Package reclosure label and package

• US 5,855,434 A
• Filed: 01/06/1997
• Issued: 01/05/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: WS Packaging Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Menasha Corporation
• Inventors: Hagen, Ronald G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascua, Jes F.
• Application Number:
  US08/779,871
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 383/62, 383/71, 383/72, 383/81, 383/82, 383/89, 383/11, 383/203
• US Class Current: 383/89
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/1691 using adhesive applied to attached closure elements
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/20 for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels

Abstract

A package reclosure label has a paper base label which is secured by a pressure-sensitive adhesive to the package. A tear resistant synthetic top sheet has a first end permanently adhered to the base sheet and extends beyond the far end of the base sheet to a second end which is secured by a resealable adhesive directly to the package. A generally unadhered central portion of the top sheet is also releasably adhered to the base sheet. The package is reclosed by folding over its open flap and adhering the first end of the top sheet to the flap. The labels are provided for application to packages side-by-side in multitude on a continuous release liner, with the pressure sensitive adhesive of the base sheet and the resealable adhesive of the second end of the top sheet mounting the labels to the liner in production of the labels and prior to application of the labels to packages.

Claims

1. A package reclosure label, comprising:

a base sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end;

a pressure sensitive adhesive on said bottom surface of said base sheet for adhering said base sheet to said package; and

a top sheet having a top side, a bottom side, a first end and a second end, said bottom side of said top sheet being adhered at said first end thereof to said top surface of said first end of said base sheet, and said top sheet extending over said base sheet from said first end to said second end of said top sheet, said second end of said top sheet extending beyond said second end of said base sheet and having a zone of resealable adhesive on the bottom side of said second end of said top sheet, said resealable adhesive being adapted to adhere said second end directly against said package in a ready position prior to reclosing said package and being adherable to a folded-over flap of said package for holding said package reclosed;

wherein said top sheet has a central area between said first and second ends, and an area of adhesive adheres said central area to said top side of said base sheet; and

wherein said area of adhesive in said central area is spaced apart from said zone of adhesive on said second end of said top sheet by an area of said bottom side of said top sheet which is unadhered to said base sheet.

2. A package reclosure label as claimed in claim 1, wherein said area of adhesive in said central area is spaced apart from said first end of said top sheet by an area of said bottom side of said top sheet which is unadhered to said base sheet.

3. A package having adhered to it a package reclosure label as claimed in claim 1.

4. A package as claimed in claim 3, wherein said package is sealed at both ends thereof and said pressure sensitive adhesive on said bottom surface of said base sheet adheres said base sheet to a first area of a body portion of said package, said body portion being the portion of said package which is between said sealed ends of said package, and said resealable adhesive on said bottom side of said second end of said top sheet adheres said top sheet to a second area of said body portion, said second area being spaced along said body portion from said first area by approximately the spacing of said resealable adhesive from said pressure sensitive adhesive.

5. A strip of material bearing in side-by-side relation labels as claimed in claim 1, said strip having a top surface of release material, said bottom side of each base label being adhered to said top surface of said strip by a pressure sensitive adhesive and said zone of resealable adhesive at the second end of each top sheet adhering each said second end to said top surface of said strip.

6. A package having adhered to it a package reclosure label, said package reclosure label comprising:

a base sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end;

a pressure sensitive adhesive on said bottom surface of said base sheet for adhering said base sheet to said package; and

a top sheet having a top side, a bottom side, a first end and a second end, said bottom side of said top sheet being adhered at said first end thereof to said top surface of said first end of said base sheet, and said top sheet extending over said base sheet from said first end to said second end of said top sheet, said second end of said top sheet extending beyond said second end of said base sheet and having a zone of resealable adhesive on the bottom side of said second end of said top sheet, said resealable adhesive being adapted to adhere said second end directly against said package in a ready position prior to reclosing said package and being adherable to a folded-over flap of said package for holding said package reclosed;

wherein said package is opened at an unsealed end thereof and said pressure sensitive adhesive on said bottom surface of said base sheet adheres said base sheet to a first area of a body portion of said package, said body portion being the portion of said package which is between said unsealed end and an opposite sealed end of said package, and said resealable adhesive on said bottom side of said second end of said top sheet adheres said top sheet to a folded-over flap area of said package.

7. A package as claimed in claim 6, wherein said label is in the shape of an elongated strip.

8. A package as claimed in claim 6, wherein said zone of resealable adhesive is spaced toward said first end from an edge of said second end so as to provide an unadhered tab adjacent to said edge.

9. A package as claimed in claim 6, wherein said zone of resealable adhesive on said bottom side of said second end is in an area between said second end of said base sheet and said second end of said top sheet.

10. A package as claimed in claim 6, wherein said top sheet is a tear resistant material.

11. A package as claimed in claim 6, wherein said top sheet has a central area between said first and second ends, and an area of adhesive adheres said central area to said top side of said base sheet.