[0001] This invention relates to a package label assembly for use in labelling packages
for despatch by mail or carrier or for other purposes.
[0002] It has previously been proposed to enclose a label sheet and a copy sheet within
an envelope, made by adhesively connecting front and back sheets together along three
adjacent edges with the label sheet and the copy sheet projecting from one end of
the envelope so that the label sheet, which is left behind when the copy sheet is
removed, is protected within the envelope which is adhesively attached to the package.
Such assemblies are expensive to manufacture because of the operations required to
make up the envelope.
[0003] It is'an object of the invention to provide a package label assembly in a form which
is cheaper to manufacture and easier to use than the known assemblies referred to
above.
[0004] A package label assembly in accordance with the invention comprises the combination
of a label sheet and at least one copy sheet attached together adjacent one edge,
the copy sheet having a line of weakening to enable it to be detached from the label
sheet and transfer material being provided to enable writing applied to the label
sheet to appear on the copy-sheet, a transparent or translucent front sheet having
pressure sensitive adhesive material thereon, said front sheet being attached to the
label sheet by said pressure sensitive adhesive adjacent said one edge of the label
sheet, a first strippable sheet strippably attached to the pressure sensitive adhesive
and lying on the side of the copy sheet remote from the front sheet, and a second
strippable sheet strippably attached to the pressure sensitive material and lying
between the label sheet and the front sheet, said front sheet being wider than the
label sheet in a direction parallel to said one edge.
[0005] With such an arrangement, the front sheet can easily be turned by to allow the label
to be written on and the two strippable sheets can then be stripped off the adhesive
so that the margins of the front sheet can be adhesively connected directly to the
package. The copy sheet or sheets can then be removed as required, leaving the label
sheet attached to the package and protected by the front sheet.
[0006] An example of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package label assembly,
Figure 2 is a diagrammatic section on line 2-2 in Figure 1, and
Figure 3 is an elevation of the package assembly after it has been attached to a package.
[0007] In the example shown, the assembly includes a label sheet 10 and two copy sheets
11, 12, which are adhesively connected together along one edge to form a stub 13.
The copy sheets 11, 12 are formed with transverse lines of weakening ll
a, 12a adjacent this stub so that they can be removed by tearing.
[0008] It will be noted that sheet 12 is longer than sheet 11 which in turn is longer than
sheet 10 (measured in a direction perpendicular to said one edge) so that the sheets
11, 12 are visible and can be grasped and removed selectively.
[0009] A front sheet of transparent or translucent film 14 is provided and this has on one
face two bands of pressure sensitive adhesive 14
a, 14
b. The front of the label sheet 10 is adhesively connected to the band 14a at the stub
end and, as will be clearly seen in Figure 1, the sheet 14, being wider than sheets
10, 11 and 12 in a direction parallel to said one edge, overhangs the sheets 10, 11
and 12 along two marginal edge portions. The sheet 14 is so positioned relative to
the sheet 10 that sheet 14 also overhangs beyond the stub, but terminates short of
the opposite end of sheet 10.
[0010] The two bands 14a, 14
b, have strippable sheets 15, 16 attached to them, but these can be stripped off when
required. Sheet 16 covers the whole of band 14
b and' lies between the sheets 10 and 14. Sheet 15 lies behind the copy sheets and
is attached to the band 14a only in the overhanging portions thereof.
[0011] To use the label assembly described, the front sheet 14 is turned back to allow the
label sheet to be written on. Transfer material (not shown) causes the writing to
appear in well known manner on the copy sheets. Next, the sheet 15 is removed and
the assembly is attached to the packet by the overhanging portions of band 14a. Now,
the sheet 16 is removed and this is pressed down onto the label sheet 10 and the package.
[0012] The label sheet is now well protected by the front sheet and firmly secured to the
package, but the sheets 10, 11 and 12 project and sheets 11 and 12 can be removed
when required.
[0013] The assembly may, of course, have many more than two copy sheets which can be removed
separately as the labelled package goes through various stages of delivery, to enable
a record of its passage to be kept at each stage.
1. A package assembly comprising the combination of a label sheet and at least one
copy sheet attached together adjacent one edge, the copy sheet having a line of weakening
to enable it to be detached from the label sheet and transfer material being provided
to enable writing applied to the label sheet to appear on the copy sheet, a transparent
or translucent front sheet having pressure sensitive adhesive material thereon, said
front sheet being attached to the label sheet by said pressure sensitive adhesive
adjacent said one edge of the label sheet, a first strippable sheet strippably attached
to the pressure sensitive adhesive and lying on the side of the copy sheet remote
from the front sheet, and a second strippable sheet strippably attached to the pressure
sensitive material and lying between the label sheet and the front sheet, said front
sheet being wider than the label sheet in a direction parallel to said one edge.
