Patent ID: 11881125
Assignee: ICONEX LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A label-liner combination, comprising:
a liner;
a label; and
a non-adhesive handling component;
wherein a backside of the label is adhered to a front side of the liner to form the label-liner combination with a first portion of the label aligned over a die cut portion in the liner when the label remains adhered to the front side of the liner;
wherein a bottom side of the die cut portion in the liner partially extends below a bottom side of the label and also extends beyond a rightmost or a leftmost side of the label, but the die cut portion does not extend to a bottom of the liner and does not extend to a rightmost or a leftmost side of the liner;
wherein the non-adhesive handling component is defined by the die cut portion of the liner that remains affixed to the backside of the label as a single label-liner combination after the label and the non-adhesive handling component are separated together from a remaining portion of the liner, wherein each non-adhesive handling component is a one square inch die cut in the corresponding liner;
wherein the remaining portion of the liner comprises a hole that remains in the liner after the single label-liner combination is separated from the remaining portion of the liner and wherein the remaining portion of the liner retains four unbroken sides with just the hole representing the missing non-adhesive handling component after the single label-liner combination is separated from the remaining portion of the liner;
wherein a backside of the non-adhesive handling component is free of any adhesive, and wherein the portion of the liner corresponding to the non-adhesive handling component is removable from the backside of the label to apply the label to a surface of an object.