Patent ID: 9656503
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B42D

Claim:
1. A method of making an adhesive sticker, comprising the steps of: a) providing an intermediate comprising a carrier sheet comprising a fold line defining first and second panels, wherein a sticker body having a face layer is supported on the first panel and a protected, releasable and transferable adhesive is transferably supported on the second panel between a release liner provided on the adhesive and a release coating supporting the transferable adhesive such that removing the release liner exposes the transferable adhesive, said sticker body and transferable adhesive being registrably positioned with respect to the fold line, and wherein a perforation line separates the first and second panels from at least one other region of the carrier sheet; b) printing information onto the intermediate and said at least one other region while the transferable adhesive on the second panel is protected by the release liner; and c) after printing, removing the release liner provided on the transferable adhesive to expose the transferable adhesive, and folding at least the first and second panels together under conditions effective to transfer at least a portion of the transferable adhesive from the second panel onto at least a portion of the face layer of the sticker body such that, after the adhesive is transferred, the transferred adhesive is exposed and useable to affix the face layer of the sticker body onto a substrate.