Patent ID: 8247056

Claim:
A label assembly suitable for use in forming a lasting, yet removable, image on an article, said label assembly comprising: (a) an image forming laminate for forming an image on the article, said image forming laminate comprising an image support, an ink layer, and an adhesive layer, said image support having a first surface adapted to face towards the article and a second surface adapted to face away from the article, said ink layer being bonded to said second surface of said image support, said adhesive layer being directly bondable to the article and being bonded to said first surface of said image support; and (b) an image removing laminate for removing said image from the article, said image removing laminate comprising a remover layer, said remover layer, upon being activated by at least one of heat and light, being bondable to said ink layer of said image forming laminate; (c) whereby, upon bonding of said image removing laminate to said ink layer, the bonding between said image removing laminate and said ink layer is stronger than the bonding between said ink layer and the article.