Distribution label

• US 5,147,699 A
• Filed: 01/07/1991
• Issued: 09/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NCR Corporation (NCR Voyix Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NCR Corporation (NCR Voyix Corporation)
• Inventors: Browning, Jovona C., Harvey, Vernon B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Ellis P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ahmad, Nasser
• Application Number:
  US07/637,844
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 428/40, 428/41, 428/42, 428/43, 428/136, 428/130, 428/124, 428/126, 428/354, 282/12 A, 283/81
• US Class Current: 428/40.1
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0288 Labels 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24215 Acute or reverse fold of exterior component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24231 At opposed marginal edges
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24264 Particular fold structure [e.g., beveled, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24314 Slit or elongated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2848 Three or more layers

Abstract

A business form has a plurality of portions used as labels for carrying data or information and such labels are placed on packages or containers in transit. The business form has at least one portion which is folded under another portion and the form includes lines of perforations and slits for enabling the folding and for separation of certain parts. An address label has edge portions secured to the package or container and at least one edge portion is designed to be conveniently released from a release liner carrying the labels.

Claims

1. A distribution label comprising:

facestock material having adhesive on the back side thereof, and

liner material underlying the entire surface of and adhered by means of said adhesive to the back side of the facestock material, said facestock material including a first line of perforations therein and spaced from one edge of the facestock material and forming a first label portion, a slit in said facestock material and spaced from said first line of perforations and forming a second label portion, a second line of perforations in the facestock material and spaced from said first line of perforations, a third line of perforations in said facestock material and spaced from said second line of perforations and forming a third label portion, the slit and the second line of perforations in said feedstock material being adjacent and spaced from each other and the slit and the second line of perforations being arranged for providing release of a portion of the facestock material from the liner material and forming a first edge portion of the facestock material for adhering to a package, said first edge portion being formed upon folding said first label portion along said first line of perforations under said second label portion and upon folding said second label portion along a line aligned with said second line of perforations under said third label portion, and a slit in the liner material adjacent the third line of perforations in the facestock material permitting removal of a portion of the liner material from the facestock material and forming a second edge portion of the facestock material for adhering to the package, the first, second and third label portions of the distribution label being adhered to the package by means of the first edge portion and by means of the second edge portion, the removal of said third label portion along said second and said third lines of perforations in said facestock material exposing said first label portion and said second label portion for retrieval thereof and leaving the first edge portion and the second edge portion adhered to the package.

2. The distribution label of claim 1 wherein said slit in said facestock material is spaced from said second line of perforations at a dimension whereby said first edge portion is quickly released from said liner material upon folding said second label portion at the location of said second line of perforations in said facestock material.

3. The distribution label of claim 1 wherein said first label portion includes a plurality of lines of perforations permitting removal of individual portions of said first label portion.

4. The distribution label of claim 1 wherein said liner material includes horizontal lines of perforations enabling separation of one distribution label from an adjacent label.

5. The distribution label of claim 1 wherein said liner material includes a first line of perforations aligned with said first line of perforations in said facestock material and along which said liner material is folded with said first label portion.

7. The distribution label of claim 1 wherein said liner material includes a third line of perforations adjacent said slit in said liner material and aligned with said third line of perforations in said facestock material.

8. The distribution label of claim 1 wherein said liner material includes pin feed holes in the margins thereof for continuous form feeding.

9. The distribution label of claim 4 wherein the edges of said facestock material are spaced from said horizontal lines of perforations.

10. The distribution label of claim 1 including a fourth label portion spaced from said third label portion.

11. The distribution label of claim 10 wherein said liner material includes a fourth line of perforations permitting separation of said fourth label portion from said third label portion.

6. The distribution label of claim wherein said liner material includes a second line of perforations aligned with said second line of perforations in said facestock material and along which said liner material is folded with said second label portion.

12. A distribution label comprising:

facestock material having adhesive on the back side thereof,

liner material underlying the entire surface of and adhered by means of said adhesive to the back side of the facestock material, and

paper material divided into portions and having a line of adhesive along one edge thereof for securing said one edge to and edge of said liner material, said facestock material having a first line of perforations therein and spaced from one edge of the facestock material and having a second line of perforations therein and spaced from the opposite edge of the facestock material and forming one label portion, said liner material having a first line of perforations therein and adjacent and spaced from said line of adhesive and forming a first edge portion of the facestock material for adhering to a package, said first edge portion being formed upon folding of said liner material at said first line of perforations therein, said liner material having a slit therein adjacent and spaced from said second line of perforations in said facestock material and forming a second edge portion of the facestock material for adhering to the package upon removal of a portion of said liner material along said slit, the paper material being folded at the first line of perforations in said liner material and under said one label portion of said facestock material, and the one label portion and the paper material of the distribution label being adhered to the package by means of the first edge portion and the second edge portion, the removal of said one label portion along said first and said second lines of perforations in said facestock material and the removal of said liner material along said first line of perforations and along said slit in said liner material exposing said portions of said paper material for retrieval thereof and leaving the first edge portion and the second edge portion adhered to the package.

13. The distribution label of claim 12 wherein said paper material includes a first line of perforations spaced from said line of adhesive and an overlap portion adjacent said first line of perforations in said paper material, said first line of perforations enabling folding of said paper material therealong and under said one label portion of said facestock material.

14. The distribution label of claim 12 wherein said paper material includes a second line of perforations enabling folding of said paper material therealong and under said one label portion of said facestock material thereby permitting removal of individual portions of said paper material.

15. The distribution label of claim 12 wherein said liner material includes horizontal lines of perforations enabling separation of one distribution label from an adjacent label.

16. The distribution label of claim 12 wherein said facestock material includes a second label portion spaced from said one label portion and having adhesive on the back side thereof, and liner material adhered by means of said adhesive to said back side of said second label portion of said facestock material.

17. The distribution label of claim 16 wherein said liner material includes a second line of perforations between said one label portion and said second label portion and permitting separation of said second label portion from said one label portion.

18. A distribution label comprising

facestock material having adhesive on the back side thereof, and

liner material covering the surface of and adhered by means of said adhesive to the back side of the facestock material, said facestock material including a slit therein and spaced from one edge of the facestock material and forming a first label portion, a first line of perforations in the facestock material and adjacent and spaced from said slit in an arrangement to form an adhering edge portion of the facestock material for adhering to a package, a second line of perforations in the feedstock material and spaced from said first line of perforations and forming a second label portion, a slit in said liner material adjacent said second line of perforations in said facestock material permitting removal of a portion of the liner material from the facestock material and forming a second adhering edge portion of the facestock material for adhering to the package, a line of perforations in said liner material aligned with said first line of perforations in said facestock material, the spacing of said slit in said facestock material from said first line of perforations in said facestock material being at a distance for providing a quick release of said first mentioned adhering edge portion from said liner material upon folding of said liner material along said line of perforations therein, the first label portion being folded at said line of perforations in said liner material and under said second label portion, the first label portion and the second label portion of the distribution label being adhered to the package by means of the first and the second adhering edge portions, the removal of said second label portion along said first and said second lines of perforations in said facestock material exposing said first label portion for retrieval thereof and leaving the edge portions of the facestock material adhered to the package.