Claims
- 1. An optical disc label for substantially covering the label side of an optical disc having a label side and a play side, said label comprising:a sheet of substantially opaque, writeable or printable material having a center hole to substantially match the center hole of the disc and sized to substantially cover said label side of said disc, wherein said sheet of material has a top side and a bottom side, and said top side being capable of receiving indicia thereon; and a repositionable adhesive system on the bottom side of said label for adhesively attaching said label to the label side of the disc so as to dispose the label flush with the disc, said adhesive system including at least one layer of adhesive over the entire label, and at least one additional layer of adhesive over said one layer patterned as an inner ring at the center hole and an outer ring at the periphery.
- 2. The optical disc label of claim 1, wherein said adhesive system further includes another layer of adhesive over said one layer of adhesive and onto which the patterned layers of adhesive is applied.
- 3. The optical label of claim 2, wherein each layer of adhesive is cured prior to the application of the next layer of adhesive.
- 4. The optical disc label of claim 3, wherein the one layer of adhesive is applied with an anilox No. 80 roll, the an other layer of adhesive with an anilox No. 120 roll, and the patterned layer of adhesive with an anilox No. 200 roll.
- 5. The optical disc label of claim 2, wherein said optical disc label further includes means on the top side of said label for indicating where to apply indicia.
- 6. The optical disc label of claim 2, which further includes a removable liner on said bottom side of said label to protect said adhesive layers prior to application on an optical disc.
- 7. The optical disc label of claim 6, wherein said removable liner is made of a printable material on the side opposite the side receiving the label.
- 8. The optical disc label of claim 6, wherein the liner is coated with a release material in the areas engaged by the adhesive of the label.
- 9. The optical disc label of claim 8, wherein the release material is silicone.
- 10. The optical disc label of claim 1, wherein the patterned layer of adhesive further includes a plurality of radially arranged areas between said outer ring and said center ring.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part application of my application Ser. No. 09/652,310, filed Aug. 31, 2000 abandoned, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/152,069, filed Sep. 2, 1999.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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