Printed matter – Having revealable concealed information – fraud preventer or... – Identifier
Patent
1991-02-04
1993-06-29
Rosenbaum, Mark
Printed matter
Having revealable concealed information, fraud preventer or...
Identifier
428 42, 40630, B42D 1500
Patent
active
052227669
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a label, and in particular, to a folded label to be attached to a container such as a bottle, can, packet or the like. The present invention also relates to a method of producing labels.
A known folded label is described in my U.K. Publication No. 2191463. That application discloses a label for attachment to a container, the label comprising a longitudinal strip which is divided into a series of panels by a plurality of transverse fold lines, the strip being folded about the transverse fold lines so that one end of the panel and the adjacent panel form rear and front cover panels, respectively, which envelope the remaining panel or panels of the folded strip, the rear cover panel of the strip being shorter in the longitudinal direction than at least the front cover panel and a third panel, which is adjacent to the front panel, extending beyond the free end of the rear cover panel and having a rearwardly directed overlapping portion; and a support web to which is adhered the rear surface of the rear cover panel, the overlapping portion being releasably adhered to the support web so as to maintain the folded label in a closed configuration, the arrangement being such that the label can be opened by detaching the overlapping portion from the support web. Such a label described in that application suffers from the disadvantage that the requirement for an overlapping portion limits the size of the inside panels of the label. Also, the support web needs to be larger than the rear cover panel to allow the flap to be adhered thereto U.K 2191463 also discloses that a layer of release material may be applied to the overlapping portion of the folded longitudinal strip, so as to improve the effectiveness with which the label can be repeatedly resealed. This makes the manufacture of a length of release backing material carrying a succession of folded labels unnecessarily complicated since the release material must be applied in discrete steps.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide a label which makes effective use of the area of the longitudinal strip.
Accordingly the present invention provides a label for attachment to a container, the label comprising a longitudinal strip which is divided into a series of at least three panels by at least two transverse fold lines, the strip being folded about the transverse fold lines such that one panel forms a front cover for the label and second and third panels at opposing ends of the front cover are folded about respective transverse fold lines behind the front cover and together form a rear surface of the folded strip: and a support piece to which the rear surface of the folded strip is attached, at least a part of the rear surface of the folded strip being releasably adhered to the support piece such that at least one of the second and third panels can be detached from the support piece to open the label, characterised in that the rear surface is comprised of substantially equal areas of the second and third panels.
The present invention also provides a method of producing a succession of labels carried on a length of release backing material, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a length of a laminar web comprising a self-adhesive support web, which is releasably adhered to a length of a release backing material;
b) adhering a succession of folded longitudinal strips to the front surface of the support web, each longitudinal strip being divided into a series of at least three panels by at least two transverse fold lines, the strip being folded about the transverse fold lines such that one panel forms a front cover of the label and second and third panels at opposing ends of the front cover are folded about respective transverse fold lines behind the front cover and both form a rear surface of the folded longitudinal strip, the rear surface being comprised of substantially equal areas of the second and third panels and at least a part of the rear surface being releasably adhered to the support web; and
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Fridie Jr. Willmon
Rosenbaum Mark
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