C-folded pharmacy label

• US 5,601,314 A
• Filed: 10/03/1995
• Issued: 02/11/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Moore Business Forms Inc.
• Original Assignee: Moore Business Forms Inc.
• Inventors: Grimmett, H. Frank, Burns, Susanne L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fridie, Jr., Willmon
• Application Number:
  US08/538,810
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 283/67, 283/74, 283/75, 283/79, 283/80, 283/81, 283/61, 283/62, 283/96, 283/101, 283/103, 283/900
• US Class Current: 283/81
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0289 Pull- or fold-out labels

Abstract

The pharmacy label comprises top and bottom stock faces having pressure-sensitive adhesive and a release liner along one side. The labels are supplied in sheet form for passing through a printer and have die cut areas to provide a reduced width portion in the top face. The bottom face includes cold spot carbon for transferring an image. After printing, the individual labels can be separated from the sheet and the release liner pulled away from the top part and a portion of the bottom part down to a perforation line, exposing adhesive on the bottom part for application of the label to a container. By C-folding the peeled-back top part, areas of the top face can be aligned with the image transfer material between the bottom face and the container whereby, upon inscription of variable information, such information and the identification of the medication can remain on the container and a separate log created once the top face is removed from the label by peeling the remainder of the top face from the bottom face.

Claims

1. A label comprising:

a face stock having top and bottom faces;

pressure-sensitive adhesive on said top and bottom faces;

a release liner engaging said pressure-sensitive adhesive along said top and bottom faces;

a line of separation between said top and bottom faces of the face stock enabling said top face with the release liner therealong and a portion of the release liner along said bottom face to be folded about a first foldline along the release liner at a location intermediate opposite ends of the bottom face and into generally parallel relation to the bottom face thereby exposing a portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive along the bottom face for securement to a container;

said folded top face with release liner having a second foldline forming first and second parts thereof on opposite sides of said second foldline for folding said first part of said top face with the release liner about said second foldline into registration with the bottom face and between said bottom face and said second part; and

image transfer material along a portion of said bottom face in registration with said first part of said top face folded about said second foldline for transferring indicia written on said bottom face portion onto said folded top face portion.

2. A label according to claim 1 wherein said first and second foldlines enable C-folding.

3. A label according to claim 1 wherein an intermediate portion of said top face, including said second foldline thereof, projects outwardly beyond an end edge of said bottom face when said first part is folded about said second foldline into registration with said bottom face.

4. A label according to claim 1 wherein said top face has a reduced width portion intermediate opposite ends thereof, said bottom face having at least one tab adjacent a lower end thereof for adhesive securement to the container upon removal of release liner underlying the tab, said reduced width portion underlying said bottom face with an edge of said reduced width portion inset from an edge of said bottom face exposing said tab for securement to the container.

5. A label according to claim 1 wherein said top face has a reduced width portion intermediate opposite ends thereof and edges thereof inset from lateral edges of said top face, said bottom face having a pair of tabs adjacent a lower end thereof for adhesive securement to the container upon removal of release liner underlying the tabs, said reduced width portion underlying said bottom face with said inset edges thereof inset from edges of said bottom face exposing said tabs for securement to the container.

6. A label according to claim 5 wherein an intermediate portion of said top face, including said second foldline thereof, projects outwardly beyond an end edge of said bottom face when said top face is folded about said second foldline into registration with said bottom face.

7. A label according to claim 1 including corresponding preprinted indicia provided on said first part of said top face and on said bottom face with said image transfer material on said bottom face underlying the preprinted indicia thereon, said preprinted indicia being spaced along said stock such that the preprinted indicia on said first part underlies the preprinted indicia and the image transfer material on said bottom face when said top face portion is folded into registration with said bottom face.

8. A label according to claim 1 wherein said separation line comprises a slit through said face stock but not through said release liner.

9. A label according to claim 1 including a coating composition overlying said face stock on the side thereof remote from said release paper for improved adhesion of toners to the face stock to prevent smudging.

10. A label comprising:

a face stock having top and bottom faces;

pressure-sensitive adhesive on said top and bottom faces;

a release liner engaging said pressure-sensitive adhesive along said top and bottom faces;

a line of separation between said top and bottom faces of the face stock enabling said top face with the release liner therealong and a portion of the release liner along said bottom face to be folded about a first foldline along the release liner at a location intermediate opposite ends of the bottom face and into generally parallel relation to the bottom face thereby exposing a portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive along the bottom face for securement to a container;

said folded top face with release liner having a second foldline forming first and second parts thereof on opposite sides of said second foldline for folding said first part of said top face with the release liner about said second foldline into registration with the bottom face and between said bottom face and said second part; and

said top face having a reduced width portion intermediate its opposite ends, said bottom face having at least one tab adjacent a lower end thereof for adhesive securement to the container upon removal of release liner underlying the tab, said reduced width portion underlying said bottom face with an edge of said reduced width portion inset from an edge of said bottom face exposing said tab for securement to the container.

