CA2195135A1 - Adhesive label system - Google Patents

Adhesive label system

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Publication number
CA2195135A1
CA2195135A1 CA002195135A CA2195135A CA2195135A1 CA 2195135 A1 CA2195135 A1 CA 2195135A1 CA 002195135 A CA002195135 A CA 002195135A CA 2195135 A CA2195135 A CA 2195135A CA 2195135 A1 CA2195135 A1 CA 2195135A1
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Prior art keywords
label
information booklet
booklet
information
label system
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Abandoned
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CA002195135A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Christian J. Schostek
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09FDISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02Forms or constructions
    • G09F3/0288Labels or tickets consisting of more than one part, e.g. with address of sender or other reference on separate section to main label; Multi-copy labels
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42FSHEETS TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TOGETHER; FILING APPLIANCES; FILE CARDS; INDEXING
    • B42F21/00Indexing means; Indexing tabs or protectors therefor
    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09FDISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/10Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer

Abstract

The present invention relates to an adhesive label system and information booklet which may be attached to products, containers or packaging. Specifically, the adhesive label system provides a system in which the information booklet may be removed from the label system along micro-perforations around the underlying information booklet. In avoiding the use of larger perforations, the invention minimizes the risk of damage to the underlying information booklet which may result from chemical spillage onto the outer surfaces of the label system or by abrasion.
Furthermore, the label system provides a visually alluring label which enhances the recognition of the presence of the information booklet within the label system and which facilitates the removal of the information booklet therefrom.

Description

5~35 -ADHESIVE LABEL SY5~M

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an adhesive label system and information booklet which may be attached to products, containers or p~c~ging. Specifically, the adhesive label system provides a system in which the information booklet may be removed from the label system along micro-perforations around the underlying 5 information booklet. In avoiding the use of larger perforations, the invention minimi7es the risk of damage to the underlying information booklet which may result from chemical spillage onto the outer surfaces of the label system or by abrasion.
Furthermore, the label system provides a visually alluring label which enhances the recognition of the presence of the information booklet within the label system and which facilitates the removal of the information booklet therefrom.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Increasingly, it is becoming more commonplace that consumer products require significant information to accompany the product. Such information is required in order to provide to the end-user specific information with respect to the product. For example, it is often necessary to include within the general labelling on the product, specific product information concerning the nature and use of the product, safety information relating to potential hazards relating to the use of or exposure to the product as well as any necessary legal information concerning w~l~nlies or the limitation of any liability associated with misuse or mishandling of the product.
As the amount of information which may be included with a product is increased, it is generally not possible to include all the relevant information on a simple two-dimensional label affixed to the outer surfaces of the product, container orpackaging. Accordingly, there has been an increase in the use of accompanying product booklets which may be used to provide any or all of the above information to the consumer. In the past, there have been numerous forms of product labels and booklets which have been included with various products. Examples of such label are disclosed within a number of U.S. patents as briefly discussed herein.

