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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Melvin S. Freedman, Beachwood, OH (US);
Ramin Heydarpour, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Donald F. Kimes, Perry, OH (US);
Mitchell J. Rackovan, Madison, OH (US);
Karl Josephy, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eng-Pi Chang, Arcadia, CA (US);
Johannes Schut, Alphen aan den Rijn, NL;
Edward I. Sun, Arcadia, CA (US);
Yao-Feng Wang, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A multilayer film facestock for labels is described which comprises a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and at least a first skin layer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer by a tie layer wherein the base layer comprises a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, or a blend of a propylene homopolymer and at least one propylene copolymer, and the first skin layer consists essentially of at least one polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm or less. In one preferred embodiment, at least the base layer is machine direction oriented. In another embodiment, the base layer comprises a polyethylene having a density above 0.940 g/cm (high density) and the polyethylene is ultimately oriented in the machine direction. Adhesive containing multilayer labelstocks for use in adhesive labels also are described which comprise the multilayer film facestock described above and an adhesive layer adhesively joined to the lower surface of the base layer. Labels prepared from the facestock and the labelstock also are described.