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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
Sundar Rajan, Mentor, OH (US);
John E. Kovalchuk, Mentor, OH (US);
Christopher Blackwell, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Dana Boyd, Painesville, OH (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a halogen-free, multilayered, uniaxially oriented heat shrink film comprising (A) a core layer comprising a blend of polyolefins; (B) a first skin layer on the upper surface of the core layer, and (C) a second skin layer on the lower surface of the core layer, wherein the first and second skin layers independently comprise a polyolefin blend and wherein the shrinkage of the film is at least about 40% in the machine direction at 270° F. The present invention further relates to a label having an adhesive applied to at least a portion of at least one of the skin layers of the multilayered heat shrink film. The heat shrink labels of the present invention are used to encapsulate articles.