(19)
(11) EP 1 024 469 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/31

(21) Application number: 00101478.6

(22) Date of filing: 26.01.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G09F 3/10, G09F 3/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.01.1999 US 237805

(71) Applicant: The Challenge Printing Co.
Wallington, New Jersey 07057 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Gelsinger, Timothy L.
    Long Valley, New Jersey 07853 (US)

(74) Representative: Cohausz & Florack 
Patentanwälte Kanzlerstrasse 8a
40472 Düsseldorf
40472 Düsseldorf (DE)

   


(54) Resealable label


(57) A self-adhesive label for a container, such as a pharmaceutical bottle, comprises three sections. The first and third sections adhere the label to the bottle. The second section is contiguous with the first section, and is attached to the third section by means of a perforation. This second section is the "peel-away" section and contains printed information on both its front and rear surfaces. The second section has a non-adhesive rear surface and contains a tab for ease of gripping. The second section may be torn along the perforation by use of the grip tab, to enable viewing of the information printed on the rear surface of the second section of the label. The second section can then swing free of the bottle, yet remains attached to the first section. After reading the information contained on the rear surface of the second section, the consumer can than reseal this portion of the label to its original position on the bottle. This is possible due to the presence of relatively minute spots of adhesive on the rear surface of the second label section which will reseal the label to the bottle until such a time as the consumer wishes to reopen the label.






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