Patent ID: 6622878
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B29C,B29L,B65C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A fabricated plastic container molded of a plastic composition and having an exterior surface portion with a continuous solidified layer of gas impermeable material initially liquid coated onto a predetermined zone thereof, and a pre-printed peelable label adhered to said container over and onto said gas impermeable material layer and being generally contiguous with the peripheral boundary thereof, the exterior surface of the portion of the container covered by said layer of gas impermeable material having silk screen imprinted indicia disposed on the surface of the article beneath the layer of gas impermeable material, said gas impermeable material being transparent so that the silk screen indicia is visible therethrough when said label is removed from said container, and wherein said pre-printed peelable label has been applied over the silk screen article-imprinted indicia such that the indicia pre-printed on the label registers in superimposed relation with, and duplicates, the silk screen article-imprinted indicia beneath the, adhered label whereby application of the label to the container and subsequent removal of the label from the container does not substantially alter the trade dress of the container, and wherein the gas impermeable material comprises a silk screening ink.