US3874893A
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Shipping documents device and method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-10-03
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Granted: 1975-04-01
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Expires: 1992-10-03
Abstract
Abstract A tape product for use in attaching shipping documents (such as packing slips, sales slips, invoices, letters) or the like to the outside of various containers with the tape being transparent and including a sticky adhesive material on the back side thereof with one or more separate coated layers also on the back side of the tape, said coated layers comprising in one embodiment a first layer of backward printed letters which are readable when the tape is in position on a container and a second layer comprised of a contrasting background color which facilitates the reading of the letters when the tape is in position on the container, in another embodiment a single layer of transparent coating material, and in other embodiments opaque and transparent layers used in various combinations with one another and in differing areas and number of layers, such layers rendering a portion of the adhesive material nonsticky so that documents may be retained without tearing or sticking to the tape product; and, the method of preparing such tape products.
Inventors
- 👤 Phil Cherrin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 00:08
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09J; C09J7/00; C09J7/20; G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/02; G09F2003/0201; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24752; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2839; Y10T428/2848
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
AN ARTICLE FOR ATTACHING DOCUMENTS AND THE LIKE TO THE OUTSIDE OF CONTAINERS, AND FOR OTHER USES, COMPRISING: A SHEET OF MATERIAL, A FIRST COATING DISPOSED ON SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRETY OF ONE SIDE OF SAID SHEET, SAID FIRST COATING CONSISTING OF A NORMALLY STICKY ADHESIVE MATERIAL, A SECOND COATING DISPOSED ON SAID SIDE OF SAID SHEET IN A FIRST, AREA AND A THIRD COATING DISPOSED ON SAID SIDE OF SAID SHEET IN A SECOND AREA, SAID FIRST AND SECOND AREAS BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET, SAID SECOND AND THIRD COATINGS EACH CONSISTING OF MATERIAL WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY REMOVES THE STICKINESS OF SAID FIRST COATING, SAID SECOND COATING BEING OF A PREDETERMINED COLORING MATERIAL, SAID THIRD COATING BEING OF A CONTRASTING COLORING MATERIAL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
AN ARTICLE FOR ATTACHING DOCUMENTS AND THE LIKE TO THE OUTSIDE OF CONTAINERS, AND FOR OTHER USES, COMPRISING: A SHEET OF MATERIAL, A FIRST COATING DISPOSED ON SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRETY OF ONE SIDE OF SAID SHEET, SAID FIRST COATING CONSISTING OF A NORMALLY STICKY ADHESIVE MATERIAL, A SECOND COATING DISPOSED ON SAID SIDE OF SAID SHEET IN A FIRST, AREA AND A THIRD COATING DISPOSED ON SAID SIDE OF SAID SHEET IN A SECOND AREA, SAID FIRST AND SECOND AREAS BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET, SAID SECOND AND THIRD COATINGS EACH CONSISTING OF MATERIAL WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY REMOVES THE STICKINESS OF SAID FIRST COATING, SAID SECOND COATING BEING OF A PREDETERMINED COLORING MATERIAL, SAID THIRD COATING BEING OF A CONTRASTING COLORING MATERIAL.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second areas are mutually exclusive of one another.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
An article as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second areas overlap one another.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
92 words
An article for attaching documents and the like to the outside of containers, and for other uses, comprising: a sheet of substantially transparent material; a first coating disposed on substantially the entirety of one surface of said sheet, said first coating consisting of a normally sticky adhesive material; and a second coating disposed on the central portion of the exposed surface of said first coating, said second coating consisting of a material which substantially removes the stickiness of said first coating and which, in combination with said first coating, is substantially transparent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
92 words
An article for attaching documents and the like to the outside of containers, and for other uses, comprising: a sheet of substantially transparent material; a first coating disposed on substantially the entirety of one surface of said sheet, said first coating consisting of a normally sticky adhesive material; and a second coating disposed on the central portion of the exposed surface of said first coating, said second coating consisting of a material which substantially removes the stickiness of said first coating and which, in combination with said first coating, is substantially transparent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
An article as claimed in claim 4, wherein said second coating is fully continuous and uninterrupted throughout its entire area.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article as claimed in claim 5 wherein said second coating is completely defined by a single continuous periphery.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
An article for attaching documents and the like to the outside of containers, and for other uses, comprising: a sheet of substantially transparent material; a first coating disposed on substantially the entirety of one surface of said sheet, said first coating consisting of a substantially transparent normally sticky adhesive material; and a second coating disposed on the central portion of the exposed surface of said first coating, said second coating consisting of a substantially transparent material which substantially removes the stickiness of said first coating.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
85 words
An article for attaching documents and the like to the outside of containers, and for other uses, comprising: a sheet of substantially transparent material; a first coating disposed on substantially the entirety of one surface of said sheet, said first coating consisting of a substantially transparent normally sticky adhesive material; and a second coating disposed on the central portion of the exposed surface of said first coating, said second coating consisting of a substantially transparent material which substantially removes the stickiness of said first coating.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
An article as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second coating is fully continuous and uninterrupted throughout its entire area.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article as claimed in claim 8 wherein said second coating is completely defined by a single continuous periphery.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of fabricating document retaining devices, comprising the steps of: providing a length of tape having a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on one face thereof; applying a coating to the exposed surface of the adhesive layer in a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced identical first zones, thereby defining a plurality of longitudinally and transversely arranged document retaining devices joined together; and applying a relatively small second zone of coating at alternate transverse and longitudinal junctures of the devices, each said second zone of coating having a portion falling within the adjacent corner of each of the four adjacent devices and being of a material which renders the area of adhesive covered thereby substantially nontacky.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of fabricating document retaining devices, comprising the steps of: providing a length of tape having a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on one face thereof; applying a coating to the exposed surface of the adhesive layer in a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced identical first zones, thereby defining a plurality of longitudinally and transversely arranged document retaining devices joined together; and applying a relatively small second zone of coating at alternate transverse and longitudinal junctures of the devices, each said second zone of coating having a portion falling within the adjacent corner of each of the four adjacent devices and being of a material which renders the area of adhesive covered thereby substantially nontacky.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the coating applied to said relatively small zones is opaque.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the coating is applied to said first and second zones in the same operation.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the coating is applied to said first and second zones at substantially the same time.
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