Adhesive Is On Removable Layer Patents (Class 428/42.3)
  • Patent number: 8246081
    Abstract: A security marking system for producing a secure marking label includes a support sheet, such as a silicon-containing sheet, having two separate flaps on a first folding line, the first flap supporting, on the recto side, a first holographic component whereof the surface contacting the support sheet is coated with an adhesive film. The second flap supports, on the same recto side, a second component formed by a film whereof the surface contacting the support sheet is coated with an adhesive film and the opposite surface bears personalizing indicia. The first flap includes a second folding line that is substantially parallel to the first folding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hologram Industries
    Inventor: Hugues Souparis
  • Patent number: 8236400
    Abstract: A protective device for attaching to and protecting at least one article includes a cover having an attachment surface and a display surface opposing the attachment surface. An adhesive coating is applied to the attachment surface of the cover to facilitate adhesion of the cover to an article. A removable backing is releasably attached to the adhesive coating and at least one relief notch is formed in the cover through the attachment surface of the cover and terminates beneath the display surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry E. Trigg, Sam Lucente, Allison Johnson, Mohammad M Samii, Paul E Bradley, Arvind Kumar Gupta, Kara Whitney Johnson, Matthias Wieser, Matthew Robert Adams, James J Genis, L William Smith
  • Publication number: 20120189797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wall stickers for paint samples. The invention is used by personnel in the area of property development such as builders, designers, interior decorators, painters, do-it-yourselfers, and the like. The paint sample stickers allow you to see how multiple colors or patterns look on your walls, without fully committing or having to paint over a paint sample numerous times once decided. This paint sample is also used with wall paper designs in the decision making process, when considering redecorating one's home. The stickers will provide a visualization of color combinations on painted walls, wallpapers, kitchen work surfaces, cupboard textures and shades. The paint sample sticker is particularly placed in a strip or book arrangement. The stickers are also available in single units. The used samples are reusable as wrapping paper, art paper, party hats, and the like. The present invention relates to wall stickers for paint samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Elizabeth Nancy Moriba
  • Publication number: 20120148782
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a label, has a base sheet unit having a first adhesive area adhered to an object, and a separable sheet unit connected with the base sheet unit via a first predetermined cutoff portion having a first incision, wherein the information on the object is printed on the separable sheet unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Osamu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8196966
    Abstract: A laminate 40 for a tamper-resistant identity document, the laminate comprising: a carrier film (10, FIG. 1) having a first adhesive layer 11 on a surface thereof, the first adhesive layer 11 comprising one or more visible registration features 13; and a cover film (20, FIG. 2b) having a first surface (20a, FIG. 2b) removably bonded to the first adhesive layer 11 and a second surface (20b, FIG. 2b) having a printed security feature 41, 42, 43 and a second adhesive layer (32, FIG. 3b) thereon. The cover film may have a thickness of no greater than 12 microns. The printed security feature may be in predetermined registration with the one or more visible registration features of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventors: Philip John Allen, Andrew John Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20120141716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a peelable checklist notepad, comprising a plurality of tear away strips. The strips are arranged in layers of connected sheets, wherein each sheet provides a plurality of strips connected by separation lines for recording a top-down list of items. Each strip allows a user to write a particular task or item reminder for later reference. The backside of each strip comprises an adhesive surface, which connects the sheet layers together and allows individual strips to be removed and placed onto another surface for item reminder purposes. Each strip is removed by separating it along its boundary and further peeling it back from its adhered position against an underlying replacement strip. The underlying strip then replaces the removed sheet with a vacant location to record a checklist or reminder item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Michelle Palmer
  • Patent number: 8182450
    Abstract: The label is executed as strip-shaped and adhered as directed in a self-overlapping fashion to a syringe body (1) which is inserted in a syringe protector formed from an insert (5) and a receiver (4). In the longitudinal direction of the strip it successively has a base section (11), two voucher sections (12a, 12b), a protective section (13), a holding section (14) and a grip tab (15). The label can be unrolled and pulled out from the syringe protector by a grip tab (15) so that the voucher sections (12a, 12b) are freely accessible. If necessary, after inserting the syringe body (1) into the syringe protector, the grip tab (15) can be extracted through lateral openings (24, 25) to a certain extent by gently turning the syringe body (1) relative to the syringe protector and then gripped since the grip tab (15) is at some distance after sticking the label onto the syringe body (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Moosheimer, Peter Seidl
