Patent ID: 6139935
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B32B,B65D,C01B,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
An oxygen-absorbing label consisting of a base sheet, a gas permeable cover sheet, a first adhesive between said base sheet and said cover sheet to secure said cover sheet to said base sheet to define a space therebetween, a substantially uniform layer of oxygen-absorbing material confined in said space between said base sheet and said cover sheet, a seperate substantially uniform sheet of moisture-attracting material also confined in said space, said layers of oxygen-absorbing material and moisture-absorbing paper overlying each other and being in direct contact, one of said layers being immediately adjacent said cover sheet, said cover sheet being secured to said base sheet by said first adhesive along a border area which is outwardly of said space and which is free of said oxygen-absorbing material, and a second adhesive on said base sheet on the opposite side thereof from said gas permeable cover sheet for adhesively securing said label to a foreign body.