Labels and methods of producing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10249222-B2
Application number	US-201615370544-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	Sep 11, 2013
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

Label apparatus having identification tags and tamper evident pattern release layers and methods of producing such labels are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first substrate, a first pattern of adhesive, a tamper-evident release layer, a second pattern of adhesive, a tag, a third pattern of adhesive, and a second substrate. The first pattern of adhesive includes a first adhesive. The first pattern of adhesive and the tamper-evident release layer are disposed on the first substrate. The second and third patterns of adhesive include a second adhesive. The second pattern of adhesive is disposed on the first substrate and surrounded by the first pattern of adhesive. The tag includes a remaining portion coupled to the first pattern of adhesive and a removable portion coupled to the second pattern of adhesive. The third pattern of adhesive is coupled to the tag, the first pattern of adhesive, and the second substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first substrate, wherein the first substrate has a first side opposite a second side;
a second substrate including a liner;
a first adhesive disposed on the first side of the first substrate;
a transfer tape having a second adhesive wherein the second adhesive comprises adhesive portions on opposite sides of a film of the transfer tape, wherein the transfer tape couples the first substrate and the second substrate and is disposed such that the first adhesive is intermediate the first substrate and the second adhesive; and
a tag coupled to the first substrate and including a remaining portion and a removable portion, the remaining portion is disposed adjacent to the first adhesive and the removable portion is disposed adjacent to the second adhesive;
wherein the second adhesive is adjacent to the remaining portion of the tag and the first adhesive.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tag includes a line of weakness defining the removable portion, the line of weakness enabling the removable portion to be separated from the remaining portion along the line of weakness to disable the tag.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second adhesive is adjacent to the line of weakness.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the line of weakness is formed across an antenna of the tag.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the line of weakness is a first line of weakness and the tag includes a second line of weakness, the removable portion being disposed between the first and second lines of weakness.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the removable portion includes a bridge formed on an antenna of the tag, wherein separation of the bridge from the antenna disables the tag.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the antenna includes first and second antenna portions that are separated by a break and the bridge conductively joins the first and second antenna portions.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the tag includes a release layer between the antenna and the bridge.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second adhesive is adjacent to the bridge.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tag includes a radio-frequency identifier tag or a near-field communication tag.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tag includes an antenna disposed on the first adhesive.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second adhesive is stronger than the first adhesive.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a third adhesive, wherein the second substrate includes a film, the film is disposed between the second and third adhesives, and the third adhesive is disposed between the film and the liner.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the liner is removable from the third adhesive to expose the third adhesive.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the third adhesive is adapted to secure the apparatus to a third substrate.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the transfer tape includes the third adhesive.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second adhesive and the third adhesive are identical materials.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a tamper evident pattern release layer disposed on a first portion of the first substrate and adapted to provide a visual indication of tampering upon separation of the first portion from the second substrate.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein a second portion of the first substrate spaced from the tamper evident pattern release layer is adapted to remain coupled to the second substrate upon separation of the first portion from the second substrate to provide a second visual indication of tampering.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second pattern of the second adhesive causes the removable portion to be separated from the tag during tampering of the first substrate, the remaining portion is adapted to remain secured to the first pattern of the first adhesive.

Assignees

• Donnelley & Sons Co

Inventors

• Tobol Gretchen M
• Warmus James

Classifications

• G09F3/0292 Primary

  tamper indicating labels · CPC title

• Y10T156/108

  Flash, trim or excess removal · CPC title

• B31D1/027

  involving, marking, printing or coding · CPC title

• G09F2003/0222

  Features for removal or adhesion, e.g. tabs · CPC title

• G09F2003/0272

  Labels for containers · CPC title