Patent ID: 7592057
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: B32B,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture for providing a separable and removable segment, label or coupon, comprising: (i) a first thin film layer having an upper surface with optional printed indicia and a lower surface with optional printed indicia which is permanent bond interface A; (ii) a second thin film layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being adhesively secured, directly, or through an underlying thin coated layer with optional printed indicia to the lower permanently bonded interface A of said lower surface of said first thin film layer (i) at a separable interface B; (iii) a paper or film substrate optionally printed with indicia laminated to the upper surface of the first thin film layer (i) with adhesive; (iv) an optional adhesive layer on the lower surface of second thin film layer (ii); (v) an optional releasable liner if a pressure sensitive adhesive is used as (iv); and (vi) a removable segment, label or coupon, having edges and being defined in said first thin film layer (i), by a diecut extending through said layers (iii), and (i) but not through said second thin film layer (ii) to form a removable diecut piece if the removable diecut piece is less than the total size of the removable segment, label or coupon and through second thin film layer (ii) if the removable diecut piece is the total size of the removable segment, label or coupon, wherein the removable diecut piece is provided with a pattern of selective variable adhesion through variable surface-treatment of the lower surface of said first thin layer (i) by applying no surface treatment in some areas and surface treatment in other areas by a corona treatment, flame treatment, plasma treatment or a combination thereof, the upper surface of layer (ii) or both of said surfaces such that the adhesion at separable interface B is always less than the adhesion at permanent interface A wherein said label or coupon is removable.