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US 7,351,457 B1Granted
Protective cover sheet for label assembly and label assembly with said cover sheet
OwnerRae Elise Williardinventor
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Abstract
A cover sheet for protecting unprinted labels of a label assembly includes a number of removable shields that overlie the unprinted labels during printing.
Claims16
A label sheet assembly for printing one or more labels, the assembly comprising:
- a backing sheet, a label sheet, and a cover sheet;
- the label sheet covering the backing sheet and subdivided into a plurality of labels cut into the label sheet without gaps between the labels, each label removably adhering to the backing sheet;
- the cover sheet covering the label sheet and subdivided into a plurality of removable shields, each shield overlying a respective label without overlapping an adjacent label, no adhesive between each shield and the respective label of said shield;
- whereby shields overlying labels to be printed are removed from the cover sheet prior to printing and the remaining shields cover the unprinted labels during printing to resist soiling of the unprinted labels.
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A protective cover sheet for protecting unprinted labels of a multi-label sheet assembly during printing, the labels arranged edge-to-edge without gaps between adjacent labels, the cover sheet comprising:
- width and length dimensions sufficient to overly the labels of the multi-label sheet assembly when covering the multi-label sheet in an overlying position;
- a shield portion comprising a plurality of removable shields, each shield to overly a respective label when the cover sheet is in the overlying position and sized not to overlap an adjacent label, each shield comprising a surface to face the respective label when the cover sheet is in the overlying position, no adhesive on said surface;
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- an attachment portion for attaching the cover sheet to the multi-label sheet assembly in the overlying position during printing, the attachment portion at a leading edge of the cover sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.