Claims
- 1. A hanger label for use with an intended substrate and a support, said hang label comprising:a) a hanger member including: an attachment portion having a lower surface; and a hanger portion having a lower surface, said hanger portion defining an opening adapted to receive the support; b) a first, permanent adhesive coating said lower surface of said attachment portion to substantially permanently adhere said attachment portion to the substrate; and c) a second, non-permanent adhesive coating said lower surface of said hanger portion to temporarily adhere said hanger portion to the substrate.
- 2. The hanger label of claim 1 wherein said second adhesive is a fugitive adhesive.
- 3. The hanger label of claim 2 wherein said first adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
- 4. The hanger label of claim 1 wherein said hanger portion includes at least two legs, each of said legs having an end connected to said attachment portion such that, when said hanger label is adhered to the substrate, said legs are foldable away from the substrate about said attachment portion.
- 5. The hanger label of claim 1 wherein said hanger portion includes two plies adhered to one another by a third adhesive disposed therebetween.
- 6. A hanger label for use with a support, said hanger label comprising:a) a base label having upper and lower surfaces; b) a hanger member including: an attachment portion having a lower surface; and a hanger portion having a lower surface, said hanger portion defining an opening adapted to receive the support; c) a first, permanent adhesive substantially permanently adhering said lower surface of said attachment portion to said upper surface of said base label; d) a second, non-permanent adhesive temporarily adhering said lower surface of said hanger portion to said upper surface of said base label.
- 7. The hanger label of claim 6 including a base adhesive coating said lower surface of said base label.
- 8. The hanger label of claim 6 including indicia disposed on said upper surface of said base label.
- 9. The hanger label of claim 6 wherein said second adhesive is a fugitive adhesive.
- 10. The hanger label of claim 9 wherein said first adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
- 11. The hanger label of claim 6 wherein said hanger portion includes at least two legs, each of said legs having an end connected to said attachment portion such that said legs are foldable away from said base label about said attachment portion.
- 12. The hanger label of claim 6 wherein said hanger portion includes two plies adhered to one another by a third adhesive disposed therebetween.
- 13. A hanger label for use with an intended substrate and a support, said hanger label comprising:a) a hanger member including: an attachment portion having a lower surface; and a hanger portion having a lower surface, said hanger portion defining an opening adapted to receive the support; b) a first, permanent adhesive coating said lower surface of said attachment portion to substantially permanently adhere said attachment portion to the substrate; c) a second, permanent, patterned adhesive partially coating said lower surface of said hanger portion to temporarily adhere said hanger portion to the substrate, a portion of said lower surface of said hanger portion being adhesive-free.
- 14. The hanger label of claim 13 wherein said patterned adhesive includes a plurality of spaced apart dots of permanent adhesive distributed along said lower surface of said hanger portion.
- 15. The hanger label of claim 13 wherein said patterned adhesive includes at least one strip of permanent adhesive extending along an edge of said hanger portion.
- 16. The hanger label of claim 13 including a base label having upper and lower surfaces, and wherein said second, permanent, patterned adhesive temporarily adheres said hanger portion to said upper surface of said base label.
- 17. The hanger label of claim 13 wherein said first and second adhesives are pressure sensitive adhesives.
- 18. The hanger label of claim 13 wherein said hanger portion includes at least two legs, each of said legs having an end connected to said attachment portion such that, when said hanger label is adhered to the substrate, said legs are foldable away from the substrate about said attachment portion.
- 19. The hanger label of claim 13 wherein said hanger portion includes two plies adhered to one another by a third adhesive disposed therebetween.
- 20. A hanger label for use with a substrate, said hanger label comprising:a) a hanger member including: an attachment portion having a lower surface; and a hanger portion defining an opening adapted to receive the support and comprising: an end connected to said attachment portion; and a plurality of interconnected, folded strips connected to said end; and b) adhesive coating said lower surface of said attachment portion to adhere said attachment portion to the substrate; c) wherein said hanger label is arranged and configured such that, when said hanger portion is pulled in a prescribed pull direction, said strips unfold and said hanger portion folds about said end to form a fold line substantially perpendicular to said pull direction.
- 21. The hanger label of claim 20 wherein said hanger portion includes first and second spaced apart ends and, when said hanger portion is pulled in said prescribed pull direction, said hanger portion folds about each of said first and second ends to form a respective said fold line substantially perpendicular to said pull direction.
- 22. The hanger label of claim 20 wherein said adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
- 23. The hanger label of claim 20 wherein said hanger portion includes two plies adhered to one another by a third adhesive disposed therebetween.
- 24. A method for suspending an article from a support, the article having an upper end and a lower end, said method comprising the steps of:providing a hanger label comprising: a hanger member including: an attachment portion having a lower surface; and a hanger portion defining an opening adapted to receive the support and comprising: an end connected to the attachment portion; and a plurality of interconnected, folded strips connected to the end; securing the hanger label to the article; pulling the hanger portion to unfold the strips and to fold the hanger portion about the end to form a fold line between the hanger portion and the attachment portion; placing the hanger portion over the support such that the support is received in the opening; and positioning the hanger label relative to the support such that the fold line is substantially perpendicular to vertical.
- 25. The method of claim 24 wherein:the hanger portion includes first and second spaced apart ends; said step of pulling the hanger portion includes folding the hanger portion about each of the first and second ends to form a respective fold line between the hanger portion and the attachment portion at each end; and said step of positioning the hanger label includes positioning the hanger label such that each of the fold lines is substantially perpendicular to vertical.
- 26. The method of claim 24 wherein said step of pulling the hanger portion includes pulling the hanger portion toward an end of the article which becomes the upper end of the article when the article is suspended from the support using the hanger label.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/127,345 filed Apr. 1, 1999.
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