Claims
- 1. A rotatable label system on an object, comprising:an inner label; means for attaching an inner label about the object; an outer label; means for temporarily coupling a leading end of an outer label to the inner label while the outer label is wrapped about the object; means for securing the outer label about the object; and means for uncoupling the leading end of the outer label to permit the outer label to rotate about the inner label and the object.
- 2. A rotatable label system on an object, comprising:a roll of inner labels; means for attaching an inner label from the roll of inner labels about the object; a roll of inner labels; means for temporally coupling a leading end of an outer label from the roll of outer labels to the object; means for securing the outer label about the object; and means for uncoupling the leading end of the outer label to permit the outer label to rotate about the inner label and the object.
- 3. A rotatable label system on an object, comprising:a roll of inner labels; means for attaching an inner label from the roll of inner labels to the object; by holding the inner label stationary and rolling the object along the inner label; a roll of outer labels; means for temporarily coupling a leading end of an outer label from the roll of outer labels to the object; means for securing the outer label about the object by holding the outer label stationary and rolling the object along the outer label; and means for uncoupling the leading end of the outer label to permit the outer label to rotate about the inner label and the object.
- 4. A rotatable label comprising:a leading edge; a trailing edge; a transparent portion disposed on the rotatable label configured for viewing underlying indicia; a temporary coupling mechanism disposed adjacent to the leading edge for temporarily coupling the leading edge to an object; and adhesive disposed adjacent to a rear surface of the trailing edge for securing the trailing edge to a front surface of the leading edge, the temporary coupling mechanism being removed after the trailing edge is secured to allow the rotatable label to rotate about the object.
- 5. The rotatable label of claim 4 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is a small amount of liquid.
- 6. The rotatable label of claim 5 wherein the liquid is water.
- 7. The rotatable label of claim 4 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is an external physical pressure.
- 8. The rotatable label of claim 4 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is a vacuum pressure.
- 9. The rotatable label of claim 4 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is an electrostatic charge.
- 10. The rotatable label of claim 4 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is an external gaseous pressure.
- 11. A rotatable label system comprising:an inner label for affixing about an object; a rotatable outer label configured for rotating about the object and having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the rotatable outer label being temporarily coupled to the inner label along the leading edge while the rotatable outer label is secured about the inner label; and a transparent portion disposed on the rotatable outer label configured for viewing underlying indicia disposed on the inner label.
- 12. The rotatable label system of claim 11 wherein the inner label further comprises indicia disposed on a front surface of the inner label.
- 13. The rotatable label system of claim 11 wherein the outer label further comprises indicia disposed on a front surface of the outer label.
- 14. The rotatable label system of claim 11 further comprising a temporary coupling mechanism for temporarily coupling the leading edge of the outer label to the inner label.
- 15. The rotatable label system of claim 14 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is a small amount of liquid.
- 16. The rotatable label system of claim 15 wherein the liquid is water.
- 17. The rotatable label system of claim 14 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is an external physical pressure.
- 18. The rotatable label system of claim 14 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is a vacuum.
- 19. The rotatable label system of claim 14 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is an electrostatic charge.
- 20. The rotatable label system of claim 14 wherein the temporary coupling mechanism is an external gaseous pressure.
- 21. The rotatable label system of claim 11 further comprising an adhesive disposed adjacent to a rear surface of the trailing edge for securing the trailing edge to a front surface of the leading edge.
- 22. The rotatable label system of claim 11 wherein the inner label is obtained from a roll of inner labels.
- 23. The rotatable label system of claim 11 wherein the outer label is obtained from a roll of outer labels.
- 24. The rotatable label of claim 4 wherein the leading edge is temporarily coupled to an inner label disposed about the object.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS
The present invention is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/273,232 filed on Mar. 18, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,237,269, which issued on May 29, 2001, entitled “Roll-Fed Method for Constructing a Rotatable Label System”. The present application is also related to and hereby incorporates by reference the following patents and patent applications: (i) U.S. Pat. No. 5,809,674 issued Sep. 22, 1998 (application Ser. No. 08/627,786, filed Mar. 28, 1996), entitled “Apparatus and Method For Increasing An Effective Information Carrying Surface Area On A Container”; (ii) U.S. Pat. No. 5,884,421 issued Mar. 23, 1999 (application Ser. No. 08/741,607, filed Oct. 31, 1996 entitled “Apparatus and Method for Constructing a Rotatable Label Device”; (iii) U.S. Pat. No. 6,086,697 issued Jul. 11, 2000, entitled “Rotating Label System and Method”; (iv) U.S. Pat. No. 6,129,802 issued Oct. 10, 2000, entitled “Rotatable Label System and Method for Constructing the Same”; (v) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/247,245 filed Feb. 9, 1999, entitled “Rotatable Label System Including Tamper-Evident Feature And Method For Constructing Same”; (vi) U.S. Pat. No. 6,212,803 issued Apr. 10, 2001, entitled “Rotatable Label System on a Drinking Vessel and Method of Constructing Same; (vii) U.S. Pat. No. 6,237,269 issued May 29, 2001, entitled “Roll-Fed Method for Constructing a Rotatable Label System”; and (viii) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/551,985 filed Apr. 15, 2000 enititled “Rotating Label System and Method”.
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