Sequentially placed shipping and packing label system
AssigneePremier Print & Services Group, Inc.
InventorBruce A. Raming
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Abstract
A system for providing a shipping label and a packing list on a container is provided which enables rapid and automated sequential application of a packing list and a shipping label to the container. The shipping label is configured complemental to the packing list whereby the packing list may first be adhered directly to the container and then the shipping label may be placed thereover. The shipping label may be applied over the packing list while the container moves continuously down a conveyor. The invention further includes an apparatus for sequentially applying the packing list and then the shipping label, and a method for applying the packing list and shipping label in registry.
Claims23
In combination:
- a container;
- a first sheet adhesively attached to the container;
- and
- a second sheet overlying said first sheet,
- said second sheet presenting a covering portion at least substantially covering the first sheet and an attachment portion generally outboard of the first sheet,
- said attachment portion of the second sheet being adhesively secured to the container in a substantially surrounding relationship to the covering portion,
- said covering portion of the second sheet being removable from the attachment portion of the second sheet to expose the first sheet,
- said second sheet including a removable tear strip that is removable from the covering and attachment portions and extends across the second sheet at one end of the covering portion,
- said tear strip and said covering portion being separated by a common line of weakness so that removal of the tear strip permits removal of the covering portion.
A sequentially placed label system adapted to be applied to a substrate, said system comprising:
- an underlying first sheet and an overlying second sheet overlying the first sheet,
- said sheets each including a central portion and opposite side retaining portions outboard of the central portion,
- each of said sheets presenting opposite end margins, with the central portion and each side retaining portion separated by a corresponding line of weakness to permit separation of the central portion from the side retaining portions along the lines of weakness,
- said sheets presenting respective front and back faces,
- said underlying first sheet including adhesive applied to the back face to permit adhesive attachment of the first sheet relative to the substrate, with the underlying central portion being at least substantially devoid of adhesive,
- said overlying second sheet including adhesive applied to the back face to permit adhesive attachment of the second sheet to the first sheet, with the overlying central portion being at least substantially devoid of adhesive,
- each side retaining portion of the second sheet being at least partly adhered to the corresponding side retaining portion of the first sheet, with each line of weakness of the second sheet extending alongside the corresponding adjacent line of weakness of the first sheet,
- said overlying central portion being removable from the overlying side retaining portions to expose the underlying central portion of the first sheet,
- said overlying second sheet including a removable tear strip that is separable from the overlying central portion,
- said tear strip and said overlying central portion being separated by a common line of weakness so that separation of the tear strip facilitates separation of the overlying central portion from the side portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.