11. A label according to claim 10 wherein said first and second foldlines enable C-folding.

12. A label according to claim 10 wherein an intermediate portion of said top face, including said second foldline thereof, projects outwardly beyond an end edge of said bottom face when said first part is folded about said second foldline into registration with said bottom face.

13. A label according to claim 10 including corresponding preprinted indicia provided on said first part of said top face and on said bottom face with said image transfer material on said bottom face underlying the preprinted indicia thereon, said preprinted indicia being spaced along said stock such that the preprinted indicia on said first part underlies the preprinted indicia and the image transfer material on said bottom face when said top face portion is folded into registration with said bottom face.

14. A label according to claim 10 wherein said separation line comprises a slit through said face stock but not through said release liner.

15. A label according to claim 10 including a coating composition overlying said face stock on the side thereof remote from said release paper for improved adhesion of toners to the face stock to prevent smudging.

16. A combination of a container and a label comprising:

a container for prescription medicine;

a label secured to said container, said label including face stock having top and bottom faces, pressure-sensitive adhesive on said top and bottom faces, a release liner engaging said pressure-sensitive adhesive along said top and bottom faces, a line of separation between said top and bottom faces of the face stock enabling said top face with the release liner therealong and a portion of the release liner along said second face to be folded about a first foldline along the release liner at a location intermediate opposite ends of the bottom face and into generally parallel relation to the bottom face thereby exposing a portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive along the bottom face, said exposed adhesive portion bearing against said container to secure said label to said container;

said folded top face with release liner having a second foldline forming first and second parts thereof on opposite sides of said second foldline, said first part of said top face with the release liner being folded about said second foldline into registration with the bottom face and between said bottom face and said second part; and

image transfer material along a portion of said bottom face in registration with said first part of said top face folded about said second foldline for transferring indicia written on said bottom face portion onto said folded top face portion.

17. A combination according to claim 16 wherein an intermediate portion of said top face, including said second foldline thereof, projects outwardly beyond an end edge of said bottom face when said first part is folded about said second foldline into registration with said bottom face.

19. A label according to claim 16 wherein said top face has a reduced width portion intermediate opposite ends thereof and edges thereof inset from lateral edges of said top face, said bottom face having a pair of tabs adjacent a lower end thereof for adhesive securement to the container upon removal of release liner underlying the tabs, said reduced width portion underlying said bottom face with said inset edges thereof inset from edges of said bottom face exposing said tabs for securement to the container.

20. A label according to claim 16 including corresponding preprinted indicia provided on said first part of said top face and on said bottom face with said image transfer material on said bottom face underlying the preprinted indicia thereon, said preprinted indicia being spaced along said stock such that the preprinted indicia on said first part underlies the preprinted indicia and the image transfer material on said bottom face when said top face portion is folded into-registration with said bottom face.

18. A label according to claim 18 wherein said top face has a reduced width portion intermediate opposite ends thereof, said bottom face having at least one tab adjacent a lower end thereof for adhesive securement to the container upon removal of release liner underlying the tab, said reduced width portion underlying said bottom face with an edge of said reduced width portion inset from an edge of said bottom face exposing said tab for securement to the container.

21. A sheet of labels comprising:

a plurality of labels joined one to another along lines of weakness defining discrete labels and forming said sheets of labels;

each label including a face stock having top and bottom faces, pressure-sensitive adhesive on said top and bottom faces, a release liner engaging said pressure-sensitive adhesive along said top and bottom faces, a line of separation between said top and bottom faces of the face stock enabling said top face with the release liner therealong and a portion of the release liner along said second face to be folded about a first foldline along the release liner at a location intermediate opposite ends of the bottom face and into generally parallel relation to the bottom face thereby enabling exposure of a portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive along the bottom face for securement to a container;

said top face with release liner having a second foldline forming first and second parts thereof on opposite sides of said second foldline enabling said first pad of said top face with the release liner to be folded about said second foldline into registration with the bottom face and between said bottom face and said second part; and

image transfer material along a portion of said bottom face, said first and second foldline and said image transfer material being located relative to one another so that, upon folding said label about said first and second foldlines, said first part of said top face is enabled to lie in registration with said image transfer material for transferring indicia written on said bottom face portion onto said top face portion.