-For example, U.S. Patent 4,534,582 (R.J. Howard) to an adhesive label, includes an instruction pamphlet enclosed in a cover which is adhesively attached by the rear face to the front face of a backing sheet. This particular label includes two lines of perforation which enables the user to tear across the cover to remove the information 5 booklet below. This pamphlet can be subsequently re-enclosed by inserting a tongue to re-close the cover.
U.S. Patent 5,234,735 (B. Baker) is a further example of a resealable envelope which may be placed on a package. The label, as described by this patent, has a resealable clear plastic cover which may be opened to display and allow printed 10 information underneath to be accessed.
A still further example of a resealable l~min~ted leaflet label is described in U.S.
Patent 5,290,616 (R. Cowan) which includes a peelable adhesive surface or attachment of the label to a product.
While the above patents describe labels which may be attached to products, 15 these patents do not address a number of problems which may arise when ~ffixing a label to a number of particular products. In particular, in the handling and shipping of chemical materials such as corrosive liquid materials such as acids or corrosive solid materials such as fertilizers often leads to problems with respect to the above product information booklets. It is often the case that during h~ntlling and/or shipping, a small 20 degree of spillage or leakage will occur. Accordingly, a number of the products may have, in the very least, a thin film of the corrosive product over the outer surfaces of the container which may also cover the label system Co~ ; an information booklet.
In the past, adhesive labels which include perforations to enable users to remove an underlying information booklet may permit seepage of the corrosive material to within 25 the enclosed pouch thereby ~l~m~ging or subjecting the booklet to the effects of the corrosive agent. Accordingly, there has been a need for a label and information booklet system which overcomes this problem by providing a sealed label system which minimi7es the risk of chemical exposure to the underlying information booklet.
However, perforations generally provide a useful means to open the label in 30 order to retrieve the information booklet by ensuring that the outer cover of the label is torn along a pre-determined path. Accordingly, there has been a need for a sealed label system for col~t;1il-il-g an information booklet in which the outer cover may be torn 21951~5 -along a pre-determined path as defined by micro-perforations sufficiently small to prevent seepage through the micro-perforations while providing a weaker tear-line in the outer cover.
Still further, it is often the case that such adhesive label systems are often 5 missed or overlooked by users as the visual appearance does not guide the users vision towards the information booklet and the information contained therein. Accordingly, there has been a still further need for an adhesive label including a visually attracting frame around the information booklet which is preferably coloured and designed in order to guide a user's vision towards the information booklet and hence remove it 10 from the container.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the invention, an adhesive label system is provided, the label system comprising: a base label having an underside with an adhesive coating enabling attachment of the base label to a surface and a top surface for receiving an 15 information booklet, wherein placement of the information booklet on the top surface defines a border region on the base label around the information booklet; a backing paper adapted for adherence to and removal from the adhesive coating; a top cover having an underside adapted for bonding to the border region of the base label and the information booklet, the top cover including micro-perfoMtions around the outer edge 20 of the information booklet to assist a user in tearing the top cover to enable removal of the information booklet from the base label.
In further and more specific embodiments of the label system, the top cover is transparent, the information booklet includes instructions on the outside of theinformation booklet in-lir~ting that removal of the top label can be initiated at a corner 25 of the information booklet and the top cover includes a corner perforation adjacent a bottom corner of the information booklet to facilitate tearing of the top cover.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRA WINGS
These and other features of the invention will be more appa~elll from the following description in which reference is made to the appended drawings wherein:

-Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the label and information booklet inaccordance with the invention; and Figure 2 is a partially exploded cross-sectional view of the label in accordancewith the invention;
Figure 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the assembled label system in accordance with the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
With reference to Figures 1-3 an adhesive label and information booklet in accordance with the invention is shown. A label system 10 is shown to include a base label 12, the underside having an adhesive 14 enabling the base label 12 to be applied and adhered to the outer surface of a container, product or packaging (not shown). The label system 10 also includes a backing paper 18 having a silicone release agent 20 on its upper surface enabling the removal of the backing material 18 from the base label 12 in order to expose the adhesive 14 at the time of use. The backing paper 18 enables h~nclling and storage of the label system 10 prior to the use of the label. The base label 12 is preferably sized in order that an information booklet 22 may be centrally placed upon the base label 12 wherein the size of the booklet 22 provides a border region 24 around the booklet 22. Preferably the border region 24 is sufficiently large to enable the application of a visually attracting border to be placed around the booklet. The border region 24 may include a number of colours and/or graphics identifying thepresence of the information booklet 22.
The label system 10 further includes a top cover 26. The top cover 26 is preferably a two-sided transparent film wherein the bottom surface 26a is provided with an adhesive for bonding to the base label 12 and to the top outer page or cover of the information booklet 22. The top outer page of the information booklet is preferably provided with any suitable identifying labels or graphics indicating the presence of an information booklet 22 below, instructions p~ inillg to removal of the information booklet 22 from the label system 10, as well as any suitable warnings required to provide information to the user about the product and is visible through the top cover, if necessary. Alternatively, any graphics may be printed directly on the top cover.

