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US 6,685,228 B2Granted
Self-laminating strip label and method for assembling same
AssigneeLaser Band, LLC
InventorJames M. Riley
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AssigneeLaser Band, LLC
InventorJames M. Riley
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A self-laminating strip label is provided in a business form comprised of a face stock layer joined through a patterned adhesive/release coating layer to a laminating layer wherein separation lines are provided in each of the two layers with the separation lines being substantially aligned with the strip label being positioned above the laminating strip. A novel method is also taught for first separating the strip label from the form, inverting it, and reapplying it to the laminating strip to thus form a matrix within the form with adhesive securing the strip label to the laminating strip. The matrix may then be separated by separating the laminating strip along its defining separation line yielding a self-laminated strip label for application to a marker tab of a file folder or the like. In a second embodiment, the face stock of the two-layer business form includes a first somewhat larger separation line defining a dummy layer and a second separation line defining a somewhat smaller strip label, with the separation lines being appropriately aligned on the face stock with a fold line therebetween such that upon removal of the dummy label, a layer of adhesive is exposed to which the strip label may be adhered upon folding of the form in half. In a third embodiment, a strip label is offset from the lamination so that the form may be folded to bring the lamination layer into register and adhesive contact with the strip label for reliably aligning the two either prior to or after the strip label is adhered to another form.
A business form, said business form comprising two layers of material, a first of said layers comprising a strip label layer and a second of said layers comprising a lamination layer, said strip label layer having an associated separation line therein defining a strip label so that said strip label layer may be separated along its associated separation line to form the strip label, and said lamination layer having an associated separation line therein defining a lamination so that said lamination layer may be separated along its associated separation line to form the lamination, wherein said layers comprising said business form are separated by a patterned adhesive layer, and wherein said strip label and lamination may be separated from the form and adhered with said same patterned adhesive layer to another business form with the lamination overlying the strip layer to protect the same.
A self laminating strip label separable from a carrier, the carrier being comprised of two layers of material separated by a patterned adhesive layer, the first layer being comprised of face stock and the second layer being comprised of a substantially transparent protective material, each of said layers having a separation line therein defining a strip label and a lamination, respectively, with said separation lines being substantially aligned, and wherein said strip label and said lamination may be formed, respectively, by separation of said layers along their corresponding separation lines.
A form containing a laminated strip label, the form comprising two sheets of material separated by a layer of adhesive, one of said sheets comprising a printable face stock and the other sheet comprising a laminating material, and said sheets having a separation line defining a strip label and a lamination, respectively, said layer of adhesive being arranged on said form in a manner such that when said strip label is removed from said form, a first portion of said adhesive layer is exposed on said strip label and a second portion of said adhesive layer is exposed on said lamination.
A form suitable for processing through a printer to thereby create a printed, self adhering laminated strip label matrix comprises a first layer of a printable face stock and a second layer of a laminating material, and a separation line in each of said layers to form a strip label and a lamination, respectively, by separation of each of said layers along its corresponding separation line, said separation lines being substantially aligned and said layers being joined by a layer of patterned adhesive so that upon separation of at least the strip label from the form it may be aligned and adhered to the lamination to thereby create the matrix.
A form suitable for processing through a printer to thereby create a printed, self adhering laminated strip label comprises a first layer of a printable face stock and a second layer of a laminating material, and a separation line in each of said layers to form a strip label and a lamination, the first layer having a second separation line forming a dummy label, wherein the dummy label, strip label, and the lamination are aligned so that upon removal of the dummy label the form may be folded to bring the strip label into contact with the lamination.
A form containing a laminated strip label adapted for affixing to another form, the form comprising two sheets of material, one of said sheets comprising a printable face stock and the other sheet comprising a laminating material, said sheets having a separation line defining a strip label and a lamination, respectively, the laminating sheet having a second separation line for partially exposing the strip label so that the strip label may be applied to the other form, the face stock sheet having a second separation line for fully exposing the lamination, and the laminating sheet having a third separation line about which the lamination may be folded to align with and cover the strip label.
A form containing a laminated strip label, the form comprising two sheets of material separated by a layer of adhesive, one of said sheets comprising a printable face stock and the other sheet comprising a laminating material, said sheets having a separation line defining a strip label and a lamination, respectively, wherein said lamination and strip label are arranged in their respective sheets so that the lamination may be folded over to overlie and become adhered to the strip label prior to one of said lamination and said strip label becoming separated from the form.
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