Patent ID: 6162158
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B31D,B65D,G09F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a tubular sleeve adapted for use as a sleeve label for a consumer product, comprising the steps ofproviding a sheet of polymeric material which has first and second opposite side edges which define a longitudinal direction therealong,folding the sheet of polymeric material upon itself along at least first, second, and third parallel longitudinally extending fold lines to form at least four overlying layers of the sheet material, and such that the first and second opposite side edges are generally longitudinally aligned with the second fold line,joining the overlying layers to each other along a longitudinal seal line which is parallel to and adjacent the first and second opposite side edges and the second fold line, and such that the first fold line and the third fold line are transversely spaced from the seal line, andlongitudinally slitting the sheet material at a location adjacent the third fold line,whereby two of the overlying layers of the folded sheet material form a tube and another two of the overlying layers of the folded sheet material form two flaps extending transversely from the seal line.