Patent Publication Number: US-2023162624-A1

Title: Privacy label system and method of protecting privacy

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     0001. This application is a continuation of, and claims priority to, U.S. Pat. Application No.: 17/816,538 filed on Aug. 1, 2022, which claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Pat. Application No.: 17/646,956 filed on Jan. 4, 2022, which claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application 63/171,209 filed on Apr. 6, 2021. The contents of the prior applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     0002. The present disclosure relates to labels and methods of protecting privacy. More specifically, the disclosure relates to privacy label systems configured to be removably attached to a container of a product and methods of protecting privacy of a recipient of the product. 
     BACKGROUND 
     0003. Labels are often attached to containers of products that are to be shipped or delivered to a recipient of the product. The labels may have personal information of the recipient printed thereon in order to associate the product with the recipient. Such personal information may include a recipient’s name, address, phone number or the like. 
     0004. For example, the labels may be attached to such containers as shipping boxes or envelopes that are to be shipped via courier to the address of the recipient. Also by way of example, the containers may be pharmacy prescription vials or bottles, which contain medications that a recipient intends to pick up at a local pharmacy. 
     0005. However, a recipient may want to remove the personal information for privacy reasons, once the recipient obtains possession of the product. Problematically, if the label is permanently affixed to the container, the recipient may not be able to easily remove the information from the container without damaging or disposing of the container. 
     0006. Additionally, manufactures or distributors of the product often want to provide advertising information associated with the product directly to the recipient once the recipient obtains possession of the product. The labels represent a prime area for advertisement associated with the product, since the recipient must focus his or her attention on the labels at least once when taking possession of the container. However, adding advertising information to the label along with the personal information required to identify the recipient will inevitably make the footprint of the label grow in size. This could be especially problematic when the containers are small like, for example, a one inch diameter pharmacy prescription vial. 
     0007. Accordingly, there is a need for a label system that enables personal information to be removed from a container without damaging the container. Additionally, there is a need for a label system that can provide advertising information on the label system without increasing the footprint of the label system. 
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
     0008. The present disclosure offers advantages and alternatives over the prior art by providing a privacy label system that includes a single sheet of label material that can be removably attached to a container of a product. The label material has a top surface area and a bottom surface area. The top surface area is configured to receive personal information of a recipient of the product. The bottom surface area is configured to receive advertisement information associated with the product. The label system also includes an attachment system that is operable to removably attach the label material to the container in an unfolded single layer configuration. The privacy label system enables a recipient to view his or her personal information prior to removing the label material from the container. Additionally, privacy label system enables the advertising information to be revealed to the recipient once the label material is removed from the container. Because the advertising information is disposed on the bottom surface of the label material, the footprint of the label material does not grow. Additionally, because the label material is attached in an unfolded single layer configuration onto the container, the label system can be made small to fit such small containers as small diameter pharmacy prescription vials or small envelopes. 
     0009. A privacy label system in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure includes a sheet of label material configured to be removably attached to a container of a product in an unfolded layer configuration. The label material includes a top surface area and an opposing bottom surface area. The top surface area is configured to receive personal information of a recipient of the product. The bottom surface area is configured to receive advertising information associated with the product. An attachment system of the privacy label system is operable to removably attach the label material to the container in an unfolded layer configuration such that the bottom surface area is positioned between the top surface area and the container, once the label material is attached to the container. The label material is operable to be removed from the container by the recipient by hand, in order to remove the personal information from the container and to reveal the advertising information to the recipient. 
     0010. Another privacy label system in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure includes a sheet of label material configured to be removably attached to a container of a product in an unfolded layer configuration. The label material includes a top surface area and an opposing bottom surface area. The top surface area is configured to receive personal information of a recipient of the product. The opposing bottom surface area is configured to receive advertising information associated with the product. An attachment system of the privacy label system is operable to removably attach the label material to the container in an unfolded layer configuration such that the bottom surface area is positioned between the top surface area and the container, once the label material is attached to the container. A tab section of the privacy label system is attached to the label material. The tab section is configured to be pulled by hand to remove the attached label material from the container. The label material is operable to be removed from the container by the recipient pulling the tab section by hand, in order to remove the personal information from the container and to reveal the advertising information to the recipient. 
