Patent ID: 8360290

Claim:
In a method for separating a label assembly having a face sheet adhered to a back sheet, wherein an adhesive is positioned between at least a portion of a coextensive area of said face sheet and said back sheet, at least one separation line divides the label assembly into at least two portions, a first tearable line of separation extending across said back sheet and a second tearable line of separation extending across said face sheet at least partially forms each said separation line, and each said first tearable line of separation is offset with respect to said second tearable line of separation, the method comprising: separating the label assembly into the at least two portions by tearing a first non-linear section of a first end portion of the first tearable line of separation near a first edge of the label assembly, tearing a first linear section of the second tearable line of separation, tearing a second linear section of the first tearable line of separation, and tearing a second non-linear section of a second end portion of the second tearable line of separation near a second edge of the label assembly which is at a distance from the first edge.