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US 7,726,696 B2Granted
Label assembly for applying a label to an object
AssigneeContinental Datalabel, Inc.
InventorsTimothy J. Flynn, Patrick J. Flynn
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Abstract
A label assembly that includes a face sheet with at least one label shape defined by one or more tearable lines of separation, a back sheet adjacent to the face sheet, and an adhesive material disposed between the face sheet and the back sheet. The back sheet has a removable panel disposed over the label shape adhesive material and a registration structure aligned with the label shape. The registration structure is raised or raisable above the back sheet to allow an object for labeling to be positioned against the registration structure for proper alignment with the label.
Claims23
A label assembly, comprising:
- a face sheet having a printable surface and an adhesive material coating a surface opposite the printable surface;
- a label shape defined in the face sheet by at least one first tearable line of separation;
- a back sheet disposed over the adhesive material, the back sheet including a back sheet surface opposite the adhesive material, a removable panel defined in the back sheet surface by at least one second tearable line of separation and disposed over the label shape;
- a registration structure for aligning an object to be labeled adjacent to the portion of the adhesive material on the label shape upon removal of the removable panel, the registration structure formed in the back sheet surface and disposed outside of an outer periphery of the removable panel and aligned with a first side of at least one of the label shape or the removable panel, and the registration structure one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface;
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- an alignment structure formed in the back sheet surface and aligned with a second side of at least one of the label shape or the removable panel, the alignment structure one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface.
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A label assembly, comprising:
- a face sheet having a printable surface and an adhesive material coating a surface opposite the printable surface;
- a label shape defined in the face sheet by at least one first tearable line of separation;
- a removable shape cut within the face sheet and positioned within the label shape;
- a back sheet disposed over the adhesive material, the back sheet including a back sheet surface opposite the adhesive material, a removable panel defined in the back sheet surface by at least one second tearable line of separation and disposed over the label shape, and a remaining portion disposed around the removable panel;
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- a registration structure comprising a tab cut into the remaining portion of the back sheet and aligned with an outer edge of the removable panel, the registration structure one of raised or raisable above the back sheet back sheet surface by folding outward above the back sheet.
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A label assembly, comprising:
- a face sheet having a printable surface and an adhesive material coating a surface opposite the printable surface;
- a label shape defined in the face sheet by at least one first tearable line of separation;
- a back sheet disposed over the adhesive material, the back sheet including a first surface opposite the adhesive material, a removable panel defined in the first surface by at least one second tearable line of separation and disposed over the label shape, and a remaining portion disposed around the removable panel;
- a registration structure comprising a tab cut into the remaining portion of the back sheet and aligned with an outer edge of each of the label shape and the removable panel, the registration structure one of raised or raisable above the back sheet first surface by folding outward above the back sheet;
- a first circle cut within the face sheet and positioned within the label shape;
- a second circle cut within the face sheet and nested within a first perimeter of the first circle;
- two opposing removal tabs extending from a periphery of the back sheet removable panel;
- a first die cut extending in a first arc partially along a perimeter of the first circle in the face sheet and the back sheet, wherein the first arc extends between approximately 1° and 180° along the first circle, the first arc disposed on a side of the first circle toward a first of the removal tabs;
- a second die cut extending in a second arc partially along a perimeter of the second circle in the face sheet and the back sheet, wherein the second arc extends between approximately 1° and 180° along the second circle, the second arc disposed on a side of the second circle toward a second of the removal tabs.
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A label assembly, comprising:
- a face sheet having a printable surface and an adhesive material coating a surface opposite the printable surface;
- a label shape defined in the face sheet by at least one first tearable line of separation;
- a back sheet disposed over the adhesive material, the back sheet including a first surface opposite the adhesive material, a removable panel defined in the first surface by at least one second tearable line of separation and disposed over the label shape, and a remaining portion disposed around the removable panel;
- a first circle cut within the face sheet and positioned within the label shape;
- a second circle cut within the face sheet and nested within a first perimeter of the first circle;
- two opposing removal tabs extending from a periphery of the back sheet removable panel;
- a first die cut extending in a first arc partially along a perimeter of the first circle in the face sheet and the back sheet, wherein the first arc extends between approximately 1° and 180° along the first circle, the first arc disposed on a side of the first circle toward a first of the removal tabs;
- a second die cut extending in a second arc partially along a perimeter of the second circle in the face sheet and the back sheet, wherein the second arc extends between approximately 1° and 180° along the second circle, the second arc disposed on a side of the second circle toward a second of the removal tabs;
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- at least two registration tabs cut into at least the back sheet and aligned with an outer edge of the removable panel, wherein each of the at least two registration tabs is raisable by folding outward above the back sheet.
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