     0011. A method of protecting privacy of a recipient of a product in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure includes providing a privacy label system. The privacy label system has a sheet of label material configured to be removably attached to a container of a product in an unfolded layer configuration. Personal information of a recipient of the product is disposed on a top surface area of the label material. Advertising information associated with the product is disposed on an opposing bottom surface area of the label material. An attachment system of the privacy label system is attached to the container. The attachment system removably attaches the label material to the container in an unfolded layer configuration such that the bottom surface area is positioned between the top surface area and the container, once the label material is attached to the container. The label material of the privacy label system is removed from the container by the recipient by hand, in order to remove the personal information from the container and to reveal the advertising information to the recipient. 
     0012. It should be appreciated that all combinations of the foregoing concepts and additional concepts discussed in greater detail below (provided such concepts are not mutually inconsistent) are contemplated as being part of the inventive subject matter disclosed herein and may be used to achieve the benefits and advantages described herein. 
    
    
     
       DRAWINGS 
       0013. The disclosure will be more fully understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
       0014.  FIG.  1    depicts an example of a top view of a privacy label system configured to be removably attached to a container of a product, the system includes a single sheet of label material and an attachment system, the label material includes a top surface area with personal information of a recipient of the product thereon and a bottom surface area with advertising information associated with the product thereon, the attachment system is configured to removably attach the label material to the container, according to aspects described herein; 
       0015.  FIG.  2    depicts an example of a bottom view of the privacy label system of  FIG.  1   , according to aspects describe herein; 
       0016.  FIG.  3    depicts an example of a perspective view of the privacy label system of  FIG.  1   , according to aspects describe herein; 
       0017.  FIG.  4    depicts an example of a perspective view of the privacy label system of  FIG.  1    attached to a pharmacy prescription vial, according to aspects describe herein; 
       0018.  FIG.  5 A  depicts another example of a top view of a privacy label system with an attachment system that includes a border region and a series of perforations, wherein a perimeter of the label material is attached to the border region between the series of perforations, according to aspects described herein; 
       0019.  FIG.  5 B  depicts a bottom view of the privacy label system of  FIG.  5 A , according to aspects described herein; 
       0020.  FIG.  6    depicts an example of a perspective view of the privacy label system of  FIG.  5 A  attached to a shipping box, according to aspects described herein; 
         FIG.  7    depicts another example of a perspective view of a privacy label system attached to an envelope, wherein the attachment system that includes a border region attached to a portion of the perimeter of the label material between a series of perforations on three of four sides of the label material, according to aspects described herein; 
       0021.  FIG.  8    depicts an example of a perspective view of the privacy label system of  FIG.  7   , wherein the label material is partially removed from the envelope, according to aspects described herein; 
       0022.  FIG.  9    depicts an example of a perspective view of a privacy label system configured to be removably attached to a container, wherein the container is a box, and wherein the privacy label system includes a single layer single sheet top first label material and a single layer single sheet second label material positioned directly adjacent and below the first label material, according to aspects described herein; 
       0023.  FIG.  10    depicts an example of a flow diagram of a method of protecting privacy of a recipient of a product, according to aspects described herein; and 
       0024.  FIG.  11    depicts an example of another flow diagram of a method of protecting privacy of a recipient of a product, according to aspects described herein. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     0025. Certain examples will now be described to provide an overall understanding of the principles of the structure, function, manufacture, and use of the methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein. One or more examples are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will understand that the methods, systems, and devices specifically described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings are non-limiting examples and that the scope of the present disclosure is defined solely by the claims. The features illustrated or described in connection with one example maybe combined with the features of other examples. Such modifications and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure. 
     0026. The terms “significantly”, “substantially”, “approximately”, “about”, “relatively,” or other such similar terms that may be used throughout this disclosure, including the claims, are used to describe and account for small fluctuations, such as due to variations in processing from a reference or parameter. Such small fluctuations include a zero fluctuation from the reference or parameter as well. For example, they can refer to less than or equal to ± 10%, such as less than or equal to ± 5%, such as less than or equal to ± 2%, such as less than or equal to ± 1%, such as less than or equal to ± 0.5%, such as less than or equal to ± 0.2%, such as less than or equal to ± 0.1%, such as less than or equal to ± 0.05%. 
