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Clear window label

Assignee: Moore Business Forms Inc
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Filing: 1992-10-08
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Granted: 1994-07-19
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Expires: 2012-10-08
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Abstract

Abstract A removable label is readily attached to a transparent surface, such as a glass window, and has both variable and non-variable printing. A removable adhesive is applied to the front face of a clear plastic film, and a release liner is applied on the adhesive, and reverse non-variable printing is provided on the back face of the film. Variable printing is provided either by putting a toner receptive coating on the back of the film and reverse printing the variable indicia on the toner receptive coating, or by printing onto bond paper with variable indicia, providing a permanent adhesive coat to the back face of the film, and pressing the bond paper into contact with the permanent adhesive so that the variable indicia is visible and readable through the transparent surface.

Inventors

  • 👤 Douglas M. Smith

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 08:05
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/08; G09F3/10; G09F3/02; G09F2003/0201; G09F2003/0202; G09F2003/023; G09F2003/0241; G09F2003/0257; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2839

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 65 words
A label comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first, removable, adhesive coat disposed on said front face; reverse printed indicia on said back face; a second adhesive coat disposed on said back face over said reverse printing; and a paper sheet, having printing on a first face thereof; said first face of said paper in contact with said second adhesive coat.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 65 words
A label comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first, removable, adhesive coat disposed on said front face; reverse printed indicia on said back face; a second adhesive coat disposed on said back face over said reverse printing; and a paper sheet, having printing on a first face thereof; said first face of said paper in contact with said second adhesive coat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
A label as recited in claim 1 further comprising a toner receptive coating on said back face, covering said reverse printing on said back face.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A label as recited in claim 2 further comprising additional reverse printing provided on said toner receptive coat.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
A label as recited in claim 1 wherein said transparent film is selected from the group consisting essentially of polyester, polyethylene, polystyrene, and polypropylene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 113 words
A label in combination with a transparent surface, comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first adhesive coat on said film front face and in contact with said transparent surface, holding said film to said surface; first printed alphanumeric indicia, including alphanumeric characters, on said back face, the alphanumeric characters of said first printed indicia being readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, and film; a toner receptive coating on said film back face over said first printed indicia; and second printed alphanumeric indicia on said toner receptive coating, the alphanumeric characters of said second printed indicia being readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, film, and toner receptive coating.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 113 words
A label in combination with a transparent surface, comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first adhesive coat on said film front face and in contact with said transparent surface, holding said film to said surface; first printed alphanumeric indicia, including alphanumeric characters, on said back face, the alphanumeric characters of said first printed indicia being readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, and film; a toner receptive coating on said film back face over said first printed indicia; and second printed alphanumeric indicia on said toner receptive coating, the alphanumeric characters of said second printed indicia being readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, film, and toner receptive coating.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 64 words
A label comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first removable adhesive coat disposed on said front face; reverse printed indicia on said back face; a first release liner disposed on said first adhesive coat; a toner receptive coating on said back face covering said reverse printing on said back face; and additional reverse printing provided on said toner receptive coat.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 64 words
A label comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first removable adhesive coat disposed on said front face; reverse printed indicia on said back face; a first release liner disposed on said first adhesive coat; a toner receptive coating on said back face covering said reverse printing on said back face; and additional reverse printing provided on said toner receptive coat.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 24 words
A label as recited in claim 6 wherein said transparent film is selected from the group consisting essentially of polyester, polyethylene, polystyrene, and polypropylene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 32 words
A label as recited in claim 6 further comprising a second adhesive coat disposed on said back face over said reverse printing, and a release liner disposed on said second adhesive coat.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
A label as recited in claim 8 wherein said second adhesive coat comprises permanent adhesive.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 18 words
A label as recited in claim 9 further comprising another release liner, disposed on said first adhesive coat.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 134 words
A label in combination with a transparent surface, comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first adhesive coat on said film front face and in contact with said transparent surface, holding said film to said surface; first printed alphanumeric indicia, including alphanumeric characters, on said back face, the alphanumeric characters of said first printed indicia being readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, and film; a second adhesive coat on said film back face, covering said first printed indicia; a sheet of paper having second printed alphanumeric indicia on a first face thereof; and said first face of said paper sheet in contact with said second adhesive coat, so that the alphanumeric characters of said second printed indicia are readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, film, and second adhesive coat.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 134 words
A label in combination with a transparent surface, comprising: a transparent film having front and back faces; a first adhesive coat on said film front face and in contact with said transparent surface, holding said film to said surface; first printed alphanumeric indicia, including alphanumeric characters, on said back face, the alphanumeric characters of said first printed indicia being readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, and film; a second adhesive coat on said film back face, covering said first printed indicia; a sheet of paper having second printed alphanumeric indicia on a first face thereof; and said first face of said paper sheet in contact with said second adhesive coat, so that the alphanumeric characters of said second printed indicia are readable through said surface, first adhesive coat, film, and second adhesive coat.

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