Continuous, cut-back, pressure-sensitive label stock and labels

Claim 1

LABEL STOCK FROM WHICH A VARIETY OF SIZES OF LABELS GREATER THAN A GIVEN MINIMUM SIZE CAN BE CUT, COMPRISING A SHEET OF MATERIAL HAVING A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND AN OPPOSITE SURFACE, A LAYER OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ADHERED TO SAID OPPOSITE SURFACE, AND A CONTINUOUS LABELSTOCK LINER ADHERED TO SAID LAYER OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES LESS STRONGLY THAN IS SAID SHEET, SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF SHORT SPACED-APART CUTS THEREIN THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER, EACH CUT IN SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER WHICH INTERSECTS AN EDGE OF SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER TERMINATING SHORT OF THE OTHER EDGES OF SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER TO MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY OF SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER, SAID CUTS BEING DEVOID OF SHARP CURVES, AND ALL PORTIONS OF SAID LABEL-STOCK LINER ADJACENT TO SAID CUTS BEING ADAPTED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXTERNAL SEPARATING FORCE TO LIE FLUSH AGAINST SAID ADHESIVE.