     0027. Referring to  FIGS.  1 ,  2  and  3   , an example is depicted of a top view ( FIG.  1   ), a bottom view ( FIG.  2   ) and a perspective view ( FIG.  3   ) of a privacy label system  100  configured to be removably attached to a container  122  (see  FIG.  4   ) of a product  124  (see  FIG.  4   ), according to aspects describe herein. The privacy label system  100  includes at least a single sheet (or single first sheet) of single layer label material  102 , an attachment system  104  and optionally a tab section  120 . 
     0028. The single sheet of single layer label material  102  is configured to be removably attached to a container  122  of a product  124  in an unfolded single layer configuration. That is, the label material  102  is configured to attach to the container  122  such that it lays flat against or over the container  122  as a single sheet, wherein the single sheet is comprised of a single layer of label material, and does not fold into a plurality of layers of the single sheet upon attachment. As will be discussed in greater detail herein, being able to attach in an unfolded configuration advantageously reduces the size and cost of the privacy label system  100  and makes the system  100  more practically applicable to smaller containers  122 . Examples of such small containers  122  would be small pharmacy prescription vials  122 A (see  FIG.  4   ) having an outside diameter of one inch or less, or small envelops  122 C (see  FIG.  7   ) having dimensions of four and one eighth (4⅛) inches or less by nine and one half (9½) inches or less. The label material  102  may be any single layer, single sheet material appropriate for attachment to a container  122  for purposes of shipping or transporting the container  122 . The label material  102  may also be any material appropriate for printing information thereon. By way of example, the label material  102  may be paper, plastic or the like. 
     0029. The label material  102  includes a top surface area  108  and an opposing bottom surface area  110 . The top surface area  108  is configured to receive personal information  112  of a recipient  126  (see  FIG.  4   ) of the product  124  (see  FIG.  4   ). The opposing bottom surface area  110  is configured to receive advertising information  114  associated with the product  124  or personally directed to the recipient  126 . For example, the top surface area  108  may have printed thereon such personal information  112  as the name, address, phone number or the like of the recipient  126 . Also by way of example, the bottom surface area  110  may have printed advertisement information  114  regarding the manufacturer or distributor of the product, or may contain advertisements regarding the product itself or related products that may be of interest to the recipient. 
     0030. The bottom surface may more specifically include advertisement information  114  that is personally directed to the specific recipient  126  of the product  124 . For example, if the product  124  is an antibiotic medication, then the advertisement information  114  may include information on medications that the recipient’s medical history shows has helped the specific recipient  126   more easily tolerate the antibiotic medication, such as certain specific probiotic medications that had been previously used by the recipient that can be taken in conjunction with the antibiotic medications. 
     0031. The attachment system  104  is operable to removably attach the label material  102  to the container  122  in an unfolded single sheet single layer configuration. As such the bottom surface area  110  will be positioned between the top surface area  108  and the container  122 , once the label material  102  is attached to the container  122 . In this attached configuration, the personal information  112  disposed on the top surface area  108  will be visible to the recipient  126 , while the advertising information  114  disposed on the opposing bottom surface area  110  is hidden from the view of the recipient  126 . 
     0032. Advantageously, because the additional adverting information  114  is disposed on the opposing bottom surface area  110 , the advertising information  114  may not necessarily increase the footprint required for the label material to receive the personal information  112  of the recipient  126  on its top surface area  108 . Additionally, because the single layer label material  102  is attached to the container  122  in an unfolded single layer configuration, the privacy label system  100  is less bulky than other label systems that include multiple folded layers, or wherein the label material itself is composed of multiple layers. Such multiple layer label systems may provide a problem for smaller containers, such as envelopes, as they may be sorted in automatic sorting machines during shipment that require a predetermined limit on the thickness of the container. Additionally, such multiple layer label systems may not be able to be practically attached to small containers, such as one inch outside diameter pharmacy prescription vials, during shipment or transport to the recipient  126 . 