  • Patent number: 8182893
    Abstract: A group of size-adjustable wristbands is disclosed. The group of wristbands includes a backing sheet that is connected to a stub area disposed at an end of the backing sheet. A plurality of elongated strips is connected to the stub area in a side-by-side fashion. Each strip includes a first end attached to an additional stub area and a second end attached to the stub area. Each strip further includes a top surface. The group of wristbands further includes a plurality of top sheets, each top sheet having a first end and a second end. The first end of each top sheet is attached to one of the strips along a top surface thereof. Each top sheet is clear and includes a bottom side coated with a top adhesive layer. Finally, the group of wristbands includes a plurality of top liners with each top liner being sandwiched between one of the top adhesive layers and one of the strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Chicago, Tag & Label, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Paul Valenti, Jr., Carl Opel, Dan Hedger
  • Patent number: 8182891
    Abstract: A resealable label flap is positionable to cover an opening in a package containing removable articles. The label flap includes a base layer extending between a first and a second end. The base layer includes a first adhesive on a bottom face surface and permits repeated application and separation of the base layer relative to the package. The base layer has a starting tab to permit removal of the base layer from the package. A top layer includes a second adhesive on a bottom face surface that fixes the top layer to a top face surface of the base layer. The base layer and the first adhesive are formed with a slit that defines a hinge for enhancing separation of the base and top layers from the package upon manipulation of the starting tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Prime Label & Screen, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Scott, James F. Konicke
  • Patent number: 8178181
    Abstract: A paper web transfer tape having a cover flap joined longitudinally to a carrier member along the trailing edge such that the cover flap opens in a hinged manner to expose a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on the carrier member for adherence to an advancing paper web for severance and transfer of the paper web onto an empty spool. The transfer tape is adhered to an empty spool. The cover flap is opened by air resistance encountered during rotation of the empty spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Peter A. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8168280
    Abstract: Unwinding, or “lanemarking,” of lint roll tape during use can be greatly minimized or eliminated by providing a roll of tape that comprises a backing having a first side and a second side, an adhesive on the first side of the backing, a plurality of separation lines separating the tape into sheets, a low adhesion zone adjacent each separation lines extending in an upweb direction along the tape from the separation line. The low adhesion zone has a lower adhesion than the adhesive. Each separation line extends beyond the next adjacent and underlying low adhesion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: John L. Thiele
  • Patent number: 8129010
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet applicable to a delivery slip and the like includes a first sheet having a first sheet base of which both surfaces are formed as printable surfaces; and a second sheet having a second sheet base of which one surface is formed as a printable surface, while the other surface is sequentially laminated with a pseudo-adhesive layer, and an adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer is formed as a printable surface of mirror letters. In the first sheet, a predetermined area of the printable surface is laminated with a release agent layer, and the release agent layer is overlapped with the adhesive layer so as to be opposing thereto. And then, by sticking the adhesive layer of the second sheet exposed outside the exterior edge of the first sheet to the adherend, the first sheet can be held with print letters concealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kobayashi, Shuji Morikawa, Satoru Kobata
  • Patent number: 8123255
    Abstract: This security device for confidential information, mentioned in a document (D), includes an element (1, 4) forming a data storage medium and removable element (6), masking the information (C). It includes, in addition, at least one zone of structural weakness (30, 31) provided for in the document (D) near the data storage medium element (1, 4) with this zone (30, 31) forming one piece with the removable masking element (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Page International—FZ—LLC
    Inventor: Michel Kovacevitch
  • Patent number: 8124209
    Abstract: A paper web transfer tape having a cover flap joined longitudinally to a carrier member along the trailing edge such that the cover flap opens in a hinged manner to expose a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on the carrier member for adherence to an advancing paper web for severance and transfer of the paper web onto an empty spool. The transfer tape is adhered to an empty spool. The cover flap is opened by air resistance encountered during rotation of the spool, by providing an adhesive tab member on the exterior of the cover flap that initiates opening upon adhesion of the tab member to the reel drum, or by providing a blast of pressurized air against the leading edge of the transfer tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Peter A. Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20120037302
