Patent ID: 8365451

Claim:
Multi-layer label ( 1 ) for affixing to a curved surface, particularly to a cylindrical surface, of an object, said multi-layer label ( 1 ) having at least the following: a support foil ( 2 ) and a plurality of spare labels ( 20 ; 20 a , 20 b , 20 c ), all the spare labels being arranged next to one another in a single layer of foil; each spare label ( 20 ) comprising a first partial area ( 21 ) of its total area ( 25 ), the first partial area of the respective spare label being affixed and connected to the support foil ( 2 ) in such a way that it is removable from the support foil ( 2 ), whereas a second partial area ( 22 ) of the total area ( 25 ) of the respective spare label ( 20 ) comprises a first edge ( 24 ) of the respective spare label ( 20 ), which first edge is free from any fixed connection to the support foil ( 2 ), wherein the first edge limits the respective spare label to one unwinding direction provided for affixing the multi-layer label, wherein the first partial area of the respective spare label is adjacent to a further edge opposite to the first edge, wherein the support foil extends between two edges, which two edges of the support foil are both arranged laterally outside the plurality of spare labels, and wherein the first edge of at least one spare label, in a state in which the second partial area of the at least one spare label lies loosely on the support foil, is facing the first partial area of another spare label.