Multi-ply resealable label
View Patent ↗A label includes a base label having upper and lower opposed surfaces and first and second opposed ends. A base adhesive coats the lower surface of the base label. A top panel overlies the upper surface of the base label and is joined to the base label adjacent the first end. The top panel has an upper surface. A tab having upper and lower opposed surfaces overlies the upper surface of the base label. An adhesive patch is interposed between the base label and the tab adjacent the second end. The adhesive patch secures the lower surface of the tab to the upper surface of the base label. A laminate cover overlies the top panel and the tab. A laminate adhesive secures the laminate cover to the upper surface of the top panel and releasably joins the laminate cover to the upper surface of the tab.
1. A method for forming a label, said method including:
a) providing a release liner and a base web releasably secured to the release liner by a base adhesive coating an inner surface of the base web;
b) applying a hinge adhesive to an outer surface of the base web;
c) applying a top sheet to the outer surface of the base web such that a portion of the top sheet is secured to the base web by the hinge adhesive, the top sheet including a tab portion;
d) applying a self-adhesive laminate web over the base web and the top sheet;
e) cutting through each of the laminate web, the top sheet and the base web to form the label, the label including a laminate cover formed from the laminate web, a top panel formed from the top sheet, and a base label formed from the base web, wherein at least the laminate cover and the top panel are substantially coextensive;
f) applying a tab adhesive patch to the outer surface of the base web such that the tab adhesive patch engages an inner surface of the tab portion when the top sheet is applied to the base web; and
g) applying a release varnish to an outer surface of the tab portion.
2. A method for forming a label, said method including:
a) providing a release liner and a base web releasably secured to the release liner by a base adhesive coating an inner surface of the base web;
b) applying a hinge adhesive to an outer surface of the base web;
c) applying a top sheet to the outer surface of the base web such that a portion of the top sheet is secured to the base web by the hinge adhesive;
d) applying a self-adhesive laminate web over the base web and the top sheet;
e) cutting through each of the laminate web, the top sheet and the base web to form the label, the label including a laminate cover formed from the laminate web, a top panel formed from the top sheet, and a base label formed from the base web, wherein at least the laminate cover and the top panel are substantially coextensive; and
f) applying a plurality of the top sheets to the base label in seriated and imbricated relation.
3. A method for forming a label, said method including:
a) providing a release liner and a base web releasably secured to the release liner by a base adhesive coating an inner surface of the base web;
b) applying a hinge adhesive to an outer surface of the base web;
c) applying a top sheet to the outer surface of the base web such that a portion of the top sheet is secured to the base web by the hinge adhesive;
d) applying a self-adhesive laminate web over the base web and the top sheet; and
e) cutting through each of the laminate web, the top sheet and the base web to form the label, the label including a laminate cover formed from the laminate web, a top panel formed from the top sheet, and a base label formed from the base web, wherein at least the laminate cover and the top panel are substantially coextensive; and
f) forming a tab cut in the top sheet before applying the top sheet to the base web, wherein the tab cut and the cut formed in said step of cutting through each of the laminate web, the top sheet and the base web to form the label together define a tab that is interposed between the laminate cover and the base label and is separable from the top panel.
4. A method for forming a label, said method including:
a) providing a release liner having a base adhesive on an outer surface thereof;
b) providing a leaflet assembly including a top panel and a bottom panel joined to the top panel along a fold, the leaflet assembly further including a hinge adhesive coating respective inner surfaces of the top panel and the bottom panel adjacent the fold and securing the top and bottom panels to one another;
c) applying the leaflet assembly to the release liner such that the bottom panel is releasably secured to the release liner by the base adhesive;
d) applying a self-adhesive laminate web over the leaflet assembly and the release liner; and
e) cutting through each of the laminate web, the top panel and the bottom panel to form the label, wherein said step of cutting includes severing the fold from each of the top panel and the bottom panel.
5. The method of claim 4 including applying a tab adhesive patch to the inner surfaces of the top and bottom panels at a location spaced apart from the hinge adhesive.
6. The method of claim 4 including applying a release varnish to an outer surface of the top panel opposite the tab adhesive patch.
7. The method of claim 4 including forming a tab cut in the top panel before applying the leaflet assembly to the release liner, wherein the tab cut and the cut formed in said step of cutting through each of the laminate web, the top panel and the bottom panel to form the label together define a tab that is interposed between a laminate cover formed from the laminate web and the bottom panel and is separable from the top panel.
8. A method for forming a label, said method including:
a) providing a release liner and a base web releasably secured to the release liner by a base adhesive coating an inner surface of the base web;
b) providing a top web;
c) providing a pattern of active adhesive on at least one of an inner surface of the top web and an outer surface of the base web, the pattern of active adhesive including a hinge adhesive portion;
d) providing a self-adhesive laminate web;
e) marrying the release liner, the base web, the top web and the laminate web such that the top web is interposed between the base web and the laminate web;
f) cutting through each of the laminate web, the top web and the base web to form the label, the label including a laminate cover formed from the laminate web, a top panel formed from the top web, and a base label formed from the base web, wherein the hinge adhesive portion secures the top panel to the base label; and
g) applying a release varnish to an outer surface of the top web.
9. The method of claim 8 including forming the pattern of active adhesive by deadening a layer of adhesive on at least one of the inner surface of the top web and the outer surface of the base web.
10. The method of claim 8 including applying the hinge adhesive portion to at least one of the inner surface of the top web and the outer surface of the base web.
11. The method of claim 8 wherein the pattern of active adhesive includes a tab adhesive patch spaced apart from the hinge adhesive portion.
12. The method of claim 8 including punching a hole in the top web before marrying the release liner, the base web, the top web and the laminate web.
13. A method for forming a label, said method including:
a) providing a release liner and a base web releasably secured to the release liner by a base adhesive coating an inner surface of the base web;
b) providing a top web;
c) providing a pattern of active adhesive on at least one of an inner surface of the top web and an outer surface of the base web, the pattern of active adhesive including a hinge adhesive portion;
d) providing a self-adhesive laminate web;
e) marrying the release liner, the base web, the top web and the laminate web such that the top web is interposed between the base web and the laminate web;
f) cutting through each of the laminate web, the top web and the base web to form the label, the label including a laminate cover formed from the laminate web, a top panel formed from the top web, and a base label formed from the base web, wherein the hinge adhesive portion secures the top panel to the base label; and
g) forming a tab cut in the top web before marrying the release liner, the base web, the top web and the laminate web, wherein the tab cut and the cut formed in said step of cutting through each of the laminate web, the top web and the base web to form the label together define a tab that is interposed between the laminate cover and the base label and is separable from the top panel.