    Abstract: A group of size-adjustable wristbands is disclosed. The group of wristbands includes a backing sheet that is connected to a stub area disposed at an end of the backing sheet. A plurality of elongated strips is connected to the stub area in a side-by-side fashion. Each strip includes a first end attached to an additional stub area and a second end attached to the stub area. Each strip further includes a top surface. The group of wristbands further includes a plurality of top sheets, each top sheet having a first end and a second end. The first end of each top sheet is attached to one of the strips along a top surface thereof. Each top sheet is clear and includes a bottom side coated with a top adhesive layer. Finally, the group of wristbands includes a plurality of top liners with each top liner being sandwiched between one of the top adhesive layers and one of the strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: CHICAGO TAG & LABEL
    Inventors: F. Paul Valenti, JR., Carl Opel, Dan Hedger
  • Patent number: 8110061
    Abstract: A respiratory nasal filter including an outer ring having concentric outer periphery and inner periphery sized to the periphery of a user's nasal orifice, a filter layer having an outer periphery larger than the inner periphery of the outer ring, but smaller than the outer periphery of the outer ring and an adhesive applied to the outer ring for bonding the filter layer concentrically to the outer ring and for bonding the outer ring to the columella, a nasal sill, an alar sidewall and the facet of the user's nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph K. Moore
  • Patent number: 8097338
    Abstract: An in-mold label comprising an olefinic resin substrate layer (A) having a wetting index (?) of from 34 to 74 mN/m and a heat-sealable resin layer (B) with an antistatic layer having a wetting index (?) of from 30 to 54 mN/m, wherein the absolute value of the initial frictional charge voltage of the substrate layer (A) relative to a sheet offset printing blanket is from 0 kV to 15 kV. This label has good workability in printing, cutting and blanking even in a low-humidity environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ashikaga, Naohide Ando, Yasuo Iwasa
  • Patent number: 8092885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to adhesive strips for reversibly resealing open bags, such as food bags. More particularly, the preferred strips comprise a decorative motif and/or a textured surface, which may be provided in a dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Anita Tabib
  • Publication number: 20120000970
    Abstract: The present disclosure and related inventions relate to a combination of gift wrapping paper and pre-cut pieces of adhesive tape. The gift wrap may be a single individual sheet that is wound around a tube or mandrel, otherwise known as roll wrap or it may be folded into neat, square or rectangular shapes, also known as flat wrap. Several pieces of pre-cut tape are provided on an adhesive backing sheet, from which the pre-cut tape can be easily removed. The tape may come in various shapes, sizes and colors. Alternatively, to/from stickers or adhesive seals may be provided in place of or in addition to the pre-cut strips of tape. The gift wrapping paper with tape is packaged together in shrink wrap, cellophane or other clear or transparent packaging material. The package may additionally include bows, ribbons, cards, scissors, gift wrap cutter or other gift wrap accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventor: Erin Johnson
  • Patent number: 8071126
    Abstract: A percutaneous absorption type patch adapted to be applied to a skin surface of a patient. The percutaneous absorption type patch comprises: a stratum-corneum release member constituted from a sheet-like first supporting substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on the first supporting member; a medicinal-components administration member constituted from a sheet-like second supporting substrate, a medicinal-components retention layer laminated on the second supporting substrate, and a protect layer laminated on the medicinal-components retention layer; and a sheet-like handling member interposed between the stratum-corneum release member and the medicinal-components administration member. An edge portion of the handling member is coupled to or integrated with both the first supporting substrate and the protect layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sekiguchi, Kaname Nakahara, Toru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8039102
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a reinforced film for blast resistance protection and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a reinforced film comprising an elastomeric polymer laminate, and a scrim layer at least partially embedded in the elastomeric polymer laminate layer, wherein the reinforced film comprises a puncture resistance of at least five thousand pounds per square inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Adalbert E. Lavature, Robert Covey, Jerry Serra, Gordon Brown, Duarte Pimentel
  • Publication number: 20110229675
    Abstract: A label sheet for cleaning is formed of a label for cleaning including a cleaning layer having a 180° peeling adhesion to a silicon wafer of 0.20 N/10 mm or less after receiving an active energy and an adhesive layer provided on one of surfaces of said cleaning layer, and a separator on which the label is removably provided through the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto NAMIKAWA, Yoshio TERADA, Jirou NUKAGA, Eiji TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20110177277
