Patent ID: 7744131

Claim:
A label comprising: a label sheet made of a single sheet of an extruded polymer having first and second faces, said second face having adhesive provided thereon for adhesively coupling the label to an object, said label sheet further having a first side edge and an opposite second side edge; at least one tab formed from said label sheet and extending beyond one of said first and second side edges; a pair of parallel spaced slits formed on the label sheet and intersecting opposite portions of the corresponding side edge where the tab extends from the label sheet, said pair of slits extending in a first direction, said slits collectively not extending upon a majority of a length of said label sheet; printing applied to said first face; a deadened area incorporated on said second face, said deadened area bounded by an area between tear lines formed when a user pulls said tab; and wherein said label sheet is made of the single sheet of the extruded polymer having fibers extending in the first direction and substantially parallel with said pair of slits.