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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2010
Dong-tsai Hseih, Arcadia, CA (US);
Kuolih Tsai, Arcadia, CA (US);
Yi-hung Chiao, Temple City, CA (US);
Xiao-ming He, Arcadia, CA (US);
LI Shu, Arcadia, CA (US);
Ramin Heydarpour, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Alan Morgenthau, Keene, NH (US);
Dong-Tsai Hseih, Arcadia, CA (US);
Kuolih Tsai, Arcadia, CA (US);
Yi-Hung Chiao, Temple City, CA (US);
Xiao-Ming He, Arcadia, CA (US);
Li Shu, Arcadia, CA (US);
Ramin Heydarpour, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Alan Morgenthau, Keene, NH (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A label assembly and method of using the same to label articles durably, yet removably. In one embodiment, the label assembly is used to label fabric articles, such as clothing, and comprises (a) an image forming laminate for forming an image on the fabric article, the image forming laminate comprising an ink layer, the ink layer being bondable to the fabric article; and (b) an image removing laminate for removing the image from the fabric article, the image removing laminate comprising a remover layer, the remover layer, upon being activated by heat and/or light, being bondable to the ink layer of the image forming laminate; (c) whereby, upon bonding of the image removing laminate to the ink layer, the bonding between the image removing laminate and the ink layer is stronger than the bonding between the ink layer and the fabric article.