Patent ID: 7476429

Claim:
A bridge label, comprising: two adhesive portions, the adhesive portions defining a first face of the bridge label; and a non-adhesive portion extending between the two adhesive portions, the non-adhesive portion also defining the first face of the bridge label, wherein the adhesive portions are formed from an adhesive layer and the non-adhesive portion is a non-adhesive strip that extends substantially across the adhesive layer from a front end of the bridge label to a back end of the bridge label, such that part of the adhesive layer remains exposed on each side of the non-adhesive portion, wherein the non-adhesive strip is a paper or film, wherein said adhesive portions have notably more length than width, wherein said non-adhesive portion together with a web, to which the first face of said bridge label is affixed, define a conduit that allows air that passes across the bridge label to pass unobstructed when the bridge label is affixed to the web, and wherein a width of said non-adhesive portion at the front end of the bridge label is less than a width of said non-adhesive portion at the back end of the bridge label, such that said non-adhesive portion tapers from the back end of the bridge label to the front end.