Patent ID: 6984282

Claim:
A method of forming a plurality of sleeves wherein each of the sleeves has an upper portion and a lower portion wherein at least a portion of at least one of the upper and lower portions has a decorative portion, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first web portion having a plurality of decorative portions extending along a longitudinal axis of the first web portion in a staggered relationship, each of the decorative portions of the first web portion having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, and the first web portion having a plurality of corresponding substantially transparent portions; providing a second web portion; positioning the first web portion on the second web portion; and sealing and severing the first and second web portions along a plurality of first lines and a plurality of second lines to form a plurality of sleeves wherein each sleeve has an upper portion and a lower portion with at least a portion of at least one of the upper and lower portions of each sleeve having a decorative portion, the upper portion of each sleeve detachable from the lower portion via a detaching element, and wherein each of the first lines traverses the decorative portions of the first web portion substantially proximate to the first side edges of the decorative portions of the first web portion and traverses the substantially transparent portions of the first web portion substantially parallel and proximate to the first side edges of the decorative portions of the adjacent decorative portion of the first web portion, and wherein each of the second lines traverses each of the decorative portions of the first web portion substantially parallel and proximate to the second side edges of the decorative portions of the first web portion and traverses the substantially transparent portions of the corresponding substantially transparent portions of the first web portion substantially parallel and proximate to the second side edges of the decorative portions of the adjacent decorative portion of the first web portion, and wherein each second line is spaced from an adjacent second line to form a strip of material therebetween.