Patent ID: 8777271

Claim:
A linerless duplex single-ply label operable to be applied to a package to provide packing and shipping information for the package, said linerless duplex single-ply label comprising: an unfolded single label ply forming the only ply of the single-ply label, with the unfolded single label ply including a central portion and an endless border portion surrounding the central portion, said central and border portions cooperatively presenting opposite top and bottom faces of the single label ply, said top face operable to receive package address indicia and said bottom face operable to receive package contents indicia within the central portion thereof; and an unactivated, selectively activatable adhesive layer applied to the bottom face of the single label ply along the border portion of the single label ply, with the border portion of the single label ply operable to be flatly adhered to the package by the adhesive layer once activated so that the single label ply is affixed to the package in an unfolded condition, said unactivated adhesive layer presenting an inner adhesive edge that defines an endless boundary line between the central and border portions, with the central portion being devoid of adhesive and thereby printable so as to receive the contents indicia thereon, said unactivated adhesive layer permitting removable contact of overlaid linerless duplex single-ply labels to one another without any substantial adhesion therebetween so that once the single-ply label is removed the adhesive layer of the single-ply label maybe activated and the single-ply label adhered to the package.