    Abstract: A label having a region for re-application, capable of ensuring a tensile strength of a strip-shaped backing liner from which label main bodies have been separated even when a region for re-application is provided in a wide range across a width direction. This label includes: label main bodies 2 with a back surface to which an adhesive 3 is applied and with regions for re-application 21, and a strip-shaped backing liner 1 along which the plurality of label main bodies 2 are arranged and temporarily attached at intervals. The strip-shaped backing liner 1 includes a plurality of re-separation backing partial regions 12 at intervals across a width direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction so as to correspond to the region for re-application 21 defined in each label main body 2. Each re-separation backing partial region of the liner being provided over a range wider than the region for re-application 21 in a direction of the arrangement of the label main bodies 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Milson
  • Publication number: 20110165362
    Abstract: A format for stickers and labels comprises a first ply having an inner side and a UV pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the inner side of the second ply, the adhesive being cured, a second ply having an inner side, the inner side of said second ply being married to the inner side of the first ply, and a kiss cut formed in at least one of said first ply and said second ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Ronald F. DeSanto, JR., Norma D. Kammerer
  • Publication number: 20110135864
    Abstract: In a tabber device suitable for sealing folded material by means of an adhesive tab provided with a theoretical fold line, the tab has at least two series of perforations distributed along at least three parallel lines, one of which coincides with the theoretical fold line, with the other two being disposed on either side of the theoretical fold line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Robert STAHL, Martin LASINGER
  • Patent number: 7955677
    Abstract: Assemblies for the adhesive attachment to the skin or mucosa of a host are disclosed. The assembly or transdermal patch includes an outer backing layer, a first layer of adhesive on the inner surface of the outer backing layer, an inner backing layer, and an intermediate release liner between the first layer of adhesive and the inner backing layer. The intermediate release liner includes a releasable surface on both its inner and outer surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Mylan Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad L. Barnett, Martin Fletcher, Kenneth J. Miller, II
  • Patent number: 7954855
    Abstract: A label assembly comprises a support sheet of a paper material defining opposite surfaces, an adhesive coating applied to one side of the support sheet, and a printing paper defining opposite front and rear surfaces. The rear surface of the printing paper is releasably fixed to the support sheet in facial contact therewith through the adhesive coating and the printing paper is divided into individual paper labels or paper tags which are individually removable from the support sheet. The label assembly constitutes a label assembly which is readily printable in a laser jet or any similar printing machine such as an ink jet printer or a typewriter which label system consequently rendering it possible to provide a printing on a specific label for identifying a lever arch file or ring binder by means of the label assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Dry Label Denmark APS
    Inventor: Henning Viby
  • Publication number: 20110104424
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of label kits is described. Each kit comprises a one or more of carrier sheets having one or more labels of specific shape and containing specific information associated with a specific product or parts thereof on which they are to be affixed. The labels have an adhesive backing removably retained on a surface of the carrier sheet. The method uses a digital printer and a laminator die-cutting machine which is computer controlled with the data being automatically printed and labels automatically cut into a web whereby to form detachable labels, some having a UV protected clear or opaque synthetic or paper surface material face sheet. The carrier sheets are cut from the web and individually placed or stacked into kits or piles to form label kits containing a predetermined number of such labels associated with a specific product or part with the carrier sheets potentially containing a tracking code identifying the specific kit to the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: William GARLAND
  • Patent number: 7927679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peelable resealable multilayer films which include at least a first polymer layer, a second polymer layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive in direct contact with and bonded to both the first and third layers. The bond formed between the second and third layers includes a peelable resealable interface having a first interfacial peel strength, A, and a second interfacial peel strength, B. The peelable resealable interface includes a first interfacial peel strength, A, having a value of less than 3500 gram-force/inch (1350 newton/meter) as measured in accordance with ASTM F-904-98 test method when the films of the present invention are peeled from a second thermoplastic film to which the film has been heat-sealed. The second interfacial peel strength, B, has a value of at least 400 gram-force/inch (154 newton/meter) as measured in accordance with ASTM F-904-98 test method when the films are peeled from and re-adhered to a second film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Curwood, Inc.
