Label sheet assembly with surface features

US11049420B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CCL Label, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Martin Utz · Tegernsee, DE
• Alan Jameson · Walnut, US
• Eric Cushing · Riverside, US
• Le-Hoa Hong · Brea, US
• Sriram Venkatasanthanam · Pasadena, US
• Adam Bratter · Laguna Beach, US
• Heba Armand · Placentia, US
• Ana Trinh · Walnut, US
• Thomas Amann · Jestetten, DE
• Martin Bögl · Bergham, DE
• Andreas Meyer · Bubenreuth, DE
• Rebekka Trabitzsch · Putzbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/14
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A label sheet assembly and method is disclosed for improving the process of feeding label sheets through a printer. The label sheet assembly may include a facestock layer and a liner sheet. The facestock layer may include an adhesive layer along at least a portion of a first side and include a label surface along at least a portion of the second side opposite the adhesive layer. The liner sheet layer may include at least one surface feature provided along a back side of the liner sheet. In another embodiment, the facestock layer may include at least one surface feature provided along the front of the facestock layer. The surface features may create a zone of increased friction or increase tactile sensitivity along the various surfaces of the label sheet assembly to improve printer processing.