Patent ID: 7306690

Claim:
A label application method, comprising: removing a label assembly from a label sheet construction to form a removed label assembly; the label sheet construction including (1) a liner sheet, (2) adhesive, (3) a facestock sheet label releasably adhered with the adhesive to the liner sheet, and (4) a facestock sheet tab extending out from the label and releasably adhered to the liner sheet with the adhesive; the tab having a notch; the removed label assembly including the label and the tab connected to the label and extending out therefrom; positioning the removed label assembly on a label applicator device such that a positioning structure of the device engages the notch to position the label on a label support surface of the device and the label assembly is thereby in a label application position; and with the label assembly in the label application position, applying the label assembly to an article using the device.