POINT OF SALE MANUFACTURE OF PRODUCTS WITH A GENERAL DECAL AND PERSONALIZED LABEL INCLUDING SECURITY CODE
A method for personalized labeling of decal decorated item at a point of sale for consumer by laminating a personal label on or adjacent a preexisting decal applied to the item. The personal label may comprise an access code to a secure information source, identification information or a greeting.
1 . A personalized decal assembly for products comprising:
(a) a product having an application substrate surface
(b) a generic design decal consisting of an adhesive film selected from the group consisting of a label having an adhesive material on an inner surface, an outer surface, a generic design visibly apparent when said outer surface is viewed, and a locator region on the outer surface, said decal inner surface applied to the substrate surface of the product; and
(c) a separate, uniquely printed printable tape label affixed to the locator region, said tape label comprising laminated combination of layers including an acrylic adhesive separating a removable layer from a printed layer.
2 . The assembly of claim 1 wherein the decal is an organic, lead free material.
3 . The assembly of claim 1 further including a polyurethane outer layer covering a laminated acrylic tape label.
4 . The assembly of claim 2 farther including a polyurethane outer layer covering the tape label.
5 . The assembly of claim 1 wherein the product substrate surface is selected from the group consisting of porcelain, ceramic, metal, wood, glass and combinations thereof.
6 . The assembly of claim 1 wherein the decal includes a resin coating on the outer surface for adherence of the label.
7 . A method for personalizing an individual product item in an inventory of like items comprising the steps of:
(a) assembling an inventory of generally like items, each item in the inventory having an outer substrate surface, each item in the inventory having a pre-applied decal, said decal having a substantially same decal design, each decal design including a fixed location region;
(b) selecting one item from the inventory
(c) separately printing a tape label, said tape label comprising a laminated combination of plastic layers including an acrylic adhesive layer separating a removable layer from a print receiving layer;
(d) printing a custom legend on the print receiving layer;
(e) separating the removable layer from the label; and
(f) applying the acrylic adhesive layer and attached label layers to the location region.
8 . The method of claim 7 including the step of applying a polyurethane tape layer over and on the label layers affixed to the location region.
9 . The assembly of claim 1 wherein the label further includes a machine readable code.
10 . The assembly of claim 9 wherein the code is a QR code.
11 . The assembly of claim 9 wherein the code comprises a means for access to personal information of a select individual.
12 . The assembly of claim 9 or 11 wherein the code comprises a means for access to generic information.