     0033. For purposes of clarity, the term “single layer single sheet label material” and its derivatives excludes the multiple layers and/or multiple sheets that would be required in a carbon copy paper system or carbonless coated copy paper system. More specifically, a carbon copy paper system may include a top first sheet of paper (or other label material) that is coated with a transferable ink layer on its bottom side. Alternatively, a carbon copy paper system may disadvantageously include a top first sheet of paper and at least a second sheet of copy paper, wherein the second sheet of copy paper includes the transferable ink layer on its bottom side. When pressure is applied to the top first sheet (as from writing or impact printing), the transferrable ink transfers the writing or printing down to other sheets beneath the top first sheet. The process is often referred to as carbon copying. 
     0034. With regards to an added second sheet of copy paper in a carbon copy paper system, the additional unnecessary thickness of the second sheet of copy paper may make the privacy label system more susceptible to damage during shipping and handling. Moreover, as will be discussed in greater detail with regards to  FIG.  9   , any advertising information that may be directly below the second sheet of copy paper may be inadvertently smudged, distorted, printed on, or destroyed by impacts that frequently occur during normal shipping and handling procedures. 
     0035. Also more specifically, a carbonless copy paper system includes carbonless copy paper (also known as non-carbon paper or NCR paper, wherein NCR is an acronym for; “no carbon required”. Carbonless copy paper is a type of layer coated paper designed to transfer information written on the top sheet onto sheets beneath. Carbonless copy paper systems include multiple sheets of carbonless copy paper that are coated with a layer of micro-encapsulated dye or a layer of reactive clay. The back of the top first sheet is coated with a layer of micro-encapsulated dye. A bottom most second sheet, beneath the top sheet, is coated on the top surface with a layer of clay that quickly reacts with the dye to form a permanent mark. Any intermediate sheets are coated with a clay layer on top and a dye layer on the bottom. When the carbonless copy sheets are written on with hand pressure (e.g., ball-point pen) or impact pressure (e.g., typewriter, dot-matrix printer), the pressure causes the micro-capsules to break and release their dye. Since the capsules are so small, the dye dries quickly and the resulting print is very accurate. 
     0036. Disadvantageously, in prior art carbon copy paper systems and/or carbonless copy paper systems, advertising information, or printed information of any kind, may not be disposed on the entire bottom surface  110  of the top sheet of label material  102  (minus the portion of the bottom surface boundary region  116  that is part of the attachment system  104 ). This is because the information will be distorted or destroyed when the coated bottom layer of the top sheet transfers information down to the coated lower layers of the lower sheets upon applying hand or impact pressure, such as the signing of the top layer with a pen. 
     0037. In other words, the top sheet of label material  102  of a prior art carbon copy paper system or prior art carbonless copy paper system is not operable to include printed advertising information, or printed information of any kind, on its entire bottom surface  110  minus that portion of its bottom surface  110  that is part of its attachment system  104 . The extra layers of coatings of transferrable ink, or micro-encapsulated dye, or clay in these prior art systems, disadvantageously reduces the amount of bottom surface area of its top sheet that is available for advertising or private information. This reduction of available bottom surface area becomes increasingly problematic for smaller containers, such as small vials  122 A or envelopes  122 C. 
     0038. By contrast, with regards to the privacy label system  100  illustrated, for example, in  FIGS.  1 - 3   , personal information  112  on the top surface  108  of the single sheet single layer label material  102  and the advertising information  114  on the bottom surface  110  of the label material  102  is advantageously fixed and will not be changed, modified or distorted by impact or hand pressure incurred during normal handling or shipment procedures. Additionally, the entire bottom surface  110 , minus the portion of the bottom surface  110  that forms a part of the attachment system  104 , is operable to receive fixed printed information, such as advertising information  114 , that will not be distorted or destroyed by impacts such as impacts caused by manually signing or machine printing on the top surface  108  with a pen or printer. This is because the bottom surface  110  of the label material  102  is free of any additional layers, such as a prior art transferrable ink layer, a micro-encapsulated dye layer, or a clay layer, that can destroy or distort the printed information on the bottom surface  110  or on any surface that is positioned directly below the ink, dye or clay layers. 