    Inventors: Tara K. Cruz, Kevin P. Nelson
  • Patent number: 7923089
    Abstract: An improved integrated shipping label and packing list form. In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, such a form comprises a first sheet material, a second sheet material, and a third sheet material. The sheet materials are joined together with the first sheet material between the other two sheet materials. Lines of weakness defining at least one shipping label and packing list label are cut into the joined together sheet materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Chicago Tag & Label, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Paul Valenti, Jr., Carl Opel, Daniel Hedger
  • Patent number: 7910189
    Abstract: A sheet assembly that includes a first facing sheet, a second facing sheet, and an adhesive material disposed between the first and second facing sheets. A plurality of shapes is cut within a remaining portion of the first facing sheet, and each of the plurality of shapes defines a removable portion disposed over a portion of the second facing sheet. Upon removal of the removable portion the adhesive material is exposed and a photograph or other item can be adhered to the sheet assembly. The remaining portion of the sheet assembly includes a printable area for writing notes or comments about the adhered photo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Datalabel, Inc.
    Inventors: John Kassal, Ron Kassal, Todd Davis
  • Patent number: 7910186
    Abstract: A multilayered volume hologram structure of the invention comprises a substrate 2 for a certificate or the like, and an adhesive layer 5, a volume hologram layer 5 and a surface protective film 7 laminated on the substrate in the described order. When a multilayer structure consisting of the volume hologram layer 5 and surface protective layer 5 is forcibly released from the substrate for the purpose of making a photograph replacement or falsifying a personal information area, the volume hologram image can break down certainly, thereby ensuring prevention of falsification. A multilayered volume hologram structure-making label is useful for making a multilayered volume hologram structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Morii, Satoru Hamada, Hiroyuki Ohtaki, Kenji Ueda, Shingo Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7875332
    Abstract: A tape body having an adhesive layer includes a tape center to be affixed to an object and a tape outer periphery continuous to an outer periphery of the tape center and separable therefrom. A release paper includes a release paper center laminated on the tape center except at the outer periphery of the tape center, and a release paper outer periphery at least partially continuous to an outer periphery of the release paper center and separable therefrom. Thus, when the release paper center is separated from the tape center, opposite ends of the tape center adhere to the release paper outer periphery. Therefore, after a part of the tape center is affixed to the object, the tape outer periphery and the release paper outer periphery are separated from the tape center, and the remaining parts of the tape center are affixed to the object, thereby completing the adhesion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sakai
  • Publication number: 20110014412
    Abstract: A vehicle is wrapped by a printed adhesive film where the film is also applied over doors and other areas intended not to be covered. The film is cut at the door edge and over the area by adhesively attaching a tape having a release coating on the front surface and carrying a filament along a center of the front side. The printed film is applied over the door, the area not to be covered and the tapes and is cut along the door edge and around the area by pulling the filament from the tape so that a strip of the film at the door edge and the film over the area can be removed. The film can be stretched and pulled away from the tape for reapplying for proper fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Garry Cyrilel Alfred Van Den Berge, Robert Amborsky
  • Patent number: 7854978
    Abstract: A tape strip has a tab section and an adhesive section. The adhesive section may have an adhesive on one or both planar surfaces of the strip. When the adhesive portion has adhesive on both planar surfaces, the tape strip may or may not comprise a separation mechanism that permits a separation of the tab portion from the adhesive portion. When the adhesive portion has adhesive on only one planar surface, the tape strip comprises the separation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Eric Nygard
  • Patent number: 7846494
    Abstract: A heat transfer label, a method of manufacturing a heat transfer label and a method of labeling untreated or minimally treated polyethylene, polypropylene polymers and polyethylene-polypropylene copolymer containers and sheets that are at room temperature or heated up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit, entail providing a heat transfer label that includes a support portion and a transfer portion over the support portion for transfer of the transfer portion from the support portion to the article upon application of heat to the support portion while the transfer portion is placed in contact with the article. The transfer portion comprises a single or multiple color design. The transfer portion then is transferred from the support portion to the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Gotham Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Mukund R. Patel, Robert E. Lafler
  • Patent number: 7833598
