# US 8,273,433 B2 · Label assembly having angled registration tabs for applying a label to an object > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,273,433 B2 - Document ID: US8273433B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/581,660 - Filed: 2009-10-19 - Published: 2010-04-29 - Granted: 2012-09-25 - Earliest claimed: 2006-10-24 - Inventors: Timothy J. Flynn - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8273433B2 ## CPC - B42D 15/045: {Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles} - G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B) - G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer - B42P 2241/22: Sheets or cards with additional means allowing easy feeding through printers - Y10T 428/14: Layer or component removable to expose adhesive - Y10T 428/1471: Protective layer - Y10T 428/1476: Release layer - Y10T 428/149: Sectional layer removable - B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - B42P: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BOOKS, FILING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## 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 one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface and includes an edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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 at least a portion of the label shape; a registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with at least one of a portion of the label shape or the removable panel, the registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface and including an edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel, the registration tab further comprising a tab fold line defining a foldable portion, wherein the tab fold line extends at a non-perpendicular angle from a registration fold line connecting the registration tab to the back sheet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The label assembly according to claim 1, the registration tab further comprising a surface extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface when raised. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The label assembly according to claim 1, wherein the registration tab is positioned external of an outer periphery of the removable panel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The label assembly according to claim 3, wherein a portion of an outer periphery of the removable panel is offset from a portion of an outer periphery of the label shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The label assembly according to claim 1, wherein the tab fold line of the registration tab comprises a perforated fold line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The label assembly according to claim 1, wherein the foldable portion is cut into the back sheet and is not cut into the face sheet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The label assembly according to claim 1, wherein the registration fold line is parallel to a side edge of the label assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The label assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of registration tabs each defined by at least one tearable line of separation and aligned with a portion of the label shape, each of the plurality of registration tabs raisable above the back sheet, wherein one of the plurality of registration tabs is the registration tab including the edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The label assembly according to claim 8, wherein the registration tab including the edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel is an alignment structure positioned along a different side of the removable panel from a remainder of the plurality of registration tabs. ### Claim 10 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 at least a portion of the label shape; a registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with at least one of a portion of the label shape or the removable panel, the registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface and including an edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel; and a plurality of registration tabs each defined by at least one tearable line of separation and aligned with a portion of the label shape, each of the plurality of registration tabs raisable above the back sheet, wherein one of the plurality of registration tabs is the registration tab including the edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel; wherein the registration tab including the edge extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel is an alignment structure positioned along a different side of the removable panel from a remainder of the plurality of registration tabs, the registration tab is external of an outer periphery of the removable panel and the registration tab further comprises a tab fold line defining a foldable portion that is cut into the back sheet and is not cut into the face sheet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The label assembly according to claim 10, the registration tab further comprising a tab fold line defining a foldable portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The label assembly according to claim 11, wherein the tab fold line extends at a non-perpendicular angle from a registration fold line connecting the registration tab to the back sheet. ### Claim 13 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 by one or more tearable lines of separation and disposed over at least a portion of the label shape, the removable panel including an end, a first side extending from the end, and a second side opposite the first side; a first registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with the first side of the removable panel, the first registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface; a second registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with the second side of the removable panel, the second registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface; and a third registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with the end of the removable panel, the third registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface and including an edge disposed toward the removable panel and extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel wherein the back sheet comprises a remaining portion disposed around the removable panel and the third registration tab is cut within the remaining portion, and the removable panel comprises two panel portions and one of the two panel portions comprises the first registration tab. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The label assembly according to claim 13, wherein each of the first registration tab, the second registration tab and the third registration tab includes a tab fold line defining a foldable portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The label assembly according to claim 14, the foldable portion comprises a surface extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface when the third registration tab is raised above the back sheet. ### Claim 16 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 by one or more tearable lines of separation and disposed over at least a portion of the label shape, the removable panel including an end, a first side extending from the end, and a second side opposite the first side; a first registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with the first side of the removable panel, the first registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface; a second registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with the second side of the removable panel, the seconds registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface; a third registration tab defined at least partially in the back sheet and aligned with the end of the removable panel, the third registration tab one of raised or raisable above the back sheet surface and including an edge disposed toward the removable panel and extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel; and each of the first registration tab, the second registration tab and the third registration tab includes a tab fold line defining a foldable portion, wherein the foldable portion of each of the first registration tab and the second registration tab is cut in a portion of the back sheet disposed over the label shape, and the foldable portion of the third registration tab is spaced apart from an edge of the removable panel when in a raised position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The label assembly according to claim 16, wherein the back sheet comprises a remaining portion disposed around the removable panel and the third registration tab is cut within the remaining portion, and the removable panel comprises two panel portions and one of the two panel portions comprises the first registration tab. ### Claim 18 A method for labeling an object with a label from a label assembly, the method comprising: providing a label assembly including a face sheet with a label shape defined by at least one tearable line of separation, a back sheet adjacent to the face sheet, a removable panel disposed over the label shape, a first registration tab defined by at least one tearable line of separation in the back sheet and raisable above the back sheet, a second registration tab defined by at least one tearable line of separation in the back sheet and raisable above the back sheet and including an edge disposed toward the removable panel and extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface or the removable panel and an adhesive material disposed between the face sheet and the back sheet; removing the removable panel to expose the adhesive material on a first portion of the label shape; aligning a first side of the object with the first registration tab; aligning an end of the object with the label shape using the edge of the second registration tab; adhering the label shape to the first portion of the label shape which maintaining contact of the object with the first registration tab and the second registration tab; and removing the object with the adhered label shape from the label assembly. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising raising each of the first registration tab and the second registration tab above the back sheet before placing the object against the first registration tab and the second registration tab. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein each of the first registration tab and the second registration tab includes a foldable portion and further comprising folding the foldable portion, wherein the foldable portion of the second registration tab comprises a surface extending at a non-perpendicular angle from the back sheet surface when folded. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising routing the label assembly through a printer and printing on the label shape.