     0039. Once attached to the container  122  via the attachment system  104 , the label material  102  is operable to be removed from the container  122  by the recipient  126  by hand, in order to remove the personal information  112  from the container  122  and to reveal the advertising information  114  to the recipient  126 . One example of an attachment system  104  includes a portion of a bottom surface boundary region  116  surrounding the bottom surface area  110  of the label material  102 . The attachment system  104  also includes an adhesive layer  118  that is disposed on the portion of the bottom surface boundary region  116 . The adhesive layer  118  is operable to removably attach the portion of the bottom surface boundary region  116  to the container  122 . The adhesive layer  118  may include such adhesives as pressure sensitive adhesives or the like. 
     0040. The attachment system  104  may include the entire bottom surface boundary region  116  surrounding the bottom surface area  110 , wherein, the entire bottom surface boundary region  116  has the adhesive layer  118  disposed thereon. Alternatively, the attachment system  104  may include only a partial portion of the bottom surface boundary region  116  with the adhesive layer  118  only disposed on the partial portion. For example, the partial portion of the bottom surface boundary layer  116  and adhesive layer  118  may cover only about a third, or a quarter, of the length of each side of the entire bottom surface boundary layer  116 . 
     0041. The privacy label system  100  may also include an optional tab section  120 , which may be integrally attached to the label material  102 . The tab section  120  may be configured to be pulled by hand to remove the attached label material  102  from the container  122 . The tab section  120  may be any appropriate material for pulling and removing the label material  102  from a container  122  (see  FIG.  4   ). For example, the tab section  120  may be composed of paper, plastic or the like. 
     0042. Referring to  FIG.  4   , an example is depicted of a perspective view of the privacy label system  100  attached to a container  122 , wherein the container is a pharmacy prescription vial  122 A, according to aspects describe herein. The pharmacy prescription vial  122 A may contain products  124 , which in this case may be pills, or other types of medications, that are meant for use by a recipient  126 . 
     0043. The pharmacy prescription vial  122 A may have an outside diameter that is one inch or less. As such, the configuration of the privacy label system  100 , which includes a single sheet of label material  102  and an attachment system  104  that include a bottom surface boundary region  116  and an adhesive layer  118 , can be made advantageously small enough to fit onto the vial  122 A. As illustrated in  FIG.  4   , the privacy label system  100  may also include a tab section  120  that may be grasped by a hand of the recipient  126  and removed. 
     0044. Referring to  FIGS.  5 A and  5 B , another example of a top view ( FIG.  5 A ) and a bottom view ( FIG.  5 B ) of a privacy label system  200 , according to aspects described herein. As with the privacy label system  100 , the privacy label system  200  includes a single sheet of label material  102  configured to be removably attached to a container  122  of a product  124  in an unfolded single layer configuration. The label material  102  includes a top surface area  108  configured to receive personal information  112  of a recipient  126  of the product  124 . An opposing bottom surface area  110  is configured to receive advertising information  114  associated with the product  124 . An attachment system  202  is operable to removably attach the label material  102  to the container  122  in an unfolded single sheet, single layer configuration such that the bottom surface area  110  is positioned between the top surface area  108  and the container  122 , once the label material  102  is attached to the container  122 . The label material  102  is operable to be removed from the container  122  by the recipient  126  by hand, in order to remove the personal information  112  from the container  122  and to reveal the advertising information  114  to the recipient  126 . 
     0045. The main difference between the privacy label system  100  as illustrated in  FIGS.  1 - 3    and the privacy label system  200  as illustrated in  FIG.  5    is the attachment system  202  of privacy label system  200 . The attachment system  202  includes a border region  204  surrounding the label material  102 . The border region  204  is attached to a portion of a perimeter  206  of the label material  102  via series of perforations  208 . The border region  202  may be any suitable material, such as paper, plastic or the like. 
     0046. The border region  204  has an adhesive layer  210  disposed thereon, that is operable to attach to the container  122 . The adhesive layer  210  may include such adhesives as pressure sensitive adhesives or the like. The adhesive layer  210  may be operable to be more permanently attached to the container  122  than that of adhesive layer  118 . That is because the perforations  208  are operable to separate from the perimeter  206  of the label material  102  when the label material  102  is removed from the container  122 . 
