Two-ply channel liner, label, and roll

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11967256-B2
Application number	US-202117146059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2021
Priority date	Jan 20, 2017
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

A two-ply liner-label and liner-label-roll are provided. A front side of a liner is coated with a release coating. The liner also includes a plurality of die cut tabs that at least partially align with a second die cut label in the label. The backside of the label is coated with an adhesive material and applied to the front side of the liner to form a liner-label roll. The tabs remain affixed to their corresponding individual labels when the labels are removed for placement on packaging; thereby, leaving holes in the liner as the liner is wound into a waste-liner roll within an auto applicator machine.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roll of liner-label combinations, comprising:
a liner web comprising first die cuts that define tabs in the liner web;
a label web comprising second die cuts that define labels in the label web;
wherein each liner-label combination of the roll comprises a label and a pair of the tabs;
wherein each pair of tabs correspond to an aligned coverage area of the corresponding label;
wherein each label adapted to be separated from the corresponding liner-label combination with the corresponding pair of the tabs remaining attached to a backside of the corresponding label so that when the corresponding pair of the tabs are separated from the corresponding label adhesive remains on the backside to permit the corresponding label to be affixed to an object, wherein a first tab or each pair of tabs runs horizontally and parallel with the corresponding label above a second tab of each pair of tabs that runs horizontally and parallel within the corresponding label, wherein a tab bottom edge of the first tab is vertically stacked above and aligned with a tab top edge of the second tab.

2. The roll of liner-label combinations of claim 1 , wherein each pair of the tabs is rectangular in shape with one end of each of the corresponding tabs be rounded.

3. The roll of liner-label combinations of claim 2 , wherein the ends of the tabs that are rounded are adjacent to a release edge of the corresponding label.

4. The roll of liner-label combinations of claim 3 , wherein the release edge of the corresponding label is curved inward.

5. The roll of liner-label combinations of claim 4 , wherein the release edge of the corresponding label forms a portion of an edge of the corresponding liner-label combination.

6. A liner-label combination, comprising:
a substrate defining a first label and a second label that is defined by a first die cut made within the substrate;
a liner comprising a pair of tabs defined by two equally sized and shaped second die cuts made within the liner;
wherein a backside of the substrate comprises an adhesive coating;
wherein a front side of the liner that corresponds to the pair of tabs comprises a release coating;
wherein the substrate is adhered to the liner to form the liner-label combination with the pair of tabs aligned to correspond to a coverage area of the backside of the second label wherein a first tab or the pair of tabs runs horizontally and parallel with the second label above a second tab of the pair of tabs that runs horizontally and parallel within the second label. wherein a tab bottom edge of the first tab is vertically stacked above and aligned with a tab top edge of the second tab.;
wherein a portion of the first tab in the pair extends beyond a top edge of the second. label;
wherein another portion of the second tab in the pair extends beyond a bottom edge of the second label;
wherein the second label is adapted to be separated from the liner-label combination with the pair of tabs remaining affixed to the second label;
wherein the pair of tabs adapted to be separated from the second label with a portion of the adhesive coating remaining on the backside of the second label.

7. The liner-label combination of claim 6 , wherein the first tab extends from approximately a center of the coverage area beyond the top edge of the second label, and wherein the second tab extends from approximately the center of the coverage area beyond the bottom edge of the second label.

8. The liner-label combination of claim 6 , wherein a front side of the substrate comprises a thermally activated print layer.

9. A liner-label, comprising:
a liner substrate:
a label substrate;
at least one die cut label in the label substrate that defines a label;
a pair of die cut channels in the liner substrate;
wherein a first die cut channel of the pair is partially aligned beneath a top-edge of the label defining a first liner tab;
wherein a second die cut channel of the pair is aligned beneath a bottom edge of the label defining a second liner tab;
wherein the first liner tab runs horizontally and parallel with the label above the second liner tab which runs horizontally and parallel within the label;
wherein a tab bottom edge of the first liner tab is vertically stacked above and aligned with a tab top edge of the second liner tab and the first liner table and second liner tab correspond to an aligned coverage area for the label;
wherein the first liner tab corresponds to a first half of the aligned coverage area and extends along the liner substrate beyond the top-edge of the label;
wherein the second liner tab corresponds to a second half of the aligned coverage area and extends along the liner substrate beyond the bottom edge of the label;
wherein the label is adapted to be separated from the liner substrate with the first die cut tab and the second die cut tab being removed with the label from the liner substrate and remaining affixed to a backside of the label.

10. The liner-label combination of claim 9 , comprising one or more additional die cut labels in the label substrate defining one or more additional labels.

11. The liner-label combination of claim 10 , wherein each of the one or more labels are associated with an additional pair of die cut channels in the liner substrate.

12. The liner-label combination of claim 9 , wherein the backside of the label substrate comprises an adhesive coating and a front side of the liner substrate comprises a release coating.

13. The liner-label combination of claim 12 , wherein a front side of the label substrate comprises a thermally activated print layer.

14. The liner-label combination of claim 9 , wherein at least one end of both the first liner tab and the second liner tab is rounded and adjacent to a curved-inward end of the label.

15. The liner-label combination of claim 14 , wherein the curved-inward end of the label is part of an outer edge for the label substrate.

16. The liner-label combination of claim 9 , wherein the first liner tab and the second liner tab are adapted to be peeled away from the label with an adhesive retained on the first area of the backside for the label permitting the label to be affixed to an object when the first liner tab and the second liner tab are peeled away and separated from the label.

17. The liner-label combination of claim 9 , wherein the first half of the aligned coverage extends from approximately a center of the label to the top edge of the label, and wherein the second half of the aligned coverage area extends from approximately the center of the label to the bottom edge.

18. The roll of liner-label combinations of claim 17 , wherein a front side of the label web comprises a thermally activated print layer.

19. The roll of liner-label combinations of claim 17 , wherein each pair of the tabs comprises a same length and height and the length is greater than the height.

20. The liner-label combination of claim 9 , wherein the first liner tab and the second liner tab have a same length and height and the length is greater than the height.

Assignees

• Iconex Llc

Inventors

• Francoeur Roger

Classifications

• G09F3/0288 Primary

  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 title

• G09F3/10 Primary

  by an adhesive layer · CPC title

• B65C9/18

  Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls · CPC title

• G09F2003/0229

  Carrier roll · CPC title

• G09F2003/0267

  die cut · CPC title