Overlaminated pressure-sensitive adhesive construction

A pressure-sensitive adhesive label construction comprising:

• a prelaminate construction comprising:
• a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a release surface of a removable flexible substrate;
• and
• a continuous film layer disposed on the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive that renders the pressure-sensitive adhesive nonblocking;
• an overlaminate film layer disposed over a surface of the continuous film layer;
• and
• a printed indicia interposed between the continuous film and overlaminated film layers,
• wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive label construction has a Gurley stiffness of less than about 10 mg;
• and
• wherein the continuous film and pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are applied simultaneously, and wherein the continuous film layer is formed from a material having viscosity within eight times the viscosity of the pressure sensitive adhesive at a shear rate of approximately 40,000 s−1 and at a given application temperature.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive label construction comprising:

• a prelaminate pressure-sensitive adhesive construction having a Gurley stiffness of less than about 10 mg comprising:
• a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a release surface of a removable substrate;
• and
• a continuous film layer disposed on the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive that renders the pressure-sensitive adhesive nonblocking;
• an overlaminate film layer laminated onto the continuous film layer;
• a printed indicia interposed between continuous film and overlaminated film layers;
• and
• a further layer of adhesive material interposed between the printed indicia and one of the continuous film layer or the overlaminated film layer,
• wherein the combined thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive construction excluding the release liner is in the range of from about 50 to 120 μm.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive label construction comprising:

• a prelaminate pressure-sensitive label construction comprising:
• a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a release surface of a removable flexible substrate;
• and
• a non-paper continuous film layer disposed on the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive that renders the pressure-sensitive adhesive nonblocking, wherein the continuous film layer and pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are disposed simultaneously, wherein the prelaminate pressure-sensitive label construction has a Gurley stiffness of less than about 10 mg;
• an overlaminate film layer laminated to the continuous film layer;
• a printed indicia interposed between the overlaminated and continuous film layers;
• and
• a layer of adhesive material interposed between the printed indicia and one of the continuous film layer or overlaminate film layer,
• wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive label construction has a Gurley stiffness of less than 10 mg.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive label construction comprising:

• a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a release surface of a flexible removable substrate;
• a continuous film layer disposed on the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive that renders the pressure-sensitive adhesive nonblocking;
• an overlaminate film layer laminated to the continuous film layer;
• and
• a printed indicia interposed between portions of the continuous film and overlaminate film layers,
• wherein, one of the continuous film layer or overlaminate film layer is formed from a material that when heated forms its own adhesive surface for lamination with the other of the continuous film layer or overlaminate film layer, and
• wherein the continuous film layer has a viscosity that is within a range of viscosities that is compatible with the viscosity of the pressure-sensitive adhesive at a shear rate of approximately 40,000 s−1 and at a given application temperature.