     0047. The privacy label system  200  may also include an optional tab section  120 , which may be integrally attached to the label material  102 . The tab section  120  may be configured to be pulled by hand to remove the attached label material  102  from the container  122 . The tab section  120  may be any appropriate material for pulling and removing the label material  102  from the container  122 . For example, the tab section  120  may be composed of paper, plastic or the like. 
     0048. Referring to  FIG.  6   , an example is depicted of a perspective view of the privacy label system  200  attached to a container  122 , wherein the container is a shipping box  122 B, according to aspects described herein. In the example illustrated in  FIG.  6   , a hand of a recipient  126  is pulling the label material  102  from the container  122 B and separating the perforations  208  of the attachment system  202  from the perimeter  206  of the label material  102 . 
     0049. Referring to  FIG.  7   , an example is depicted of a perspective view of a privacy label system  300  attached to container  122 , wherein the container is an envelope  122 C, according to aspects described herein. As with the privacy label systems  100  and  200 , the privacy label system  300  includes a single sheet of label material  102  configured to be removably attached to a container  122  of a product  124  in an unfolded single layer configuration. The label material  102  includes a top surface area  108  configured to receive personal information  112  of a recipient  126  of the product  124 . An opposing bottom surface area  110  is configured to receive advertising information  114  associated with the product  124 . An attachment system  302  is operable to removably attach the label material  102  to the container  122  in an unfolded single layer single sheet configuration such that the bottom surface area  110  is positioned between the top surface area  108  and the container  122 , once the label material  102  is attached to the envelope  122 C. The label material  102  is operable to be removed from the container/envelope  122 / 122 C by the recipient  126  by hand, in order to remove the personal information  112  from the envelope  122 C and to reveal the advertising information  114  to the recipient  126 . 
     0050. The main difference between the privacy label system  100  as illustrated in  FIGS.  1 - 3   , the privacy label system  200  as illustrated in  FIG.  5    and the privacy label system  300  as illustrated in  FIG.  7    is the attachment system  302  of system  300 . The attachment system  302  includes a border region  304  that is only attached to a fractional portion of the perimeter  305  of the label material  102  between a series of perforations  306 . In the example illustrated in this  FIG.  7   , the perforations  306  extend along three of four sides of the label material  102 . More specifically in this example, the label material  102  is generally rectangular in shape and includes four sides  308 ,  310 ,  312  and  314 . The perforations  306  attach the label material  102  to the border region  304  along sides  308 ,  310  and  312  only. The fourth side  314  of the label material  102  is not attached to the border region  304  and has no perforations  306  disposed thereon. 
     0051. Advantageously, because the fourth side  314  is unattached, it functions as a site wherein a recipient  126  may slip a fingernail under the unattached side  314  and lift the label material  102  off of the envelope  122 C. At the same time, the fourth side  314  remains flat against the envelope  122 C during shipment, since the label material  102  is held flush against the envelope  122 C by the perforations  306  along sides  308 ,  310  and  312 . 
     0052. Accordingly, the privacy label system  300  is advantageously suitable for small envelopes, such as a size 10 envelope or smaller, which has outside dimensions of four and one eighth (4⅛) inches by nine and one half (9½) inches. Further, privacy label system  300  lays flush against the envelope  122 C, so it has no potential snags (such as an extraneous tab section  120 ). Further the label material  102  of the privacy label system  300  is a single sheet configured in an unfolded single layer to decrease the overall thickness of the envelope during shipment and also decrease the possibility of snagging or jamming when being sorted by automatic sorting machines. 
     0053. Referring to  FIG.  8   , an example is depicted of a perspective view of the privacy label system  300 , wherein the label material  102  is partially removed from the envelope  122 C, according to aspects described herein. The label material  102  may be removed by hand as described herein with reference to  FIG.  7   . However, as illustrated in the example of  FIG.  8   , the label material  102  may also be removed by slipping a letter opener  316  under the unattached side  314 . 