21951~5 --The top cover 26 is bonded to the base label 12 around the border region 24 so that the information booklet 22 is sandwiched between the top cover 26 and the base label 12. The top cover 26 is also preferably provided with micro-perforations 30 around the outside edge of the booklet in order to enhance uniform tearing while also 5 preventing seepage of any liquid materials into the chamber cont~ining the information booklet 22. Micro-perforations are generally considered to be pin-point holes.
The information booklet 22 is preferably bound without staples in order to prevent subsequent inadvertent puncturing of the top cover 26 after manufacturer via abraslon.
In the manufacturing of the label system 10, the base label 12 and backing material 18 is printed and fed via a continuous roll to an assembly point. Similarly, the top cover 26 is fed via a continuous roll to the assembly point. At the assembly point, a shuttle cont~ining an information booklet 22 places an information booklet on the base label 12. Subsequently, the top cover 26 and base label 12 pass through a roller press thereby adhering the top cover 26 to the top cover of the information booklet 22 and base label 12. After bonding, micro-perforations 30 may be made on the top cover 26 and a small corner perforation 32 at one corner, preferably a lower corner and having dimensions less than 0.25 inches. A roll of labels may then be cut via a die process to produce individual labels.
The label system 10 once assembled, is applied to the outer surface of a container or packaging material by removal of the backing paper 18 from the base label 12 which thereby exposes the base adhesive 14.
At the a~plopl;ate time, the customer may remove the information booklet 22 by grasping the outer cover 26 at the perforated corner 32 of the top cover 26. As indicated above, the top cover 26 is preferably a material which may be readily torn.
The micro-perforations 30 help ensure that the top cover 26 is torn evenly in a guided manner around the inside edge of the border 24a. After fully tearing around the micro-perforations 30, the booklet 22 is removed from the base label 12 along with the torn central area of the top cover.
The terms and expressions which have been employed in this specification are used as terms of description and not of limitations, and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions to exclude any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims.

Claims (5)

1. An adhesive label system comprising:
a base label having an underside with an adhesive coating enabling attachment of the base label to a surface and a top surface for receiving an information booklet, wherein placement of the information booklet on the top surface defines a border region on the base label around the information booklet;
a backing paper adapted for adherence to and removal from the adhesive coating;
a top cover having an underside adapted for bonding to the border region of the base label and the information booklet, the top cover including micro-perforations around the outer edge of the information booklet to assist a user in tearing the top cover to enable removal of the information booklet from the base label.
2. An adhesive label system as in claim 1 wherein the top cover is transparent.
3. An adhesive label system as in claim 2 wherein the information booklet includes instructions on the information booklet indicating that removal of the top label can be initiated at a corner of the information booklet.
4. An adhesive label system as in claim 2 wherein the top cover includes a corner perforation adjacent a bottom corner of the information booklet.
5. An adhesive label system as in claim 3 wherein the top cover includes a corner perforation adjacent a bottom corner of the information booklet.
CA002195135A 1997-01-15 1997-01-15 Adhesive label system Abandoned CA2195135A1 (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1237137A2 (en) * 2001-03-01 2002-09-04 Pharmalabel B.V. Adhesive label with leaflet assembly
GB2387590A (en) * 2002-04-19 2003-10-22 Ditone Labels Ltd Label with insert

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1237137A2 (en) * 2001-03-01 2002-09-04 Pharmalabel B.V. Adhesive label with leaflet assembly
EP1237137A3 (en) * 2001-03-01 2004-12-15 Pharmalabel B.V. Adhesive label with leaflet assembly
GB2387590A (en) * 2002-04-19 2003-10-22 Ditone Labels Ltd Label with insert

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