Patent ID: 6730185
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making an adhesive leaflet assembly comprising the steps of:a) placing a strip of leaflet stock having a plurality of printed portions upon a carrier web; b) applying an adhesive sheet having a layer of adhesive on a back side thereof strip of leaflet stock such that said adhesive layer contacts said leaflet stock and said carrier web and is releasably adhered to said carrier web; c) die-cutting said adhesive sheet and said strip of leaflet stock to produce substantially in-register label portions of said adhesive sheet and said leaflet stock, said label portions being encircled by substantially in-register cut-away portions of said adhesive sheet and said leaflet stock, said label portions containing said printed portions of said leaflet stock and being secured to said carrier web by wing-like extensions of said label portions of said adhesive sheet, said wing-like extensions extending beyond said label portions of said strip of leaflet stock in a perpendicular direction relative to a longitudinal direction of said carrier web, wherein associated in-register label portions of said adhesive sheet and said leaflet stock cooperate to form an adhesive leaflet sub-assembly; and d) removing said cut-away portions from said carrier web to form said adhesive leaflet assembly, said assembly comprising said carrier web and a plurality of said adhesive leaflet sub-assemblies releasably adhered thereto, each said sub-assembly thereby comprising an adhesive sheet adhered to a leaflet, said leaflet comprising a first uppermost sheet and a second subjacent sheet located beneath and immediately adjacent said first uppermost sheet, said adhesive sheet having an adhesive coating on a bottom surface thereof and being adhered to said leaflet via said adhesive coating, said adhesive sheet extending beyond said leaflet, thereby forming two wing-like extensions of said adhesive sheet on two opposite side of said leaflet, wherein adjacent at least one edge of said leaflet, said uppermost sheet has a first sheet edge lying entirely inward of a second sheet edge of said subjacent sheet thereby exposing a transversely extending portion of said subjacent sheet, said transversely extending portion being in contact with said adhesive layer on said bottom surface of adhesive sheet along the entire length of said transversely extending portion.