     0054. Referring to  FIG.  9   , an example is depicted of a perspective view of a privacy label system  350 , configured to be removably attached to a container, wherein the container is a box  122 D, and wherein the privacy label system  350  includes a single layer single sheet top first label material  102  and a single layer single sheet second label material  352  positioned directly adjacent and below the first label material, according to aspects described herein. As with the privacy label systems  100 ,  200  and  300 , the privacy label system  350  includes the single sheet of top first label material  102  configured to be removably attached to a container  122  (in this case box  122 D) of a product  124  in an unfolded single layer configuration. The label material  102  includes a top surface area  108  configured to receive personal information  112  of a recipient  126  of the product  124 . An opposing bottom surface area  110  is configured to receive advertising information  114  associated with the product  124 . 
     0055. A first attachment system  354  is operable to removably attach the label material  102  to the container  122  in an unfolded single layer single sheet configuration such that the bottom surface area  110  is positioned between the top surface area  108  and the container  122 D, once the label material  102  is attached to the box  122 D. The first attachment system  354  may be similar to any of the attachment systems disclosed herein. In this case, the first attachment system  354  includes a series of first perforations  358  surrounding a first perimeter  360  of the first label material  102  in a similar fashion to the attachment system of privacy label system  200 . The first label material  102  is operable to be removed from the container/envelope  122 / 122 D by the recipient  126  by hand, in order to remove the personal information  112  from the box  122 D and to reveal the advertising information  114  to the recipient  126 . 
     0056. The main difference between the privacy label system  350  and the privacy label systems  100 ,  200  and  300 , is that privacy label system  350  includes a single layer single sheet second label material  352  positioned directly adjacent and below the first label material  102 . Therefore, a top surface  356  of the second label material  352  abuts against and contacts the bottom surface  110  of the first label material  102 , such that no intervening sheets of material are positioned between the first label material  102  and the second label material  352 . 
     0057. The top surface  356  of the second label material  352  is configured to receive advertising information  114  over its entire surface area, which is associated with a product  124  or personally directed to the recipient  126 . Accordingly, advertising information  114  may be printed on both the bottom surface  110  of the first label material  102  and the top surface  356  of the second label material  352 . Advantageously, once the first label material  102  is removed from the container  122 / 122 D, the advertising information  114  on both label materials  102  and  352  is immediately viewable by a recipient  126 . Therefore, by adding the second label material  352  to the privacy label system  300 , the area available for advertising information is effectively doubled without increasing the footprint of the privacy label system  350 . 
     0058. Additionally, the thickness of the privacy labeling system is minimally increased by only the thickness of the single layer, single sheet second label material  352 , because there are no intervening sheets or layers between the first  102  and second  352  label materials. This minimal increase in thickness helps to keep the privacy label system  350  from becoming problematically thick and, therefore, more susceptible to damage during shipping and handling. 
     0059. Also, unlike carbon copy paper systems or carbonless coated copy paper systems, the entire bottom surface  110  of the first label material,  102  minus that portion of its bottom surface  110  that is part of its attachment system  104 , is operable to receive printed advertising information  114  thereon. Additionally, unlike carbon paper systems or carbonless coated copy paper systems, the entire top surface  356  of the second label material  352  is operable to receive printed advertising information  114 , which will not be smudged, printed over or destroyed by impacts caused by normal shipping and handling procedures. 
     0060. The privacy label system  350  may also include a second attachment system  362  that enables the second label material  352  to be removable attached to the container  122 D. The second attachment system  362 , may be similar to any of the attachment systems disclosed herein. In the example illustrated in  FIG.  9   , the second attachment system  362  is similar to the attachment system  302  illustrated in  FIGS.  7  and  8   . That is, the attachment system  362  includes a series of second perforations  364  on three of four sides of a second perimeter  366  of the second label material  352 . The fourth side  368  of the second label material  352  is not attached to anything and has no perforations thereon. Accordingly, the second label material  352  may be removed from the container  122 D in much the same fashion that the first label material  102  of  FIGS.  7  and  8    is removed (for example by inserting a fingernail or letter opener under the perforation free side  368  and lifting). By being able to remove the second label material  352 , the recipient  126  is able to advantageously preserve, protect and/or otherwise keep private, the information  114  printed on the second label material  352 . 
