab labels being spaced part from one another in an offset manner that substantially corresponds to a set of vertically offset divider sheet tabs extending outwardly from a stacked group of divider sheets having a predefined arrangement of divider tabs;
• a plurality of small area ties affixed to each individual divider tab label, each individual tie and divider tab label having a sufficient amount of pressure sensitive adhesive material coated on a bottom surface thereof to substantially prevent label divider tab separation as said divider tab labels are separated from said face sheet and applied to said set of vertically offset divider sheet tabs in a substantially continuous manner;
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• said face sheet includes a plurality of spaced apart face sheet die cut lines for separating said face sheet into a plurality of precut carrier strips.

A method of applying a set of precut labels to a corresponding set of offset divider tabs extending outwardly from divider sheets, comprising:

• stacking the divider sheets in alignment with their divider tabs extending spaced apart along a single common axis of the divider sheets;
• using a pressure sensitive label sheet having a backing sheet and a face sheet secured removably together by a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive material;
• said face sheet including a plurality of spaced apart carrier strips each secured removably to said backing sheet and to face sheet;
• each of said spaced apart carrier strips including a plurality of spaced apart divider tab labels aligned in an alignment spacing configuration that corresponds substantially to the offset spacings of the divider tabs extending outwardly from said set divider sheets;
• each of said divider tab labels being affixed to its associated carrier strip by a plurality of small area ties;
• grasping a terminal end of a user selected individual one of said plurality of carrier strips;
• pulling the grasped carrier strip upwardly and away from said backing strip a sufficient distance to separate the carrier strip from the remaining portion of the face sheet attached to said backing sheet;
• aligning the separated carrier strip over the stacked divider sheets;
• bringing the carrier strip into engagement with the divider tabs of the stacked divider sheets so that each of said divider tab labels is in substantial alignment with a corresponding individual one of the divider tabs;
• pressing said divider tab labels into engagement with their corresponding divider tabs with a sufficient finger pressure to assure said divider tab labels are affixed to the divider tab;
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• pulling the carrier strip upwardly and away from the stacked dividers a sufficient distance to separate said divider tab labels substantially simultaneously from the carrier strip and leaving the labels secured to the divider tabs.