IP Library Granted Patent US 10,984,683
Granted Patent B2
US 10,984,683 · App. 15/411,453 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Two-ply channel liner, label, and roll

Inventor: Roger Francoeur (Bennington, NE)
Assignee: Iconex LLC
G09F3/0288B65C9/18G09F3/10G09F2003/0229G09F2003/0267G09F2003/0269
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Patent No.
US 10,984,683
App. No.
15/411,453
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A two-ply liner-label and liner-label-roll are provided. A front side of a liner is coated with a release coating. The liner also includes a plurality of die cut tabs that at least partially align with a second die cut label in the label. The backside of the label is coated with an adhesive material and applied to the front side of the liner to form a liner-label roll. The tabs remain affixed to their corresponding individual labels when the labels are removed for placement on packaging; thereby, leaving holes in the liner as the liner is wound into a waste-liner roll within an auto applicator machine.

Claims (34)

1. A liner-label, comprising:

a liner;

a label;

a plurality of die cut tabs in the liner; and

a die cut second label in the label;

wherein a backside of the label is affixed to a front side of the liner with the tabs at least partially aligned to the second label;

wherein the backside of the label includes an adhesive coating;

wherein the label and the second label are configured to be removed from the liner as a unit and adhered to a package as the unit with the tabs;

wherein a liner backside corresponding to the tabs removed with the unit is devoid of any adhesive;

wherein areas of the backside of the label that correspond to the second label and that do not correspond to the tabs include the adhesive coating to permit the second label to retain adhesion on the package;

wherein the unit comprising the label and the second label share one outer edge;

wherein the outer edge corresponding to the label is a straight line; wherein the outer edge corresponding to the second label curves inward from the straight line forming an arc;

wherein the outer edge corresponding to the second label is a release edge to remove the second label from the unit when adhered to the package;

wherein the tabs comprise six tabs arranged in two rows of three tabs and the two rows of three tabs further arranged as three vertically stacked columns, each vertically stacked column comprises a pair of two tabs, wherein an edge pair of two tabs that are adjacent to the release edge of the second label comprise extended rounded edges and remaining pairs of two tabs are not rounded, wherein the rounded edges of the edge pair of two tabs provide a greater surface area of tab coverage relative to the remaining pairs.

2. The liner-label of claim 1 , wherein the front side of the liner includes a release coating.

3. The liner-label of claim 1 , wherein the tabs are configured to remain attached to the label when the label is removed from the liner creating holes in the liner.

4. The liner-label of claim 1 , wherein the second label is a rectangular shape.

5. The liner-label of claim 4 , wherein the second label is situated proximate to a bottom edge of the label.

6. The liner-label of claim 1 , wherein the tabs are at least partially aligned to a portion of the backside of the label that is independent of an area that defines the second label.

7. The liner-label of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of portions of the backside of the second label lacks any contact with the tabs.

8. A liner-label roll, comprising:

a liner having a plurality of die cut tabs; and

a plurality of labels applied to a front side of the liner, each label including at least one die cut second label;

wherein each set of tabs are aligned to substantially cover but not completely cover a backside of each second label, and wherein each second label includes a release edge that is part of one side edge of a corresponding label and wherein the release edge is curved inward relative to remaining portions of the side edge for the corresponding label, wherein the release edge forms an arc that curves inward and the remaining portions of the side edge form a straight line;

wherein each label comprises the second label;

wherein each label backside for each label includes an adhesive coating;

wherein each label comprising the second label is configured to be removed from the liner as a unit and adhered to a package as the unit with the corresponding set of tabs;

wherein a liner backside associated with each set of tabs removed with a corresponding unit is devoid of any adhesive;

wherein areas of the backside of each second label level that do not correspond to the corresponding set of tabs include the adhesive coating to permit that second label to retain adhesion on the package;

wherein the tabs comprise six tabs arranged in two rows of three tabs and the two rows of three tabs further arranged as three vertically stacked columns, each vertically stacked column comprises a pair of two tabs, wherein an edge pair of two tabs that are adjacent to the corresponding release edge of the corresponding second label comprise extended rounded edges and remaining pairs of two tabs are not rounded, wherein the rounded edges of the edge pair of two tabs provide a greater surface area of tab coverage relative to the remaining pairs.

9. The liner-label roll of claim 8 , wherein each set of tabs are removed from the liner creating holes in the liner when a corresponding label associated with that set of tabs is removed from the liner.

10. The liner-label roll of claim 8 , wherein the front side of the liner includes a release coating.

11. The liner-label roll of claim 8 , wherein front sides of the labels include one or more of: a thermally activated print, a laser print, and a dot matrix print.

12. The liner-label roll of claim 8 , wherein the liner-label roll is a two-ply channel substrate.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: ICONEX LLC; MAX INTERNATIONAL CONVERTERS INC.; MAXSTICK PRODUCTS LTD.
Reel/Frame 068762/0334 →
ABL PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: ICONEX LLC; MAXSTICK PRODUCTS LTD.; APPVION, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068763/0433 →
TERM LOAN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: ICONEX LLC; MAXSTICK PRODUCTS LTD.; APPVION, LLC
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068763/0472 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2023
From: ICONEX LLC; MAX INTERNATIONAL CONVERTERS INC.; MAXSTICK PRODUCTS LTD.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064179/0848 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2017
From: FRANCOEUR, ROGER
To: ICONEX LLC
Reel/Frame 041028/0265 →
Continuity (1)
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