Label

• US 4,634,149 A
• Filed: 03/18/1985
• Issued: 01/06/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Promotions Unlimited Corporation
• Original Assignee: Don Marketing Management Limited
• Inventors: Donovan, John A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US06/713,909
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 283/81, 283/100, 283/101, 283/102, 283/103, 283/104, 283/105, 283/903
• US Class Current: 283/102
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0665 having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer for educational purposes G09B
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0216 for containers
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/02 Forms or constructions layered products B32B
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/919 Camouflaged article

Abstract

A label comprises a plurality of separate first indicia printed on one side thereof with each camouflaged by an opaque layer. The indicia representing numbers are segregated in a grid pattern. The first indicia represent possible chip positions when betting on a game of roulette. The label also has second indicia comprising a perspective view of a roulette wheel and a predetermined number of first indicia representing the equivalent or bets. To play, the label is cut or torn for removal from the exterior of a container to expose the first and second indicia, enabling a player to remove desired portions of the camouflaged layer to reveal first indicia numbers corresponding to the second indicia numbers.

Claims

1. In a label for a container, the improvement comprising means for releasably securing the label to the container, said label bearing on one side thereof a plurality of printed separate first game indicia each normally camouflaged by a removable material which can be removed selectively in order to expose the indicia in a desired sequence, said releasable securing means being arranged with respect to said one side such that when the label is releasably secured to said container said one side and first indicia thereon face the container and are thereby hidden from view prior to separation of said label from the container further including on said one side at least one printed second indicia which is a different view of at least one of the first indicia, whereby a player of said game may selectively remove the camouflaging material to match the first indicia with the second indicia.

2. A label according to claim 1, wherein the removable camouflaging material is an opaque layer on each first indicia.

3. A label according to claim 1, wherein the releasable securing means includes adhesive edge strips connected with the remainder of the label by perforations.

4. A label according to claim 1, wherein the releasable securing means comprises substantially parallel tear lines spaced apart over the label and by which the part of the label bearing the first and second indicia therebetween is removed when the label is cut or torn along the tear lines.

5. A label according to claim 4, said tear lines being printed on the label.