Patent ID: 6403191
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B32B,B42F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A laminate with integrated compact disk label for a compact disk comprising:a carrier lamina having a perimeter and top and bottom surfaces; a first adhesive lamina having a perimeter and top and bottom surfaces; a printable lamina having a perimeter and top and bottom surfaces with at least one of the top or bottom surfaces of said printable lamina accepting printing thereon; wherein said first adhesive lamina secures said carrier lamina to said top surface of said printable lamina; a first looped die cut within the perimeter of said carrier lamina extending through said carrier lamina and at least to said first adhesive lamina but not through said printable lamina; wherein said first looped die cut has a radius at least equal to the outer radius of the compact disk, the compact disk having a predetermined outer radius and a hole; a second looped die cut concentric with said first looped die cut and having a shorter radius than the radius of said first die cut; wherein said second die cut extends through said printable lamina and at least to said first adhesive lamina but not through said carrier lamina; wherein said second die cut has a radius at least as long as the radius of a centrally located hole in the compact disk and shorter than the radius of said first die cut; a loop of perforations in said printable lamina concentric with said first die cut and having a radius equal to or shorter than the corresponding radius of said first die cut and longer than the corresponding radius of said second die cut; wherein a compact disk label is defined as the portions of said first adhesive lamina and said printable lamina within said perforations; wherein the portions the laminas within said first die cut and the portion of said printable lamina and first adhesive lamina within said second die cut define a removable waste slug portion of the laminate; and a centering well in the laminate defined by said first die cut and said first adhesive lamina top surface that centers the compact disk within said well upon replacement of said waste slug by the compact disk.