Patent ID: 6773539
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B65C,G09F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for dispensing tape flags from a roll of linerless sheet material which is elongated longitudinally, has first and second opposed surfaces, first and second opposed side edges, and which has first and second side-by-side longitudinally extending portions, the linerless sheet material having a repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive on only the first portion of the first surface and being formed from a material that is sufficiently transparent when adhered to a substrate that underlying images on the substrate are substantially visible through the linerless sheet material, the method comprising:providing a repeating indicia pattern disposed on one of the surfaces of the sheet material, with each of the repeating indicia patterns being sufficiently visible to define first and second indicators when the roll of sheet material is unwound; visibly detecting the first indicator during processing of the roll to facilitate cutting apart discrete tape flag sheeting segments, of equal length, with each segment having a first side and a second side and bearing one of the repeated indicia patterns thereon; and visibly detecting the second indicator from the second side of each cut segment when that cut segment has its first aide adhered to a surface in order to direct attention to a section of that surface.