Patent ID: 8875887

Claim:
A cover for wrapping at least one article, the cover constituted by a sleeve of heat-shrinkable plastics material suitable for closely surrounding at least a portion of the article or a group of articles, wherein the sleeve is constituted by a first wall having a first edge and a second edge and a second wall having a first edge and a second edge, wherein said first edge of said first wall is substantially in register with said first edge of said second wall and said second edge of said first wall is substantially in register with said second edge of said second wall, wherein said walls are superposed by securing said first edges to said second edges, wherein said first and second walls are secured to one another by detachable adhesive means generally covering the entire area of said first and second walls, said walls having shrinkage characteristics that are essentially identical so as to enable the sleeve to shrink uniformly onto the article or the group of articles, and the second wall of the sleeve further presents, through the entire thickness thereof, at least one cut defining at least one part of a detachable circumferential strip, said circumferential strip being printed so as to present a pattern of printing that appears on each of its sides, said first wall also presenting patterns of printing, in particular behind the detachable circumferential strip so that the corresponding pattern of printing appears after said detachable circumferential strip has been detached.