Index label assembly
OwnerTimothy J. Flynn, Geoffrey T. Brossardinventors
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Abstract
An index label and a method for applying an index label to a sheet or folder. A label assembly includes labels in a column, and each of the labels includes a fold line. A registration structure is adjacent the label column. Each label can be partially folded into a raised position, and the item to be label placed adjacent the raided portions, such as using the registration structure to align the item. The raised portion is lowered and adhered to the item. The remainder of the label is then removed from the label assembly and folded to adhere to itself and/or the item to form an index label on the item.
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A label assembly, comprising:
- a face sheet, a back sheet, and a layer of adhesive disposed between the face sheet and the back sheet, the adhesive adhering to the face sheet more than to the back sheet;
- a label column extending across the face sheet between a first column end and an opposing second column end, the label column including a plurality of label shapes cut within a remaining portion of the face sheet between the first column end and the second column end;
- a fold line extending across each of the label shapes in the label column, the fold line disposed perpendicular to the first column end and the second column end;
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- a registration structure aligned with the label column, the registration structure comprising two raisable tabs, a first of the tabs disposed in the remaining portion beyond the first column end and a second of the tabs disposed in the remaining portion beyond the opposite second column end, each of the tabs defined by a tearable line of separation and connected to the remaining portion by a registration fold line that is parallel to the fold line of the each of the label shapes in the label column, wherein the registration fold line of each of the tabs is collinearly aligned with the fold line of each of the label shapes in the label column.
A label assembly, comprising:
- a face sheet, a back sheet, and a layer of adhesive disposed between the face sheet and the back sheet, the adhesive adhering to the face sheet more than to the back sheet;
- a label shape cut within a remaining portion of the face sheet, the label shape including a fold line extending across the label shape and defining a first portion of the label;
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- a registration structure disposed in the remaining portion, the registration structure connected to the remaining portion by a registration fold line that is collinearly aligned parallel to and with the same axis as the fold line of the label shape, and the registration structure aligned adjacent to the first portion of the label shape whereby folding about the registration fold line raises the registration structure off the back sheet and folding about the fold line raises the first portion of the label off the back sheet and into a position aligned and in a same vertical plane with the registration structure.
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