Patent ID: 7695584

Claim:
A method of making a label, the method comprising the steps of: providing a label sheet comprising: a transparent film support material having an inner surface and an outer surface, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed over the transparent film support material inner surface, a release layer disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a printable layer disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the printable layer having an inner surface facing the release layer and an opposing outer surface, the outer surface exhibiting a roughness of 4 μm to 50 μm (DIN 4768), one or more first detachment lines extending from the printable layer outer surface and through the printable layer and the release layer, to thereby form a first sub-region, and one or more second detachment lines extending from the transparent film support material outer surface and through the transparent film support material and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to thereby form a second sub-region that is larger than the first sub-region; separating the first sub-region from the label sheet; coupling the separated first sub-region to the second sub-region, such that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is disposed over the printable layer outer surface; and separating the coupled first and second sub-regions from the label sheet wherein: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer defining a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; the label sheet further comprises: a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film disposed between the release layer and the printable layer, and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed between the PET film and the printable layer; the one or more first detachment lines extends from the printable layer outer surface and through the printable layer, the second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the PET film, and the release layer, to thereby form the first sub-region; and the coupling step includes coupling the separated first sub-region to the second sub-region, such that the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is disposed over the printable layer's outer surface.