Continuous tags such as demand tags and method of making same

Claim 1

A continuous series of elongate adhesive tags, each of which is severable from the series along a transverse line of severance, said continuous series comprising: continuous tag label stock, at least one continuous longitudinal stripe of pressure sensitive adhesive deposited on the back of said continuous tag label stock and at least one continuous longitudinal zone free of adhesive on the back of said continuous tag label stock, and a continuous backing sheet coextensive with said tag label stock in contact with said pressure sensitive adhesive and adapted to be readily removed therefrom, transverse zones for dividing said continuous series into individual elongate demand tags, and for each and every continuous adhesive stripe, a transverse slot formed in each transverse zone extending through said stock, said continuous adhesive stripe, and said backing sheet across the entire width of said adhesive stripe so that there is no adhesive remaining in said transverse zones, whereby when transverse cuts are made in said transverse zones to sever tags from said series, no adhesive will be cut through.