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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Jean-paul Laprade, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Philip J. Albenice, Brunswick, GA (US);
Jean Donatelli, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John W. Geurtsen, Holliston, MA (US);
Jean-Paul Laprade, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Philip J. Albenice, Brunswick, GA (US);
Jean Donatelli, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John W. Geurtsen, Holliston, MA (US);
Multi-Color Corporation, Batavia, OH (US);
Abstract
A laminate including a plurality of layers, wherein one of the layers is a heat-activatable expandable layer including a thermally expandable composition. The heat-activatable expandable layer includes a plurality of microcapsules containing the thermally expandable composition. This thermally expandable composition includes an easily volatilizable hydrocarbon, and a binder resin. When subjected to high temperatures during the process of applying a label, the microcapsules rupture and the thermally expandable composition 'foams,' which can be used to provide a texture to the label, and can raise or surround the graphics of the label.