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Granted Patent B2
US 10,262,562 · App. 15/262,561 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Self-laminating rotating cable marker with breakaway portion

Inventors: Jack E. Caveney (North Palm Beach, FL); David Scott Morrison (Cumming, GA); Michael Scott Adams (Cumming, GA)
Assignee: Panduit Corp.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,262,562
App. No.
15/262,561
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A self-laminating rotating cable marker label is constructed of a transparent film having a first adhesive area, an adhesive-free smooth area, and a second adhesive area. A print-on area forms one side of the transparent film, the print-on area adapted to receive indicia identifying the cable about which the marker label is applied. A perforation extends across the transparent film providing a line of separation of the transparent film. When wrapped around a cable, the second adhesive area overlies the print-on area such that the cable identifying indicia is visible through the transparent second adhesive area. As the transparent film is wrapped around the cable, the first adhesive area adheres to the cable. The remainder of the transparent film is rotated, breaking the perforation, whereby the smooth area of the film in contact with the cable provides smooth rotation of the label around the cable.

Claims (7)

1. A self-laminating cable marker comprising:

a first portion with at least part of an underside of the first portion having adhesive configured to adhere the first portion to a cable;

a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the second portion having an adhesive free underside;

a third portion adjacent to the second portion, at least part of an underside of the third portion having adhesive such that the underside of the third portion can adhere to a top side of the second portion when the self-laminating cable marker is wrapped around the cable; and

a separable boundary between the first portion and the second portion configured such that when the underside of the first portion is adhered to the cable and then the cable marker is wrapped around the cable such that the underside of the third portion is adhered to the second portion, separating the second portion from the first portion allows the cable marker to rotate relative to the cable.

2. The self-laminating cable marker of claim 1 wherein the separable boundary is a perforation.

3. The self-laminating cable marker of claim 1 wherein the second portion separates the first portion from the third portion.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 14485960 · Sep 15, 2014
Continuation 13586637 · Aug 15, 2012
Continuation 12437187 · May 7, 2009
Provisional Application 61051976 · May 9, 2008
Related Publication 20170004740A1 · Jan 5, 2017
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