IP Library Granted Patent US 8,778,474
Granted Patent B2
US 8,778,474 · App. 13/081,488 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Repositionable medium and stack thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,778,474
App. No.
13/081,488
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A repositionable medium includes a base, a paper, and a first repositionable adhesive. The base has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end edge, and a second end edge. The paper is fixedly coupled to the top surface of the base proximate to the first end edge. The paper has an inner edge and an outer edge. The outer edge is closer to the first end edge than the inner edge is to the first end edge. The inner edge is spaced a first distance from the first end edge of the base. The first repositionable adhesive is fixed to the bottom surface of the base and is not present in a first low adhesion area at a line across a width of the base and spaced a second distance from the second end edge of the base. The second distance equals the length of the first distance.

Claims (16)

1. A repositionable medium comprising:

(a) a base, the base having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end edge and a second end edge;

(b) a paper fixedly coupled to the top surface of the base proximate to the first end edge, the paper having an inner edge and an outer edge, the outer edge is closer to the first end edge than the inner edge is to the first end edge, the inner edge is spaced from the first end edge of the base by a first distance; and

(c) a first repositionable adhesive fixed to the bottom surface of the base, the first repositionable adhesive not being present in a first low adhesion area at a line across a width of the base and spaced from the second end edge of the base by a second distance, the second distance is equal in length to the first distance, wherein the low adhesion area extends from the second end edge of the base from a third distance slightly less than the second distance to a fourth distance slightly greater than the second distance.

2. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first low adhesion area extends entirely across the width of the base.

3. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first low adhesion area is devoid of adhesive.

4. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a second repositionable adhesive, the second repositionable adhesive occupying at least a portion of the first low adhesion area, the second repositionable adhesive is less tacky than the first repositionable adhesive.

5. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second repositionable adhesive is the same as the first repositionable adhesive and the second repositionable adhesive has a lower coat weight than the first repositionable adhesive.

6. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first low adhesion area extends entirely across the width of the base, the repositionable medium further comprising a second repositionable adhesive, the second repositionable adhesive occupying the first low adhesion area, the second repositionable adhesive is less tacky than the first repositionable adhesive.

7. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first repositionable adhesive is applied to the bottom surface of the base from the second end edge of the base to the third distance and is also applied to the bottom surface of the base from the fourth distance to a fifth distance, the fifth distance is spaced from the first end edge and is greater than the first distance.

8. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first low adhesion area extends entirely across the width of the base and wherein the first repositionable adhesive is also not present in a second low adhesion area positioned along the second end edge of the base, the first repositionable adhesive occupying at least some of the space between the first low adhesion area and the second low adhesion area.

9. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 8 , wherein both the first low adhesion area and the second low adhesion area are devoid of adhesive.

10. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base includes a polymeric film.

11. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the polymeric film is translucent.

12. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the polymeric film is coated with a marking-receptive coating.

13. The repositionable medium as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the paper is fixedly coupled to the base using an adhesive.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2013
From: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
To: CCL LABEL, INC.
Reel/Frame 030909/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2011
From: SATO, JAY K.; WILSON, DOUGLAS W.
To: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026803/0037 →