Patent ID: 8586180

Claim:
A material usable as a product tag for displaying tag information on one or both outer sides of such product tag, comprising: a three layer tag assembly having outer top and bottom sides at which tag information may be displayed when the tag assembly is applied as a tag to a product, said three layer tag assembly including; a first, top layer of polymer film, said top layer being a clear laminate having upper and lower sides, said upper side forming said top side of said three layer tag assembly; a second, middle layer of a micro-encapsulated carbonless paper having upper and lower surfaces and including imaging matter within rupturable microcapsules, said upper surface of said middle layer bonded to said lower surface of said top layer by a bonding adhesive; a third, bottom layer of coated one side (C1S) paper having an uncoated side and a coated side, said uncoated side bonded to said lower surface of said middle layer by a bonding adhesive, said coated side forming said bottom side of said three layer tag assembly; said top, middle, and bottom layers bonded securely to one another to form a composite element having the form of a sheet the individual layers of which are not-thereafter separable from one another during usage, whereby neither of said top and bottom layers are generally individually removable from said composite element forming said sheet; said top and bottom sides of said material each being capable of accepting and displaying printing applied thereto; and said three layer tag assembly also being responsive to the application of embossing or metal stamping applied to an outer side of said tag assembly to effect the rupture of certain of said microcapsules of said carbonless paper and a resulting display at an outer side on said tag assembly of indicia corresponding to such embossing or metal stamping.