Karen S Perry

US Patent:

20040095244, May 20, 2004

Filed:

Jul 18, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/623393

Inventors:

Kevin Conwell - Fairfield OH, US
Thomas Rogers - Fairfield OH, US
Karen Perry - Cincinnati OH, US
Patrick Bush - West Bloomfield MI, US

International Classification:

B60C013/00
B32B033/00

US Classification:

340/572800, 152/524000, 428/354000, 156/090000, 428/334000, 340/572100, 156/110100

Abstract:

A tire label with an integral barrier layer. The barrier layer is formed of polyester film and is 3 to 15 microns thick. The barrier layer may be for example PET. The label may be formed on printable plastic film stock preferably coated with a thickness of between 0.001 to 0.004 inches of a pressure sensitive rubber based adhesive. The adhesive may be applied in a pattern on the film stock leaving a pull-tab to allow easy removal of the label. When adhered to a tire sidewall the label is oriented with the pull-tab in the tread direction so that the tire mounting and testing procedures do not snare it. Machine-readable data can be printed on the label in a machine-readable 2D data matrix symbology alongside a human readable ascii serial number. The label can also have an integral RFID tag.