    Abstract: According to the invention, the resin film to be divided is finely divided along the grooves, whereby the ends of images or characters of photos or the like can be cut off finely. The resin film to be divided is provided with the grooves, thereby finely cutting off the ends of images or characters output on the surface thereof. Further, the resin film is as the lowermost layer, the adhesive layer is provided thereon, and the paper or plastic film with the image receiving layer coat is provided thereon. The grooves formed by cutting the paper or plastic film with image receiving layer coat are previously provided, and the grooves enter a portion of the resin film to be divided, whereby after an image is received, the ends of the film can be finely cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yokokawa
  • Patent number: 7824752
    Abstract: A label product in web form has alternating, oppositely indented creases in the liner of the product to produce a fan-folded stack having alternating, reversely folded plies. Each crease is substantially, if not entirely, perforation-free to maximize the strength of the liner at the fold lines. The product is preferably produced on a narrow web press in a creasing station that includes a stack of rolls wherein a first die roll is on the bottom of the stack, a second die roll is on the top of the stack, and a pair of base rolls are located in the middle of the stack between the die rolls. A blade on each die roll cooperates with a cushion on the corresponding base roll to produce a crease during every other rotation of the die roll, each of the base rolls having a smaller circumference than its corresponding die roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Express Card and Label Co., Inc.
    Inventor: John W. George
  • Patent number: 7794812
    Abstract: A label form which includes a backing member having a label member removably attached to the backing member and a transparent laminate removably attached to the backing member. The backing member can include a split-line crack for allowing the label member and the transparent laminate to be aligned and attached to a stock member. The transparent laminate can be located on the backing member so as not to cover the label member, wherein the label member includes an exposed surface for printing on the label member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Smead Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: William Sanford
  • Patent number: 7794809
    Abstract: A jewelry tag substrate comprises a liner, an adhesive and a clear face stock. The clear face stock has a print side and an adhesive side. The liner is disposed proximate said adhesive side so as to support the face stock. An adhesive is disposed between the liner and the face stock. The liner and the adhesive are adapted so that when portions of the face stock are separated from the liner, the adhesive adheres to the adhesive side. Labels and corresponding shanks are defined by the face stock so that the shanks extend from the labels. A top coat is applied to the print side so that the shanks are substantially clear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: Sean A. Plummer
  • Patent number: 7794810
    Abstract: An adhesive tape roll at lower cost without reducing cleaning ability is provided. A release material layer 41 as release means is provided in a streak shape on an adhesive surface 22 of an adhesive tape 2 with the adhesive surface 22 formed on one surface of the base material 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nitoms
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kawada, Teiji Sakashita, Tomio Kakita, Satoshi Taguchi, Hiroyuki Noma
  • Patent number: 7776418
    Abstract: A package closure device comprising a flexible single-layer element having three sections. A first section configured to adhere substantially permanently to a first location on the package. A second section, attached to the first section, configured to releasably and reattachably attach to a second location on the package so as to close an opening of the package. A third section, attached to the second section, and configured to permit a user to release the second section by applying a force to the third section. A kit of multiple package closure devices detachably connected in series so as to be formable in a roll, with perforations or other detachable connectors between the closure devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Inventors: Carole Dance, Neal Dance
  • Publication number: 20100186902
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a labeling apparatus designed to dispense and apply self-adhesive labels arranged on a carrier web, a base plate suitable therefor and a label web. A feed wheel for the carrier web is rotatably mounted on the base plate and has at both its end faces a ring of axial pins engageable by an operating lever pivotally mounted on a casing of the labeling apparatus in order to drive the feed wheel in increments. The feed wheel has a generating surface with two rings of radial projections in the form of knobs adapted to make positive engagement with recesses or cutouts of the carrier web. Instead of using knobs as projections, it is also possible to provide sprockets on the feed wheel which are adapted to make positive engagement with slits in the carrier web. The base plate is configured as an interchangeable base plate which is selectable in dependence upon the phase relationship of the rings of projections to the rings of axial pins of the feed wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Baumbusch
