Patent ID: 6521075
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A47G,B31B,B44C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a plurality of sleeves wherein each of the sleeves has an upper portion and a lower portion with the lower portion having a printed portion extending continuously about the circumference of the lower portion of the sleeve, the method comprising:providing a first web portion having a plurality of successive printed portions extending along a longitudinal axis of the first web portion in a staggered, inverted relationship and a plurality of corresponding unprinted portions, each printed portion of the first web portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the first and second side edges of each printed portion of the first web portion angled outwardly from the bottom edge to the top edge, the first side edge of each printed portion being coextensive with the first side edge of one of the adjacent printed portions and the second side edge of each printed portion being coextensive with the second side edge of the oppositely adjacent printed portion; providing a second web portion having a plurality of successive printed portions extending along a longitudinal axis of the second web portion in a staggered, inverted relationship and a plurality of corresponding unprinted portions, each printed portion of the second web portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the first and second side edges of each printed portion angled outwardly from the bottom edge to the top edge, the first side edge of each printed portion being coextensive with the first side edge of one of the adjacent printed portions and the second side edge of each printed portion being coextensive with the second side edge of the oppositely adjacent printed portion; positioning the first web portion on the second web portion such that the printed portions of the first web portion are superimposed over the printed portions of the second web portion and such that the unprinted portions of the first web portion are superimposed over the unprinted portions of the second web portion; and sealing and severing the first and second web portions along lines defined by the coextensive first side edges and the coextensive second side edges of each of the printed portions thereby forming a plurality of sleeves wherein each sleeve has an upper portion and a lower portion with the lower portion having a printed portion extending continuously about the exterior circumference of the lower portion of the sleeve while the upper portion is free of any printing contained in the lower portion of an adjacently formed sleeve.