     0061. Though the example of the privacy label system  350  is illustrated in  FIG.  9    as being removably attached to a box  122 D and having first perforations  358  surrounding the first perimeter  360  of the first label material  102  as being included in the first attachment system  354 , the privacy label system  350  can be attached to any appropriate container  122  (e.g., envelopes  122 C or pharmacy prescription vials  122 A) and can have first (or second) attachment systems that include any of the features of any of the attachment systems described herein. For example the first and second attachment systems  354 ,  362  of privacy label system  350  may both, or either, include some, or all, of the features of the attachment systems discussed with regards to privacy label systems  100 ,  200  or  300  (such as adhesive layer  118  as in  FIG.  2   , or having a label material side  314  with no perforations as in  FIG.  7   , or the like). 
     0062. Referring to  FIG.  10   , an example is depicted of a flow diagram of a method  400  of protecting privacy of a recipient  126  of a product  124 , according to aspects described herein. The method begins at  402 , which provides a privacy label system  100  having a single sheet of label material  102  configured to be removably attached to a container  122  of a product  124  in an unfolded single layer configuration. 
     0063. At  404  of method  400 , personal information  112  of a recipient  126  of the product  124  is disposed on a top surface area  108  of the label material  108 . At step  406 , advertising information  110  associated with the product  122  is disposed on an opposing bottom surface area  110  of the label material  102 . 
     0064. At step  408  of method  400 , an attachment system  104  of the privacy label system  100  is attached to the container  122 . The attachment system  104  removably attaches the label material  102  to the container  122  in an unfolded single layer configuration such that the bottom surface area  110  is positioned between the top surface area  108  and the container  122  once the label material  102  is attached to the container  122 . At step  410 , if the attachment system  104  includes a bottom surface boundary region  116  with an adhesive layer  118  disposed thereon, then a portion of the bottom surface boundary region  116  of the privacy label system  100  is removably attached to the container  122 . 
     0065. At step  412 , the label material  102  of the privacy label system  100  is removed from the container  122  by the recipient  126  by hand, in order to remove the personal information  112  from the container  122  and to reveal the advertising information  114  to the recipient  122 . At step  414 , if the privacy label system  100  includes a tab section  120 , then pulling by hand the tab section  120  of the privacy label system  100  that is attached to the label material  102 , in order to remove the attached label material  102  from the container  122 . 
     0066. Referring to  FIG.  111    an example is depicted of a flow diagram of a method  500  of protecting privacy of a recipient  126  of a product  124 , according to aspects described herein. The method  500  is a continuation of method  400 . 
     0067. The method  500  beings at  502 , wherein, if the attachment system  202  includes a border region  204 , then the border region  204  of the privacy label system  200  is attached to the container  122 . The border region  204  surrounds the label material  102 . The border region  204  being attached to a portion of a perimeter  206  of the label material  102  via series of perforations  208 . The perforations  208  being operable to separate from the perimeter  206  of the label material  102  when the label material  102  is removed from the container  122 . 
     0068. At step  504  of method  500 , if the privacy label system  200  includes a tab section  120 , then the tab section  120  of the privacy label system  200  is pulled by hand. The tab section  120  of the privacy label system  200  being attached to the label material  102 . At step  506 , the perimeter  206  of the label material  102  is separated from the perforations  208  when pulling the tab section  120 , in order to remove the label material  102  from the container  122 . 
     0069. At step  508  of method  500 , if the privacy label system  300  does not include a tab section  120 , then the border region  304  may be attached to three  308 ,  310 ,  312  of the four sides  308 ,  301 ,  312 ,  314  of the label material  102  via the series of perforations  306 . At step  510 , the fourth side  314  of the label material  102  is left unattached to the border region  304 . At  512 , the unattached fourth side  314  of the label material  102  is pulled to separate the perimeter  206  of the label material  102  from the perforations  306  and remove the label material  102  from the container  122 . 
     0070. It should be appreciated that all combinations of the foregoing concepts and additional concepts discussed in greater detail herein (provided such concepts are not mutually inconsistent) are contemplated as being part of the inventive subject matter disclosed herein. In particular, all combinations of claimed subject matter appearing at the end of this disclosure are contemplated as being part of the inventive subject matter disclosed herein. 
     0071. Although the invention has been described by reference to specific examples, it should be understood that numerous changes may be made within the spirit and scope of the inventive concepts described. Accordingly, it is intended that the disclosure not be limited to the described examples, but that it have the full scope defined by the language of the following claims.