Granted Patent B2

US 6,981,343 · App. 10/732,498 · Granted Jan 3, 2006

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A shelf talker comprising:

a label having adhesive on the upper back side thereof;

a small release liner bonded to the back of said label by said adhesive except for a lower tab thereof; and

said liner having a cut line severing said liner into top and middle tabs atop said adhesive, with said lower tab being suspended from said middle tab.

2. A shelf talker according to claim 1 wherein said label comprises a unitary face sheet, and said liner is disposed within the upper perimeter thereof.

3. A shelf talker according to claim 2 wherein said label is imperforate.

4. A shelf talker according to claim 3 wherein said cut line extends the full width of said liner, and said top, middle, and lower tabs extend the full width of said label.

5. A shelf talker according to claim 4 wherein said label further comprises a top strip laminated to said liner in a two-ply configuration, and a single-ply bottom leaflet extending from said two-ply lamination.

6. A shelf talker according to claim 5 wherein said release liner includes a release coating on said top tab for removably bonding said top tab to said adhesive behind said top strip.

7. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said release liner further includes release coating on said middle and lower tabs.

8. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said release liner is devoid of said release coating on said middle tab for permanently bonding said middle tab to said top strip by said adhesive.

9. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said label comprises card stock being substantially stiffer than said liner.

10. A shelf talker according to claim 9 wherein said liner comprises supercalendared kraft paper.

11. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said cut line comprises a continuous diecut across the full width of said liner.

12. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said middle and lower tabs have substantially equal size.

13. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said lower tab is smaller than said top tab.

14. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said middle tab is smaller than said top tab.

15. A shelf talker according to claim 6 comprising a unitary sheet having a plurality of said labels with a common release liner bridging the back side of thereof.

16. A shelf talker according to claim 6 wherein said lower tab is sized relative to the top edge of said label for mounting said shelf talker in a shelf bracket having a top hook receiving said label top edge, and a bottom hook receiving said lower tab.

17. A method of using said shelf talker according to claim 6 comprising:

printing product information atop said label;

removing said liner top tab from said label to expose adhesive behind said top strip;

inserting the top edge of said label in a top hook of a shelf bracket;

inserting said lower tab in a bottom hook of said bracket; and

bonding said adhesive exposed on the back side of said top strip to said shelf bracket.

18. A shelf talker comprising:

a single-ply label including a top strip and a bottom leaflet, and adhesive disposed behind said top strip; and

a release liner including top and middle tabs separated by a cut line therebetween, and laminated to said top strip by said adhesive, and further including a lower tab being suspended from said middle tab behind said top strip without adhesive therebetween.

19. A shelf talker according to claim 18 wherein:

said label comprises imperforate card stock being substantially stiffer than said liner; and

said liner comprises supercalendared kraft paper with a silicone release coating on said top tab.

20. A shelf talker according to claim 19 wherein:

said liner top tab is removably bonded by said adhesive to said top strip; and

said liner middle tab is permanently bonded by said adhesive to said top strip.

Assignments (11)