Label with removable RFID portion

• US 7,425,898 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2006
• Issued: 09/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ryckman, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass; Jeff
• Assistant Examiner(s): Labbees; Edny
• Application Number:
  US11/421,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20070279233A1
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1, 340/572.3, 340/572.4, 340/572.8, 235/375, 235/376, 235/385, 235/492
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• 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: G09F 3/10 by an adhesive layer

Abstract

A self adhesive label including a removable RFID tag. The multi-layer label includes a content label and a base label. A removable portion of the content label includes an RFID tag. An exposable portion of the base label is exposed when the removable portion of the content label is removed. The exposable portion of the base label includes markings substantially similar to markings on the removable portion. A related method includes the steps of permanently applying a label to an article in which the label includes a removable RFID tag; utilizing the RFID tag while applied to the article; and subsequently removing the RFID tag without substantially damaging the label before further transfer of the article.

Claims

1. A label assembly comprising:

a base label having a top side and a bottom side, said top side having an exposable portion and an unexposable portion, said bottom side including a permanent pressure-sensitive adhesive adapted to permanently adhere said base label to an article;

a content label including a removable portion and having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side of said removable portion including a temporary adhesive releasably adhering said bottom side of said removable portion to said top side of said exposable portion of said base label, wherein said content label further includes a permanent portion permanently adhered to said unexposable portion of said base label, wherein said content label further includes a line of weakening between said removable portion and said permanent portion; and

a wireless device secured to said removable portion of said content label, whereby said wireless device may be removed from said label assembly by removing said removable portion of said content label from said exposable portion of said base label.

2. The label assembly of claim 1, wherein said top side of said exposable portion and said top side of said removable portion both include substantially similar graphics, whereby said label assembly has a substantially similar appearance with and without said removable portion of said content label.

3. The label assembly of claim 1, wherein said top side of said exposable portion includes non-confidential markings and said top side of said removable portion includes confidential markings, whereby said label assembly is free of said confidential markings after said removable portion of said content label is removed from said exposable portion of said base label.

4. The label assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a release liner releasably adhered to said bottom side of said base label.

5. The label assembly of claim 1, wherein said exposable portion of said base label comprises said base label entirely.

6. The label assembly of claim 1, wherein said removable portion of said content label comprises said content label entirely.

7. The label assembly of claim 1, wherein said base label is transparent.

8. A self adhesive label comprising:

a wireless device;

a content label including a top side and a bottom side and further including a permanent portion and a removable portion and a line of weakening between said removable portion and said permanent portion, said removable portion of said content label including said wireless device;

a base label having a top side and a bottom side and further including an unexposable portion and an exposable portion;

permanent adhesive securing said bottom side of said permanent portion of said content label to said top side of said unexposable portion of said base label; and

temporary adhesive removably attaching said bottom side of said removable portion of said content label to said top side of said exposable portion of said base label, whereby said removable portion including said wireless device can be easily removed from said base label by peeling said removable portion from said base label.

9. The self adhesive label of claim 8, further comprising:

a release liner releasably adhered to said base label to facilitate application of said self adhesive label.

10. The self adhesive label of claim 8, wherein said temporary adhesive comprises pressure sensitive adhesive.

11. The self adhesive label of claim 8, wherein said removable portion of said content label includes confidential information.

12. The self adhesive label of claim 8, wherein:

said removable portion of said content label includes markings; and

said exposable portion of said base label includes markings substantially similar to said markings on said removable portion of said content label, allowing said self adhesive label to appear substantially similar with or without said removable portion of said content label.

13. The self adhesive label of claim 8, wherein said wireless device comprises an RFID device.