Patent ID: 8540839

Claim:
A method of making a succession of resealable multi-ply labels comprising advancing a base web, including a base ply with an adhesive backing carried on a release liner, along an inline press, deadening the adhesive backing on the base ply within a succession of tab areas along the base ply, cutting through the base ply for separating the tab areas from adjacent attachment areas along the base ply, advancing an overlaminate web having an adhesive backing along the inline press, applying a release layer to the attachment areas of the base ply while excluding the release layer from the tab areas and hinge areas of the base ply, laminating the overlaminate web to the base web capturing printable panels between the overlaminate web and the base ply forming permanent bonds with both the tab areas and the hinge areas of the base ply and forming reusable bonds with the attachment areas of the base ply, and cutting through the overlaminate web to separate individual resealable multi-ply labels carried along the inline press on the release liner.