Patent ID: 6991261

Claim:
A label having a front side and a back side and at least one tear-removable section and at least one permanent section, said removable section consisting essentially of a part of said label which is defined by two or more notches spaced apart on the same edge of said label, said label being made from a polymeric film that is uniaxially oriented in line with the direction in which said tear-removable section is to be removed by stretching in the machine direction in which said polymeric film is uniaxially oriented only, and said notches being located so that a line which is extended to connect said notches is substantially perpendicular to the axis of orientation of said polymeric film and said notches being located at the interface of the permanent and removable sections wherein said permanent section and said removable section are provided with a continuous adhesive layer which completely covers the outermost surface of said back side of the label, said removable section having on its back side an abhesive on the area of said removable section that is below said continuous adhesive layer.