  • Patent number: 7762590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an individualized security document such as a passport, savings book or bankbook or the like which has a number of pages which are joined together by means of a fixing or adhesive. Incorporated into the security document by means of the fixing or adhesive is a transfer film which is provided with security elements and which has a base film and a decorative layer arrangement having the security elements. The decorative layer arrangement can be transferred onto the associated page of the security document. At the same time the base film is detached from the decorative layer arrangement and can be cut out of the security document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: OVD Kinegram AG
    Inventors: Réne Staub, Thomas Herbert Griebel, Olaf Krolzig, Josef Bucher
  • Patent number: 7749586
    Abstract: An adhering member comprises an adhesive layer 2 of a thickness R formed on one surface of a backing 1, and a liner 3 of a thickness T laminated on the adhesive layer, and has a half-cut formed in the liner for making handleability satisfactory while preventing seepage of contents. The adhering member excellent in handleability and stability is obtained by providing, for example, the half-cut 4 having a rectangular or inverted triangular sectional shape, a groove width of 200 ?m or less, and a groove depth of more than 14T/15 but less than (T+R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Akemi, Kazuhiro Higashio
  • Patent number: 7744975
    Abstract: A roll of contaminant removal tape defining opposing longitudinal ends, opposing side edges, and opposing major surfaces. The tape is wound into a roll and includes a backing layer, an adhesive layer, a plurality of lines of perforations, and a set of discrete non-adhesive zones. The adhesive layer is applied to a first side of the backing layer to define a portion of the first major surface. The lines of perforations extend across at least most of the width of the tape between the first and second side edges to separate the tape into sheets. The non-adhesive zones are provided along the first major surface of the tape, with each non-adhesive zone extending from the first side edge. In one embodiment, the lines of perforations are progressively longitudinally spaced from one another, and respective ones of the non-adhesive zones correspond with respective ones of the lines of perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John L. Thiele, Steven A. Darmer
  • Patent number: 7743876
    Abstract: A stethoscope shield system and method of preventing contamination of an instrument, particularly a stethoscope, includes a plurality of substantially planar shields stacked one upon the other, each of the shields having a substantially identical outer periphery and including a first surface and a second surface such that adjacent shields are attracted to one another with the first surface of each of these shields in contact with the second surface of an adjacent shield with a first shield of the plurality of shields being in contact with the diaphragm of the stethoscope for supporting the stacked shields, wherein the attraction force between the stacked shields occurs over less than an entire surface of at least one of the first and second surfaces and the attraction between the stacked shields has at least one of a consecutively increasing attraction area and a consecutively increasing attraction strength, and an exposed shield of the stacked shields is removed after contacting the body of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventor: Richard C. Weidman
  • Publication number: 20100156087
    Abstract: A linerless duplex label system is operable to print and apply a linerless duplex label to a substrate. A plurality of linerless duplex labels are provided and each label includes a single-ply stock with top and bottom faces. The label also includes an endless adhesive border applied to the bottom face. The label is configured so that multiple labels can be removably adhered to each other by the adhesive border, with at least one linerless duplex label being removably overlaid onto at least one other duplex label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Premier Print & Services Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Raming
  • Patent number: 7740924
    Abstract: Disclosed is an in-mold labeled thermoplastic resin container specifically so designed that the ratio of the product A of the Gurley stiffness (m·kgf) and the 3% elongation load (kgf) of the label-edge part of the labeled area thereof to the product B of the Gurley stiffness and the 3% elongation load of the label-surrounding part of the non-labeled area thereof, A/B, is at most 0.6. The container has good drop impact fracture resistance and has good producibility, and it is lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Takatoshi Nishizawa
  • Patent number: RE43275
    Abstract: A label sheet includes a transparent film support material, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a release layer, a printable layer, one or more first detachment lines, and one or more second detachment lines. The transparent film support material has an inner surface and an outer surface. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is disposed over the transparent film support material inner surface. The release layer is disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The printable layer is disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and includes an inner surface facing the release layer and an opposing outer surface. The outer surface exhibits a roughness of 4 to 50 ?m (DIN 4768). The one or more first detachment lines extend from the printable layer outer surface and through the printable layer and the release layer, to thereby form a first sub-region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Utz