Mobile device label with negative image feature

• US 20060233994A1
• Filed: 09/28/2005
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
• Inventors: Pollman, Russ, Newburry, Keith A., Hodsdon, Jerry G., Wilson, Douglas W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,914,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/40.100
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/4023 on the layer surface, e.g. ink
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/748 Releasability
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/75 Printability
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 25/04 comprising rubber as the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or of a different material next to a layer of a particular substance B32B9/043; next to a bituminous or tarry layer B32B11/044; next to a water setting substance layer B32B13/042; next to a metal layer B32B15/06; next to a glass layer B32B17/063; next to a layer formed of natural mineral fibres or particles B32B19/043; next to a wood layer B32B21/045; next to a cellulosic plastic layer B32B23/046
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 25/06 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 25/20 comprising silicone rubber
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2519/00 Labels, badges
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 29/002 as the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or of a different material next to a layer of a particular substance B32B9/06; next to a bituminous or tarry layer B32B11/06; next to a water-setting substance layer B32B13/08; next to a metal layer B32B15/12; next to a glass layer B32B17/065; next to a layer formed of natural mineral fibres or particles B32B19/046; next to a wood layer B32B21/06; next to a cellulosic plastic layer B32B23/06; next to a natural or synthetic rubber layer B32B25/06; next to a synthetic resin layer B32B27/10
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/02 characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions non-uniform thickness B32B3/263
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/04 Interconnection of layers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/06 permitting easy separation
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0286 provided with adaptations for labelling machines
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/10 by an adhesive layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1486 Ornamental, decorative, pattern, or indicia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness

Abstract

An adhesive label is configured to be wrapped around an apparatus and to outline a predetermined image having first and second components. A first facestock has opposite first and second edges that come into proximity with one another when the label is wrapped around the apparatus. The first edge includes first contours that outline the first component of the predetermined image, and the second edge includes second contours that outline the second component. A multilayer sheet assembly comprises the adhesive label, wherein the first facestock inner surface includes a lined portion that is covered by a release liner, and an unlined portion that is not covered by the release liner. The sheet assembly further comprises a second facestock that covers at least some of the unlined portion of the first facestock inner surface, and is adhered thereto using an adhesive.

Claims

1. An adhesive label having a shape that is configured to be wrapped around an apparatus and to outline a predetermined image having first and second components, the adhesive label comprising:

a first facestock having an inner and an outer surface, and opposite first and second edges that come into proximity with one another when the adhesive label is wrapped around the apparatus, the first edge including first contours that outline the first component of the predetermined image, and the second edge including second contours that outline the second component of the predetermined image;

a release liner; and

a first adhesive adhering the release liner to at least a portion of the first facestock inner surface.

2. The adhesive label according to claim 1, wherein the first facestock includes a first diecut that defines the shape of the adhesive label including the first and second edges.

3. The adhesive label according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transparent facestock having an inner and outer surface; and

a second adhesive adhering the transparent facestock inner surface to the first facestock outer surface.

4. The adhesive label according to claim 2, further comprising:

a transparent facestock having inner and outer surfaces, and a diecut that defines a lamination region having a second shape; and

a second adhesive adhering the lamination region to the first facestock outer surface.

5. The adhesive label according to claim 4, wherein the second shape is a mirror image of the adhesive label shape.

6. The adhesive label according to claim 4, wherein the second shape is larger than the adhesive label shape, so that the lamination region includes an overlapping region that overlaps the adhesive label, and further includes a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap the adhesive label.

7. The adhesive label according to claim 6, wherein the second adhesive layer provides stronger adhesion than the first adhesive layer.

8. The adhesive label according to claim 1, the predetermined image further having a third component, the adhesive label further comprising:

printed matter located on the first facestock and defining the third component of the predetermined image when the label is wrapped around the apparatus.

9. The adhesive label according to claim 1, further comprising:

printed matter located on the first facestock, the printed matter cooperating with the first and second edges to enhance the predetermined image when the label is wrapped around the apparatus.

10. A multilayer sheet assembly, comprising:

an adhesive label having a shape that is configured to be wrapped around an apparatus and to outline a predetermined image having first and second components, the adhesive label comprising;

a first release liner,

a first facestock comprising;

an outer surface,

an inner surface including a lined portion that is covered by the first release liner, and an unlined portion that is not covered by the first release liner, and

opposite first and second edges that come into proximity with one another when the adhesive label is wrapped around the apparatus, the first edge including first contours that outline the first component of the predetermined image, and the second edge including second contours that outline the second component of the predetermined image, and

a first adhesive coated over at least portions of both the lined and unlined portions of the first facestock inner surface; and

a second facestock including an overlapping portion, the overlapping portion covering at least some of the unlined portion of the first facestock inner surface, and adhered thereto using at least the first adhesive.

11. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, further comprising:

a multilayer web, comprising;

a second release liner,

the second facestock, further including a lined portion that is covered by the second release liner, and

a second adhesive coated over at least the lined portion of the second facestock.

12. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, wherein the second facestock overlapping portion covers the entire unlined portion of the first facestock inner surface.

13. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 12, wherein the second facestock overlapping portion abuts but does not overlap with the first release liner.

14. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, further comprising a perforated design formed through at least the second facestock, the perforated design defining a folding or tearing pattern.

15. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 14, wherein the perforated design is further formed through the unlined portion of the first facestock.

16. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, wherein the first facestock includes a diecut that defines the shape of the adhesive label including the first and second edges.

17. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, wherein the second facestock is a transparent material.

18. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 11, wherein the first facestock includes a first diecut that defines the shape of the adhesive label including the first and second edges, and the second facestock is a transparent material that includes a second diecut that defines a lamination region having a second shape that corresponds to the adhesive label shape such that removal of the second release liner allows the lamination region to laminate at least some of the adhesive label using the second adhesive.

19. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 18, wherein the lamination region is larger than the adhesive label, so that the lamination region includes an overlapping region that overlaps the adhesive label, and further includes a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap the adhesive label.

20. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 19, wherein the second adhesive layer provides stronger adhesion than the first adhesive layer.

21. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 18, wherein the lamination region has opposite first and second ends that are shaped to approximate the contours of the first facestock first and second ends, respectively.

22. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, wherein the lamination region shape is a mirror image of the adhesive label shape.

23. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, the predetermined image further having a third component, the adhesive label further comprising:

printed matter located on the first facestock and defining the third component of the predetermined image when the label is wrapped around the apparatus.

24. The multilayer sheet assembly according to claim 10, further comprising:

printed matter located on the first facestock, the printed matter cooperating with the first and second edges to enhance the predetermined image when the label is wrapped around the apparatus.

25. A method of applying printed matter to an adhesive label having a shape that is configured to be wrapped around an apparatus and to outline a predetermined image having first and second components, and comprising:

a first facestock having an inner and an outer surface, and opposite first and second edges that come into proximity with one another when the adhesive label is wrapped around the apparatus, the first edge including first contours that outline the first component of the predetermined image, and the second edge including second contours that outline the second component of the predetermined image, and

a first adhesive adhering the release liner to at least a portion of the first facestock inner surface,

wherein the method comprises;

printing the first facestock with the printed matter, the first and second edges cooperating with the printed matter to enhance the predetermined image when the label is wrapped around the apparatus.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the predetermined image further includes a third component, and the printed matter defines the third component of the predetermined image when the label is wrapped around the apparatus.