Tear and Sew Garment label and Method of Producing
A composite tag comprises a woven fabric substrate having a surface, a smooth, pliable urethane coating disposed on the surface of the substrate, a pressure or heat sensitive adhesive disposed on the urethane coating, and a face stock disposed on the adhesive.
1 . A small sheet-like item comprising:
a substrate;
a smooth, pliable coating disposed on a surface of the substrate;
an adhesive disposed on the smooth, pliable coating; and
a face stock disposed on the adhesive.
2 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the item is a garment tag.
3 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a fabric.
4 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is woven.
5 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the coating is urethane.
6 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is pressure sensitive or heat sensitive.
7 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the face stock is paper.
8 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the face stock is printed.
9 . The item of claim 1 , wherein the face stock is a plastic film.
10 . The item of claim 9 , wherein the film contains an optically variable device.
11 . A composite tag comprising:
a woven fabric substrate having a surface;
a smooth, pliable urethane coating disposed on the surface of the substrate;
a pressure or heat sensitive adhesive disposed on the urethane coating; and
a face stock disposed in contact with the adhesive.
12 . The composite tag of claim 11 , wherein the face stock is a plastic film.
13 . The composite tag of claim 12 , wherein the film contains an optically variable device.
14 . A method for producing small sheet-like items comprising:
providing a roll of substrate;
coating the substrate with a smooth, pliable coating; and
laminating a face stock to the coated substrate with a layer of adhesive.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
forming label areas in the face stock by die-cutting the face stock and adhesive layer down to the substrate, the face stock remaining substantially continuous and uncut; and
removing from the substrate the areas of face stock that are outside of the formed label areas.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein detectable features are applied to the face stock.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the features are printed.
18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the features are embossed or molded into the face stock.
19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the features are optically variable devices.
20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the features are applied to the face stock prior to lamination.
21 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the features are applied to the face stock after lamination.
22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the features are applied to the face stock after die-cutting.
23 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
slitting the roll of laminated substrate and face stock into narrow reels; and
cutting completely across the reel webs to separate the web into individual small items.
24 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
cutting intermittently across the reel webs to form weakened tear lines where the items should be separated from each other;
slitting the roll of laminated substrate and face stock into narrow reels; and
tearing, by hand or by device, across the weakened tear lines to separate the reel webs into individual small items.