Harold E Brooks

US Patent:

20040056479, Mar 25, 2004

Filed:

Sep 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/251147

Inventors:

Henry Fox - Harleysville PA, US
Harold Brooks - Coopersburg PA, US

International Classification:

B42D015/00

US Classification:

283/101000

Abstract:

A substrate such as a promotional brochure or product container is provided with an insert holder. A preferably transparent an oversheet is attached to the substrate over an insert such as a folded product information sheet. The oversheet is affixed directly to the substrate by adhesive around a peripherally surrounding the insert, at lest on two opposite margins or edges straddling the insert. A zone is defined on the oversheet over the insert where the oversheet is nonadhesive. The oversheet can capture an inserted item, such as a folded product information sheet, which is intended to be extracted by a consumer by tearing away a portion of the oversheet or by laterally extracting the insert. The oversheet preferably is substantially clear and the edge strips are perforated. A process is disclosed wherein the oversheet provided on a label roll with a killed adhesive zone, and is applied on a production line using a label applicator and series of rollers.